Re: A Challenge for Stewart Pinkerton

John Byrns wrote

In response to Andre's KISS amp you gave us your solid state KISASS
amplifier design, although you never built it. Considering this is
actually a tube group, and you are a very clever engineer, I challenge you
to design a tube amp for the group that will meet your exacting standards,
show some originality, and be relatively simple in concept and design. In
this challenge, since you are a solid state guy, negative feedback can be
used freely, and there is no need to actually build the amplifier, as long
as it is a reasonably simple and practical design capable of an output of
a few Watts of high quality audio. The question is do you have the
necessary engineering skills to actually meet the challenge?

Maybe not the best approach if you want a favour.

Valve amps don't need much "engineering skills" so it's not a very good test.

"Show some originality" might be a big ask. What is that a test of? Imagination?

Would a hybrid be allowed?

AFAIK, Stewart's position is that amplifier design is all done and dusted. I'm
inclined to agree.

What do you think, John? Is an innovative valve amplifier still a possibility?

cheers, Ian


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