Request for opinions on Morgan Jones' 'statistical regulator'

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Hello all,

Stumbled on this circuit in its "Valve Amplifiers" 4th ed., basically a (long) string of zeners fed by a CCS. Still trying to figure out the 'statistical' part though.

He claims very good performance and there are a couple positive reviews in posts here from members who built it dating back to 2015. Wondering if the design is still appreciated by more builders.

I'm still doubtful about the noise performance of the zener string... And say if I want to go up to 290V, I'm not sure if I dig soldering the 50+ 5.6V zeners. Using higher voltage zeners may just worsen the noise figure.

The circuit seems more geared towards input stages/low current signal stages, does anybody built it for an output stage, if at all pratical?

I'd try a simulation tomorrow to have some idea of line/load regulation.

Thanks for any information you can provide.

-Joris

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Topic - Request for opinions on Morgan Jones' 'statistical regulator' - jorisdallaire 18:00:08 06/29/24 (3)

I have one I don't use (UK) - andy evans 11:20:56 06/30/24 (0)

RE: Request for opinions on Morgan Jones' 'statistical regulator' - Triode_Kingdom 06:23:30 06/30/24 (1)

RE: Request for opinions on Morgan Jones' 'statistical regulator' - jorisdallaire 09:52:20 06/30/24 (0)

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