White Paper on Modern Valve Amplifier Intimacies (Topaz 211A)
The original Wyetech Labs Topaz 211A amplifier was the culmination of our research & development into the sound quality of various topologies and valve types.
Audio design
Roger Hebert's articles on audio design and white papers
Energy Storage in Capacitor Power Supplies
When a company advertises their amplifier has over 100,000 micro-farads of capacitance, what exactly does it mean? The simple answer is not that much. The amount of capacitance has the least effect upon how much energy can be stored.
The Negative Effects of Feedback
Negative feedback, quite simply, is the application of an inverted portion of an amplifier's output signal back to its input, in an attempt to lower the distortion to zero. This "extra" signal is subtracted from the input, and reduces the effective amplifier gain in the process. Local feedback is generally less harmful to the signal than global feedback.
