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vinnie2

I just noticed the by line for this forum...."Do It Yourself (DIY) paradise for tube and SET project builders". I have yet to see a SET amp that wasn't a tube amp.
I therefore propose it be revised to "Do It Yourself (DIY) paradise for tube project builders."

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Some history... - Paul Joppa 17:02:54 08/29/17 (1)
I don't remember exactly, but several years ago I think the DIY SET people were not getting along with the ready-made SET people so they separated. The DIYers were moved to this forum, so presumably that "and SET" phrase was added to make that clear.
- RE: Some history... - vinnie2 18:24:24 08/29/17 (0)
  Thanks Paul. It sounds just silly enough to be true. : )
WEll, - gusser 12:22:31 08/29/17 (6)
You can build a class A amp with a single transistor or MOSFET output stage.
Single Ended Transistor?

Edits: 08/29/17
- RE: WEll, - vinnie2 12:41:53 08/29/17 (5)
  If you want to stretch it that far, I guess you could, but most would not I think.
  - RE: WEll, - Lew 12:55:24 08/29/17 (4)
    Perhaps most would not, but Nelson Pass has been building and selling such devices for years.
    - Nelson Pass Class A (Open in New Window)
    - RE: WEll, - vinnie2 18:26:32 08/29/17 (3)
      I wonder if it sounds anything like it's tube powered brethen?
      - RE: Sony VFET set - BenM 20:34:48 08/29/17 (2)
        
        In Reply to: RE: WEll, posted by vinnie2 on August 29, 2017 at 18:26:32
        
        Sony VFET SET - best of both worlds. Diyable, but VFETs are now in short supply.
        
        Example here:
        
        Build with light bulb resistance load, resistor load, or choke (Hammond 193V) load.
        
        http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/pass-labs/201655-lamp-simple- (Open in New Window)
        
        I think Nelson Pass wrote somewhere - Lew 21:17:49 08/30/17 (1)
        
        In Reply to: RE: Sony VFET set posted by BenM on August 29, 2017 at 20:34:48
        
        that he cornered the market on VFETs or some other SS device that closely mimics a VFET. Anyway, he has them, so far as I recall.
        
        RE: I think Nelson Pass wrote somewhere - BenM 22:14:54 08/30/17 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: I think Nelson Pass wrote somewhere posted by Lew on August 30, 2017 at 21:17:49
        
        He bought a lot of Sony VFETs but he did not have enough for commercial production. He then had a now defunct company SemiSouth make a batch of SITs (static induction transistor - also known as VFET or vertical field effect transistor) at a price of $300,000 which he uses in his First Watt SIT amps.
        
        He designed a VFET push-pull amp and in collaboration with DIYAudio, made available his Sony VFETs in a diy kit for diyers (I have one). Apparently he has a single ended design that will also be made available in kit form to diyers soon too.

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