I’ve been doing some reading on tubes in shunt regulator power supplies lately (lots of great articles on TubeCAD including this one). I’m planning to incorporate one in an upcoming build. In operation, this isn’t too different from the VR regulator power supply in my Matemático Phono Preamp, but a shunt regulator with a triode would have an adjustable output and might afford even better ripple rejection.
My recent series regulator project is another example of power supply regulation.
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