@wspohn wrote:
"I like both, but IMHO neither attains the level of Curl's older Vendetta design (I don't believe that the parts are available to replicate those, although a variant was used in the CTC Blowtorch preamp."
Completely agree. JC's Vendetta series are very good. Might be his life's very best work.
Some of the FET-based designs suffer from short-cuts in the modern FET manufacturing process.
"I like both, but IMHO neither attains the level of Curl's older Vendetta design (I don't believe that the parts are available to replicate those, although a variant was used in the CTC Blowtorch preamp."
Completely agree. JC's Vendetta series are very good. Might be his life's very best work.
Some of the FET-based designs suffer from short-cuts in the modern FET manufacturing process.