The Plasmatron - more linear output voltage


From the website: "The Plasmatron provides a more linear voltage output."

Can someone explain why this would be beneficial as an ideal power supply is a sine wave? If it produced a sawtooth wave it could be more linear, but a sawtooth wave is what the cheapest transistors use.

A EE friend of mine is baffled by this claim. Can someone shed some light?
mceljo

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I figure if it improves your system who cares how it works as long as it's safe and cost effective (which varies by individual). One thing that concerns me is the scarcity of the tubes and their cost although VHAudio reserves a spare set for each purchase.

How much experience do modern EE's have with this old technology? Maybe he needs to do some research. Tubes are probably not covered extensively in Electrical Engineering school although they probably were at one time. Plus this is a unique tube in that is filled with inert gas rather than a vacuum.
The assumption on this board is that EE's know everything there is to know about audio. Excuse me if I disagree.