Talk:Williamson amplifier

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Guitar amplification[edit]

Maybe a sentence from someone more qualified than me that this circuit is the basis of Fender, Marshall, etc guitar amplifiers, from the 1950s to ones currently in production--Mongreilf (talk) 14:16, 26 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

It's not. It is precisely what a guitarist wouldn't want. Williamson specifically sought distortion pattern that is most unwelcome in guitar amps. Retired electrician (talk) 13:07, 10 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Comment on photo[edit]

The lead photo might be confusing. Front end tube complement looks odd. A 6J5, a 6SN7 and a coke-bottle third... Is it a working combination, at all? It looks like someone just stuffed three random tubes into four front end sockets... And if it's working, what's in the coke bottle? Retired electrician (talk) 13:07, 10 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

why is it....[edit]

that we speak or write of this topology as a ‘williamson’ if the leak design & implementation is the same & predates it by two years? I understand that this may be covered in the linsey hood book & in other articles, but it deserves a mention here.

duncanrmi (talk) 19:04, 13 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The Leak had a different topology. Perhaps the shorter signal path and lesser transformer bandwidth made it more stable than the tricky Williamson... but the latter was targeted at DIYers, could be copied freely without any licensing - and won by numbers and worlwide exposure. So even JLH starts with the Williamson as a base reference, and lists Leak in line of "other" alternatives. Retired electrician (talk) 09:38, 30 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

What is "CLC filter"?[edit]

In sub section Topology the abbr. "CLC" is not introduced. Neither is the concept (type of filter) "CLC filter".

It may or may not be a type of π filter.

--Mortense (talk) 14:00, 14 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Exactly. Added link. Retired electrician (talk) 12:34, 15 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]