Doubtful that he will achieve his goal by putting another distortion producing element in the signal path.
This comment is interesting, "to achieve lower distortion figures of his amp by setting it to mid-gain instead of high-gain"
I have a Sony Video 8 HandyCam CCD-V5 that I am interested in contributing to a member that likes to fix stuff like this. Haven't used in years and I have no use for it.
It somewhat works from what I recall but had a band through the video or something of that sort. If interested, let me...
Hi Jon
I sent you, amongst the many, many files one called Complete Rebuild Slide Show.docx. Look for that
PL400 Assembly Process Slide Show (Adobe Acrobat)
PL400 Assembly Process Slide Show (PowerPoint)
The PL4000 will be your weak link. The design was a first attempt. They learned from it and did better on subsequent products...
There are much better pre's to pair up with a PL amplifier.