Neg feedback switch


I have a Triode of Japan 300B Amp. It has a on and off negative feed back switch. What purpose does it serve. When it is engaged it seems to lower the volume.
cjaronica

All tube amp should have this option, as it’s a few dollars in parts and easy to do.

I used to put them on my tube amps, on or off. And yes no/less feedback = more amplifier gain.

When the feedback was switched on, I also had a dial you could turn to vary the amount of feedback from almost zero to 35db of feedback. This also lets you tune the amps damping factor to the speaker, depending if the speaker was an under or over damped design.


Cheers George

It decreases amplifier gain to bring more dynamic headroom.  
This statement is false. 'Dynamic headroom' is a function of the class of operation (class A, class AB, etc.) and is unaffected by feedback.

The amplifier gain is used to reduce the 'output impedance' by using the gain as a servo mechanism to correct for errors in the output signal.