FWIW, the issue you face with TVCs is hysteresis loss, which introduces low level distortion whenever the signal changes polarity (IOW- loss of low level detail). Additionally there will be changes in bandwidth depending on the tap selected. Careful design can minimize the latter but there is nothing to be done for the former- its a fact of life for all audio signal transformers except those in the current path of a single-ended device.
Since a single-ended device (tube or transistor) biases the core of the transformer, the zero crossing of the signal occurs at 1/2 the total saturation of the transformer- in effect there is zero hysteresis loss.
So- if you wanted to use a TVC this would be one way of doing that for those of you who are DIYers- combining the technologies.
Since a single-ended device (tube or transistor) biases the core of the transformer, the zero crossing of the signal occurs at 1/2 the total saturation of the transformer- in effect there is zero hysteresis loss.
So- if you wanted to use a TVC this would be one way of doing that for those of you who are DIYers- combining the technologies.