The use of field effect transistors in this circuit improves its performance. This configuration is from a 1975 circuit manual. The transistor can be any general-purpose FET such as MPF102 or BF245.
This circuit came out in an American magazine that no longer exists. It's the Electronic...
This circuit originally came out in a Budget Electronics from 1981. The American magazine no...
This is the traditional audio preamp configuration with the National Semiconductor LM382. The...