This 1969 circuit uses a 117 V filament tube powered directly by the power grid. The original circuit makes use of a charcoal microphone, a common component at the time.
The presented circuit was found in the National Semiconductor FET Databook. The setting applies to other...
This configuration with the LM383 appears elsewhere on this site. The circuit shown was obtained...
This very high input impedance preamplifier is from a publication of 1977 but can also be mounted...