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My recommendation is go with the last approach, but use a raw power supply with a B+ of over 500v and drop this value down to 300v with two large resistors in series and at the midpoint wire in a series of 47v and 52v zener diodes that total 400v to ground. This zener string, which is a terrible choice in AC terms, works well to set a fairly stable DC voltage; fortunately, the further filtering provided by the remaining resistor and capacitor RC network does much to eliminate the noise of the zener string.
A high voltage, low noise zener diode can be made out of a transistor, a voltage reference, and a few resistors. The LED serves as a cheap and quiet voltage reference in this circuit. The cathode-to-anode voltage drop of the LED will be between 1.7 to 2.3 volts. TIP 50 transistor will have to dissipate up to 3 watts and should heat-sinked. The transistor can be replaced with a high voltage MOSFET or a tube.
Cascoded shunt regulation is used in the last circuit. The heart of the circuit is the TL431, a wonderful little device made by Texas Instruments that is both quiet and robust. Its cathode moves up and down in voltage to maintain a constant 2.49v at its reference input pin. A small cap, 1 nf, might have to be placed from this reference pin to the cathode of the TL431 to stabilize the circuit and the 1 µf might have to be increased for the same reason. The 12B4 can easily take the 390 or so volts from its cathode to its plate.
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