Pumpkin preamp - ordered by Steen , official making thread

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Re: rail voltage

jkchoi said:
I have a xformer having two 0-30V AC .

I think the shunt regulator also has a important roll for the qualified sound. So, I do not want to replace it to the simple one having higher output voltage although the shunt has a big voltage drop and the voltage swing needed for F4 will be around +-20V. :whazzat:

But I understand that the sound quality can change by the rail V.
Choky what is your recommendation New Xformer or Change V?

In fact my F4 has 15V AC xformer. So, the rail voltage is around 18V during running. But having great sound quality. It has powerful enough. I would like to make a balaced F4 later to see what happens.

So, at this moment I want to challenge to down the rail voltage of pumpkin pre and shunt regulator also.

Let's see...........
24V can be adequate as output of shunt, so called for rail.

Too long later:) :)


so - 2x30 will give ya ~ 2x40 V on caps ........... I think that we can cut this to healthy 2x28V without penalties ........ under condition that your mains voltage isn't too variable going down ;)

it's easy to change few things to accommodate that ..........

ya see that never is too late .............. ;)
 
for 30V AC xformer

R23,24 for CRC will be OK or reduce to 3E3
I don't know about OS1 300mA no idea!, pass :devilr:
Q1,Q2 IRF 510 will be changed to IRF 610, or 540 (because I have it) :D
D1-D5 ZY10 will be changed to 4X9.1V=36.4V
R7 for safety will be same, pass
D8 LED will be somwhat dimmy!!, pass
R8 68k, WR1 4k7,R9 6k8 will be changed to 24k, 2k, 4.7k because I have them and can bring ~23-30V out
R13 27k will be changed to 15k then the base of the
Q6,7 will be around 15V-17V
Q10 can be changed to 2SK246 with R19 680? for 1mA ccs and R18 22k can be changed to 15k for safety

But finally I have no BDX54(p-darligton), can I replace it to any p-type darlington with collector dissipation 60W around? :xeye: :xeye:
 
Hi Choky...

As you know :D i was fizzling around with gainsetting's / LeachAmp ... and all that !
I have ended up with gainsetting at ~ 147,5K / 6,2K = ~23x (R1, R5 / R3, R6) for giving me enough power for my setup with voltagehungry F4's.

I am having the idea to put in a serie-resistor at input R1/R3 for lowering the gain, if i will use :Pumpkin: with another amp, than F4.

Will it be a bad idea to put in e.g 4K (plus them 6,2k i have now, which will give me 10,2K on input) - this will lower the gain from ~23x to ~14,4x ??? Or must value's R1/R5 , R3/R6 follow each other if you know what i mean.

I assume this will not effect the adjustment's of the :Pumpkin:, as this only will be like replacing the attennuator i think only thing what happens is a higher resistance on input ... hope you understand what i mean!

Well i will pull in a switch to either short or add this extra resistor having the name perhaps ------> '' Pumpkin superamp , normal cheap discount's amp's :D¨¨ switch.

Jesper.
 
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lykkedk said:
Hi Choky...

As you know :D i was fizzling around with gainsetting's / LeachAmp ... and all that !
I have ended up with gainsetting at ~ 147,5K / 6,2K = ~23x (R1, R5 / R3, R6) for giving me enough power for my setup with voltagehungry F4's.

I am having the idea to put in a serie-resistor at input R1/R3 for lowering the gain, if i will use :Pumpkin: with another amp, than F4.

Will it be a bad idea to put in e.g 4K (plus them 6,2k i have now, which will give me 10,2K on input) - this will lower the gain from ~23x to ~14,4x ??? Or must value's R1/R5 , R3/R6 follow each other if you know what i mean.

I assume this will not effect the adjustment's of the :Pumpkin:, as this only will be like replacing the attennuator i think only thing what happens is a higher resistance on input ... hope you understand what i mean!

Well i will pull in a switch to either short or add this extra resistor having the name perhaps ------> '' Pumpkin superamp , normal cheap discount's amp's :D¨¨ switch.

Jesper.


you are almost as me ........ ya cheapskate, dumpster diver , ya junkyard abuser!

hehe - you'll never learn - it's easier and more convenient to make two different systems - one for each side of room ,or one for each room , than making universal huperduper gizmo

place 27k in series with 6K2 , and switch across 27K ; you don't need that amount of gain for poor leachie ......... ya wanna kill either leachie or poor cones ..........?!

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Thanks!

A learning experience for sure.

The top and sides are finished with a caustic soda wash and the front, rear, 'posts' and knobs are anodized. Anodizing is tricky!:) The parts were intended to be black! I must have tried a wrong dye. Just as well, I like silver too.

I can't even begin to say how much work it's been so far - and then to put the fire out on the pumpkin boards, which I'm sure will happen:)