Hi to all!
Did anyone tried to add tube cathode follower or something with tubes to the CS8412 and one TDA1543 dac after the IV resistors and coupling cap?
I am strugling to open my dac in highs for months and now I think I might try to add some tube buffer at the end. Maybe some White cathode follower or something. I could use 5687 or 6DJ8 for that.... Any ideas...
Did anyone tried to add tube cathode follower or something with tubes to the CS8412 and one TDA1543 dac after the IV resistors and coupling cap?
I am strugling to open my dac in highs for months and now I think I might try to add some tube buffer at the end. Maybe some White cathode follower or something. I could use 5687 or 6DJ8 for that.... Any ideas...
Hi,
You mean you'd like to add some "sparkle" to the highs?
A buffer's not going to help here...
IME that's more likely to be the cause + possibly some lousy coupling caps along with it.
Cheers,
I am strugling to open my dac in highs for months and now I think I might try to add some tube buffer at the end.
You mean you'd like to add some "sparkle" to the highs?
A buffer's not going to help here...
CS8412
IME that's more likely to be the cause + possibly some lousy coupling caps along with it.
Cheers,
I think you may be trying to polish something unpolishable. The CS8412 could well be responsible as it's an early receiver chip. Further, I'm afraid that if you read the data sheet for the TDA1543, you will find that it is distinctly second-rate.
On the other hand, if you want to learn about how to tack a valve stage onto the back of a DAC, then an unfortunate accident won't cost you much, and the experience would be valuable later on if you use some more recent DAC chips.
Note, however, that the TDA1543 (and 1541) won't tolerate much of a voltage at their outputs before their distortion rises. You're not so much looking for a cathode follower as an MC input stage (without RIAA, of course).
On the other hand, if you want to learn about how to tack a valve stage onto the back of a DAC, then an unfortunate accident won't cost you much, and the experience would be valuable later on if you use some more recent DAC chips.
Note, however, that the TDA1543 (and 1541) won't tolerate much of a voltage at their outputs before their distortion rises. You're not so much looking for a cathode follower as an MC input stage (without RIAA, of course).
Hi,
IOW, a valved I/V convertor. A prime candidate for that line of work is the obiquitous E88CC/6922 IMHO.
Do not use the USSR 6N1P here, it's not the same valve at all.
Cheers,
You're not so much looking for a cathode follower as an MC input stage (without RIAA, of course).
IOW, a valved I/V convertor. A prime candidate for that line of work is the obiquitous E88CC/6922 IMHO.
Do not use the USSR 6N1P here, it's not the same valve at all.
Cheers,
Hi Jan,
That's another possibility but I can't say I've seen this done yet.
Have you done this?
Cheers,
Sum the bias and DAC currents at the cathode, voltage out at plate.
That's another possibility but I can't say I've seen this done yet.
Have you done this?
Cheers,
fdegrove said:A prime candidate for that line of work is the obiquitous E88CC/6922 IMHO.
Exactly. And the more gm, the merrier.
Jax said:Has anyone tried a grounded grid I/V here?
It looks attractive until you wonder where the cathode current goes. I expect that's why we haven't seen one yet. (Cue: Loads of outraged posts saying, "I've done it, and it works.")
EC8010 said:It looks attractive until you wonder where the cathode current goes. I expect that's why we haven't seen one yet. (Cue: Loads of outraged posts saying, "I've done it, and it works.")
Sounds like a challenge then
The problem is that the DAC current comes from its reference voltage source.
Or use a tube with antimatter electrodes where positrons are flowing
Anyway, a cathode follower with 6922 with its cathode resistor tied to a negative source should suit the 1543 well I think.
I just realized that the schematic is wrong. The current that is flowing through the 2k2 resistor is transformed into 3,5V. And I have 3,5V at the cathode of the tube so I must remove 2k2 (and 50k as well) resistor and add the current from the TDA1543 pins 6 and 8 to the current of the cathode resistor and then calculate my resistance of the cathode resistor.
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