Sure - sorry, I was thinking about the JFETs used for the 1st & 2nd gain stages ("sitting underneath" the CCSes).
Regards,
Andy
Aah, OK ... so higher than 2/3rds Idss is OK.
But how do you know there is "great linearity"?
Are you saying THD varies with different Id?
Regards,
Andy
Look at the k170 charts, near Idss the curves are more linearAah, OK ... so higher than 2/3rds Idss is OK.
But how do you know there is "great linearity"?
Thank you Ricardo. Thus K117's Idss the lower the better, right?
I missed the point: why did you lower R11 from 47k to 30k? If I'm not wrong you double up the value of C1 too.
P.S. trimmer on the source, not gate I guess
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Thank you Ricardo. Thus K117's Idss the lower the better, right?
I missed the point: why did you lower R11 from 47k to 30k? If I'm not wrong you double up the value of C1 too.
P.S. trimmer on the source, not gate I guess
Yes, I use low Idss k117 for this purpose.
I reduced R11 to get higher lower wondering in output voltage and it seems the higher current on the ccs fet reduced it's operating noise.... it works , but I am on the limit now... can not go lower than 30k, bypassed by a quality foil 10u cap... lowering the vref increases Zo
Yes... trimmer on the source...
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I should report last mod.... 4 x k170 with 12r for Rs proved floppy in the bass and noisier tan the 2 x k170 build so I reduced it to 3 x k170 with 4ohm for Rs... R14 went to 1k and now I have 63dB instead of 65dB total gain....
Now playing with the BiB.... very happy with the results... full on sound, snappy, detailed, low noise....
PS: this build is very sensitive to magnetic fields from the TX.... had to place the tx at 90° and 1 meter away.... very rewarding results in terms of bass definition... induced hum can kill bass deinition
Back to the BiB
Once more Vref cap proves it's significance.... After listening for some time with a 330uF cap over the vref trimmer and finding that something could be done to improve highs, I replaced that HQ EL cap by a smaller value MKP... incredible difference in terms of detail... highs are more fluid and fast and that translates to better discernibility in the bass also.
Strangely, I do not notice any increase in noise by reducing this cap value from 330u to 4u.....
Once more Vref cap proves it's significance.... After listening for some time with a 330uF cap over the vref trimmer and finding that something could be done to improve highs, I replaced that HQ EL cap by a smaller value MKP... incredible difference in terms of detail... highs are more fluid and fast and that translates to better discernibility in the bass also.
Strangely, I do not notice any increase in noise by reducing this cap value from 330u to 4u.....
In fact there is less hiss with only one 4,7u film cap than with the 330u EL.... but there seems to be a stability issue because the shunt sags when I touch the heatsink and also when I rotate the preamp volume to the max.
Now with two 4,7u in parallel, the sagging disapeared and sound is even better.... more detail and better spatiality... the problem is the hiss came back.... it seems the big cap in this place is prone to collect noise (like an antena)
Now with two 4,7u in parallel, the sagging disapeared and sound is even better.... more detail and better spatiality... the problem is the hiss came back.... it seems the big cap in this place is prone to collect noise (like an antena)
Yes... maybe that is the way to go... anyway I learned that too small capacitance over resistive vref can compromise output current capabilities... because it sags when I touch the heatsink (the heat sink is totally isolated so it must be a magnetic happening).
It puzzles me that it also sags if I turn the volume up.
This volume thing is quite strange... untill 90% all is ok and the noise is really low, that it sags at 95% and than it wakes up again at 100% but with a lot of noise.
Maybe increasing the ccs current might cure it.... but it allready runs at 300mA.
With two 4,7u there is no problem but noise is much lowder than with the 4,7u alone.
It puzzles me that it also sags if I turn the volume up.
This volume thing is quite strange... untill 90% all is ok and the noise is really low, that it sags at 95% and than it wakes up again at 100% but with a lot of noise.
Maybe increasing the ccs current might cure it.... but it allready runs at 300mA.
With two 4,7u there is no problem but noise is much lowder than with the 4,7u alone.