I spoke before about following Nelson's lead with the whole modular setup and have a specific question concerning it. If I wanted to put the different FE-nds in a small seperate box and run them off the same rails as the output stage, what kind of connector can carry that voltage and current and what grounding issues would there be? I only hvae to worry about the current that the FE will pull and not what is available, correct.
On the connector front I can recommend Neutrik loudspeaker plugs and sockets (from Maplin in UK) which are rated at 20A or so. They have good soldering and connection surfaces and lock in place. I think you should consider a star ground in your separate front end box connected to star ground in main box linked by shielded three core cable--I have had good results with Supra LoRad 2.5. The latter is very effective, cheap, very flexible and the shield is linked to the earth via a semiconducting earth insulator so you don't need to wire up a separate drain wire.
Chris
Absolutely. The longer your wires the longer your aerials. The shielding will not fully protect from RFI but it is better than none. RFI gets into the electronics and screws them up. Expect mid-band hardness and lack of bass definition for example. I was thinking about the post on Supra wire and I've changed my mind. It is a very good shielded mains wire for all the reasons I gave but you really need four wires. The first three are for +, grnd and -ve. the fourth I think should be the drain wire connecting the shielding which I would twist with the outer braid and use this to earth your front end box (if it is metal). I forgot to mention this. So the power grnd goes to your star earth and is connected to the chassis via the Thermistor (CL60). The chassis is also earthed to the mains earth and I think you should connect the earth of the chassis (not star grnd) to the front end box for safety, using the drain/braid of the shielded wire. So the latter joins and two chassis and also grounds (as best it can) any RFI.
I think the Neutrik plug is indeed the Speakon, which on mine has four connection points.
Chris
Thanks,
My R13 is 330 and with everything as the schematic says I get 9X. Both of my channels are the same gain so maybe this is the difference between the Fairchild parts and the Toshibas. I'm thinking the 30X was for the BBA-3.
How does your sound? I'll need a few more days to drop mine into the chassis of my old A-75 to have a listen.
My R13 is 330 and with everything as the schematic says I get 9X. Both of my channels are the same gain so maybe this is the difference between the Fairchild parts and the Toshibas. I'm thinking the 30X was for the BBA-3.
How does your sound? I'll need a few more days to drop mine into the chassis of my old A-75 to have a listen.
Have you looked at the data sheet for the transistor that you are using?I do not longer understand the explanation of Nelson in the original BA-3 text nor the corrected version of Zen Mod......
But I am happy with an amplification of 9x, much better
For me the amplification is the first stage 100 (r6)/100 (r5) and for the second stage it is 332 (R13)/22 (R10).
So if you change the resistor values the amplification changes.
The devices are transparent to this as far as I see. The get almost out of the equation with this feedback.
albert
So if you change the resistor values the amplification changes.
The devices are transparent to this as far as I see. The get almost out of the equation with this feedback.
albert
Hi tea-bag,
The software was
Electroacoustics Toolbox
Because I like to work with Mac OS, the hardware an E-MU 0204
And the Ps are P1, P2 and P3 from BA-3
It took me one and a have day to get ready with the software and the hardware, there are so many new aspect, for instance Hamming window. So I still do not know what I am doing and choosing, but I managed to get these results.....
The software was
Electroacoustics Toolbox
Because I like to work with Mac OS, the hardware an E-MU 0204
And the Ps are P1, P2 and P3 from BA-3
It took me one and a have day to get ready with the software and the hardware, there are so many new aspect, for instance Hamming window. So I still do not know what I am doing and choosing, but I managed to get these results.....