Thank you Mr. John Curl,
You are right - the simpler schematic is better. But in my case I have tube out CD Player which is anode out and the output impedance is around 1-1.2k which is too high to drive 10k gain pot. That is the reason to put the first gain block. Is there any other technique to avoid the use of the first module? In my case, what would you do?
Thank you in advance
Ivo
Here is a nice one ;-)
http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/anal...rch-preamplifier-part-ii-750.html#post3431096
Could be made with a LSK389:
http://www.linearsystems.com/assets/media/file/datasheets/LSK389.pdf
Thank you for your time!
I will try it.
It would be the best of course to be placed in the player but in my case that is impossible (there are not enough space inside)
Regards
Hi Paolo,
the ferrite beads were already originally there, a photo with the old resistors:
l1000109.jpg
I did not experience oscillations but only used the modules in the ML-1 with
a gain of about 10 (20 dB). They are not unity gain stable, how much feedback
you can apply (lower gain) without stability problems I don´t know, I would
estimate less than a gain of 5 is too low.
the ferrite beads were already originally there, a photo with the old resistors:
l1000109.jpg
I did not experience oscillations but only used the modules in the ML-1 with
a gain of about 10 (20 dB). They are not unity gain stable, how much feedback
you can apply (lower gain) without stability problems I don´t know, I would
estimate less than a gain of 5 is too low.
Thank you Georg. Actually I didn't change the feedback from the original design values, I have used 22k from output to inverting input and 2k2 from inverting input to ground.
Anyhow, the presence of the ferrite beads in the original design makes me think they can be useful.
Basically the preamplifier sound very well but it is missing detail.
I have made some measurements using ARTA and a E-MU 0404 USB.
The first image is the loopback measurement that represents the noise/thd of the audio card, the second one is the spectrum of the output signal of the preamplifier, the last one is the frequency responce of the preamplifier.
As you can see there is a lot of garbage in the spectrum measurement of the preamplifier that makes me thinking that there could be a problem of oscillations. The frequency responce is enough extended but shows also some noise at upper frequencies.
Ciao
Paolo
Anyhow, the presence of the ferrite beads in the original design makes me think they can be useful.
Basically the preamplifier sound very well but it is missing detail.
I have made some measurements using ARTA and a E-MU 0404 USB.
The first image is the loopback measurement that represents the noise/thd of the audio card, the second one is the spectrum of the output signal of the preamplifier, the last one is the frequency responce of the preamplifier.
As you can see there is a lot of garbage in the spectrum measurement of the preamplifier that makes me thinking that there could be a problem of oscillations. The frequency responce is enough extended but shows also some noise at upper frequencies.
Ciao
Paolo
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I will try to repeat the measurements with ARTA but this
has to wait until I´m back from my holiday (beginning of September).
All I can contribute for the moment is an old measurement, it shows
about the same amount of 3rd you have, somewhat higher 2nd and not much else.
has to wait until I´m back from my holiday (beginning of September).
All I can contribute for the moment is an old measurement, it shows
about the same amount of 3rd you have, somewhat higher 2nd and not much else.
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Someone tried the new version?
An externally hosted image should be here but it was not working when we last tested it.
Borbely cascoded his line amp output stages when they were fets ( as did Pass), but both removed the output cascode becuase of a percieved loss of dynamics. However Erno indicated that his Japanese distributor and clients preferred the ouput cascode when jfets are used for the output stage. ( Borbely's Super buffer 2)
Why would this be a "new" version ? Looks more like a (somewhat misguided) ebay copy.