This topic has probably been discussed to death, but Search isn't returning anything useful.

I'm looking at getting a small board made, 2 layer, no bigger than a postage stamp, and low quantity, maybe 10 of., and no urgency.

What/where is the cheapest way/place to do it? Getting it done in UK is preferable but as in a cheapskate, don't mind getting it in China, depending on the cost.

I've searched threads here on the forum but can't find any answers to what my problems are and I lives in Sweden and main voltage is 230V.

Now it is that I finally got my ST-35 up and running, but not without problems, even though this is the third ST 35 and a number of ST 70s behind me, it hums steadily at 50 Hz (I would think) but without finding the reason. I has also built couple others tube and ss amplifier and pre amps.

I have tried all possible troubleshooting, also checked online for something similar and as usual there are different variants of solutions.

When I got home (flea find) with the amplifier, I disassembled it for repair and found an error that the previous owner had made when they built it, the error is that one of the cables to one 115V winding that is connected to the 240V version was pinched under mains transformer there was also a burn mark in the chassis, I then tested the mains transformer and it was correct with all the correct voltages and current.

This I have done, the power supply is handled by an EFB by D.Gillespie new home-etched pc13 circuit board all resistors are original or replaced till others from Allen-Bradley. The tubes are original 7247 and new Russian EL84

But when I start it there is a hum that gets louder when the tubes warmes up, when I remove 7247 it is quiet I have gone through the wiring diagram a number of times but I think it looks right no cold solder I have been detected nothing. All tubes are glowing so that's not the fault (I think) maybe the 7247 are the fault. I have non tube tester but a friend have but he lives i a other part of Sweden.

From my search online there could be two faults but one involves other transformers with 4-8 ohm tap but mine are original and it was feedback the other talked about, that 7247 were broken now I don't know if they are broken I have none opportunity to try right now but I'm wondering if the pinched cable might have caused them to be broken. The hum or oscillates on both channels, possibly a little more on one channel.

I hope someone has a good idea how I should go about it, because right now I'm just have no clue about the problem.

Cheers Anders

Hi
A friend of mine has asked me to fix his Mactone MH-300B.
Problem is it has been at a very unprofessional repair shop that has cut all the resistors and capacitors out and they are now in a plastic bag.
It is a PushPull 300B with 4x300B 2x12bh7 1XECC82 so it is probably a very common topology with fixed bias, but it would be easier for me , if I had the original schematic.
I do not have the amp in house yet, but if the schematic is impossible to get hands on, I will post the measured values of all the resistors and capacitors, and then hope we can agree on how the amp should be ..

I am really really happy that I pursued trying to improve my record playing experience. I initially bought and built a VSPS board. When I installed it into my switching preamp, I was not very impressed, as there was the same amount of hum/noise as my el-cheapo phono board from Ali Express.

So recently I decided I would put the VSPS board in its own chassis. I debated, but ultimately decided to include the PS inside the 6x10x2 inch chassis to match my switching pre, and 6LU8 tube amp.

Well, initially when I plugged it in and turned up the volume there was still hum. I tried bringing a piece of shielding between the transformer and the preamp board, and it didn't do anything to reduce the noise/hum. BUT, what did happen was that during handling, the hum disappeared! I then checked the turntable ground and I could get the hum to cut out by moving it a bit. I pulled the ground cable and checked the 1/8" mono phone plug I was using as to what was going on. Turns out I connected the TT ground to the chassis instead of the preamp board ground. Changed the connection and vois la no more hum, even at max volume (with no signal).

Well that made me happy. But what else made me happy is that I replayed a great recording of Beethoven's 5th and my sox were blown off! the bass was really very detailed and powerful, and the dynamics were also impressive.

So, my experience is that this VSPS board (thanks Richard) is excellent. My TT is an old Technics belt drive. I had recently upgraded to a modest LP gear cartridge with elliptical stylus, but my initial impression (with the same record) was Meh. So anyway, I am very excited to have elevated my LP lstenng experience.

Roger

G'day Guys.

I hereby start my build log for my implementation of Mooly's My Mosfet Amplifier Made For Music.
https://www.diyaudio.com/community/threads/my-mosfet-amplifier-designed-for-music.119151/

Here's the schematic for reference:


I will be implementing this amp design as monoblocks for a couple of reasons:
1) I think their cooler than stereo amps.
2) mono construction, better blah blah blah.
3) My racking situation is much better suited to my power amps being monos.
4) I like making extra power supplies etc.

I am building my chassis from scratch:
1) I have the tools, sheet metal is cheap.
2) Ali express cases tend to not be my style and shipping is horrendous to NZ.
3) I like making things for the sake of making things myself.
4) I can get exactly what I want instead of being constrained by somebody else's engineering/design choices.

Boards have arrived fresh off of the printing press at JLCpcb.

Mmmm Shiny!

I've started populating the pcbs however today I will start the story with a peak at the current state of the chassis.


On the weekends I tend to do noisy stuff like cutting metal when I get a chance around husband/dad duties.
On weeknights I tend to work on the electronics side around exercise and husband requirements.

At my current rate of work, I would hope to have them powered up for testing in a couple of months.

Hello,
The amplifier burned out, do you have the value of the grid resistor and the reference for IC4 ?
Thanks

Anyone recognize and know a safe non-authorized to order from here? It's not required that I use this specific model but I'm going to try very hard to get it if possible.

https://octopart.com/tda7293hs-stmicroelectronics-839569

Yesterday evening I connected my lovely Exotic's again to my Accuphase and listening to them 😍😍😎.

What a wonderfull driver placed into 160 liters 😍😍😎.
Very very smooth and very deep and perfectly controlled.
This is going very very nice.

Description:
Ready B.R. speakers equipped with the very expensive and beautiful full range 8 inch drivers from SEAS with a beautiful flat curve and an impressive superior depth.
This goes very nicely, deep and low with ease.

Drivers with certificate and subsequent serial numbers.
REMARKS:

MATERIAL CABINET 18mm BLACK AND STANDARD MDF.
SIDE PANELS 19mm SOLID BEECH WOOD.
BRACINGS 44x27 SPRUCE WOOD.
PRITEX 42mm DAMPING GLUE TO ALL INNER PANELS EXCEPT BAFFLE.

TECHNICAL DATA:

Driver: Full Range from SEAS type X1-04 EXOTIC F8.
Volume cabinet: 160 liter.
Sensitivity: 96 dB/W(m).
BR port (2x) 70mm diam. x 109mm length.
BR tuning @ 30 Hz.
Frequency range: 29Hz - 20kHz (-3dB). (edit)
Impedance: 4 Ohm.
Long time power 35 Watt.
Short time power 100 Watt.

Two tone cabinets.
Sleek and solidly built.
Transparent satin finish.

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Built 2023
M. den Boer
Brielle
The Netherlands.

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I don't know if placebo effect or not, but my amplifier sounds better if I insert a parallel LR filter in the anode path, just before the usual plate resistor.

This is called RF anode choke or "parasitic choke". Usually I read in radio schematics anything above 1mH should work to purge possible RF noise, with the knee out of the audio band but before MF band.

I put 15K res // 1.5mH inductor, but it was a quite random choice.

What do you think? And which values are ok?

Hello everyone & I have a pair of Dahlquist DQ 10’s, been listening to them for over 40 years. I updated the crossovers and would like now to try bypassing caps C1 and C2 with Duelund cu 0.01 bypass caps. What I’m unsure of, need help with, is orientation. Here is how the caps are described:

The outer lead out, closest to the edge of the capacitor, is connected to the outer foil and as such should be connected to the lowest impedance path to ground, generally the signal output.

And, here’s the crossover schematic. If you can advise me, I’d appreciate it and thanks in advance!

Hi friends, I am looking for help to repair a JL Audio 300/4 rev 1 amplifier. The first failure is that it turns on without connecting the remote cable. The second failure is that the output fets heat up and the current consumption increases rapidly. The remote does work. When you activate it, the green LED turns on. I will try to find out if I have a faulty IC. I suspect it is a u600. I don't know if it controls the power control. Regards.

Decent looking and in working condition. I can buy from EU too if price is right. Shipping to US

Hi I built the small thor speakers, the mag drivers corroded replaced them with nextel drivers and finally built new cabinets. Just wanted to share the experience in case anyone is in the same boat. Had a ton of help over the years from this site and learned a lot. Overall I am very happy with the results. The speaker sound great the imaging and tone are very very good. The original small thors were maybe slightly better but by not much if at all. I have usable bass to 30hz. Thought about getting a sub but I am happy with the bass.

We are downsizing and sold my wood shop so these will be my last speaker build and well worth the effort.

Using Hornresp ( incredible) came up with a high WAF cabinet the cabinet is 44 x 8.5 x 12" . 3/4" birch ply with extra 3/4" mdf front Used scottmoose and Daves holey braces cut out from the small thors, they have the madisound thor upgraded crossovers with R2 R3 and C4 removed.

in room listening postion fr
holey brace
finished in room

I want the thank everyone who helped me over the years I know without a doubt that I was a frustrating PITA to a few of you but thank you for being patient. This hobby was fantastic and complex and interesting. I think it took me 12 years to build the final cabinets because I enjoyed the time I spent learning on this site so thank you all.

Ben

So I have been thinking about the best way to damping my mission 720 speakers. These are a sealed enclosure 3way speaker. The tweeter is a closed back soft dome and the mid has it's own enclosure. On reading many threads and what I could find relating damping I tried the following.
1st was original damping which was 2 rolled up pollyfill material.
This killed the sound, over damping.

I was always fascinated with “How much juice can you squeeze out of a full range driver?”

In this design with twelve Fountek FE85 3.5” full range units, I managed to squeeze a lot of juice from small drivers, without a traditional crossover. This design achieves High-Definition transparency, deep imaging, excellent impulse and step response, flat phase response. The system comfortably handles 250 watts and plays very loud without distortion.

This design has unique feature: All 12 full range drivers receive 100% signal below 100Hz, sharing the load equally. With DSP EQ they have plenty of bass.

Above 100Hz they shift into Shaded Array mode. Above 500Hz the Constant Directivity radiation pattern is fully in force. This means spooky-good imaging all throughout the room.



Lots of slam even with wide dynamic range percussion recordings.

Totally coherent sound as these full range drivers cover 9 octaves.

Extremely transparent, as the FE85s have very thin light aluminum cones and a light, airy signature sound.





I designed these based on Don Keele’s work, which is patented. I obtained Don's permission to build the design, and met him in person at the 2017 Parts Express competition where I showed them off.

A shaded array is a curved line array where each driver receives a unique signal level according to a Bessel function. This eliminates most of the lobing and comb filter effects of a line array. (Conventional line arrays are notorious for comb filtering effects. You have to use lots of tiny drivers in order to eliminate them.)

In auditoriums, shaded arrays ensure all seats get equal SPLs no matter how far from the speaker. In a home system, a shaded array with the hottest drivers near the floor results in equal SPLs whether you’re right next to the speaker or all the way across the room.



When I invite people over to listen, I ask them to get up and walk around. They’re astonished that the sound level and image doesn’t change no matter where they are in the room. When I host listening parties with a dozen people, every seat in the house is great.

You can stand right next to one speaker and hear the other speaker clearly across the room with a nice stereo image.

The graph below is from Don Keel’s website, it shows even distribution across all frequencies for a shaded array with the hottest drivers in the center. In my design, the floor is the centerline through the middle, with floor reflections simulating the lower half of the array.


Imagine a black dotted line running right across the middle of each heat map above. That dotted line is the floor of the room.

Put your couch on top of that floor and now you can visualize how the sound is distributed throughout the room from the Shaded CBT Array.



This means the hottest drivers are the ones at the bottom, with the signal tapering off as you move up to the top of the array.

This design has an extra twist that I’ve never seen anywhere else, which is: All 12 full range drivers receive 100% signal strength below 100Hz, so they share the load equally.

I’ve mounted them in a DSP assisted bass reflex box. At the tuning frequency all drivers are working equally hard. But above 100Hz they progressively shift into Shaded Array mode and above 500Hz the Constant Directivity radiation pattern is fully in force.

This is the actual measured signal at the terminals of each driver:



As you can see, at the tuning frequency of 43Hz, each driver shares exactly the same signal level, but around 100Hz the signals start to diverge, and at 10KHz driver #1 at the bottom gets 14dB more signal than driver #12 at the top.

The irregularities around 100Hz are due to varying resonant frequencies and impedance curves of each individual driver. This is a trivial issue in application. The Fountek driver has the following specs: FS 125Hz (in my measurements it was more like 110Hz), Qt 0.52, VAS 0.85 liter.

One thing that separates the men from the boys in speaker design is radiation pattern. I like "CBT Constant Beamwidth Transducer" Shaded Arrays because their distribution pattern of sound throughout the room creates superb imaging in every seat of the house. If you stand up and walk right up to one speaker, the apparent source of the sound recedes to somewhere a few feet behind the speaker. You can hear the left and right equally well anywhere you stand or sit.

Measurements

This is the system response in my room, average of 18 positions, mostly near the listening spot, with the EQ that sounds right after much tweaking:


As you can see they deliver 35Hz-25KHZ. Of course at listener position in a real room, you want about 10dB more bass and that's exactly the case here.

Phase response is essentially flat above 80Hz:


Most speakers butcher Impulse Response. Not these:



Schematic:

This design requires an elaborate filtering network to provide each individual driver with the exactly correct drive signal according to Keel's Shaded Array methodology. Each driver has a Zobel network (6ohms + 13uF) which flattens the impedance and makes behavior more managable.

The wiring consists of three parallel sections of four drivers wired in series. Each driver starting with driver #4 and above also has an RC network which directs extra high frequency energy towards the bottom drivers and less HF energy to the top drivers.



As you can see, drivers 1, 2 and 3 get 3dB extra signal above 1KHz, and drivers 10, 11 and 12 get 10-15dB less signal above 1KHz, with the intermediate drivers getting exactly proportional signals. I am very proud of the above family of curves.



I used a MiniDSP 2x4HD to EQ these speakers flat. Above is the correction curve, which is absolutely necessary because without EQ the 3.5” drivers start rolling off below 150Hz.

The total system has roughly the same output capability of a quality 10” woofer in a bass reflex enclosure. The DSP boosts the signal the the 43Hz reflex tuning frequency and rolls off quickly below that, adding 6-10dB additional headroom at low frequencies. This is a critical aspect of the design, as a 6-10dB gain in LF dynamic range is not trivial.

I discuss this DSP technique in my AudioXpress article “The DSP Assisted Reflex.”

Port & Tuning Details

I used a flared 3” Precision Port from Parts Express. It is about 12” long and it tunes the 30 liter / 1.2 cubic foot box to 43Hz. The system cuts off sharply below 35Hz via DSP. These twelve drivers in a super-low-tuned reflex enclosure and DSP can collectively generate a lot of output, very similar strategy to the Bose 901 (which is an ingenious engineering design as I discuss in an AudioXpress sidebar, regardless of what opinions many audiophiles have about the execution.)

High Sensitivity

The midband SPL of these speakers is about 96dB. They have 14dB of boost at 43Hz and a similar amount of boost above 5KHz. Effectively they operate on average like a system with ~91dB sensitivity. Pretty efficient overall. The high efficiency adds to the slam and dynamic range.

These sound great and play quite loud with small low power tube amps.

Impedance



They are easy for any amp to drive. You can see in this graph the port tuning frequency of 43Hz and the impedance is around 10 ohms at low frequencies and 4 ohms at high frequencies. These speakers are easy to drive.

Driver Choice


The Fountek FE85 is an excellent full range driver. It has a 3/4” voice coil and very light cone assembly of less than 2 grams. It has a fabric surround which ideally matches the acoustic impedance of the aluminum cone and very smooth response. It has very good high frequency resolution, as good as many dome tweeters.

Individually they handle about 10 watts RMS, so with 12 units per channel and equal power distribution at low frequencies, this system has no problem putting out 110dB+ SPLs in a real room.

Fortunately the FE85 is still available. Plus many great alternative choices are available from Dayton, Tang Band, FaitalPro and many others. As long as you choose an 8 ohm unit, you won’t need to change any of the Shaded Array filter network values. However your DSP EQ will change and anyone with a DSP and a microphone can easily pull that off.

There is no need for FIR (Finite Impulse Response) filters as everything is very well behaved and there are no phase errors that you can’t correct with standard IIR (Infinite Impulse Response) DSP filters.

Cabinet details

The cabinets are 46” high, 7” wide and 14.75” deep. These are the sketches I gave to my carpenter Joseph Budka, who milled these on a CNC machine:





The drawing below shows the coordinates of each facing surface on the side panel that touches the front panel pieces, along with the angles of each facing surface.




How do they sound?

The stereo image is deep. The apparent sound source is about 2-3 feet behind the speakers, just as Don Keele’s Constant Beamwidth Transducer model predicts.

I’ve built LOTS of different designs, you can search my screen name on this forum to find more. These are one of the better systems I’ve made, successfully squeezing a great deal of performance out of 3.5” full range speakers.

Resolution is high definition and extremely detailed. The aluminum cones have a slight edge and if your amp is harsh or sounds grainy, that will come through.

“Shaking the house” and full range drivers don’t usually go together in the same sentence, but these deliver. They have a LOT more dynamic range than 99% of full range designs. The DSP Assisted Reflex means that even with songs like “Russia on Ice” by Porcupine Tree, which has a loud 34Hz pant leg flapping synthesizer late in the track, these have no problem shaking the house.

If I were to build these again, I would consider a more expensive high end driver with underhung voice coil. I would be tempted to choose a paper cone instead of aluminum, as the metal cones have a slight edge that can come off hard at times. The Dayton PS95 is a very good choice.

I would also consider an even larger array, using 16 or 18 drivers instead of 12.

VituixCad and MiniDSP 2x4HD files are attached in Zip files.


I wrapped them 360 degrees with black grille cloth with an oak wood cap on the top. I used very dark wood stain that makes it almost black.

I took these to the Parts Express 2017 speaker design competition where I got a lot of questions from curious designers. (Coincidentally, the speaker that won the competition was a much more sophisticated 2-way Shaded Array design.)

I think shaded arrays are underrated and I encourage y'all to try a design for yourself!

I'm from France, Grenoble in the french Alps and i'm interested in DIY Raspberry Pi electronics, especially in audio.

I've just finished modelling and drawing up a vented enclosure for the Dayton Audio RSS315HF-4 12" Subwoofer.

Can anyone give me a critique on the design or see if I've made any errors?

I've modelled it as an 80L vented enclosure, tuned to 24.35 Hz with a 200w input signal. The amp is a 500w BASH plate amp. I'll set the HPF to 20 Hz.

I've read in some forum that the driver displacement is 3.8 L but no idea if this is correct.

Any input would be greatly appreciated.

Parameters as follows:

Impedance 4 ohms
Fs 24.2 Hz
Re 3.1 ohms
Le 0.96 mH
Qms 2.83
Qes 0.45
Qts 0.39
Vas 84.1 liters
Cms 0.23 mm/N
BL 13.99 Tm
Mms 188g
Xmax 14.3 mm
Sd 514.7 cm²
Vd 736.0 cm³

Hello Friends


D4K5 Class D amplifier (about 2000W 4 Ohm)

Fake or working PCB and working circuit ?

Does someebody here build this D4K5 class D amplifier ?


I have download from elcircuit.com schematic, Gerber Files, Youtube Video

High Power Class-D Amplifier D4K5 - Electronic Circuit


This amp design have 3 Mosfets and should work from +/- 30 to 100 V Rail

in Youtube Video everything look fine but some people writing in Blog PCB dont work, you will waste money

What’s the minimum requirement to use opamp as the input stage of the power amplifier? It might be:
1, Good voltage swing, as the power rail voltage is often limited.
2, A bias network that could provide a fixed voltage for the output stage.

Here we go.

The bias network is bootstrapped, so you loose little to none voltage swing. The output stage could be mosfet or EF2, etc. Change the resistors from the bias network to fit your need.

Long time audiophile. I built a few kits years ago and recently I built a tube preamp and amp. I find that I enjoy the kit builds more than the expensive audiophile stuff.

Hello, Im RAF from Naples.
Thank you to accept me in the community.
Regards to all members

I was talking to one of my good friends recently, and when we got on the subject of our current audio projects he told me how he had significantly lowered the noise in his diy phono amp by switching over to discreet voltage regulators. specifically, regulators made by Sparkos Labs.

This got me thinking about my TU-8500, The Phono section is probably one of the quietest I've ever heard, Especially with some Burr Brown OP AMP, This gear is just spectacular. Even with my HD800's can I barely hear the Phono hiss.

When I switched to an ART-7 MC pickup last year I finally got to make use of my AT-1000T SUT (only 1,000 were ever made). But even with this SUT, the gain was just half of my previous pickup, a VM750SH MM, who's output sits at 4.0mV. The ART-7 in the other hand has a super low output at 0.12mV (2.2mV with loss after the SUT).

This required a bit more gain from the TU-8500, but even with the knob turned up a bit more. the phono hiss, although a bit more audible, still sat very low. and after the conversation with my friend I decided to order two discreet Voltage regulators from Sparkos Labs, a +12V regulator and a -12V regulator.

I just got them in today, and honestly I wasn't expecting any audible differences, they are only voltage regulators after all. I carefully removed the original LM2940C, and LM2990 regulators. The Sparkos labs regulators, although bigger, fit perfectly on the board. After placing everything back together I did some voltage checks on the provided test points on the TU-8500, everything was more or less the same except the +12V and -12V points. With the original regulators +12 sat at 11.6V and -12 measured at -11.74. The Sparkos labs regulators+12, measured 12.0, right on the money! and -12 now at -11.98.

Again, when I got this back into my chain, I wasn't expecting anything, they are just voltage regulators, how much of a difference can they really make anyways to the over all sound? After flipping the switch and putting on my HD800 over my ears I stood there waiting for the 8500 to power on, just watching the blue LED blink on and off until it finally just stayed solid.. And what I heard next was nothing.. I looked at the amp, and made sure I had adjusted the volume pot to my marked sweet spot, that I had it set to 3x gain, and that I had set the input to phono, everything was correct. And still, I heard nothing. normally I would hear a faint hiss.

I don't have the gear to measure noise or anything like that but my ears. The phono hiss is gone at the same volume setting and 3x gain. As Im writing this im Listing to Max Richter's "The Blue Notebook, and it sounds just a little bit louder than before. I normally have the volume knob at 12 O clock on my TU-8600, I've had to back down a little bit.

I decided to figure out what happened to the hiss. without a scope on hand I'll have to use my ears. With the stock regulators my Volume knob on the 8500 was set to about 2 O-clock, this was the ideal spot, just a little hiss but enough gain. With the Sparkos Labs regulators, I can push the knob to about 3:00 and I can start to hear the faintest of hiss, moving on to 4 o clock and I can hear the same amount of hiss that I did before on the stock regulators.

With the Sparkos labs regulators I can get more gain with far less noise trade off. I don't know why, I really wish I had a scope. As far as sound stage goes I hear no difference through my KEF R300, or HD800.. The only difference I hear is noise. Maybe the Sparkos regulators provide a cleaner power source for the phono section of the TU-8500. It would be worth looking into for those with a scope!

Hey guys,

I've gone and applied 12V to my 5V input. Opened her up and saw this "rectifier" looking component has popped. I can't tell the markings and it's different from the other one beside it. Any ideas? I've looked for some pics on this forum but can't find a good pic of this component. It's right here at the DC input.

Would love to repair this.

A client brought in a Citation 22 beast for repair. I replaced a complimentary pair of output transistors to get it working. However, the OEM speaker terminals were also smashed in.

I don't know why the folks at Citation decided on such a crappy way to connect speakers, using very weird terminal hardware that appears to be not only a PITA to connect, but also a weak point – they break fairly often (enough so a European company sells a ready-made solution). Apparently this design is also common to the Citation 24.

I considered the European fix but didn't much care for their terminals. So I had a local trophy shop laser-cut a 1/4 slab of dark Lucite™. The laser made it possible to key the terminals so they can't rotate.

Here's some pics.

Hello all,

I currently have a set of speaker towers i built off a design I found online. After seeing some of the posts here about it, it's not a well favored design. But frankly I enjoy it. I've had these towers built for awhile now, and at this point I've had the itch to mess with them again. They are currently an MTMW design and I wondered how much would need to change in the crossover to make it a MTMWW design?

I recently bought a passive preamp from AliExpress. It is nicely made, with a motorized potentiometer and 4 relays to select and input. There is also an on-board relay to power on/off other devices, though that is not currently attached.

The IR signal from the remote control is decoded and the motor and relays are controlled via a 40-pin STC89C52RC 8-bit 8051-style microcontroller. I'd like to modify that code so that the preamp responds correctly to several different remote controls. Does anyone know if there is source code available for this on GitHub or similar?

It's half past three in the morning here and I'm in my hobby room, enjoying some very non audiophile-approved music on my recently finished transmitter triode DHT SET.
To produce 2*5 quite decent sounding watts I've bought Soviet made input tubes from Ukraine and French driver tubes. The output tubes were made in USA some 80 years ago by Taylor and imported, via eBay, to Sweden by me, one by one in unknown condition and at horrible shipping costs.
The mains transformer, OPTs and driver stage cathode chokes were bought from Italy, then there are several other smaller transformers and chokes from different manufacturers.
In the context of DHT SETs this is a budget amp, still I could easily have bought a decently functioning car for the same money.
Looking at only the specs, the little critter between my thumb and index finger in the picture eats this amp for breakfast at perhaps 1/1000th of the cost.

This is the Tube forum so I can't be the only one with this...perverted mindset.
Some may say tubes sound better. Ok, except that they don't, not necessarily. Properly designed SS amps can sound just as good as any tube amp.
My theory boils down to one thing: The glow. Inherited memories cavemen staring into camp fires or something, I don't know.
End of rant, feel free to share your opinions!

I was helping a friend (who had just taken delivery of a pair of custom Purifi/Beyma AMT 2-way monitors) winnow down the electronics options, with a preference for One-Box solutions.

About that, my overall observation is that GaN Modules, as well as Switching Amp PCBs from Hypex and Purifi, have been major Game Changers in High-End Audio.

HiFi Rose's GaN-based RA280, which is not a one-box solution--it is an Integrated Amplifier with no Digital Inputs--has a rated output of 250 Watts per channel. It's a sleek item you could tuck under your arm (16.9 inches wide, four inches tall, and 14 inches deep).

But I can remember when it took two strong guys to lift Plinius's 250Wpc stereo amp. I'd call that "Changing the Game."

So, my friend narrowed his search down to NAD's offerings. The M33, with the Purifi power-amplifier module, was too much money (5K). I loved the NAD 3050's Retro styling, as well as its knobs and switches! But he did not. And, the NAD dealer said that the core amp in the M10 (the V2 has a Hypex Hybrid Digital nCore Amplifier) was better than the one is the 3050. BTW, the V2 is rated at 100Wpc while the V3 is rated at 160Wpc. (The V3 is also powered by Hypex.)

When the dust had settled, my friend had gotten a bargain close-out price on NAD's M10 V2, which is being sold off to make way for the M10 V3. What he loses out on, by not waiting for the V3 (and, paying about $1000 more), apart from 60W more power, is a built-in MM phono stage. So he will have to pick up an affordable wall-wart phono stage.

I've never had a piece of audio gear with a touchscreen, but perhaps I could get used to it.

BTW, Siri is on the outs with me, ever since I said "Open the Pod Bay Doors, Siri."

In a VERY hurt tone of voice, Siri replied, "That's a terrible thing to say to a Sentient Entity." I apologized.

And then, to try to make it up to her, I asked her if she had any plans for dinner. She hung up on me.

So, "Siri, please choose the best recording of Beethoven's Op. 127" is most likely not in my future.

Back to the NAD M10: What excites me about that choice is that for $100 you can activate the included DIRAC Room Correction. If it's good enough for John Atkinson, it's good enough for my friend.

Here's a link to Future Audiophile's news item on the upgrade from M10 V2 to V3.

I hope this helps anyone who is still In the Hunt.

john

I am selling a pair of unused Aurum Cantus G2si ribbon tweeters. They have been connected to the BassZilla crossover to verify functionality but never installed or used beyond that test.
The price is US$200 for the pair including Priority Mail shipping in the USA. Payment via Zelle.

Was watching a video on PE. Saw this shocking scene:

I sent a note to PE about it.
Folks: Please don't do this!

Hello all,

Obviously I'm new to the community here but have been a long time lurker. Trying to learn as much as I can. Thanks everyone.

I have worked on TPA3255 based BTL amplifier for a while now. As this is my first time attempting to layout a class D amplifier I would appreciate some feedback.
I have tried to follow the layout and schematic from the EVM, the feedback given in other threads on here, as well as SLAA788A for the PFFB, but I have probably missed something.
The layout is done on a two layer PCB and I will get all the SMD components assembled by the PCB manufacturer.
The VIA stitching is not done yet, so that is missing. The connectors I have mainly chosen for easy testing.
I have attached both schematics and PCB screenshots here, as well as a PDF of the schematic.
Thanks in advance!

Hello Introductions,

I've been a diyAudio viewer for nearly 10-years. I'm finally ready to actively participate in discussions surrounding old-fashion strictly linear analog audio techniques.

Regards, cliff

This may be obvious but I need someone to clarify if possible. Using a tool like HornResp, I'm trying to grasp how S1 (area of the entrypoint to a horn) relates to Sd (area of the speaker cone) when the two are different shapes.

Good example is an Altec 816, where the business end of the driver+horn looks like a sideways Underground sign. Sd of a 15" driver is somewhere around 1000cm2. Drawings of the Altec 816 show that the rectangular horn entry S1 is 21"x8", so about 1084cm2, so pretty close in area. Except, visually there is some dead space for both components - part of the driver's Sd area is blocked behind the horn entry, and part of the horn's S1 area is made up of inert motorboard.

Does the shape of the horn entry and its relationship to the driver cone have any impact on the effective S1? The obvious answer seems to be no, but the configuration of the Altec 816 - where a meaningful amount of S1 area is some meaningful distance from the actual driver - has me doubting. Thanks in advance!

My Behringer B1800XP sub has signal input but no output (Power Amp stage?) I am looking for a schematic or some one who has fixed a similar problem with these amps. Thanks in advance for any help.

Hi

I know that electrolytic caps have about the worst characteristics for audio - especially in series with the signal - but...

I see highly respected manufacturers using what look like electros as coupling caps between gain blocks. Are these caps possibly the hybrid polymer types instead of straight electrolytics? I friend found that the leakage through the polymer caps was low enough he could use them in series with a feedback gain control since he did not have space for an equal value of plastic cap.

In any case, has anyone tested the hybrid polymers for audio?

I was puzzled when I did a circuit sim and the THD20 was lower than the THD1. Then I increased the value of the input coupling cap and it was much better. However, I had to make a fairly massive increase which makes using polypropylene (preferred) a lot more space consuming.

Thanks for any advice

as above.

What specs should I be looking for?

As an example, I looked at these 3 transformers

• All 3 are 1:1 and all 3 have different impedances.
• Lundahl LL1545e (https://www.lundahltransformers.com/wp-content/uploads/datasheets/1545e.pdf) - all 4 windings have a resistance of 295ohm
• Hammond 560G (https://www.hammfg.com/files/parts/pdf/560G.pdf?v=1697661949) - the static resistance for the 4 windings are less than 20ohms
• Jensen transformer (https://www.jensen-transformers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/jt-11ssp-6m.pdf) - the windings for all 4 are less than the Lundahl.
• The frequency range seems be similar (the max for all 3 is well beyond human limit)

Thanks

Hello,
It is time again for me to buy a new PC audio interface. Not my main source, but sometime I listen to music from my t.c. electronic Konnekt 8, which has a pretty good DAC + a Bottlehead Crack + HD800S.
Now, the firewire interface is more and more problematic, I want to get something else again. Not long time ago, I've bought a Focusrite 2i2, but my daughter needed it (playing classic guitar etc.). The Konnekt 8 with the Crack is pretty good to listen to, the Focusrite is not, but that is better for ADC. So now again I try to find what in/out interface to get (in is needed, I record live sometime).
I find several sources for specs like S/N ratio, but I find no reliable source which sounds better.
Do you guys have experience with these? Can you recommend other info source? A forum, FB group etc.?
Thanks!!
JG

The relay, RL1, in my Citation 25 has an erratic function as it doesn't always close (click) when changing programs and if I don't make sure it clicks (closes) through quick program changes before shutdown then DC leaks to the output stage which makes it "pop" " in the speakers.
It seems that the control current to the relay is not sufficient? Which component(s) could be to blame for this?

Hey all! I’m recapping my C200 that I acquired a couple of weeks ago. These boards are a pain to desolder components from, time consuming for sure. I’ve replaced half of all electrolytics as of today. Anyways, somebody has worked on it before me, fairly shoddy job. The PSU board has some components replaced with lifted pads as a result. See the absent solder pads on C5. C7 has also been replaced with a crappy brand of capacitor so that’s going out. Since the ”tech” that worked on this before doesn’t seem to have had a clue of what he was doing I got worried about the orientation of the cap. From what I’ve seen in various recap threads, and reading the schematic, the caps negative is supposed to go to anode on D7, and positive to cathode. Is that correct? It still works fine with the cap in this orientation, but I want to make it proper. For you people that knows more than me about schematics, what would the consequence be of having this cap in the wrong orientation? Could it have been installed with polarity reversed from factory by some reason? Thanks for any input!

Hello, I have a beatiful YBA Delta 3 power amp:

and I'd want to add a second trafo to obtain a HC-DT version, more stable and agile with my 3-4 ohms Thiel CS2.4. Somebody gave me a trafo which seems identical in dimensions and weight to the factory one but measuring its ouput it has a +1.2 volt higher voltage per winding than the factory one, and wiring it using the paralleled windings per branch, I obtain a wonderful result in terms of current but a very light 50 hz buzz at speakers, probably due to the slight asimmetry of the two branches.
My question is:

• does somebody knows the specs of the factory trafo, in terms of Volt and Amperes?
• is it still possible to find in commerce any of that, so I can find a paired couple?
• is there any more modern suitable trafo (not toroidal in respect of Yves Bernard Andre ideas), such as R-core, even with higher current, I can use, paired, instead?

Many thanks to all.

Dear all,

I would like to tweak my Reimyo CDP-777.
My ideas were to modifiy clock and power supplies.

For that purpose a service manual would help a lot.

If anyone has the information about the clock and voltage regulators, I would highly appreciate if he could share this.

Best regards

Rainer

I am looking for a part number for something similar to KSA 1015YTA and KSC 1845FTA in SMD not TO-92.
Has anyone recommendations?

Thanks

Bought 5 for a project only ended up using 3.

Never installed or used.

Just opened for verification.
I have 2.. Looking to get $150 each plus shipping

I would like to pose a question: "How are people measuring frequency response on drivers that have no documentation?" I highlight the question because there doesn't seem to be information about a system or quantified Equipment that one can take and produce frequency graphs. As Anachoic Chambers are out of the question, the following are what I have Same, heard or read about in terms of getting measurements
I read that people use a closed box for frequency measurements, I do not seem to get a feel for how big the boxes should be in relation to speaker size and type and whether to flush mount or surface mount To this closed box.
Large flat baffles, where the speaker is placed within the baffle, seem to have their own quirks which do not get described very often. I remember an article written by Zaph. (No longer writing?), Explaining some of the requirements that had to be added to the baffle sheet, To be able to get results, But this to me seemed incomplete.
I note a device that possibly changes the landscape Of driver frequency measurement called the tetrahedral test chamber by Geoff Hill. It seems like a great idea, put it in a corner, possibly Assemble and disassemble so it doesn't take up space, but there are probably requirements there that may be beyond the DIYer To execute, in order to be able to get good results.
So, how does one measure the frequency response on drivers?

Selling 1x pair of Dario Miniwatt R120 tubes

These are great sounding IDHT tubes, often referred to as the European 2A3.
For those interested, you can build this excellent R120 amp by Pete Millett : http://www.pmillett.com/r120_se_amp.html

They measure 64ma and 67ma, where 60ma is nos

SOLD

Hello everyone!

My name is Fábio Oliveira, I live in Brazil, in Latin America. I'm here to learn more from you folks. I love spending part of my time fixing or creating new audio projects, and I was happy to discover that there is this forum with people who enjoy the same things as me. Greetings to everyone.

Does anyone have an old L17RCY/P laying around?

Dear members!
I have an Unison Research Triode 25 EL34 Amplifier in use.
Last day, during tube rolling (I changed from EL34 to 6CA7) by a matched Quartett I blew one of the fuses, (in one channel) which I want to replace.
It´s those 5x20mm type and I assume (it says 500/250V), it´s 500mA.
Anyway, could I be right with my assumption as well as, is somebody owning a service manual or at least schematic of this amp?
I once had an issue with this amp, the manufacturer sits in Italy and is not very responsive. The German distributor either.

I believe, that one of the tubes was defect (although I used it well before in another amp). I never had this experience with tube rolling, can tubes break that easy? No idea, that´s strange to me....
Thanks in advance and best regards
Hans

found an old sony mini system in the bin and in it there was this tda1545 ic(along other usefull components) and im wondering how hard would it be to make a simple spdif/coax dac for my tv(that lacks an anlog output) or a crappy dvd player.
i also professionaly soldered one of the legs back on. it works but it looks a bit ugly.

Hello Folks! I am Andrea from Italy i ham ham radio operator but my second passion is to repair audio and RF stuff. I am building my small repair lab made of vitage test equipment.

I am working on a draft brief for a three way system using BMS 18N862-8 Ohm, 18" bass driver a 12" Beyma 12P80ND? or V2 as it is now as the former is no longer made? and a 18sound NSD1095N which is an excellent driver as I have used it before.

I am looking for opinions for a suitable Horn Flare to work and integrate with the 12" Beyma (or other suitable 12" unit)

My initial thoughts were to use a Beyma TD164 which has Coverage angles of 60º in the horizontal plane and 40º in the vertical plane, is this a good match for the dispersion of the 12" driver?

Crossover has not been set but likely around 200Hz / 1300Hz or so.

Thanks

DM 🙂

Old single supply topology no need DC protect 🙂

Hi there, ideally i’m looking for a set of 10 matched 2sk3497 / 2sj618 Mosfets.

Otherwise seperate matched pairs would be great thank you!

Pleas let me know if you are selling genuine 2sk3497 / 2sj618 Mosfets.

Kind regards,

Tim

Hi all,

I recently built a baffle and put some drivers in it and was happy with the physical result. I had boomarked some information on how to best measure them on the baffle and produce FRD and ZMA and all the links are either dead or the software is dead and I can't follow a tutorial, etc, because of the project being dead. So I'm back to square one. I realize this is probably simple, but I'm just running into a few issues that I can't seem to break through, so any brain-orientating-help is appreciated as I bone-head through this.

Equipment I have:

MiniDSP Umik-1 microphone (USB)
Dayton UMM-6 microphone (USB)
Dayton DATS V3

USB DAC, Amplifier, etc

Software:

REW
Xim
VituixCAD2

I went back over some notes and some information from others but I ran into some questions and confused myself.

My primary goal:

Measure drivers installed in a baffle I already made and produce FRD and ZMA files from my measurements so that I can work on passive crossovers in software (Xsim & VitruixCad2).

So, that requires that I make pretty good measurements in the first place. And this is my primary hang up.

I know I can make impedance measurements with the DATS V3 in the baffle and produce the ZMA file directly from that without anything extra (I think?). I'm not sure if there's anything else I need to know about or do to the impedance sweep from DATS before using it as a ZMA for crossover building.

Some of my notes:

1 - Driver in the baffle. Microphone centered up on the driver at a distance of 0.5 meters. Reference 1khz sinewave and use voltmeter to get 2V AC at the speaker terminal. Do this with >1m in all directions free of boundaries, etc. Take measurement.

2 - Next driver, same as above.

3 - Now, interferometry. I read about this but couldn't find better (simple) details for me to follow. But basically wire the two drivers in parallel and measure this as well. But, I'm not sure how to set that up properly and what to do with the result. For example, do I wire the tweeter and woofer together in parallel and then place the microphone centered between the two of them at 0.5m distance and do the same 1khz sine wave at 2V AC again? Or is that incorrect? I'm lost on what to do with this 3rd measurement. Measurement 1 is tweeter. Measurement 2 is woofer. Measurement 3 is both of them in parallel? I'm not sure what to do with that part (3). I read something about calibrating the microphone with a separate SPL meter and I'm lost on that part.

4 - In addition to the above, what about if I have 2 woofers and 1 tweeter? How does that change this for measuring the woofer(s) and for the (3) measurement with the tweeter+woofers in parallel?

5 - Any considerations on things if the baffle has a port like bass reflex when producing the response (separate measurements and sum the port plus the woofer)?

6 - Scale this to 1.0m distance and 2.83V. I think I can do this in REW easily (any notes?).

7 - If I use DATS to measure each driver in the baffle, do I have to do anything specific to the results to normalize or scale it, or is it good to go as a ZMA from just that measurement? If the impedance sweep involves a bass reflex cabinet, does this change anything with the ZMA file and do I need to do anything to it?


Thanks for reading and any comments to help out! I appreciate all of your time.

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Here's the baffles and drivers I made that I'm trying to measure and build the crossover for:









Current 1 meter response with active crossover (DSP). I want to do similar with passive crossover, so I'm trying to re-learn how to properly measure and produce FRD and ZMA so I can start working on that.



Very best,

Hi guys,
I was working on this Onkyo SR508 with the left channel shorted. One of the power NPN transistor had shorted out and one half of the noble resistor was also open.
So I took the two power transistors and the noble resistor from a working channel that is not used. Amp was working perfectly when I tested it. I should ask is it ok to leave the unused channel without the two transistors and the resistor?
Ran it for sometime I heard a relay click not sure which one it was - no error message nothing and the amp kept on working. Turned off and on again no problem, was working. The relay clicks after couple of minutes of use. I ordered the power transistors needed and took the amp back to the owner’s place to be used for the time being.
I wanted to check whether the speakers had shorted as this was my suspicion for the original failure. The speakers were fine.
The owner was using it for sometime and he called me back saying the amp had died again.
I went back the following day to have a look. Left channel had shorted out again. This time the two power transistor that I had borrowed from the working channel had shorted out. The noble resistor seems to be intact this time. In hindsight I should have borrowed the drive transistors from the working channel, damn! However the drive transistors still measure ok even now. Another thing I would like to remark is that the power transistors base has shorted to collector and emitter (could this be a clue). The fuses on the B+ voltage has blown as well. I would have to bring it back to my place to further investigate. I was wondering if you all had any suggestion on what to look for and any common failure points I should check.

Further points/questions I have:
1. What causes the B+ voltage to change? In other words what should cause the SEC1H signal to go high turning on the relay which changes the B+ voltage. (What is SEC1H?-the SM does not explain this).
2. Could that be the relay I heard while I was testing it?
3. Could there be an issue in the temperature detection circuitry? I noticed that the big heat sink get quite hot even with no signal applied. (Not sure how hot it should get). I did follow measuring the idling current procedure mentioned in the service manual. It remains with in specs. Also the thermal paste has become crusty.
4. I am having a hard time finding the noble resistor, I need a 0.22 ohm 2W resistor - but apparently they are almost impossible to source according to some forums. I came across 5W ones could I use them instead? Do they have a ‘fusible’ purpose in the circuit?
5. I noticed on one of the channel (working channel) the noble resistor was touching one of the driver transistor and the resistors body has got some charring. Could this be an issue?
6. Also noticed some of the capacitors looked a bit dark not sure if its suppose to be like that.(not the electrolytic ones).
7. Why didn’t the amp go into protection mode instead of blowing the fuses?

Any further troubleshooting tips advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.

P.S I tried uploading some pictures and Pdf of the schematic for some reason it doesn't seem to go through. So here they are uploaded to a flickr album Onkyo SR508 | Flickr

Audio test equipment..
35 years collecting. Ok..this diyAudio first post isn't easy. I have a lot of stuff to post on swap.

Hello everyone, I am Aron from Hong Kong, China, temporarily residing in Florida, USA. I am a music enthusiast who enjoys various novel audio products. I hope to explore more fun audio products with everyone.

Greetings from Ukraine. I've been reading this forum for a long time, found a lot of useful things here, collected some schemes, but now I needed to ask a question. I hope the moderators will allow me to do so

My name is Sergey and I am from Russia. Please excuse me if the text seems illiterate, as I use a translator.
I create music as a musician, sound engineer and arranger. The projects are non-commercial and do not bring profit. But I like the sound, and I am happy with what I have. I also work on FM radio.

Homemade, repair and soldering are more of a necessity than a hobby. Workshops are far away and I can’t pay for them, so I do everything myself. But I can do a wide range of work and I try to enjoy it.

I am currently trying to repair my Event Opal studio monitor and only here I found a topic with active discussion.

Thank you for your time and have a nice day.

Hello guys,

I need your help, my actual plan is to build an old amplifier that he was very appreciate in the 95's !
You can find the article here :
https://amplifredy.wordpress.com/2009/02/08/amplificateur-hexo-iii-the-hexorciste-is-rising-again/
There is a link for download the complete file.

I have made my own PCB, because he must enter in my case (the original PCB is too big).

The PCB was produced and assembled recently, and I started the first tests this week.. Unfortunately, the amp oscillate strongly, to around 250Khz.
I respected all values indicated in the project, the only difference are the output transistor, that I replaced from IRF630 to IRFP240 and IRF9630 to IRP9240.

I tried to add a 120p to the input (C26), and a Zobel filter, but same way (and the filter don't like the oscillating honestly xD)

The author indicate that it is prohibited to put a scope to the S and G of the Hex, because the amplifier enter in oscillating in this case. OK, but how can I check this problem ?

Below my PCB. All grounds are respected, of course.

Bias works, he can be modified. 0.2A minimum without load (it should be around 90mA with the actual PSU, with 2x63V... Difference should be due to the oscillating)

Help please 🙂

I am an electronics guy that builds a lot of amps from chip amps to my favorite, Nelson pass amps.
Is there anyone in the Vancouver Washington/portland,Or. area that can help on the speaker side of things?
Please contact me and let me know.

I have a Micromega Solo CD player which is not working. When turned on, it will start to rotate counter clockwise at first hesitantly and then faster. It happens with the lid open or closed ( a top loader) and also with a CD in place

I noted there is some slight vertical movement in the lens when it is turned on - but I cannot see the normal red glow on the laser when viewed from the side. Sometimes the laser assembly swings back and forth with CD in place.

I have noticed there is about 2-3 mm of vertical play in the spindle

It has a CDM4/25 transport fitted - I have tried cleaning the lens and checking all of the contacts. The 33uf cap on the servo board has been replaced - still it runs backwards!


I would greatly appreciate and advice and suggestions for sorting it out!

Regards Dave

I need a schematic diagram of this compact disc player models in top loader version
for attachment 4, 5 and 6 in high resolution open this URL:
Mcintosh MA6400 ????, MicroMega Trio CDP ??? ?????(Wilson Audio),????(Wharfedale),???(MARANTZ),??(JAMO),??(ONKYO),??(TEAC),????(JBL),?????(AUDIOPRO),??(KEF),????,????(Nakamichi),???(Philips),??(ARCAM),

Hi everybody!
I'm using a Toslink to analog converter to connect the TV to my Luxman L3 amplifier:



When I use other sources like CD players, I hear no humm or other kind of noise. Only when I select PHONO I can hear a small humm noise + a sharp sound, but just a little an it's not annoying.
But using this DAC I hear very annoying Humm noise + sharp sound.
Neither the TV nor the DAC have a ground connection.
Maybe connecting TV or DAC to ground can solve the problem? And if so, how can I ground the TV or DAC?

Thanks a lot.

Hello everyone,

I’m excited to share that I’ve launched a basic course on Thiele-Small Theory on YouTube! In this course, I dive into the mathematical modeling of a speaker inside a box, covering all the math behind it. I explain the equivalent circuits for different box types, starting with sealed enclosures and progressing through bass reflex, 4th order band-pass, and more.

So far, I’ve posted 4 videos, and there’s much more to come. Each box design is modeled in MATLAB, and the results are compared with WinISD. In my latest video, I implemented a Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) for the 4th order band-pass. In this example, I define target start and stop frequencies where I want the response to be as flat and loud (in terms of SPL) as possible. The PSO then optimizes the box’s rear and front volumes and the vent size to achieve the best results.

The ultimate goal is to use PSO to design an 8th order band-pass, and then build the enclosure for real-world validation.

While the videos are in Portuguese (since I’m Brazilian), there are plenty of equations and diagrams, so if you enable automatic subtitles, you should still be able to follow along.

You can find the course on my YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@insanity_bass

Thank you for your attention!

Hello

Just to note ... My only phono preamp that I use every day is the JLH shunt feedback design
so decided to build another project as a direct comparison to see if something is better

AK4497S described as a 'reimagined' AK4497 :

• https://www.akm.com/us/en/about-us/news/2024/20241111-ak4497svq/
• https://www.akm.com/global/en/products/audio/audio-dac/ak4497svq/

and

AK4498EXVQ which seems to be the analog part of the AK4497 intended to work with a AK4491. A kind of lower spec AK4499

• https://www.akm.com/us/en/products/audio/audio-dac/ak4498exvq/

Both are in QFP package (HTQFP) thus DIY compatible !

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hello friends does anyone have a schematic of the front panel with an 8bit processor? Marantz PM7200/U1B thank you

Hello!


A little question about the MarkAudio Alpair 11MS.

I see on their website there is a ‘big’ dip (see screenshot) around 400Hz.
Can this (maybe) be a ‘measurement-artifact’ or can I 100% expect this same dip when I buy this driver and build it in a cabinet?
Do people here have some experiences with this driver and the dip?

Reseason for asking. I have (due to roommodes) a big dip around 245Hz, and with a big dip around 400Hz this created (I think) a fairly big dip in an important mids-erea.
Not ideal!


Thank you! 🙏🏻

Hi everyone, I am from Finland and my hobbies include making diy audio amplifiers, mostly discrete component and op-amp based headphone amplifiers and preamps. I have not yet wandered into tube amps, but some day might build one from a kit.

Hi all. An acquaintance procured some Dynaudio car woofers and is obsessed with building conventional 2 ways with them. I am looking for the flow chart to help begin this journey. I am currently recovering from back surgery and I have to find my t/s parameters but i honestly have no starting point. does anyone have a thought flow process in achieving this goal? Thanks in advance

Dears,
After years of hoarding I am left with no space in my garage to install work bench for router and other messier construction works. So many things for which to use I would need several human lifes, so time to get rid of it.
It would be my great joy to pass bulkier items, but than again I know these are most difficult (and costly) to pack and ship, so please cherry pick what you need. I really hope that this stuff will be up-cycled and continue life.
Nothing what I will list is fake, components and parts are really old.
In second post I will make one "please read first " note.

I have a question for someone smarter than myself(everyone) ; )
I have a few Dunlavy SC-1's and plenty replacement drivers for each.
I have recently purchased a few Scanspeak 25W/8565-00 10"drivers and have been considering building cabinets to house a 10" woofer above and below an SC-1 to make it similar to an SC IVa , Or as I already own a Dunlavy built HRCC crossover (driver matching aside) Build an HRCC center channel and I have enough Scanspeak 10" woofers left to build a pair of "pseudo" Dunlavy Alethas, They are similar to an SC-IVa
The difference is an Aletha has a single 10" woofer firing down and a SC-IVa has 2 10" woofers firing forward.
My general question is: would doubling my inductor value and cutting resistor values in half get me in the ballpark of using just 1 woofer instead of two?
I could possibly drive the woofers separately and do my crossovers on the input of the amp.

I know most people are sick of hearing about people attempting to clone Dunlavy speakers due to the fact that the drivers were heavily QC'ed then matched, hand tuned crossovers then again dialed in inside anechoic chamber, but I think I can atleast get close enough for ME.

Thank you for your time
Johnny

Hi DiYers,

After a couple of false starts, I'm trying again to do my first custom multi-way DiY project (so far, I've built one set of markaudio full range floorstanders). I have a pair or Mission 770 'Freedom' speakers and one of the woofers is bust. So, I thought it would be fun to use the cabinets to build a new and improved speaker! The cabinets are suited to a 8" + 1" 2-way setup. (Mounting holes are 188mm and 75mm diameter respectively.) The net internal volume of the cabinets (having subtracted the volume of internal bracing/reinforcements) is 33.37 litres. The diameter of the hole in the baffle for a port is 63mm.

I have been searching for a "proven" design which I could briefly simulate in unibox and then recreate for myself. But I can't find anything appropriate where the drivers are available! So, before I give up, my question is: do you know any "proven"/tested designs which might work for a cabinet like this?

My constraints/preferences are:

• I'm on a bit of a budget (ideally don't want to be spending more than £200-300, but can stretch if that's unrealistic)
• Wanting to minimise structural modifications to the cabinets – I don't mind expanding the port/driver holes a little to make components fit, but I'd like to keep that kind of thing to a minimum
• I listen to a broad variety of music: folk, techno, modern classical, pop, AOR, you name it. So I'd like a versatile speaker.
• My "listening room" (bedroom) is untreated and, given the precarity of the private rental market in London, that's not going to change any time soon. So I don't want an excessively "fussy" speaker, if that makes sense. Relatedly, I don't always listen from the same part of the room. In fact, I like to listen from all over the room – at my desk, on my bed, walking around, etc. To have a sweet spot is great, but I suppose a super directional speaker wouldn't be the best idea.
• Bass extension is important to me
• I'm not necessarily interested in the flattest frequency response. I want a speaker that's fun to listen to (which might, for example, mean slightly exaggerated lows/highs?!). When I've listened to great speakers in the past, I've appreciated deep bass response, detail/clarity, and expansive stereo fields.
• The point, I guess, is that I'm not an audiophile per se, but a music lover and DiY enthusiast undoubtedly.

Although I'm on a budget, I know these things don't always come for free. If there are good speaker kits for me to look at, I'd be open to going down that route. But the idea of copying a more DiY design, putting a crossover together, etc., is more appealing to me.

Thank you in advance for any help you're able to offer!

Lewis

Hi everyone! I'm a bit bored at the moment since I don't have anything broken to repair, so I'm playing around with LTSpice. I have two questions, and I'd be grateful if someone could help me out.

1. I have been trying to replicate the left preamp channel of my vintage receiver (a Sony STR-6045) and I am not successful at getting the voltages showed on the schematic. The preamp is called "Equalizer Amplifier Section" in the attached schematic. I'm attaching the ltspice file here.

In my LTSpice file, I have also added a 1Khz source of about 0.25 Volt RMS from the auxiliary jack.



2. I have been reading the excellent tutorials from Mooly and particularily this post: https://www.diyaudio.com/community/...from-beginner-to-advanced.260627/post-4047521. I wanted to a add a model for a replacement transistor that I used before (a KSC1845). In the tutorial, it shows that when the model is used, the information is updated when right-clicking on the transistor. On my simulation, most of the info is empty. I'm doubting it is used. What I am doing wrong?



Nothing is critical here, this is just for personal learning but as always, I big thanks to anybody who can provide solutions or suggestions.

For sale a pair of vifa ne149w-08 brand new.

Price 120 euros plus pp fees and shipping costs

I'm pretty stoked. I have found a way of running Windows applications, including TINA-TI, on my MacBook Pro with the Apple M2 silicon. That seems to be a pretty common desire, so I thought I'd put a guide together on how to make that work.

I have used vmWare Fusion in the past and really liked it, so that was my first go-to. Unfortunately on the M2, Fusion installs the ARM version of Windows 11. That seems to run really well, but for some bizarre reason TINA-TI won't run on Windows 11 ARM. So I decided to give Wine a go instead. That worked! The image below shows TINA-TI running on Mac.


Here's the process:

1. Download Wineskin Winery from Github: https://github.com/Gcenx/WineskinServer?tab=readme-ov-file
2. Double-click the downloaded file to extract it and double-click the extracted app to start the Winery.
3. Install a Wineskin engine. I went with the WS11WineCX64Bit23.7.1_D3DMetal-v1.1 engine.
4. Create an empty .app wrapper. This takes about a minute.
5. Download or locate the Windows software you would like to install.
6. Double-click the empty .app wrapper to launch the installation process. Click Install Software and then Choose Setup Executable.
7. Point the file browser to the installer file for the Windows program that you wish to install. Click Choose.
8. Then install the program as you would under Windows. You'll have to grant permission to access the Desktop, Documents, and Downloads folders. That's normal.
9. <tada.wav> You now have a Mac app that contains your Windows program. You'll find the root directory of your Mac mounted as Z:\. If you need to access network or USB drives, mount them on the Mac as normal and browse to Z:\Volumes within the Windows app.

Enjoy.

If you need a bit more step-by-step guidance, including screen shots along the way, please find my writeup here: Running Windows Programs on Mac – Neurochrome.

Tom

That’s really nice performance at around 15 degrees off axis if you consider the above zero and 45 plots. A parallel pair of the 4” version with one being used with a .5 coil for BSC would be a nice compact speaker
https://faitalpro.com/en/products/LF_Loudspeakers/product_details/index.php?id=401005105