Hi everyone, this is from a discussion I had with a friend the other day. I was hoping you could clear something out for me.
So basically what had happened was he had 8 ohm selected from the selector switch of his amp and he connected a 16 ohm speaker. Hearing that something was not right he checked the switch and corrected it. Anyway he was concerned that it might have had a detrimental effect on the output transformer.
My idea was that from what he has done no harm would be caused for the output transformer, but if it was the other way round 16 ohm selected and connected an 8 ohm speaker the output transformer would have been toasted. Then we consulted one of the best tube techs we know and he did mention that from both situations the output transformer could have been fried and that my friend was just lucky that he didn't have his amp fried.
I'll quote what he said "that way around an ohm mismatch is not healthy because tubes hate to be idle.. so it could indeed blow the OT.. but for this amp it does not seem likely because the components and the sheer amount of power available".
Could you please explain why this way round could be a problem for the output transformer.
Thanks in advance.

Hello all,
here is my DCX464 crossover layout - it contains 4 coils. The bottom part is low pass for the mid part (LCL) and the upper part has a highpass (LC) on the left and a notch filter inductor on the right. The board is now 240 x 240 mm. The C-C distance of the inductors as shown is 170 mm along the edges. The squares are other components and terminals. Can I get the board smaller by rotating the inductors better? I could follow the orientation rules for two or three, but what would be the preference when having 4 with these functions? I think I can leave the boards this large, maybe shift the smaller inductors further away a bit closer to the edges if there is nothing much to be gained from different orientation of the inductors. Any opinion is welcome.

The ability to retrofit dynamic damping to a turntable would make more cartridges work in more tone arms. But is there a way to do it?

A million years ago the Shure / Stanton / Pickering brushes were considered a valid solution. Also, remember the paddles on the tone arm that sat in a trough of silicone goo?

Two specific questions for the brain trust:
1- Is there some other approach I am unaware of?
2- Any thoughts on retrofitting any kind of damper are most appreciated. I would love to hear of something off the shelf.

Thanks everyone.

These drivers for sale have mostly seen little to no use at all. As I'm currently satisfied with the speaker systems that I have built for myself, I have no use for them. I have spec sheets for all of these drivers with a few exceptions. My asking price where possible is 50% of the current new retail price from for example Parts Express or Newark. These prices don't include shipping,

Unless you place a large order and insist on shipping by United Parcel Service (UPS), I will be having the US Postal Service (USPS) doing it. .This is because a Post Office is fairly close to me and this is not the case with a UPS store.

Please see the listing below. .There are a few other speaker building accessories also for sale.

WOOFERS

1. Selenium 12 inch 300W public address, 12PW-5-SLF, one for sale, $45.
2. Newark (MCM) 55-1465, dual voice coils 12 inch w. rubber surround, four for sale, $23 each.
3. Newark (MCM) 55-2185, 8 inch dual voice coils metal cone, no specs available; one for sale for $15.
4. Pioneer 8 inch dual voice coil with foam surround in good condition, B20FU20-52D; four for sale at $15 each.
5. Newark (MCM) 8 inch with rubber surround, 55-1190; two for sale at $10. each.
6. Newark (MCM) 6.5 inch mid-bass with rubber surround, 55-1186HT; four for sale at $10 each.
7. Removed from NHT SB-2 speaker system, 6.5 inch with rubber surround, 4 Ohm, two for sale at $6 each.

MID-RANGE.

1. Aura 5.25 inch, 9 Ohm, foam surround in good condition, 89 dB 1W/ 1M, NS 525-255-8A; sixteen for sale at $2 each.
2. Swan Speaker 4 inch 8 Ohm, Hi-Vi B4N;.3 five for sale, $8 each.
3. Visaton 3.3 inch (8 cm), 4 Ohm, Art No. 2003; ten for sale at $6 each.
4. Newark (MCM) 3 inch paper cone with Santoprene surround, 8 Ohm, 54-605; one for sale at $8.
5. Audax 3 inch with damaged (foam) surround, HT080M03; fixable?, four for sale at $1 each.

TWEETERS

1. Morel 1.25 inch silk dome MDT-12; six available at $23 each.
2. Audax 1 inch silk dome, TM025F1 (discontinued); four available at $7 each.
3. Newark (MCM) PEI 3/4 inch metal dome, 53-440; two for $5 each.

SPEAKER BUILDING SUPPLIES AND PARTS

1. Mahogany Sound Acousta-Stuf 1 pound bag of nylon fiber, $5.
2. Metal grill for 8 inch driver with clamps, two available for $3 each.
3. Round metal grill for 4 inch driver, no clamps, four with one pair slightly larger than the other; $2 each.
4. Square metal grill for 4 inch driver, includes a metal plate that the grill attaches to by press fit; four for sale at $3 each.
5. Plastic vent tube, two inch diameter by 2.5 inch length, Newark 50-14152; six for sale at 25 cents each.
6. Parts Express grill guides, 260-367 ball and socket for 1/2 inch grill, 260-366 press fit for smaller than 1/2 inch thick grill; lot of about 10 sets of 4 guides of each of the two sizes of guides, $4.

I'm looking for help modeling a bass reflex cabinet an Altec 421-8H? I want to build a pair of high efficiecy 2 way cabinets for my outdoor deck. I will paint the cabinets in deck paint and waterproof the cones. I know it's not good to spray old Altecs but I got these drivers years ago for very little money so I'm ok realizing they will have a limited life outdoors. I will also cover with waterproof covers when not in use. The cabinets need to vent to front.

Thank you,
Milkduds

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-63131823

Thought this might amuse some as rain and peat are integral elements in the final master.

Just wanted to say as a brand new member thank you for having me. Nice little spot you've got going on here👍

I am looking for the value of R16 on the PG RX600.5. It was the resistor near one set of the rectifiers. It is no longer in circuit (long story).

It would be great if someone had a schematic, but based on my research, PG diagrams are not readily available.

Hello, I would like to ask the following:
It is about a 100-watt amplifier, with an 8-ohm load and a +-40v power supply. To get the current of the power source, we divide 40v by 8 ohms, and get 5 amps. It is not clear to me if this 5 amps is common to both /+ and –/ halves, because if it is, then multiplying the current 5 amps by the voltage 40 volts, we get 200 watts. If we divide these 5 amps by 2 /for the + and – halves/, then 2.5 amps at 40 volts will give us 100 watts of power for each arm. In this regard, am I to understand that the power supply will be 2x40V at 2x2.5 amps? I'm sorry for the bad English, but I use Google translator.

Hello,


I´ve got a question concerning a "DC-Filter" offered by LC-Audio. It´s supposed to remove dc from the mains and reduce transformer noise.

Does anybody know how this works?

william

Hello,

I am currently considering switching from a 3-way system with woofer, midrange and tweeter to a system with one woofer, but the tweeter and midrange are being practically replaced by a compression driver (with a waveguide). For me it has to do with the efficiency of the woofer, which is why I came up with the idea. But I just have the feeling that it will always be a downgrade for the sound if I don't have a real midrange/tweeter driver anymore.

Anyone know were I can find a pair? I don't want to order 50 pieces from PE.

I'm located in Oregon, USA

Does anyone have a clue as to the specs or what his transistor cross references to? Not an audio transistor but from an IBM 3278 terminal. It's shorted and no schematics are available. Thanks.

$200 shipped USA

Work well.
Please see pics for condition.

Functional, organized, aesthetically appealing, consistent, pages' sections clearly defined
is how this forum used to be...

I was gone for a bit, and I've returned to the opposite! Well, there's still consistency.

Anyway, whatever junk this is looks bubbly and has no dividing lines. While browsing the experience is not enjoyable. In fact, it's frustrating. I find myself being put into an angry mood, and I'm normally a pretty happy person - it takes a lot.

I want diyAudio to stay! Functional and organized and fun.

I don't want diyaudio to become useless!!!


Why change the forum so drastically? Sure there are more mobile devices around now, but aren't most people who type a lot doing so (at minimum) on a device with a keyboard? The thing now organizing all our good content, should go back to whence it came 🔲

I ordered few lundahll transformers and socket teflon tube Yamamoto from Jacmusic. Before the money wired, he answers my emails almost immediately.
Unfortunately after the money was wired, he does not answers to my emails anymore. I waited 15 weeks, and few times called him with no answer.
Until today I did not receive any email whatsoever.

For sale 3 pairs of Rudi Ratlos TO-3 SymAsym boards. Asking €25,00 per pair + postage. Shipping from Germany.

Hi
I have thin voltmeter in very good condition but with some trouble
I have a maint manual where some checks are well described and others no
Simeone have had to work on this stuff?

Thx

Walter

I have two drivers available from RCF, the High Frequency Transducer is ND1411-M and the MiD Bass MB8N251.

I would like to do same test and combine them in a 2 way systems
To have a starting point, can someone tell me the best way to crossover this to drivers.

I appreciate your help.

The HF as Frequency Range : 1500 -20000 Hz
Sensitivity: 109 dB
the MID-BASS: Frequency Range 60 - 3500 Hz
Sensitivity: 96 dB

Hi all

I am designing the pcb to use with aleph 2 ,3 and 5. after the review the schematic I found that the R C order of the lint that feed the ac signal from output to CCS in Aleph 2 and Aleph 5 are different in order. as I attached the picture of the schematic.

Does the order of RC in this line make any difference on the circuit operation or any difference in sonic character?
I think it was no difference since this line work with AC signal. If it has no affect, I can make a pcb just for one arrangement of RC to use with both Aleph 2 and Aleph 5.

Any suggestion?

Thank you
Tanwa

• TLDR: Subs tuned wrong? Sound kind of boomy and you don't feel the bass quite as much as expected, as there are 4x 18 Inch woofers (4 sub boxes in total, 1 woofer per box). Default tuning frequency is 50Hz, I calculated it for 35Hz and added some ports for that frequency, but that sounds a lot less loud. I'm wondering what the best solution would be for feeling the bass and sounding the best. Subs are hooked up in 2x2 parallel, that makes 4 Ohms. They're hooked up to QSC Powerlight 4.0's (not bridged)

Hi All!

So first of all, I'm quite new to this so I'll most definitely be making some mistakes 😅

Now onto my question,
I have 4 subwoofer cabinets which (I think) are tuned incorrectly. I'm thinking this because they sound very, boomy? And you don't really feel the bass quite as much as I would be expecting, especially since there are 4 18 inch woofers. They're hooked up in 2x2 parallel, which makes 4 ohms, to some QSC Powerlight 4.0's (not bridged)

Specs of the cabinets:
I've attached picture of them for a bit more clarification. Right port has the port calculated for 35Hz and the left port is how they are right now, tuned to 50Hz (just for example)
Woofer: B&C 18pzb46 (https://www.bcspeakers.com/media/W1siZiIsIjIwMTMvMDMvMTEvMTUvNTIvMzAvNTQyL2ZpbGUiXV0)
Volume (internal): 185L (calculated BEFORE the woofer was inserted, don't know if that's correct?)
outer dimensions: 64x52x72cm
ports: 2; slotted; depth 2.8cm ;9x12cm; rounded eges; surface area = 90.6cm2, same as 10.74cm diam. Circle

Now I've been playing around with these specs on some calculator websites to try and tune these subwoofer boxes

Tuning frequency calculation:
First I calculated the tuning frequency, which I thought was necessary, using this website:
https://www.vcalc.com/wiki/subwoofer-tuning-frequency
Values I used:
Air compliance: 155L (Vas in woofer datasheet, is that correct value to use?)
Enclosure volume: 185L
Speaker resonant frequency: 37Hz

These values returned a tuning frequency of ~35Hz

Port length calculation:
I then entered these values in the following website:
http://www.mh-audio.nl/Calculators/WVC.html
I used the top most calculator to calculate the porth lenght.
values I used are:
Dv: 10.24cm (i'm going to 3D print the port, which means that the port will be a little smaller because of the 3D prints wall)
Np: 2
Vb: 185L
fb: 35Hz
k: 0.732

this resulted in a porth lengt of 14.31cm, I 3D printed this, installed it into the subwoofer and sure enough, It sounds quite a lot better on the low end!
But then I noticed that around 50Hz, the sub is quite a lot less loud.

WinISD:
So I went looking for speaker response curve programms, and found one called WinISD. I entered the subs paramaters here and tuned it to 50Hz, 40Hz (in between 50Hz and 35) and 35Hz

The 50 Hz is how it's tuned withouth any additional port, since the front wood is 2.8cm thick.



These are the 3 waveforms in WinISD
Red = 50Hz
Green = 40Hz
Blue = 35Hz

The 50Hz has a way higher peak than the other 2 waveforms, which explains why it's such a lot louder at 50Hz, but under 45 Hz it sounds just terrible.

Best advice?
What would your advice be? I'd like to feel the bass as I said, and also for it not to be boomy. Tune it to 40Hz so It's the best of both worlds? Or tune it to 35Hz and would that be loud enough? Or don't tune them at all so they're at 50Hz and just have a really steep high pass filter at around 35-40Hz, so those bad sounding and power consuming low frequencies are cut off, which also would make it so that the amp has a bit more power to spare?

I'd like to hear from you!

Thanks in advance,
-Daan

Hi Guys,

I made an open baffle speaker in the spring using the Lii Audio F-15. It was fun, but other builds caught my very short attention span🙂

So I sold them and moved on. But now I'm sorta coming back to wanting to play around with that sound.

I need your advice: This time I want to go two or three way. I will use a passive crossover. As ever, how do I get punchy bass that goes below, say, 30 hz?

I have narrowed it down to three bass drivers:

• The W-15 from Lii Audio (one on each side)
• The SB Audience Bianco 15OB (two on each side (if it makes sense))
• Something from Acoustic Elegance (one on each side)

I hope you can point me in right direction.

Kind regards,
Mads

Feastrex 16 ohm 94db 5 inch driver including cabinet up for sale. The cabinet for this driver is an improved version of the F60.

http://www.feastrex.com/products.html
https://6moons.com/audioreviews/miketang/1.html

Was recone by Feastrex japan just about 2years ago to beta cone. well taken care by by me. the speaker cover has plastics and cardboard to protect the driver against water and accident. currently driven by a 15w solid-state amplifier. Very beautiful sounding, sweet and transparent. Nelson pass, Pass Lab and firstwatt founder has their 9inch version, showing how highly regarded it is. Feastrex may not be as well known as hifi speaker companies like Tannoy · Bose · JBL · Klipsch · KEF · Definitive Technology · Bowers & Wilkins · Focal · Dynaudio · Mcintosh · Proac ·KEF · Magico, etc. Perhaps due to marketing fund But its sound will not disappoint and surely surpass at this price.

Looking at USD4000 for the pair of speakers without the tweeter (which acts a supertweeter for me).
Or US$ 3600 for just the drivers.

I am located in Singapore, a country in the Asia.

WTB - please help!... I have a pair of Duntech Crown Prince that I have foolishly ruined two of the drivers in. The voice coils have ceased. I need to buy or repair two Dynaudio 24W75 drivers. Can anyone help?

Hi Guys, I have a question for the experts here, one which even stumped a guy I know who does this for a living.

I've had great results upgrading amp internal speaker and signal wire. I've used some specialty stuff with impressive SQ outcomes, trouble is, stuff is expensive. The negative post just goes to ground most times - question is, when upgrading the wire, would leaving the stock wire for negative/ground be alright? Would I gain the sonic benefits of upgraded wire (in my case pure silver) with just changing out the positive lead? Assuming the gauges are the same.

What do you guys think?

Thanks!

So I have been working on a GFA-565, used Hoppe's Brain board and matched transistors. After getting everything put together and running it, at first I was getting some DC on the output which started out trying to correct itself then went negative and started to climb to a couple volts negative. When the board was built, I ended up with a mistake that likely did some damage on first test (Q111 was in backwards <Cringe> so that is the tip as to damage that might have been done to the circuit - it also got turned on once by another party while I was away before Q116 came in so it was empty - hope that did not hurt anything) I checked all the matched pairs and found one was not reading as a transistor at all anymore at Q101/105 - A13 (using a cheap component checker). Tried using an old pair that still tested alright and it was still off (out of 2 old boards, 3 of 4 were ok but one was 5k hfe, other pair were 45k hfe) so I ordered 30 more from mouser and tested all, they were in 100k-120k hfe range. Picked the most consistent pair at 110k hfe and threw them in and thermally bonded them. Still had -1v offset.

I removed R116 and made a quick DC offset balancer (used 4x D batteries and put a ground in the middle, + and - to a pot going to 1k resistor so I would have -3v to +3v to work with), put that line to the transistor side of R116 and was able to balance the amp to 0 DC on output with -2.2v. So that left me under the impression that the problem was in the servo section of the board. (Had read here that people often saw -4v to +4v from servo). So I start checking the servo parts and found that the C107 and C108 (100nf Wima) were at 92nf and 108nf - so put two of the old babies in and that brought me to -0.120 DC. Started testing and swapping things from old board to see if anything would clean up. Was swapping the opamps at times to see if that was a problem - one of the old Adcom opamps got best result. At some point I found the Feedback from the output ports to wire point 7 on the board had come loose. When I reconnected that and started testing, I was able to get it to zero out! Rechecked bias at 25mv and everything seemed great at that point. Had two rebuilt 565's playing and blasting the hell out of the place. At some point I was checking the temperatures of the amp with a thermal cam and noticed the whole left side of the problematic amp outputs was stone cold. The good amp sounded exactly the same yet it was hot on both sides.

Immediately turned it off and did not have any time left to work on it. Next day I check and it's back to 1v DC on output. Both sides of output banks had rail voltage. Checked the signal outputs to each side. The DRV+ leaving wire from 3 on the board was showing 2.8v and DRV- leaving 4 was showing -0.666v. So I did a quick check of the entire left side - Everything tested fine - all resistors, the couple caps and transistors all tested fine. Tested all the opamps and none of them helped.

Put in my DC offset jig and it was balanced at 0 DC with the same -2.2v I had it set to prior, zero change (Servo was showing -13.48v on pin6/output - what was it trying to correct if it was at 0?). Swapped opamps, no luck. Now I am discouraged and no idea what to go after next, figure my lack of knowledge needed some help.

I am at a loss. I have no idea how the amp goes from 0v DC to suddenly dumping DC again after testing them and having zero issues playing at volume levels that sounded like I was at a concert in front of the speakers. Also how did it sound exactly like the other amp without the PNP side of the outputs not working at all? I figure the speakers would have been toast if that happened during the testing. They were running at rock concert sounding volume for a couple of songs and then all day long playing Star Wars music on May 4th.

Any suggestions and help is greatly appreciated. Thanks for your time!

Hi folks. Short time lurker, first time poster here. Love all the great info here!

To the point, I just started working for a guy who has a fully refurbished Dyna-Quik 500. I'm definitely in need of adapters, so I'm on the hunt for those, but I pulled fuses out of an old Philco radio to test them. But the tube types aren't in the chart. As a rookie who hasn't used more than one other tube tester, this is new to me.

For example, I have a 7B7 which needs the L55a adapter, so I will have to buy that, but I also have a 7J7 that isn't in the chart. This goes for the 7C6 and 7G7 types. Do I just need an updated chart or should I just be way more technical and know what the alternatives should be?

Thanks in advance for any feedback. I really want to make the most of this opportunity and tester!

Goodday All

i recently purchased 2sc5200 and 2sa1943 from a local supplier. i have some doubts on the authenticity of them given that the TTC and TTA versions are a better version of these parts. With the uploaded images, can we say these are genuine or fake parts? i need assistance because i have a class h amp where i need to use them on.
please note that the physical dimensions and weight of these are the same with the ttc and tta trannys i already have.
Thanks in advance.

maybe it's best explain with an example:

This is my circuit:

• Vin is connected to a 5V reference (via a zener diode or a chip like a REF02)
• Vsupply is +/- 16-18V (controlled via an LM317 or equivalent chip so it can be anything within the LM317 limits)
• Vout is calculated at around 12V (Rf=24Kohms | Rin=10Kohms ) (5V * 24/10 = 12V)

The way I read the graph is that if I require Iout=2amps then difference between Vsupply and Vout must be at around 3V. (though I'm unsure what Vsupply means in the case since it's a +/- supply)

Here's the graph (There's a high chance I'm looking at the wrong graph but I cannot find anything else suitable in the datasheet)



Here's the full datasheet: https://www.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/opa548.pdf

I bought the drivers and cross-overs from these speakers in an attempt to re-create the sound of the system on which I first heard Duane Allman and Jimi Hendrix' guitars. I would like to know what the dimensions of the cabinets were, or at least how to figure out what an appropriate size would be. In searching this forum, I realize you folks would dissuade me from re-building these, but that is truly my aim! Any help will be appreciated. Thank you in advance, Mark

Hello again.
This time I'm looking for the service manual of a Conrad Johnson Premier 16LS. Or at least the full set of schematics (I have one page where the 6x 6922 tubes are but not the rest of it). Can anyone help me out?

Recently having bought home a used JBL control SB5 subwoofer ... after 1 day use and getting hand itchy decided to Mod it by swapping in china made "JBL" knock off woofers into the original enclosure .... after modifications as shown below ... bass performance is about the same as the original except the original has slightly higher power handling ... i want to hear opinions from members in this forum should i use this subwoofer in the Modded form or put everything back to the original (the original drivers were removed and well kept in storage box) .... originally it has 4 drivers which could be difficult load for amplifiers but now after mod only using 2 drivers ... thanks

Used Audera HD800 0.1 Class D amplifier. Supposedly 650W at 0.1%. "LFE" (no filter) RCA input on small interface board with volume control, power indicator. "Usable" response 10Hz out to 1kHz. Tested, operational. No power supply, only what's pictured. Power input connector clearly designated.

Originally, this amplifier sends a signal to a switching power supply such that it varies its +/- rails in response to the input amplitude. I connected it to a +/- 30VDC, 60 Hz iron transformer based PSU (ignoring the control wire) and it played. I'll guess the max PSU voltage for this amp is +/- 40V, based in its claimed bridged output max p-p voltage of "160V p-p".

I'll assume one could make a powered sub using this, or a bass guitar amplifier - with lots of headroom - by adding an appropriate power supply. I neither need a 650W sub, nor a 650W bass amp...

I'd like $40 for it, plus shipping - USA / Canada only unless you can convince me otherwise. Thanks,

Hi all-

Pixel fading seems to be an issue as these age. Sooner or later one of us is gonna have to go in there and figure out who the OEM is.

If a source can be found, group buy maybe? Thanks.

Available for pick up in Napa, CA:

Marantz Model 1030 integrated amp

Marantz Model 2216 Receiver

Both pieces are in working condition. However controls are scratchy and need either DeOxit or replacement.

Sorry, I'm not shipping these. If you can pick them up in Napa you are 1 lucky DIYer!

Evening all, have been sorting out a lot of electronics and found this sticker on the floor.

AFAIK all these components are 230-240 volts so does anyone recognise this sticker so I can investigate?

Thanks, sp

I searched the forum, digikey, Michael Percy, and ApexJr with no luck so far. Where are you guys getting them?

Also anybody got any good pics of implementation. What I'm wondering is what's the best way to secure the shaft at the front plate so that it feels stable. Will I need a bearing or just run it through the hole and leave it at that.

Thanks

Does anyone out there have a service manual for a Marantz SR5006 available? I see there are some on EBay but I’m hoping to find a down load version rather than being posted a printed copy from over seas. Cheers.

Some have said these jbl 2226h work good for subs, some don't.
Then there's the discussion about sealed vs ported subs.
Then there is OB, and full range boxed, with waveguides.
I have two modern pro amps for them, with built in crossovers. They happily run all day. Currently used for low passes.
Those amps configure 1100w x 1 @4 bridged,
350 stereo @8,
finally 550 x 2 stereo @4 ohms respectively. I have enough power and frequencies to do a variety of speakers. And enough plywood to get one large braced box started. I just don't know what to aim for. I'm relatively open to dual open baffles, or subs. If they can work well enough sealed. Ported boxes x 2 would be pushing the boundaries of my room's real estate.

How would these sound as actives with waveguides in an indoor setting?
I'm pretty sure I have everything I would need on hand already.
Except for ports and speaker terminals. But those are easy. If I need ports.

I would be open to some type of wedge, if they sound better than reflex with 2226h's.

I bought a non-working Cyrus DAD3 player that didn't read discs. I replaced the laser unit, Philips CDM12.6, so now it reads discs but there is another problem.

When the power switch is turned on, the sled moter sends the sled all the way forwards so the gears make a noise (the limit contacts are closed by the sled). The only way to stop this is to turn the switch off/on about 3 times (is that a clue to the cause?) and if the player is left powered on, and the front button used to put it into standby mode, then powered on, it is fine - so one step forward one back.

I am not sure if this has been introduced as when testing for it not reading discs, I powered it on with the switch, then would eject the disc, skip tracks etc, to see if it would read, in other words the unit was switched on by the main switch once, then the standby button used.

Now it's gonna get a bit more technical.
The sled motor has worm drive to a cog that meshes with a linear gear on the laser unit. 2 wires to this motor come from a TDA 7303 device (Dual BTL power driver) that is driven by SAA7345 (CMOS digital decoding IC with RAM for Compact Disc ).
The driver has a 9 V power supply from a LM317T which has a slow start circuit comprising PNP transistor and C-R (10uF and 220k). The transistor grounds the 'adjust' on LM317T, so output is low, but as the capacitor on the transistor's base is charged through the resistor, the PNP turns off so the output voltage on the LM317T stays fixed at 9V. (multisim shows it takes 1 sec to go from 2 to 9 v)

So I am thinking that when the main switch powers all the electronic components, the SAA7345 has set the pins to run the motor but the slow start is there to keep the voltage from the LM317 low so the motor doesn't turn.

To fix this, I soldered a 22 uF capacitor in parallel to increase the time before the LM317 reaches full power but that did not solve it. I checked the 220k is ok.

I am now thinking that because to stop the motor running requires turning the main switch off/on multiple times, it is as if a capacitor is gradually being charged on each power on and the CPU is doing its initialisation task at the same time, eventually the event the CPU uses to stop the motor has reached its final value due to the capacitor being charged so any further on/off no longer send the motor running (does that make sense?) After letting this capacitor to discharge by leaving the CD player powered off for a few minutes, the problem returns.

Right now I am a bit stuck hence looking for any suggestions - somebody may have played with the same CD player or have had a similar problem.

All is not lost as I do have a second working unit that I can compare to. ... and maybe time to get the 'scope on it.

HI,

I currently use an old TACT RCS 2.2XP as a preamp.
I would like to bypass this preamp and use my dedicated Windows PC
I have an RME PCIe internal card with more than enough inputs and outputs, plus a networked Anubis ADC for my vinyl turntable.

I'm looking for a dumb proof digital solution to select sources and control the volume.
I looked at "DAWs" and most of them are too complex for me to use with many unneeded features.
A real knob usable in the digital domain would be a real plus.
Thanks for your ideas
Yves

I want to try these 100Hz high pass filters with my full range speakers (TABAQ with 4FE32) in a 2.1 bi-amped setup with a sub. For the sub-woofer I am using a cheap Ali active low pass filter specifically for subs, but no high pass for the full rangers yet. For the full range speakers I also use a BSC (1mH + 8ohm). Some questions:
Does anyone have experience with these filters and do they improve full range driver performance in practice? Any negative effects?
Where do I put them? Between amp and speakers, but before or after the BSC? Does it matter?

Recent dumpster find. It's a dual cassette deck and only one side works. Wondering if it's worth to put on new belt. Would like to make some copies of some onld stuff I kept from the 70s 80s. Don't know why but glad I did. Probably 100.

..., but technically o.k. and working flawlessly. Phantastic soundstage, but my listening room simply isn't big enough and inappropriately dimensioned. Serial numbers: 91329-1, 91329-2. Asking € 300,00, for local pickup only in Hamburg, Germany.

Good evening,
Been looking for a quick and and cheap way to add a subwoofer to my 2-way system, turn it into a 2.1! Seen this cheap DSP but it is always sold with an interface board for easy connection.
Do I need the interface board to be able to use it or can I just solder my own balanced inputs and outputs? because the interface board has some components on the PCB which got me wondering why is it not a direct solder.

Thank you!

Hi


Some time ago I asked about a Class AB Amplifier that is DC Powered,
and was recommended to try the "lunch money" TDA7297.


Today I saw the TDA7377 which is also Class AB, and is also DC Powered

TDA7377 Car Audio Stereo Amplifier Board 2*30W Class AB Dual-channel Amp | eBay


So I wonder, what is the difference between these 2?

Any reason to prefer one of them, in terms of sound?


Thank you

I just built the musical machine of Pointz with the 6gk5 and 6v6's. I powered up the bias/ccs transformer and adjusted the voltages -23v and -66 for the ccs. Then powered up the 6.3v filament transformer and the voltage starts falling off to -14 and -43 on the neg. supply as the heaters warm up and never rebounds. I've doubled checked everything and can't figure it out. Any help would be appreciated!
OB

In Valve Ampifiers 4th ed. page 138, in the section on PSRR of the differential amplifiers he states that:

"Since hum and noise on the power supply line are a common-mode signal, they must also be attenuated by the CMRR. We might also expect the potential divider formed by ra and RL to give significant additional attenuation...the attenuation of power supply noise (solely due to potential divider action) is thus:
Attenuation = (RL+2ra)/[2(RL+2ra)] = <6dB.
If RL>>ra, we achieve the maximum attenuation of 6 dB!...It is now well worth comparing the PSRR of the common cathode stage, μ-follower and differential pair... The differential pair is the best and will remain the best"

Am I missing something or is the whole section confusing PSRR with CMRR? I was under the impression the PSRR of a differential pair is basically zero (all PSU noise appears at the outputs), nowhere near 6dB. What is Jones talking about?

I have Myref preamp, LDR pre, a box of passive components including B1 board, Salas PSU board with matching components.
This preamp - LDR plays 10x better than my current Naim system, sadly my wife disapproves of my DIY skills and the look of semi-custom cases (both re and amp are in silver from Modu shop (galaxy versions,).
I would like lot to go together.
Pick up or local delivery in South London/ Surrey.

Will post pics later.

I have a Sansui AU-999 that I like but am unsure of the speaker protection circuit. I have read restoration posts elsewhere that suggest completely removing the board and relying on the fuses only. Since my speakers cost many times more than the amp I think I want more than fuses.
Does the existing speaker protection seem adequate? Safe for speakers and amp? or would it be better to install an available board with relays and separate power supply.

Evan

Hi,

have anyone a service manual for the Threshold T2 Preamp? Or can me say which voltages has the power supply?


regards
Chris

This is a DIY HPF for non-commercial use. The project consists of a shared PCB which can be purchased through OshPark and the documentation you see here.

I designed this rumble filter to protect my speakers after I blew out a rather expensive woofer (ScanSpeak 26W/8867T) in my ESL hybrid speakers. I bi-amp with a XO frequency at 300Hz; the low side is DC coupled to a Carver TFM-55 (250 WPC) which is directly connected to the woofer. After changing cartridges (Sumiko BlackBird), the tonearm/cart would produce a rather nasty oscillation on warped records at approximately 10Hz and high enough amplitude that the cones would almost leap out of their frames. After installing the HPF between the electronic XO output and the Carver input, the speaker cones behave as if I'm listening to a CD rather than a warped record. There is no loss of bass and no apparent sonic penalty to using the filter.

The filter is an 8 pole HPF with Butterworth response and unity gain. It uses a pair of OPA-4134 quad opamps (one for each channel L/R) and a separate ±9VDC power supply that enters the PCB on the 3.5mm stereo connector. The filter has the following response:

24Hz -0.1dB
20Hz -0.8dB
18Hz -3dB
10Hz -42dB
5Hz -90dB

The simulation plot and actual measurement plots are attached.

You can purchase the PCB as a shared project at: [url]https://www.oshpark.com/shared_projects/ltF1TyFP[/URL]

The attached BOM file lists all the parts needed to build this project. The 16 capacitors are all Wima 220nF 5% Polypropylene, PN MKP2D032201K00JSSD. The RA RCA jacks are Kobicon PN 161-4220E. The 3.5mm jack is a Kobicon PN 161-4033E. All the resistors are 0805 SMT types. These parts are all available at Mouser, Digikey or other on-line suppilers.

The PCB is 3.25" x 2.325". Power on the 3.5mm jack is -9V/+9V/Gnd (Tip/Ring/Sleeve).

3 days ago my Thule amplifier gave up, in the morning I wanted to switch it on, but it only worked after 5 or 6 times switching it on and off with the back switch. On the front panel switch there is no more reaction. You can switch it off there but I do not hear the relay clicking anymore.
Now today there is no more possibility at all to hear any sound.
So my question to the forum is should I get the amplifier to the store, or buy a new one ? I was happy so far, but I can understand that after 15 years some new better sounding stuff must be available ?
Thanks !
Greetings
NWI

Background: I have a single-ended pentode amplifier with adjustable fixed bias. It's a simple circuit with 5687 driver in cascade, 100K grid leak resistor on the grid of the output tube. Screen voltage is regulated with two VR tubes, making ~250V. Bias supply is the classic half-wave RC filtered with potentiometers. For fun I also included a banana socket that is tied to pin three of the output tube - with the idea I can roll in plate cap tubes like the EL38, 12E1, TT21, etc etc without doing any rewiring - just plug in a banana jack attached to a length of wire and a plate cap.

KT88s, 6550s, EL34s, KT77s, 6L6GCs, etc work no problem at all. I can adjust the bias so a KT88, for example, can draw 0mA or all the way beyond the 100mA meter range.

But when I plug in ITT/STC labeled 12E1s with a plate cap, even with the bias controls turned all the way down, the current runs away as the filaments start glowing, eventually swinging beyond 100mA on both meters. The VR tubes also never start glowing, indicating enough load on the power supply that the gas tubes aren't striking. I immediately shut down the amp at this point for fear of popping a fuse or the 10 ohm cathode resistors on the output tubes.

This experiment was last night so I haven't started really digging yet but so far I'm not seeing any pin differences - except for the obvious plate cap - between the 12E1 and a "common" audio tube. Any pointers would be greatly appreciated - I'm already not looking forward to moving this little tank off of the shelf.

Picture is to give you some idea of the amplifier setup.

I acquired a B&K ST-140 and I'm looking for some help with modifications to the power supply. I'm not really experienced but willing to learn from any existing material or circuits.

Incidentally, when I got it, one channel was distorted. A guy familiar with this amp told me it was likely one of the rail fuses. I checked and there is one blown. I want to replace it... I know it's 4 A but how do I recognize if it's fast blow or slow blow?

Mike

I have an old velodyne vx-11 subwoofer which was recently fried. I took it apart and discovered the transformer and the crossover boards are working according to spec––I can put another class-D amp between the audio out of the crossover and the speaker and it plays as expected.

However, when I plug in the amplified board, I can smell that "smell", and also the standby/on LED on the crossover no longer lights up.

The board is pictured below with the TDA8920BTH analog amp IC:



I checked all the capacitors with a DMM and they seem fine. The board gets +/- 25.8VDC from the crossover board as shown below:



I'm a bit of a noob here, but Is it possible that by replacing TDA8920BTH IC, the board will be as good as new?

Hello everyone from Spain! I'm new here and I hope to contribute as much as I can

I would like to scale down the regulated power supply used in Thorsten Loesch's Legacy 300B amp to use it with a 6V6 preamp that I would like to build. Please see the attached original power supply schematic. My thoughts are to use only one each of the rectifier and 6AS7 tube, which should be relatively straightforward, but I would also like to use something other than a EF86, as I would rather use them in more audio specific application. Any other common 9 or 7 pin tube will do. A suitable replacement for the ZZ1000 reference would also be helpful. I will be using a lower voltage power transformer. I have designed and built many linear supplies, but regulated supplies of this sort are new to me. Any suggestions as to suitable tubes to replace the EF86 and the ZZ1000, as well as required component changes, and any advice as to things I should look out for would be much appreciated.

I have one of these amps with a very erratic volume control.
Suspecting the rotary encoder to be faulty I replaced it with a new one, the problem remains.
Sometimes the LEDs around the knob will just jump randomly from place to place, and I can't always
get them to go down to the red one at the zero position.
If I do, continuing to rotate the knob anticlockwise causes a jump from the red to the first green and back which shouldn't happen.
At the other end of the scale the LEDs jump around all over the place.
If I switch to the balance function, it hardly works at all. The LEDs do move, but make little sense.
I also have an FM7 tuner with an erratic tuning control. That may be the encoder (haven't swapped it out yet) but may be something else too.
Anyone familiar with these issues?

Hello,

I want to build a nac 42 preamp clone and search for a circuit with mods,
can somebody help me to find it?

Pls with a description of the right capacitors, which are the best for the circuit.

A other question I search for the transistors ZTX384/214 and it's not possible to find it, which transistors can I use also to replace the ZTX?

Thanks in advance

Regards

The plan is for midbass Cabs of 100-120L and subwoofer Cabs of 220L
I'm going for the lowest weight as possible so I'd like to use 1/2" BB. With good bracing do you see any issues with my plan? Noise, panel resonance etc?

Looking to buy firstwatt B5 and F2J, also any of the DIY direct alternatives

IF anyone has the parts and time to build one of the Nelson Pass active crossovers,

Or any diy 0NFB Single ended amps,

Also let me know.

Here's a new loudspeaker concept that I've been working on. The aim is to combine things that I like about Unity horns, along with things I like about Jericho horns, along with things I like about constant bandwidth transducers.

The goal is to create a loudspeaker with controlled directivity, but a significantly smaller footprint than you'd see from a CBT or a Unity horn or a Jerich horn.

Some of the concepts in this project are derived from Danley Paraline technology. Due to this, the ideas in this thread cannot be utilized in a commercial design. They are covered by patents US8259981B2, expiration date July 2030. (US8259981B2 - Horn-loaded acoustic line source
- Google Patents)








Here's the device, featuring three tweeters stacked in a vertical line. It is 3D printed in eSun ABS+

I bought these for a project that never happened and I've never removed them from the plastic travel tube.

$80. Plus Shipping

Hey there all, like many others I'm a bit of a lurker on this forum and have been interested in diy audio and the likes for several years, but haven't really posted much on here as of yet.

I heard about the Danley horns a while ago and as time has gone by curiosity and a growing knowledge of the related technologies and design theory has led to the inevitable - me wanting to build one 😀 (sort of). I've had a small pa system going for parties and small events and feel like designing some hornloaded mains for it (the subs are horns and I will soon be building some hybrid horns for kicks, so may as well match the rest)

Now I recognise that one of the inherit benefits of the synergy design is that it operates as a point source radiator, and that would be lost with a line array adaptation, but I suppose humour the thought and just assume that I want to build one out of curiosity (I do).

I'm not sure how one would go about it, but would a "linear wavefront synergy" or whatever you'd call it work? As in a synergy with multiple midrange drivers stacked vertically along a waveguide with paraline'd compression drivers and an effective wavefront expanding only on the horizontal plane? I'm assuming that what I'm saying makes sense, but feel free to tell me if it doesn't..

The way I see it I'd like to try and incorporate the use of a shared waveguide to ensure cohesive horizontal coverage, the use of acoustic bandpass enclosure design to minimise HD, the ability to combine multiple drivers acoustically to increase sensitivity and spl, the use of an acoustically large wavefront for higher frequencies to increase nearfield response throw and the tight vertical directivity control offered by line arrays.

I have two dbx driverack 260s (6 outputs each) available for time alignment, phase control, eq and everything else, so I have plenty of control over a lot of variables in the digital realm, which should allow for flexibility in the design phase. I also have a passion to learn and understand horn design, and have played around with hornresp in the past, however would have no idea how to model such a thing in the program. I would however assume that for the sake of modeling the expansion could be seen as a 2 dimensional problem which would simplify things.

I know this is probably not the easiest way to build a set of pa mains that will do such a job, however I guess I'm just the type to experiment, and I have measurement gear and time (due to covid) to muck about to find what works and what doesn't. I suppose I can help with the collective knowledge on synergy systems as well, so that can't be a bad thing right?

Thanks in advance, Campbell

Hello all.

I am building a preamp and have a hifi 2000 chassis with aluminum front panel.

For volume control, i have chosen the khozmo 64 step attenuator with remote control https://khozmo.com/64_steps_relay_khozmo_attenuator.html - it comes with an LED display board and a little optical reader for the remote

I am wondering what material and installation suggestions people have on how it can be mounted on the chassis front panel. What are my options? suggestions welcome. thank you all in advance!

So i own a pair of B&W dm602 s3 speakers and i really love them, except for the sharp tweeter...
They sound otherwise really good, but the sharp tweeters make all "s" sounds in vocals really harsh, and some other high frequencies are also really sharp.
They are still good to listen to, but really fatiguing.
I have googled around for a solution, and people say to buy acoustic panels or buy a new amplifier.

I have them in a ~5mx5mx2,5m room with a bed, sofa, a lot of furniture, a textured ceiling, and a large carpet in front of the speakers, so i don't really think it's the room. I have tried them in another room (many times larger) and there they sounded a lot better, but also lacked some other sounds and volume (the room contains a pair of cv 215xl speakers).

And my amplifier is a Yamaha rx-v659, witch is measured to have an output of 120w @ 8ohm stereo and is praised to be very neutral compared to all other receivers.

Then i found a frequency graph of the dm602s3 that showed a bump around the 9-10khz area(if i remember correctly), and that it could be fixed at the crossover.

I found someone who had measured the dm601s3 and had similar bumps in the highs. He(she?) then opened up the speaker and changed the crossover a lot, but very neatly and also reused some old parts. Then measured again and the graphs show a big difference.

Here's the link to his page:
B&W Bowers Wilkins DM 601-S3 Crossover Upgrade for Better Midrange Perfoprmance

I then thought that i could do the same mod on my dm602s3 because the only difference in them is the 1-2 inch increase in woofer size
I opened up my speakers and looked at the crossover.
you can see the dm601s3 crossover in the link, and the dm602s3 crossover was exactly the same except that the 4.7uF cap changed to 6.8uF.

I am not very educated about speakers, but i know how to follow instructions.

So please, can someone help me change my crossover the same way that the guy at rutchu.com did.

And please correct me if i'm wrong about something.

I've bought this relay attenuator module from aliexpress. It seems to work as advertised. However, I'd like to change the resistors so its 10K rather than 50K.

Then I realised I'm not actually sure how it works at all - there are only 10 resistors. Can anyone show me a similar circuit?

the resistor values are 420k - 180k - 75k - 30k - 12k - 4.7k - 1.8k - 670R. Near the input is a 50k and near the output is a 42R

with thanks
James

Here's a free download of the "Aluminum" CDQ title track of Arturo Delmoni's "Songs My Mother Taught Me."

https://www.dropbox.com/s/8b6i99d129k99wy/15 Songs My Mother Taught Me.wav?dl=0

That piece is Fritz Kreisler's transcription for violin of Dvorak's tear-jerking "Gypsy Song," wherein a young Roma mother cries while singing to her own baby... the songs her mother had taught her.

I think that one listen should indicate why, 36 years after the first LP release, people are still talking about it.

Arturo sounds great on my early 20th-c. German Amati copy... but on a 1721 Stradivari, few are on his level.

all my best,

john

PS: PLMK if there are any download problems.

I built this amplifier a couple of years ago and I must tell it’s working perfectly well with 10 hours on it.

£750
Local pick up available for serious buyers.

So my Airline 2509-A is on the bench. I've been having so much fun repairing it, and have brought it back to specs, and it sounds wonderful, as is, but I've got the bug, and I know there's more to be had.
Can anyone recommend any mods upgrades to this little guy?

On the list is reconing/replacing the 4 ohm 8" oxford drivers. Posible candidates are:
4 ohm Jensen P8R - AlNiCo Guitar driver, almost EXACTLY the same Frequency response as the oxfords, great sensitivity, about $120 per piece, but very period correct for restoration.
I have a couple of 4ohm 10" Marantz ceramic magnet woofers from a wrecked pair of HLM-310s with a lower sensitivity (I think about 88 db vs the Jensen's 92) but MUCH flatter response.

The cabinet has been stripped, imperfections filled, and sanded, and will be getting re-stained and fresh grille cloth should be on its way soon.



If you owned this cabinet, what would YOU do to make it shine? No limits

I am repairing a Bugera 6262 120W guitar amp which has 4 x 6L6 output tubes in a fairly typical layout. The fault is low o/p power and I strongly suspect the output transformer as DC resistance checks of the primary show a significant imbalance between the centre tap of the primary and either anode connection. One side reads about 39 ohms and the other 27 ohms. Before I lash out and buy a replacement has anyone else had a similar experience with a faulty transformer and how much of an imbalance in the resistances is deemed acceptable. All other DC voltages are well within range and max power o/p in it's current state is around 15W measured across an 8 ohm dummy load.

If a port is placed on the base of a speaker will there be more bass output than on say the front or rear

I'm looking for a schematic or service manual for a dbx Model 500 Subharmonic Synthesizer. Seems like there's nothing out there for it. It's somewhat similar to the Model 100 schematic, but even then, it seems like the Model 100 schematic circulating online is incomplete.

Mine is from 1980 based on component date codes. It belonged to my late brother and was just left on a shelf. He used to be a DJ, and I know he used these back in the late 70s and early 80s. But I have no idea of the history of this one. A friend of mine has been after me about wanting to buy it, so I finally pulled it out to test it. I brought it up to power slowly to increase odds of it not blowing up, and I replaced two electrolytic caps that were marginal. But I get some odd readings from 2-3 BJT transistors on diode tests.

If there's no schematic, is there any tech out there who's an expert on repairing vintage dbx gear? This is not the kind of headache I need right now.

The sine oscillator in the LM4562 document is only a model. Can it be made into a stable 1khz circuit without using the lamp which is supposed to prevent distortion. I have been reading about various solutions. They seem to be rather delicate.



Long story .. https://sound-au.com/articles/sinewave.htm#s2

Good morning,

I’m looking for a direct replacement 14 pin intermediate frequency chip that was used on the Macintosh MX113 tuner/preamp. I’m looking at the NTE 744. Any suggestions?


Thank you!

Ok, I have two model 75's one is perfectly quiet and the other has some hum. I have one input on each amp that uses the 12AY7 and one input that goes to the Ef86 so that I can use the input I need.

One of the amps I have to turn the 12Ay7 input up just a little to null the noise. The other amp doesn't have this problem.

Any ideas?

Want to buy a Soekris DAM1121-01 R2R DAC Board,(0.01% resistor version). Anyone have one sitting in the "someday" stack? Postage to California, USA.

Cheers,
Geary

Hi all ,
i am planning on making a passive subwoofer for my home setup , i have shortlisted the following drivers

1. Peerless 12inch aviable from Varsha electronics with the following specs
Peerless Fabrikkerne (I) Ltd - 12" Sub-Woofer
Features: Coated paper cone with durable foam surround.
Stamped Powder coated Chassis.
Technical Specification:
Parameter Value Unit
RMSE - Free 0.43 Ohms
Fs 25.01 Hz
Re 3.68 Ohms
Res 9.69 Ohms
Qms 1.17
Qes 0.45
Qts 0.32
L1 0.53 mH
L2 1.11 mH
R2 6.09 Ohms
RMSE - Load 1.01 Ohms
Vas (SD) 256.35 Liters
Mms (SD) 59.71 Grams
Cms (SD) 678 uM/Newton
BL (SD) 8.80 Tesla-M
SPL ref (SD) 94.7 dB [Re]
Rub -Index 0.14
Xmax mm
Area (SD): 518.75 Sq.Cm
Impedance 4 Ohms
Frequency response 26 - 220 Hz
Method: Mass loaded - Mmd (100 Grams)
DCR Mode: Fixed (3.68 Ohms)

2.IWAI SUB-WOOFER 12” 4Ω 200W with Shorting Ring
Electrical
Nominal Impedance 4 Ohms
Resonance Frequency 25 Hz
Power Handling {IEC-268-5C} 200 Watt
Long Term Power {IEC-268-5L} 600 Watt
Short Term Power {IEC-268-5S} 1000 Watt
Sensitivity (2.83V/1m) 91 dB
Resistance (DC) 3.5 Ω
Qms 6.91
Qes 0.43
Qts 0.41
BL 14.23 T-M
VAS 86.57 Litres

Mechanical
Voice Coil Dia 50 mm
Winding Width 32.60 mm
Former TIL
Layers 4
Wire Type Copper
Magnet 134 mm
Cone Material Paper
Surround Material Rubber
Chassis Powder Coated
Dust Cap Paper

I have simulated both the driver in WINISD and found that the IWAI one has a -3db roll off at 44hz where as the peerless one has a roll of at 54hz ....
Both being a sealed box of 44L and 66L respectively , Can anybody share their views regarding the choices made above

Regards