Hi,

I bought this 6L6 tube amp last year and decided to tweak
it a little. Has anyone tried tube-rolling with this amp?
And how does one set the bias? I couldn't find a way
to do it.

Many thanks,

Mike

Hi, I will be using a sundown nsv3 18 sub on 8kw of power.
This is going in a trunk, so space is limited.
I was planning on doing a normal reflex enclosure, but it will get tremendous cabin gain, so I would also like some added efficiency on the higher side of bass.

What is the difference between a quasi 6th order and dual reflex? Does one have better transients or efficiency?

I planned roughly that a 250l reflex tuned to 25hz with 700-800cm2 of port area, would fit in the trunk.

I might be able to get a little more air space. But would it be possible or reasonable to make a more complicated design with this space?

I'd like to share my latest blog post. The Yamaha JA6681B measures well. It would be suitable in a high sensitivity 2-way. The diaphragm uses a unique surround comprising 15 little copper beryllium arms that flex. This results in a very low 300Hz FS. Impressive!

Yamaha JA6681B Compression Driver – Joseph Crowe

Hello!
If I want to add gas tube to the existing power supply for 300v B+ regulation. Between 2x0A2 and 2x0D3, which one would be your choice for Aikido 6SN7?

Thanks!

In March a friend asked me if I would like to design something simple
with the IRS2092. First I was not enthusiastic, because I had doubts that
it would work to achieve something better than the IRAUD7 and its clones.
Better means: Improved speaker control (==> post filter feedback), less noise and at least not worse distortion.
Nevertheless I had look into the topic.
My first attempts were fitting more or less to my expectations.
Good control of the filter and speaker, blameless step response, but harmonics in the -70db category all over the place. Ugh..
Also the gap between simulation and reality was to big for my taste.
Operating frequency and distortion figures did not fit sufficiently.
I digged deeper into the non documented weaknesses of the IRS2092.
Key points:
Transfer function of the OTA
Noise of the OTA
Jittery / ambitious flipping of the comparator
Internal delay times

After all this I updated my simulation model of the IRS2092 and soon came to
a changed structure, which behaves fine in simulation and reality.
Can't tell an official name for the structure.
With a good portion of phantasy we could call it a post filter feedback sigma delta modulator.
Above 60kHz F1(s) and F2(s) together are acting like an integrator for the 1Bit data stream coming from the half bridge...

In the mean time the results by far surpass the IRAUD7, but the complexity is very similar.
Step response is blameless with rise times below 5us, output noise is below 100uVrms, very low THD and nice dual tone behavior.
It is promising enough that I intend to go for a proper PCB.
Attached a scheme of the control structure and some measurements at 10W into 4R.

Considering a new build. I happen to have a 1.5 cu ft cabinet in my shop not being used so I was thinking either a 2way or 3 way. I have a sub so I don’t need subterranean bass.
7 or 8 inch woofer and 1 inch dome
Or
7 or 8 inch woofer, 1 inch dome and Fountek Neo 3 (Hate to use the term super tweeter but this is kind of like Harbeths 3 way with 2 tweeters.)

In a separate thread I was suggested these 2 tweeters
D2604 or DX25BCG60

Woofers under consideration: SS 18W/8531G, Seas W22NY, Seas U22REX, Dayton RS225P-8.

The W22NY is expensive so unless there is a compelling reason to use it. My focus is on clean mids that have a relaxed natural sound. I don’t want ultra detail at the expense of musicality. Your thoughts are welcomed and appreciated. Thank you.

The idea would be to build speakers with a sub box separated from the mid-high range to facilitate transport and positioning. Here's what I came up with drawing inspiration from the "the loudspeaker" project :

- 40-200hz: l18p200n box reflex 200liter (i have)
- 200-1200hz: 10NMBA520 sealed box 18lt (to buy)
- 1200-10000hz: rcf n980+h6040 (i have)
- 10000-20000hz: Beyma CP21/F (to buy)

bi-amped with powersoft amplifier, basic crox and correct with dcx2496

can it work? Can you help me find something wrong before I waste money and time?

Selling my DAC 1321. Beautiful shape with all the packaging, etc.

$250 USD plus shipping

These sound GREAT !

Hello,

After years of neglect and abandonment, I have started refurbishing my X2 sl1210 MK2 that used to belong to a mobile dj. I need two phono interfaces and wish to have them available side to side to testy/ compare incremental upgrades. This is my redintrodution to analog after years solely residing on the digital domain.

I used to volunteer in a ln alternative College radio station in the 90s. We had this large mixing board with remote star stop, super nice faders, two mics, 3 sl1200 mk2, 3 CD players and 4 8 track style cartridge with a cassette deck to record your shows. It was awesome, both in functionality and sound quality. I am not interested in dj style mixing but to reproduce ( sans the mic) some of the feeling and functionality of the system for personal use.

My actual system is composed of two aiyima amps, one full range and one sub, connected to a topping dac and pc and Nas box as interface and music repository. As such, there is only a single line input used by the dac.

In order to connect the sl1210s, first I tried with an old Kenwood receiver taken out of storage and using the monitor out to drive the amplifiers. Only one phono interface

My second try has been with a Behringer DXJ900 USB. I can connect both amps (sub and main) and control level independently, the turntable pre is decent and i can have both turntable connected. But it's rather noisy, the master fader is useless over 4 as it hisses too much for my liking.

Other option would be to buy a couple phone interfaces, such as the art dj pre Ii, see ASR review, get some better power supplies and use some kind of passive switch or an avr with preouts, but i believe a mixer may be more flexible.

i am looking for a mixer to be used in hifi, preferebly purely analog, with two good phono preamps, three or more channel with clean sound. On a perfect word i would like to have the tables, CD players and dac conected so i could play all my formats.

Sadly, i cannot afford a broadcast grade 24 channel stereo with remote start stop 🙁

Any of you have set a similar system for personal use or any comment/ suggestions of what may be the best way to go, or a brand of a decent phono analog mixer.

Tks in advance, Francis.

FS: Nelson Pass 2-way Jfet XO kit (PCB + Jfets + Bias resistors).
Have 2 units available, bought extras 'cos I usually make too many mistakes.
My 2-board 3-way XO build went together without a hitch, so am offering 2 more unassembled spares, singly or together. Random collection of caps & Rs etc will be included.
$75AU + postage each, or local pickup Melbourne (when Covid lockdown ends).
Cash or bank deposit.

I need schematic CXA 1081m Sony.

Hi,

I've a prototype circuit interfacing a DIR9001 (spdif) into 2x PCM1794A's which go into 12x NE5534's and output as balanced audio L & R.

So far I've verified by scope that I2S is coming out the DIR9001, all lines are good. Soldering has been verified under microscope, no problem there. Despite this I'm unable to get output from either PCM1794A. I've verified both DIR9001 & PCM1794A are in 24 bit I2S mode. The mute pin on both is grounded. 3.3v & 5v lines are perfect. I can't see any output on scope going to the first op-amps.

Anything I'm missing?

Good day Group! I am trying to upgrade my MF A-370 clone.
In this instance, I am looking at the VAS and driver stages (see attached schematic diagram), considering higher power BJTs. Not sure this would give significant improvements, would appreciate some help from the Group experts.

In the VAS stage (the BJTs are in common-base configuration) I am considering to replace the MPSA43/93 with KSC3503/KSA1381, capable of higher power. Is this a good idea? Any other device could be better?

The gate driver stage (emitter-follower configuration) uses BC414c/BC416c.
I understand the power mosfet gates would be better driven by higher power devices due to their capacitive nature (I am using 2sk135/2SJ50, 900 and 600 pF). Also here I am considering suitable higher power BJTs (TO126 or TO220). I searched the forum but did not find any clear suggestion. Would therefore appreciate some help.

Thanks and Regards, Giovanni

I'm confused

If I'm after a 32V rail voltage, what transformer secondary voltage rating do I need? I have read where there's a voltage drop from the transformer onward so can someone please explain how Nelson would get 32V rails from 24V secondary's as per the below quote please?

QUOTE from paper on the F5 & F5T by Nelson Pass..

Increasing the power supply voltage is the obvious way to get more power out of an F5. You can simply raise the supply rails to +/-32 Volts and get 50 watts into 8 ohms right away without other modification. 24 V AC secondaries on the power transformer will do it. Don't forget to use higher voltage power supply capacitors.

I have 3 DMM and they all measure a little different.
One alot of different,how do I fint out wich one is most accurate?

Just wondering why 0.1uF capacitors are used pre and post transmission?

When I put a scope on the line the skew of the signal is considerably worse. It may not matter (haven't got that far) but I don't see a reason to degrade a digital signal?

Hello all,

First of all, I'm not sure where to post this thread, so I put it here; if this is the wrong place, moderators please help me and move it where appropriate.

Well, I need ypur help with a little idea I have in mind.
Basically, I own a beatiful Technics SU-V9 amplifier, that is the hearth of my Hi-Fi system.
The amplifier takes the signal from a turntable and a liquid music server (Raspberry PI + Topping D10s DAC).
I do not really like the idea to have to power on three different devices every time I want to play music; even more, I really hate the idea to leave the sources powered on all time.
So, my idea was to build or buy an intelligent multi-socket adapter, with one master outlet (the amplifier), and several slave outlets, that automatically will be powered on only when the master is on.
In other world, I'd like to build a current sensing device, that drives a relay when the master device has current flowing into; that relay then will power the slave devices.
Do you know of anything already done, or, even better, do you have any project or idea for such a thing?
Thank you in advance.

Hi,

Does anyone know if boards like the ADAU 1467 etc. can Emulate the SMSL sound color options (Rich, Tube), which I believe purposefully increases H2 and H3 distortion to preset amounts?

I was thinking of a project with a control knob that could control this. I was not sure if SigmaStudio could do fixed H2/H3 ratio and then insert it into the output signal at a variable amount based on the control knob.


Thanks!

has anyone tried this combo, if so houd it sound please?

There are several types of these "thumbdrive"-like devices avail.
Some are dedicated (and $$) audiophile products, like:
AudioQuest Jitter Bug (this is passive):



And there are "active" devices for audio:
HiFimeDIY USB Isolator -- USD29.99



HiFimeDIY state that:

ADUM4160 Support USB “full speed” 12Mbit/s, but not “high speed” 480 Mbit/s.
Support USB “Low speed” 1.5Mbit/s (internal switch needs to be set to L). – Alternatively look here for the hi-speed version

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So they suggest their $100 "Hifime High-Speed USB Isolator version" for "hi-speed" because:

If you have tried our USB isolator in the past and found it wasn’t compatible with your equipment, then there is a very good chance that the new High-Speed isolator will work. It supports all USB transfer modes, Low (1.5Mbps), Full (12Mbps) and Hi-speed (480Mbps). Hi-Speed 480Mbps are required by DACs that support higher than 96kHz/24bit sample rates, and also multi channel DACs.
The new isolator also provides more power, 400mA to the connected device, vs 200mA from the other USB isolator.

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The following are generic USB filters (not necess. audio) :

HiLetgo ADUM3160 B0505S 1500V USB to USB Voltage Isolator Module Support 12Mbps 1.5Mbps --- $15.00 USD


diymore 1500V USB to USB Isolator Board Protection Isolation ADUM4160 ADUM3160 Module -- $15.00USD


=========
Say your primary source for audio is a laptop. Nothing special.

Would you select any one of these for your USB dac? Why or why not? And how important (to audio) is speed and active vs. passive?

Suggest some alternatives.

Thanks!

Hi,

I'm looking for AR amp model D400MKII (MK2) ,stereo power amp, for an audio test. Is there anyone near Padova (Italy) ? !00Km or 200Km doesn't matter. FB

I'm going to build one of these three kits ... Which one would you suggest. I can NOT lose. So I will go with the most suggested.

Satori SBA951
Scan Revelator B1371
Scan Illuminator B741

Here are the links ...
Satori SBA 951 Speaker Kit by Peter Noerbaek - Pair


B1371 Scan-Speak Kit by Peter Noerbaek - Pair


B741 Scan-Speak Kit by Peter Noerbaek - Pair

Looking to upgrade tweeter capacitors

willing to spend a decent amount if rewards are guaranteed

Suggestions please?

using neodymium tweeters of high quality

Thank you

Does this make any sense?
Would it be of any benefit or would have lot of cancellations?

Part 1 is here:
http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=71189


Hi John,
I posted the following in a post I moved to the test equipment thread. It really belongs here, so I am going to quote it.

I don't know if you read that post, you didn't respond to it. So here goes ...

At this point, is there any reason to hide your actual schematics? It's an old design that depends on discontinued devices and careful hand construction. The PCB details are enough to stop a clone.

The reason I ask is that you could refer to specific design examples as you pointed out your design choices, or what you consider to be important concepts. It would be somewhat easier to keep things on track and clear to other people.

Considering the difficulties a normal person would have to begin production on anything, there really is not a lot to worry about there either. I do not want to make one of these, but learning from this would be very useful to many.

Just a thought John.

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Let's focus on John's discrete design again. If we can reference to the actual design while we talk, it may help considerably.

-Chris

Edit: The original thread is here, a big thank you to stinius who reminded me that I forgot to link to the original thread.

Did anybody build this Mr. MR's interesting amp?

MuFo MoFo | AudioMaker

Howdy folks. I built a set of TG's Faital 3wc 15" at the start of the year. This gave me a taste for DIY. I'm half way through building a set of micro active 2 way speakers for my son to use with his electric drum kit, and for general use (and maybe to take when we travel).

Figured i'd post it up here in case anyone has helpful comments, or wants to build something similar and my build helps.

Am using:
Wondom Jab5 (4 x 100w with DSP) - will use 1 channel per driver

SBA SB19ST 4 ohm tweeters

Dayton ND105 4 ohm 4" woofers


16mm MDF cabinets at 4.5L internal
Planning to muck around a bit with the DSP to see how low i can get them to go with a flat response.

My thinking is the amp's good for 100wpc, the drivers are 30w, so call it 60w peak. The amp's meant to be ok to 6 ohms, i'm asking it to deal with 4 ohms, but hopefully the fact that it's quite overpowered for the drivers means nothing melts.

Have cut everything, and done a basic test of the amp last night to ensure it works:
Wondom Jab5 test - YouTube

Next up bench test using the PC control module and all 4 drivers.
After that i need to mount the hardware in the cabinet. The 1 job i need to work out is how to have the plugs mounted, the 16mm MDF is too thick. I could rout it, but then it might be too thin. Do i use some hard plastic, or can i use metal - but i'm concerned about having a power plug mounted directly to metal... I'm not electrically skilled.

Few pics of the build so far:

Built my first one of these in 1980.

Maplin LP56 GA28F 150W Mosfet Power Amplifier Kit | eBay

I've been happily running a pair of TD508iis with matching subwoofer in a 2.1 configuration, and recently purchased a Pioneer AV receiver to experiment with a centre channel. Currently, I am using a smaller TD307ii as a centre speaker. It's a little smaller (100hz vs 80hz roll off) but timbre is well matched and performance is very similar for vocal reproduction. However, since it's a single 6.5cm driver, I find it's not really suited to the task... Clarity and volume is fine (sofa is only 3 metres away), but it's missing fullness / prescence. The cheap philips centre speaker I have is better in this regard (minus fidelity) as it has two drivers. I am wondering if it's feasble to wire up an additional 8 ohm TD307ii to the centre channel also to mimmick the dual mids config usually found in centre speakers. My receiver can run 6-16ohm speakers so running them in serial should work? Either that, or I'm thinking a similar egg shaped centre speaker might work.... E.g Kef's HTC 3001 Any suggestions would be most welcome

G'day all,

I recently offloaded a 300cx FPB Krell amp, had it since new (17 years ago) and decided to take a different path these days since I have a bit more time on my hands. Going to build an ACA (being shipped now), F5 then F5T.

Has anyone compared the Krell CX series sound against the F5 or F5T? How do they compare please?

Hello Guys.
I have a Gemini GVX-12P powered floor monitor that makes random popping noises when turned on. The noise does not disappear when it warms up. Any idea what to look for?
I noticed that the pcb with the input connectors has already dried out moisture traces on its solder side, maybe the amp pcb has them too, but I'll have to disassemble it first to be sure.
But I don't know if this has anything to do with the popping...
It seems to be impossible to download the user manual for these monitors, since my internet is too damn slow at the moment. I cannot find any schematics for these monitors.

Thanks in advance...

Why does diyAudio use DHL ex USA when FedEx operates ex USA too?

I ordered a complete ACA kit, the chassis has already arrived via FedEx yet DHL is holding up the parts ex USA, it was packaged and received by DHL USA Aug 4th yet tracking says it is yet to even depart the US.

Whenever in the past DHL has been involved with international freight there's always a delay. Why use this inferior vendor when FedEx operates ex USA too?

I'm sure others won't mind paying a little extra if FedEx demands, at least we get value for money. I hate parting with money when the service is a bloody joke! 😡

I'm repairing an amplifier - there is a Resistor with a thermal fuse in the power supply, and the thermal fuse has blown. This same component has been replaced at least twice before. It seems to last a couple of years and then go. We use the amp for a couple of hours each week on Sunday, and we aren't overloading the amp.


I'm considering replacing it with a non-fused resistor of the same value. Is this dumb? 🙂


The resistor+fuse is in the main power supply line. It is already in series with a thermistor, so there is double-protection. I also have the option of adding in a normal replaceable fuse. The particular resistor+fuse is also a custom part for Yamaha, so it's also hard to get, costs about $20 and takes me a couple of hours to bring it home and fix it. It would be a couple of minutes and very cheap to replace a normal fuse.



Any thoughts or suggestions?

Hi does anyone have a schematic for a vortexion fet 50/70 or know where I can purchase a copy?
I've looked everywhere not been able to find one. I know Vortexion amp schematics are pretty scarce except the 100 watt ef86 version. If I'm in the wrong thread point me in the right direction.

Hi Everyone,

This is my first post so please be considerate !
I am an amateur & just picked up an old Rotel RA712 very cheap which was very dirty but has cleanned up nicely. It had obviously been sitting in a damp enviroment since a long time.

No problem with the dim bulb tester, so I started her up and found the dc offset to be OK, so hooked her up to some speakers. The sound is really nice ...... but then there is an annoying intermittent issue with the sound on the left channel. On start up or suddenly while listening to music there is an audible hum suddenly coming from the left speaker. It is definately on the power board as input source or volume makes no difference

The dc offset at each speaker terminal (not pot to adjust it) is 30mv & 34mv, so not great but OK. The bias can be adjusted easily to within spec and is stable on each channel, except when the hum starts in which case the bias on the left channel increases significantly.

The strange thing is if i give a rapid burst of volume, the hum goes away or if if I touch the bias adjusting pot VR601 very lightly with a metal screw driver or the speaker fuse the hum will suddenly dissapears, only to come back a few minutes later, which would suggest an earthing problem.

I am at a bit of a loss what to do with my limited means. I checked all solder joints, cleanned all pots, fuse holders and compared all resistors/diodes on the left & right channels with no discernible difference found so far.

I only have a DMM & a capacitance meter, with no other tools.
Can anyone suggest what I should be looking for ?

Many thanks

Selling almost new Holton modules, only been tested for about 10 min.
- 2x HPA-NXV 300R2
- 2x LSP One
- NXVPSU One
- HPA-NXVolt One R2
- Holton Ac Mains Power controller

New price for all of this from HoltonPrecisionAudio is around 1200 AUD, not sure what i can get for these so im accepting offers.

- I also have a PSU with 10x Cornell Dubilier 10000uf caps, (unused)

Hello,

I recently got very old (60's) vintage integrated amplifier and it has weird connectors throughout. All of Inputs are 5 Pin Din which I understand.

The Power Cable Input has 3 Pin Din which I may be able to find a suitable connector to make one power cable.

However, the speaker out connector is weird and I have never seen one like these. Does anyone enlighten me what this connector is called and how I can connect to speakers?

Thank you...

Posts and particularly attachments seem to be loading slow and or spotty. Sometimes there are timeouts. Other websites are okay.

Could anyone tell me what the TI op-amp /NOPD designator means? I'm looking at the LF347BN and LF347BN/NOPD and struggling to find what /NOPD means.

Also: any links to the op-amp naming conventions used by TI? I haven't been able to find a comprehensive document. I have found out that the TI Tuscon and TI Dallas centers use completely different naming conventions.

Hi - newb here!

I have a weird problem with a pair of eBay special monoblocks I bought a couple of years back. They are silver shoebox cases using IRS2092 and IRFB4227 boards of a type I suspect folk are familiar with.

These amps have relays for activation / output, and these relays happily click and beautiful sound comes out of my esoteric Vienna Acoustics Beethoven speakers - provided I leave the case off each amp 😕

They have been like this since I got them, I had a case open to return them to the seller but the logistics of returning them to an address in the far east I can't write on a box accurately and pressures of work got in the way.

OFC for some time I just ran the amps in my rack in the study with the lid off, but enter Jackson, my wonderful two year old boy - he just loves to post CDs and anything else he can find into the open cases, in addition to terrifying me by putting his fingers in there when I'm not paying full attention (swear the child is going to be a Ninja).

tl;dr amps of an otherwise popular reference design won't activate the output relay with the lids on, is there a way to fix / diagnose this?

High-end monitors, like new, high performance.
Natural American oak wood, sourced from whiskey barrels
450 euros.

I have a RF T10001BD. It came to me disassembled, MEHSA strips out, most of the FETs were shorted. I replaced the drivers, tested gate resistors, and set it in the frame (ground screws in place) without any FETs in it. Applied ground and remote, I have good gate drive coming out of the UC3526ADW Pin 13 (and all the way to the FET vias). Pin 16, however, has no output. If I lift R26, I get a sort of sharkfin wave.

I looked at the datasheet for the 3526 and I don't see what could cause this, it looks to me like they are both driven from Toggle F/F, but that stuff gets a bit above my head.

Any recomendations?

Hi,

I've a circuit using a MT3640 which is I suspect a clone of the TLV61048, at least it's pin compatible. TLV61048 is preferred but long lead times and not in stock anywhere means I had no choice.

XI'''AN Aerosemi Tech | XI'''AN Aerosemi Tech MT3608 | DC-DC Converters - LCSC.COM

I'm boosting 5V to +/-14V. I've noticed that lower than about 6.5V efficiency drops massively. I've tried:

Inductors from 1.5 to 5.6uH (Coilcraft XEL4030 so well within current saturation)

8x 10uF X7R (4x on the PCB but doubled for a test)

Without any success. Looks like's it's the MT3640 and the 2A current limit is *******. Anything else look amiss?

For reference most the current draw is 12x NE5534's.

I have a pair of Antique Sound lad Hurricane amplifiers.
I have a test one CD and was going thru the tones And on 1 amplifier I have about 6DB of low output from 20-200hz only.
Have replaced the tubes, swapped cords ect

Here I go with a stumper! Seems this amp has two banks of PS's and only a single TL494 and an output array which is mildly impressive. At first look from like 5' away I thought it was an Arc Audio / Clarion design. Half the output transistors are GREEN which means it must be good amp and needs to work once again. But then I saw an oddball black output transistor so someone might have thrown a monkey wrench into this thing at one point.

Seems this amp is stuck in protect. But I have no way to verify as there are absolutely ZERO indicators. I have not pulled the board out of the synd. Its drawing 0.00A but the PS does blip up to 0.50A sometimes.

TL494
1. 0.010
2. 3.450
3. 0.091
4. 4.95 <-- Protect?
5. 1.473
6. 3.680
7. 0
8. 13.4
9. 0
10. 0
11. 13.4
12. 13.4
13. 4.061
14. 4.96
15. 4.031
16. 0

Found D507 cracked but a new 1N4148 didn't help. See it middle of board.

For Sale Synology DS214Play with power supply and 2 x Western Digital RED 2TB HDD drives(4TB in total). In great condition. £135 incl. postage in UK.

Hi Guys,

I'm using a JBL 2234H woofer (8 Ohm) in a 5 cubic ft cab tuned to 28 Hz using 6" port. I'd like to have an 800 Hz cross to a 16 ohm TAD 4002 compression driver. I will only use the very best components (that I can afford) when I build them. If anyone has an appropriate JBL version that would be fine also.

Thank you in advance for your help,
Henry Zuranski

wintermute said:

AndrewT offered me some advice on the layout (as I also did it on strip board and was unsure what was important) I had all of the -ve side connections just along a strip from load back to the diode bridge. This is not good as there is shared current seen. Ideally the adj cap and 1.12K resistors should connect direct to the load (ie the zero volts point for positive and the -ve output for the negative) and not back along the strip (as is most convenient).

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AndrewT said:

I read about that layout technique about twenty years ago.
Then someone posted a link to a paper and it turned out to be that same one I read such a long time ago.
It really is important that low level current circuits do not share traces/wires with high level current circuits.
It is a development of that thought that brought me to realise that LOOP AREA of individual TWO WIRE circuits is what we need to strive for. Forming the TWO WIRE circuits becomes the first priority.

Wintermute's post19 sch shows the important LAYOUT considerations that are usually omitted from generalised sch that only show GND symbols.

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Does this imply that all three of these should each have separate references to circuit ground: A) smoothing caps, B) the post-reg circuit, and C) the reg adjust cap and resistors ? A & B are explicitly recommended in the quotes above, but what about C?

A-being relatively high current, B-needing strong reference to load, and C-protected from higher current?

Could one of you post a schematic of the Soundlab Pristine 3 ?
Any other infos regarding this model welcome...
Have fun, Philipp

HI
I need schematic of Cambridge audio CD AZUR 550c or 650.

B&C Speaker 320K/C-A - 12" Full-range

Curious if anyone's used these, and how did they sound? Thanks.

Long ago when I was more concerned with rock and roll volumes, my vision was to build up a P.A. rig that was bi-amped, with a pair of 15" drivers in boxes with mid/top boxes on poles. It sounded OK but I hardly used it and never needed anywhere near that volume even with a 6 piece band. Plus it was a pain in the a$$ to stack!

The boxes (.063m³ or 2.2ft³) had been "disco" speakers with cheap drivers and a piezo horns on top . Inside there was some kind of cross over network. I was obviously not thinking straight so:- I bought 15" 500W Eminence Kappa drivers - 4Ohm (because those extra 2db must count.) and the crazy bit was, I wound a high-pass filter possibly set to 4KHz, which was really dumb since it was driven from an active crossover anyway!

Now that I'm not playing in 6 piece bands I want to revert to single full range boxes, so some de-modding is required. Assuming I keep the boxes; I could bin the crossovers and have a 15in with the piexo in the top. Its nowhere near HiFi but pub audiences don't mind. Piezos can get by with a cap so its all good ....

Except a single piezo can't handle 500W.
I could put in a conventional compression driver but who makes a crossover that handles that kind of power. And anyway, a 8Ω and a 4Ω crossover would need to be custom.
Is this impossible?

I have a 18 0 18 dac supply if I measure 30 across the 18 and 18 ac have I got it right? The toroid might be closer to 15. I've never built a split rail. I googled plenty of schematics. It hasn't blown the fuses I clipped in..Are the two tappings phased right?

If it's right I want to plug in a discreet dual hdam next. I don't see a big coupling cap so I'm guessing it might be direct coupled.
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I hope I'm not breaking any rules. I will add the dac in case someone wants to search it. I think it could be ok. Classic good sound PCM58 18BIT decoder board DAC upgrade PCM63

Hi everybody,
I have a SP15 defective in the phono stage: hard noises are heard in the speakers.
Sometimes the unit operates properly, but when I change the position of the input selector from line to phono, it oscillates strongly at a very low frequency.
I've disconnected the output of the phono amplifier (R30) from the line amplifier stage, and the fault disappears.
I tested the output line of the phono with the scope and I can see a big negative dc offset when I connect then disconnect the output line from the earth (like the input selector does).
When it oscillates, R30 begins to heat and burns.
The same fault is with the two channels.
Thank you very much for any help

ARC Schematic removed by moderation. This is a clear violation of Forum rules and ARC copyright.

Hi,

I'm searchin AR solid State Amp Model D44MKII (MK2) for a listening test.
Is there anyone near padova (Italy) who owns this amp? Let me know and I will contact you. Ciao FB

Hi, I'm looking for drivers in the neighborhood of 12-15" made of some kind of rigid material, like carbon fiber, or something like that. Most I've seen are made from treated paper, or something similar. Thanks.

Hi, I have ordered this DAC1242-1.5 "Fluency DAC" in Japan once just to get to know the special FN1242A but I was involved in various projects with FN1242A almost simultaneously and completed this one but never used it. It has 2 BNC inputs that are switchable, LME49860 opamps and Haufe studio 1:1 transformers. It sounds excellent and more musical than a few other DACs I have here. In listening tests some mention the sound character to be warm. I just think it is a very good DAC. As you can see it is chockfull with Black Gate caps.

FN1242A is a kind of special DAC chip made by Niigata Seimitsu who normally produce medical electronics. The chip was used by Luxman in flagship devices.

Make me an offer via PM. It can be bought without casing.

Hey guys,

I'm building some amps and am looking for good quality panel mount fuse holders.
Does anyone have any experience with a certain brand or type?

thanks

Sam

Unison Research SR-1 Hybrid Tube amp troubleshooting/help

Hello

Have one of these amps that needs some troubleshooting as it passed onto me. There seems to an array of fuses missing once the top cover is popped off for different supply rails from the secondary windings to the output stage/preamp boards.

Anybody here have a schematic or service manual or complete internal shots would be great (the pictures on google are not sufficient for troubleshooting).

Regards,

Other than John Broskie's TubeCAD blog, I can find no reference on the so-called Blumlein Garter circuit, where did the term come from? Did Blumlein actually invent it? Any clue or feedback will be appreciated.

Hi All,

I am using an Amanero PCB feeding IanCanada's i2S to Simultaneous PCB feeding two TDA1541A's.

I was using a DIYINHK PCB (which worked perfectly up to 384kHz) but this failed and the friend who I built the DAC for asked if an Amanero could be used.
The Spec's seemed as though it should but I cannot get it to work above 96kHz.
The three LED's still light at 176/192 but the Audio is distorted.
The i2S LED goes out at 352/384
The BCK coming out of the Amanero drops in Amplitude at the higher fS's so I am wondering if this is the cause. If so, any thoughts on buffering this ?

Ian says he has run his PCB with an Amanero OK.

Any thoughts appreciated.

P.

Dear all,
I have a 4*2030 circuit in which I am experiencing a problem that the Zener on negative voltage stops working or the voltage across appears to be 0 and I have observed in all these cases the op-amp ic 4558 I have used also stops working and if I change all of the 4558 and Zener the circuit starts working fine.
I am unable to find the issue why is only the Zener on the negative side causing the problem.

Anmol Malhotra
Student

Hi, I have an issue. Amp is Logic 7 hifi it has 2x tda1562sd chips for woofers. Cause of old age 4 Lift supply caps 10000uf has been dried and destroyed integrated charging circuit on TDA1562 (I believe). Strange but it play bass but not good- clipping audio not stable bass. So I decide replace all 4 caps. Sound was great 2 min 😀 and the same story. I have checked new caps dead... Seems chips destroying caps it self. Does anyone has the same experience? I am right?

As we know mission impossible order original chips only fake from CN but I did try and order 2 chips, replace them and no bass at all now...

thank you

Hi, I have an issue. Amp is Logic 7 hifi it has 2x tda1562sd chips for woofers. Cause of old age 4 Lift supply caps 10000uf has been dried and destroyed integrated charging circuit on TDA1562 (I believe). Strange but it play bass but not good- clipping audio not stable bass. So I decide replace all 4 caps. Sound was great 2 min 😀 and the same story. I have checked new caps dead... Seems chips destroying caps it self. Does anyone has the same experience? I am right?

As we know mission impossible order original chips only fake from CN but I did try and order 2 chips, replace them and no bass at all now...

thank you

Hello All,

I was looking to purchase an old IPC 1028 preamp and add it to my system as a preamp. Problem I'm running into is that I cannot find a schematic for the life of me.

Here's a link to one for sale on eBay if you want to take a look. Any idea on how I'd go about crafting a power supply for this?

Thanks in advance for any light you're able to shed on this, I don't imagine it would be terrible difficult but just don't have the technical know-how to craft one myself without a schematic as guidance.

https://www.newark.com/gradient-acoustics/52-205/select-6-aluminum-fullrange-speaker/dp/84Y8032

I came across these. Anyone tried them? Curious how they sound. 🤔

would someone already played with AD5933 ?

After much deliberation I finally decided to build some Anthologies in December of 2020. ~6 months later I'm finally finished. This was my first tower build and it was quite a challenge. Build pictures attached (more in next post).


I botched the paint job pretty horribly on the front panels so I just rigged some grilles. It worked well.


I've been listening to them now for a few months, fully broken in and just completed the setup with an I15 Prisma from Primare. I'll post my listening impressions very soon. TL;DR: Pretty amazing. Enjoy the pictures!

I had this subwoofer set in WinSD for a while.
In the process of building a 9.2 C/f box for it.

Went back to try and review the port sizes and options and I some how messed up the paraments in winSD.
its telling me i need an 11,000 c/f box now..

can anyone put this sub in correctly and maybe share the file or screen shot for me.
No idea what is messed up and tried to add it again. and it's still not getting me set right.


thanks in advance.

I purchased 2 Stereo Integrity SQL-12s & I'm awaiting their arrival. I was planning to try them in a 3 Chamber Single Reflex Bandpass enclosure with both sealed chambers @ 1 cuft each & 4 cuft for the ported chamber. I've been told to tune between 45 - 55 Hz. I'm using a round port as well. WinISD gives some funky results using 2:1 ported/sealed ratio. Can anyone check & post their findings using this ratio in this type of enclosure? If needed, I currently have 2300 watts RMS I can supply them with.

Unison Research
Hello...
Please help...
I need schematic diagram of
Unison Research Simply2 or s2
Thanks
panax

Hi

Now i am moving towards the trend of using class D rather than my all time favorite and outdated LM1875 gainclones ... as far as i know class AB amplifiers can tolerate no load operation but for class D i've learnt from mistake through damaging the zobel resistor on my TDA8950 module ...

this time round, ive thought that what if i insert a 560ohm 10W or higher resistor at the output? when there is no load connected or bad enough for the speaker leads to be disconnected by accident with signal on during playing will the dummy load 560ohm tame the high voltage generated by the LC tank on the class D output? if make sense the dummy load resistor gets hot i might locate a heat sensor on top of the dummy resistor if it does get hot during the case of no load it might trigger a protection circuit to mute the input or to shut down the amplifier all together? That day having a friend of mine to install an amplifier speaker setup only realize he use only one channel instead of two lucky it was a conventional class AB amplifier.

i posted this question due to i might build a few class D amplifier to sell to close friend of mine which was not really electronic and amplifier well understood. i know this is common sense that really it needs a load for class D not to run into damage but some others might not know.

thanks

So I have been reading this thread:

https://www.diyaudio.com/forums/tubes-valves/54603-sic-schottky-rectifiers.html

Is stacking SiC Schottky diodes allowed?

I bought some STPSC2H12D from ST. The datasheet doesn't seem to mention this.

https://www.farnell.com/datasheets/2290164.pdf

On one of my amp, the maximum secondary is 520-0-520V. I planned to stack 3 of them.

If it is not allowed, stacking with other types of rectifiers, silicon or tube, is acceptable?

Looking for a replacement part number for the HCA1500 Main Power Switch.
It appears that mine has decided to get very vibration sensitive. By the time I open up the unit to attempt a Deoxit wash, it would be just as fast to replace it.


I've previously performed a major upgrade on the internals that included the relays and all has been performing with no issues for months.



Thanks in advance.

Before we get started: I have started down the correct path of crossovers and HF drivers and I HAVE NO INTENTION OF DOING THIS!
so any answers saying that you shouldn't do it are - well dumb, BUT since I was thinking about it and couldn't find the answer I'm going to ask about the science anyway.

Assuming a high power system incorporating at least one conventional LF driver in parallel, how would you add piezo(s) in such a way that they wouldn't blow? I know that you should add a cap to raise the frequency but there is still a lot of energy to absorb. You might need more than one to balance the system.
So; Technically; how should it be done?

Hi, i got a Unison Research S9 integrated amplifier, recently my amplifier suddenly muted when listening to music half way, then i switched it off, waited for around 30 minutes and switched on again, to my surprise this amp can be played lik usual, but i found the V2 bias no longer available, i pressed all the Valve bias switch, V1, V3 and V4 is normal, but V2 shiw nothing, i even tried to adjust the V2 bias, but stil the same. Would like to ask what is happening to my amp, will it be the V2 damaged, hope any sifu can hep me on this problem!

Hi all,

Its been a while since I've put together a pa set up was retired basically. Covid brought back my love for audio, now heres where I'm stuck, I have a behringer autograph with sub out, an alesis 3630 compressor that I will use for protecting the signal from blowing my bins, and a peavey cs 4000 amp which will run my twin 15s reason for this is the tops are rcf active.

So any advice I would appreciate. Currently I was looking at cutting the subwoofer point at approx 85hz - 90hz.

Hello,
I'm looking for unison research P30K schematic.
Any help?