Hi,

I picked up a super cherry Hickok 546, which the internets say is identical to a TV-3/U (not a-b-c). I see some folk have posted settings for individual newer tubes here and there, but I'm not finding a full updated chart. I think my odds are long, but has anybody seen where such a thing is compiled?

Paul

I have around 50 bags of capacitors (all less than 1000UF) each plastic 3X5 bag is a particular capacitance and voltage.
right now I have them "standing up" in a small box, which I don't think is the best way.



there has got to be a better way and I want to hear from others how they organize their caps.


I looked at the clear storage boxes but it seems like it would take a lot more space at my workbench (due to needing several boxes) and some compartments would be too small and some too bog unless every compartment was adjustable

but I could be looking at the wrong choices of storage boxes or just guessing wrong on size of boxes needed



links to products would be very appreciated !

I just ordered a Schiit Modius DAC and it has Balanced outputs. The balanced have different chips and I'd like to compare the two.

So how do I wire the XLR input into my preamp?

I've been refreshing the Decware mini radials page waiting to grab a pair (in a non-wacky color), but in the meantime I'd be interested to see if anyone has something similar for sale. WTB a small footprint passive single driver full-range desktop setup with focus on nearfield imaging. DIY is okay if it's based on a well engineered plan set. Also open to desktop amps.

Dan

Just join and first post

I am running passive FR in my car, the crossovers are inside my door. If I want to head to head comparison passive vs active performance without changing too much, is that doable to set up from
As is: unit Pioneer 80prs (simple DSP w F+R+Sub time alignment/EQ) to As 100.4 to 3 way passive speakers (w crossover inside the door)

To be: unit Pioneer 80prs (off time alignment/EQ) to DSP Audison Nove to As 100.4x1 and As 200x1 + add a 3 to 1 speaker line to combine TW, Mid range, MW signal together to the old passive speaker line to the old 3 way crossover and then to 3 way speakers
*Keep sub setting as usual

Variation including 1. better DSP 2. more power in amp 3. Signal of TW + Mid range + MW still go through crossover

I expect item 1+2 are normal upgrade items which usually happen from passive to active. Take as a MUST benefit need to be evaluated during comparison. However, what about processed signal go through crossover... should be OK, right? Any side effect that I should consider or I already make myself like idiot? Someone did it before?

Thank You


Tim

Hello all,

I have a Shure cartridge that I bought new back in 1978. It has served well through several stylus replacements since then. Recently I had been switching out carts to listen to some different ones and when I swapped the Shure back in I get what sounds like a ground hum. It was not removed from the head shell. There is no ground him when I swap in another head shell and cart. The Shure still plays music but with the ground hum. I tried cleaning the contacts and the stylus insert, hum is present without the stylus installed. Do you think this is the end of the road for the Shure cart, or is there something that I could try to eliminate the hum.

Thanks

I'm working on my first amp design project with a friend (I've been involved in tube and solid state audio amp repair for many years), this isn't exactly for audio reproduction, but I know there's tons of overlap with what we're trying to do and the amps here. Please let me know if this is inappropriate for this forum or section.

Long story short, we are trying to achieve 10-100kHz bandwidth, but high voltage/low current output. +/-175v pk, 40mA into a 4.7k ohm load.

We've gone through a few different design iterations, but are now kind of stuck with a poor slew rate (this is my fault for not understanding the LTspice AC simulation did not give us a picture of what was happening with large signals.) The signal starts getting horribly non-linear on the positive going peaks past 30kHz when driven rail-to-rail. Can

Started out with Class AB, couldn't get the bandwidth past ~20kHz. Changed to Class A with a diff pair input, but that had bias stability issues. Revised to using an opamp as the voltage amp--simulation shows amazing bandwidth past 1Mhz, but could not get past 30-40kHz at full scale output. Discovered that the slew rate needs to be 70V/us to achieve this at 100kHz, we only have 20-30V/us.

Using an MJE5731 and TIP50 as the output transistors (had to parallel the MJEs to keep in the SOA). Perhaps there's simply a better transistor to use?

Or is there a different design topology we should consider entirely? I've tried a few other circuits in Spice with MOSFETs and none can really achieve what we're looking for. Am I correct that these high voltage/high power transistors are simply not going to achieve the speed we need?

Open to any suggestions or feedback!

Thanks,
Michael

Hi everyone,


How much scratching noise would you allow a Vinyl LP to have which could be conisdered as disturbing.
I have three scenarios,
1st. Beginning of the Record and end of the Record some scratching, one car hear but is an real low level. But no noise while Music is playing, not even on low level volume.

2nd. Just little scratching, which can be heard while recordet music plays low volume passages and not real loud scratching but would not really be reconizable while music is loud.

3. Hearable Scratchs once a while, because of bad Record surface.

I know the best there is to have no noise at all. But this is sometimes quite tricky when the Original Record has been Manufactured 20 - 50 years ago. And who ever owned the Record, did not care too much of keeping the record clean.

Especially then when the Record was manufactured as a limited edition and price would be well above the regular record price from that time back or toady.

I have some of these Records, and I also already recordet them onto my Media Data Bank, so I do not need to play the record all the time, but as you know, for Audiophiles, *Most of them* records are the A and O of Sound reproducing Media.

What do you think?
Thanks for any input.

I hope this question doesn't get asked every other day....I am interested in a class A tube amp that is transparent and likely 10w rms if even that...

The driver is an Axi2050 on a 350hz tractrix, sensitivity is somewhere near or above 108db. 10watts seems like a good number to power this but maybe less will do? Probably 5watts bare minimum? I seen some options on ebay but I am not educated on this topic at all...I do know that I do not want coloration (harmonic distortion) associated with certain tube amps...

Hey I would like to have one subwoofers on either side of the speaker and the bass should go down to 14 Hz.
I haven't found a suitable membrane for it on the internet. Can you help me ?

I have bought a couple TS5A22362DGSR from TI and it's not switching properly, I'm trying to switch between a record player and a laptop. As shown above, I want the signal from a record player, after a RIAA preamp, and a laptop. So, left and right from RIAA are connected to pins 4 and 8 respectively while left and right from the cellphone are connected to pins 2 and 10 respectively. When I switch pins 5 and 7 to +4.8VDC the both normally open signals are fowarded to their corresponding COM's at full capacity, but also a small part of the pair of signals comming from the normally closed pins, the reciprocal also happens. I also tried to connect a 47K resistor in parallel with each signal but didn't solve the problem (image 2). Any hint on how to solve this problem?




https://www.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/t...Fti%2Fen%2Fp%2Fproduct%2F%3Fp%3DTS5A22362DGSR

I'm having strange problems with a PS Audio Model 2 power amp running hot at the output transistors with no signal applied. The DC offset trims normally to less than 5mV and everything sounds fine. The schematic is the center one here in post 24: PS AUDIO Model IV preamp, Model Two power amp, and Elite schematics .

The output transistors had blown and I replaced them with proper (not fake) MJ15003 and MJ15004 ON Semi replacements. The drivers also blew which have been replaced with NTE 185 and 184 equivalents. I have two of these amps and have done this before and not run into this problem. The main heatsink runs about 45 degrees F hotter with the new transistors installed, at 160F. I was able to bring that down to 115F raising the bias point of Q5 by paralleling a 33k with the 6k8 which is quite a drastic change. I can't perceive a sound difference after doing this. The other amp sits around 115F.

Would anyone have any idea what could be causing this change and what might be a better solution? I'm running the output rails a little high at +/- 41V instead of 36V and the regulated supplies are running at 36 instead of 32, but that doesn't seem to be a problem in the other amp.

Thanks for any suggestions.

After sucessfully building two very different power amps sporting lateral mosfets on the OPS I feel much more confident to use the same OPS with other front ends.

Used to the sound of my old meridian 103 I would like to clone it and use laterals on the output.

Allready started the simulation and got stuck with too low gain.... So I decided to post my work here hoping to gather enough interest and so start developing this new project.

New and used 86 mixed capacitors.
Most of them are WIMA MKP10, RIFA 426, RIFA 450, MKP1841.
Voltages 250 -630 volts
About 28 are unused before, I got most of them from Mouser Electronics.

$45 free shipping.

Hi all, i have great interest in the ROAR18 design. The simulation looks very impressive. What do you think of it?

Link to proposal: Martinsson's Blog - ROAR18

Just finished setting the bias to spec (no troubles) and then measured some surprising dc offsets. most channels are fine however there are two very bad

+1.2v
-2.2v
+0.6

the rest are under 100mv.

Is there an obvious component to check for such a large imbalance? I guess obvious is checking how closely matched the driver & power transistor pairs are.

But if those measure close, what next? Resistor matching? though out the path to outputs?

I bought the amp as is, in protection mode as per seller.

I never tried it out myself, just cleaned of dust and more remarkably cleaned an odd substance from between the power transistor solder joints. didn't measure if it was conductive but it did seem to have some degree of moister content (wasn;t dusty / flaky like old flux)

then reassembled and it powered up fine.

Then did bias adj.

Then checked dc offset.

then tried to put it into protection by driving 8ohms on the -2.2v channel to 0db. and was fine. not even distorted as I thought.


An odd thing about the high dc offset channels; while there is a noticeable "pop" when connecting to a speaker (crappy one that is mostly a resistor) there is also noticeable "noise" at -90db / zero volume. It's not clean like a hum (like I hear from the transformer lol) it's noise of some sort and a wide spectrum of frequencies somehow. similar to white noise.

Would looking at the offsets with a scope help determine likely cause?

I had bought it just for the hdmi board which seem to work fine. fixing the dc bias just means I can use the avr as is an not swap hdmi board. (am affraid is a power issue and may spoil the good hdmi board, so prefer to try and fix dc offset instead)

Newbie question: is it safe to assume that a flat THD profile over the typical 20HZ-20kHZ range is sonically preferable to one that rises at high frequencies? I'm referring to the flat versus rising profiles shown below. These are of 2 commercial amps (with thanks to Stereophile.com).

Follow up question: what causes the rising distortion profile at upper frequencies and how is it avoided? Again, I have to assume a flat distortion profile is preferable sonically but it seems to be rare in typical class AB amplifiers

300VA 2x18v trafo with pcb (CRC) 100000uF total. With rectifiers.
52 euro + shipping.

I bought 10 of these to play about with on my Ian Canada streamer but I decided against for safety reasons!

One pair not pictured are soldered together.

Maxwell BCAP0310 P270 T10
310farads
2.7v
2.2mohm ESR.

Will sell for £15 per pair plus postage

I bought it from my friend him told me that it's a best of integrated amplifier '96s.

I already received its PCB from R&D shop, they ask me for 100USD !!!

Hope
analog guy

Someone gave me this strange piece of equipment I've never seen nor heard of. Help me to figure out what it was used for, if it is still used for anything or will it just be a door stop or worse yet-end up in my scrap pile. It's a Instructokeyer IK-440A and it sits in a half rack little gray metal box with a few knobs on it (volume, pitch, weight and speed) and a few buttons(on power, tune, self test and code practice?) The rear panel has some 1/4 in. jacks(paddle, manual, side tone out 8 ohms) and a rca jack (xmtr keyline) and a selector switch (alpha only or full ) and one knob(lrt space std<>ext)
From what I gather it was used in ham radio, I'm not sure for what. So if you have some knowledge of this item please share...thanks!

Looking to buy a pair (I'll take one if you have it) of Faital Pro 15PR400 in 8 ohms.

Eric

Anyone here have a few of these they don't need and are willing to sell cheap ?

Why is the tweeter on the Pluto pushed up towards the front while on the lxmini it’s centered on the axis of the woofer? I would have thought for both designs that you’d want the “tweeter” to have its acoustic center on the center line of the woofer.

Also does anyone know what sets the desired minimum height of the tweeter away from the woofer?

Hi All! I need some help with my GFA-555 II. I have an Adcom GFA-555 II with a dead right channel. Stuart Easson sent me some original output transistors. Thanks Stuart! The old input board is crusty and a lot of lifted traces, so I got a new input board and 2 matching differential pair from Chris Hoppe. everything on the new input board is all new except the switch as recommended by Chris. I also replace the driver transistors 2SD1047/B817 with NJW3281/NJW1302. I replaced Q201/Q251 with KSC3503 and Q301/Q351 with KSA1381. the only 2 transistors that I didn't replace are the Q257 & Q307 bias compensation transistors. Now after putting things together. DC offset are about 1mv on both channels, voltage on the LT1006 pin 6 are about 4.5v on both channel. Bias on right channel is adjustable except the left channel. The left channel bias is just showing 0 and it's not moving at all. After power on for about an hour, the heat sink on the left side is still cool but the right side is warmer. I checked the Q257 & Q307,they are not shorted. I don't know what else to check ?. Thanks in advanced!

Sooner or later, I'll get around to fitting my turntable with one of the two low output MC cartridges I have on hand. I plan to use a step-up transformer with my current RIAA preamp for the time being. I have several options for stepups - 1) Some Beyer1:15 mic transformers 2) Some 1:10 no-name wonders from Ebay 3) Some McGohan mic step-up transformers, 4) a clutch of Jensen JT115-K 1:10 mic step-up transformers. 5) Some Cinemag step-ups.

I've searched the analogue source forum, but haven't seen any mention of using the Jensen mic transformers as MC step-ups. Am I missing something?

i have been trying to connect my subwoofer to my Speakers and it wont work. i tested the sub without the speakers and they worked just fine. when i turn on the speakers the subwoofer stops playing what can i do to fix it? i have a mackie thump 618s subwoofer connected to two fbt 12a speakers.

Asking $50 + shipping. A fine little amp, just needs a 12-20 VAC wall wart to power it.

Greetings to everyone. I would love to build a PP amp, using EL84 tubes.
Can anyone help me in finding some tested shematics?
Thanks a lot

Looking to make my Aleph J dual mono.
Any one have a spare diyaudio PSU pcb for sale?

Preferably located in UK or EU to avoid the $$$ S&H costs from USA.

My system is finally completed with proper power supply: 20VAC 100VA Antek toroidal providing +/-28.4V rails feeding a 20mF per rail COTS PSU with turn on delay relay, this then feed a Juma MOSFET cap multiplier which knocks it down to 24.5v rails and zero ripple, this then feeds an RLC filter cap bank with 20 x 1000uF caps per rail for low ESR. The Juma BF862 single ended preamp is fed upstream of the 0.47R de-coupling resistor following L and before the cap bank to help isolate the main amp transients from the preamp supply at +24v. This setup provides a 2.5mOhm ESR (50mOhm/20) 20,000uF supply rail which is shared between both channels. I know, I did not do monoblock PSU's but I figured that since I will be using a crosssfeed circuit, cross-talk isolation isn't top on my list. Anyhow, PSU ripple measures 0.000V (scope shows small 3mV spikes at MHz range from somewhere). Output of amp measures 0.0mV on DMM with input turned off (not shorted - DAC still connected).

This amp was moved from another thread.

Main amp is from here:

http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/head...llower-headphone-amplifier-3.html#post1130743

Preamp is from here:
http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/pass-labs/146310-bf862-preamp.html

Cap multiplier is from here:
http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/solid-state/297921-jumas-easy-peasy-capacitance-multiplier.html

Schematic as built combining preamp with follower power amp:


Predicted FFT:


Same sonic signature for 60ohm load as well.


System laid out on wood board:



Closeup of preamp, amps, cap bank:



Top view:



Anyhow, it's working very nicely. Absolutely dead silent when nonsignal playing. Bass like I have never heard before - that cap bank makes a difference. Head shaking bass. Everything else is great sounding as well - clear smooth midrange, lush vocals, superb highs with clarity and no audible distortion. Piano is a good test track to listen for distortion and piano sounds great. Anyhow, a wonderful sounding head amp.

Source for LU1014D JFETs:
http://www.deepsurplus.com/Electronic-Components/LU1014D-JFET

Edit: Dec 31, 2016 - new 2 FET design that almost keeps up with above much more complicated design:



Schematic and HD analysis:


Predicted FFT:


For size comparison, notice size of headphones relative to amp:

Looking for pair of Lundahl LL7903 input transformers.
Please let me know if you have it for sale.

On my S/PDIF source, the signal has that ringing. There is ok to be that bigger ?

I have two Music Man RD-50s ('81 RevA and '82 RevB) and both of them either have, or have had, problems with the output sections, namely red-plating tubes. From what I've found on the various forums, it looks like a fairly common issue, and often seems to only affect one side of the pair. In one post on another forum the guy was actually seeing significant (~2x) variation in idle bias current between the two tubes but eventually decided it must be normal.

The red-plating problems usually get 'fixed' by replacing Q3 & Q4, the 30v Zener (D9) and/or a diode or resistor or two, but in at least one post on another forum the tech said it was the second time the amp had come in for the same issue. The recommendation was to upgrade the power rating on the zener and screen resistors, but I have my doubts that this isn't just masking another problem.

As for my RD-50s, previous owners/techs apparently tried to address the output section problem on both of them too. The stock 30v zener (D9) in the '82 RevB was replaced at some point with a 1N3030 27v zener, and the 470 ohm R62 was replaced with 560 ohm resistor.

The '81 RevA came to me with two 470k resistors installed from cathode to ground on V2 and V3 - or from collector to ground on Q5 and Q6 - depending on how you look at it. (This fix is mentioned in a factory repair bulletin, but was to address temperature-related "instability or output glitches" due to a "change in design characteristics of the Philips ECG tubes" with double top getters, and was recommended only for the 65, 75 and 100 Watt versions.)

A lot of people blame the high plate voltage, too, but they're 'only' 580v or so, while my Model 75 runs at near 700v and I've had the same pair of Sylvania 5881s in it for years and play it regularly, and I've never had any issues. In fact, they still test NOS! Sorry, I'm not buying the high plate voltage thing...

So, my big question here is, does anyone have any novel ideas about how to really make these things more reliable? Along the lines of the "immortal amp" concept, there's gotta be some good ideas out there for making these things hold up better...

I have a bunch of these foam containers saved from my prescription mail order eye drops. Volume is approximately 6 liters. Would these work with the TC9FD?
Currently I'm using them sealed. Would ported be better and if so suggestions
on port dimensions? After a little listening I think I'll try BSC. Thanks for any and all suggestions.

Looking for some assistance on a Massive 3k muting circuit.

I have some noise when the amplifier is first turned on, for just a second or so. Wondering if anybody else has seen something similar, trying to figure out how this thing mutes on power up

If you opened the thread then you know already it makes sense to sell me your stash 😀 I promise a cold enclosure for them to heat!

(Apologies if this has been covered, or if it is in a Sticky. If so, kindly re-direct.)

Over the last couple of years, I've taken to refurbishing/rebuilding "vintage" loudspeakers. Just a fun, little hobby. Buy a pair that needs some love, put some elbow grease, and about $100USD into it, that sort of thing.

Where do folk source their drivers? I'm not talking about Scans, Vifa, etc., but your lower-cost options. Typically I buy from Parts Express (history, habit, convenience), which is great for seemingly everything but lower priced (read: $20-$40USD) midrange drivers. There seems to be an gap, here.

Curious to know where a guy might find a better (or different) selection.

Cheers!

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If I make a real small PCB, mine is 1.25 inches by 2.5 inches and I order it with 2 oz copper and in addition my traces are wide (3mm) and I'm leaving both sides with their ground planes intact (all thru pads).

This being the case, I can pretty much consider thermal pads on opposite ends of such a small board to be "star grounded" correct? Since the copper is thick, traces are wide and the board is small and both sides have a plane left intact as much as possible.

But if I make a board that is 6 inches by 7 inches lets say, can I also consider thermal pads at opposite sides to be "star grounded"? Is there a point where a ground plane stops being somewhat of a star ground?

This is a small board to keep the transformer, bridge and first reservoir cap (two in parallel) in close proximity because every book I've read about power supply design says to keep that "trinity" on its own ground. Then bring the unsmoothed voltage to the filter train which then has its own separate star. This is presumably to keep the "dirty" first cap violent charging pulses in its own tight current loop.

This little board contains... Can I consider the 3 thermal pads on it to be effectively "star grounded" to each other?

1) Secondary protection fuse
2) A "quasimodo" Cx,Cs,Rs snubber
3) A test point to determine the value of Rs needed using a "quasimodo" ringer before you install Rs
4) Four TO220 diodes in a bridge heat-sinkable to a small plate of aluminum off the long edge
5) Spaces for two 18mm radial caps in parallel (first reservoir) (using two in parallel to obtain an improved ESR over just one).
6) Board is 1.25 x 2.5 inches (32 x 64 mm).

Does anybody know if the Sony KHM310AAA and the later KHM313AAM are compatible.
I can't find data sheets for these. They have identical connectors, and are the same mounting frame. Other than the laser head itself they physically look the same.

Hi everyone o/

So, last year i got this amp:


It's a 100w 2x10 brazilian V8080 copy, that consists of a valvestate preamp going into a gallien krueger 400RB bass power amp =o
Works and sounds great after i done some stuff to it, but now i want to try this out:


original schematic for reference: https://www.thetubestore.com/lib/th...Valvestate80-80W-8080-8100-8412-Schematic.pdf

The idea here is to take more advantage of this single tube by turning it into its own gain stage with its own gain control and later add that to the front panel. But as you can see in the schematic i posted, i'm planning to use a tl081 buffer to replace the cathode follower and i'm not sure if this opamp will have enough headroom(+-15v) to handle the signal coming out of that second tube half, but i don't know what else could be done.
I'm basing this redesign off of a JCM800's input stage, and if this works i'm planning to add a switch to disengage the bright caps, and another one to bypass the "boost" section and go directly into the tube grid across a 68k resistor.

Any inputs? Suggestions? What do you guys think?

I have built 6SN7 version of this driver but the gain is only about 6, so I add a front end gain stage of 6SN7 cascode. This EF86 driver has a gain of 60 so no gain stage is required. A small signal is taken from output connected to the base of LM317 CSS to balance driver the upper and lower tube. I like the unique sound of 6SN7/6H8C esp zero feedback, I'm not sure how EF86 will sound like. Those who has built Tim Mellow OTL amp can comment. Can use other tube of your choice with bias readjusted. Would you build the driver/amp?

No guidance req'd after all.

I've got a pair of Sansui SF2 omni-directional speakers and I'm replacing the drivers with new. I'm not looking for perfection by any means as they are just a secondary thing for the wife to use while she works out. I'd just like to build an adequate crossover for them.

The SF2 uses two 8" woofers with one up firing and the other down firing, sharing the same ported enclosure. They will be in parallel.

Here are the 8" drivers I'm using:
Goldwood GW-8028 8" Butyl Surround Woofer 8 Ohm

• Nominal Diameter8"
• Power Handling (RMS)100 Watts
• Power Handling (max)190 Watts
• Impedance8 ohms
• Frequency Response25 to 6,000 Hz
• Sensitivity84 dB 2.83V/1m
• Voice Coil Diameter1.5"
• Magnet Weight20 oz.

Thiele-Small Parameters

• Resonant Frequency (Fs)36 Hz
• DC Resistance (Re)7.2 ohms
• Voice Coil Inductance (Le)0.5 mH
• Mechanical Q (Qms)3.9
• Electromagnetic Q (Qes)1.21
• Total Q (Qts)0.92
• Compliance Equivalent Volume (Vas)1.54 ft.³

The original tweeter was a small paper cone but I found a dome tweeter that will all but drop right in:

Peerless by Tymphany BC25SC06-04 1" Textile Dome Tweeter

• Tweeter TypeSoft Dome
• Cone / Dome Diameter1"
• Impedance4 ohms
• Power Handling (RMS)50 Watts
• Frequency Response1,350 to 30,000 Hz
• Sensitivity92.4 dB 1W/1m

Thiele-Small Parameters

• Resonant Frequency (Fs)1,350 Hz
• DC Resistance (Re)2.9 ohms
• Mechanical Q (Qms)2.80
• Electromagnetic Q (Qes)2.30
• Total Q (Qts)1.26

Mounting Information

• Overall Outside Diameter2.75"
• Cutout Diameter1.70"
• Depth1.25"

Once the 8" drivers are in parallel I think the drivers will work together crossed between 2.5k and 3k.

I have two questions regarding the crossover.

1. What order would you recommend?
2. What type of slope would be best?
3. When designing a crossover, do I use the posted impedance rating or the DC Resistance (Re)? (google told me it's the actual resistance...Re).

I will be using an L-pad on the tweeter.



Thanks in advance for your help.

🙂

Hi everyone, could someone please help me with the Neutrik A1 software please. The part number for the software by Neutriks is A3.

Many thanks

Seeking DiyA masterclass, crossovers points and sim - emulation advices', and bass driver substitutes suggestions, suppositions, and emu-simulstions for a first-timer "expensive" project, built right in the original Yamaha NS1000M Cabinets.

I am going to try a pair of SEAS 26mm Dark-DIAMOND twtrs and have a goal of say an 800hz crossover for the tweeters, as well as the original 500hz for the 79mm Beryllium midrange in the NS1000M cabinetz I am aiming at doing a "given a makeover," to. Bass concerns me a bit and the crossover networks do too, bit something like the ns1000M woofers but far faster and cleaner is the goal, I would like to leave the cabinets sealed.

And so far I have asked someone about help designing a great system and crossovers, which I have very little experience reading of, and next to no practical experience designing.

I found the SEAS DARK diamond for 5k a pr, have original ns1000M cabinets and miss, and will want to Mill a 1/2" thick Al adaptor for one of accuton's Ceramic 8" or 10" bass drivers. Or whatever drivers one would suggest for an NS1000M Cabinet,

Please start hacking this idea away! Seeking thrilling advice and good help in a "cheap" shot at potentially tri-amping or doing whatever would work well to attain the ultimate passive 'cost-effective' speakers.

The GOAL of the project is to use these for studio capture for a SMYTH-RESEARCH REALISER A16 for up to 25 or 35 channel, over headphones, planar, dynamic, and electrostatic, or Ribbon with headphone-equalisation target-normalizing, and for more traditional exclusive use in the home... -sort of experience.

Paint job suggestion colors for the NS1000M cabinet are also welcome! But I am nominating Mclaren's Mauvin Blue

I am also unsure whether I can Prefer leaving the "±little" NS1000M cabinet alone, I would rather have a closed box for better bass control if it is achievable.

Amplifiers will be up-to 3X YAMAHA CR2040, AND EACH of those amplifiers have SUPERB tone controls and bass Filters, treble filters and amplitude adjustment to fine tune for a room the speakers are placed into.

Original thick
1/2" thick aluminum front Baffle plate is also possible for the driver mounts, but the speaker may (?) prefer 1/2" or 3/8" Thick Al Aadaptors into the original NS1000M "12-driver, wood section instead.

Please pitch in. I can really use the help from engineering class, gradient diyA-ers.

So far I have considered...

Wavesix FEA/BEA ANAlysis,

And a few other box simulators kindly made available online. There is also a 150$ package for speaker design with fairly rich feature-set.

Looking for advice on crossovers in the 1000M cabinet, especially... on 1st,/4th orders, fine crossover techniques, that may he applicable to this cabinet with this idea of paired drivers from the three makers.

Pics will follow over time.

Hello,

I will copy and paste some post i wrote in this section of the diy.audio.com website

Hello,
I think Andrea and Ian should join and write a kind of '' tutorial '' HOW to combine their creations together in the best way.
I honestly think that spreading all ( number is getting bigger each '' upgrade'') the boards in an almost randomly way is not the right way. Usually it will be done in a non logical way because the extra board will be positioned in an area that is not occupied yet on the wooden panel.
A bit like tuning your car engine with a bigger cylinder which forces you to a add a trailer to your car because it doesnt fit where it needs to be. BUT all your friends can see you had the guts to get the thing everyone is talking about.
Very few people will question if this improvement is a real one .
Maybe there is someone who removed the original cylinder and took it to his friend who has a nice CNC milling/router machine to add only 25 % of the CC increase the big one is offering BUT because it stays where it should be it gives the same improvement without the use of a trailer.
There should be a bit more guidance. I am sure there are boards that care a lot about the length of its power supply cable while others dont mind that much.
The I2S cable MUST be short that is carved in stone.
Some cables should only cross at square angles?? Just like a hardwired tube amp there are some rules.
But here everything digital and no buzz from heaters everyone seems to do things like there are no rules. There must be or not?
Greetings, eduard

Hello,
Once more it looks like getting the best results also depends a lot on the '' physical postion '' of ALL the elements you will end up needing in a DDDAC unit with fifopi, raspberry, supercap, lifepo4 all combined INSIDE one chassis.
The stationpi board from Ian is a good start to have fifopi and raspberry properly connected AND also offering reduction of mutual '' interference '' while still being close.
I will kind of '' develop '' a construction that will allow the lifepo4 board to be mounted under the station pi and allow the use of several ultracap boards that will All end up with a short connection to the lifepo4 board and the 5 and 3,3 volt dc input and all the boards. Mounting everything on the '' same level '' will create to much surface to be needed and long wires all over the place. I think from a technical point of view these items should be mounted inside a metal frame.
My idea of giving each board a separate lifepo4 and supercapboard was to get maximum separation by not letting them same the same supply.


The 6 clock boards from Andrea will be in a collection of six aluminium so called stomping boxes because they are very likely to interfere when being in the same chassis as the rest. The physical distance between the stomping boxes and the BIG DDDAC chassis wont be big but there is a lot of metal in between them.
Greetings, eduard

Hello,
Of course the 3000F can offer some benefits if it can be used without being connected to the electricity coming from the wall.
BUT if you count the number of crimping, soldering and "" sliding " contacts i wonder why nobody tries reducing that number. Once you know where exactly the UcHybrid board will be positioned in relation to the lifepo4 cell there will be room for improvement. WHY not solder a cable at both ends to connect the cell to the supercaps..i think the big number of contacts between these two parts will do more damage than a bit more cable. But of course if you can use 3 inch, 8 centimeters good cable directly soldered why not.
If you use the supplied cable it will cost you nothing. .
Greetings,Eduard
Hello,
I think that adding this seize/weight of caps to the already big collection of boards on a wooden panel like we can see here usually will be downright dangerous. These caps need to be attached in a proper way, no tie raps, instant glue, silicon kit or duc tape.
Greetings, Eduard

SO wouldnt it be nice if someone wrote a down to earth kind of tutorial how to do things right. A bit like the sticky about heater wiring in tube amps.
I am sure one of the experts here could spend some time on a do's and don't list regarding the '' composition '' of a collection of a large number of boards and make these work like a team.
If they are only aiming to let us buy another board with more F while placing your '' tiny '' F boards closer to your fifopi would give more improvement than buying something that has to be mounted even further away than your tiny board. Sure most of us will be crazy enough to buy it convince others it is an improvement because much more F . Probably it will indeed sound better even when the cable is even longer than with the tiny F board. But it is the wrong way to do things. We pay extra and will only get a minimal part of the improvement compared to doing things the perfect way.

BUT when Doede, the DDDAC man told us about a design to safely use big F caps the most clearly expressed advice to put the supercap CLOSE to the board where the power is needed. While here we end up using bigger F caps not with a 20 cm cable but with a 40 centimeter one while we should have done everything to make it able to start with a 10 cm cable or less.

Greetings, eduard

Hello, I've looked online but can't find any info about this ;

how can I ADJUST BIAS if I can't physically access the emitter resistor* legs ?

( *White plastic cased vertical resistor in photo )

I am UNABLE to put my digital meter probes onto the legs of the EMITTER RESISTOR as the PCB is so small

Any help greatly appreciated

I have searched the forum but I have not found a comprehensive discussion of any non-switching dynamic bias design. Before I start discussing circuits that I have come across, please let me know if I overlooked anything here.

Thanks,

Eric

I have sony nwz- zx1 walkman. The Battery seems to be defective.
I checked on net, the battery have 3 connections. But it says 3.7V/1000mah.
How & why this 3rd connection?
Can we replace with 2 connection just +ve & -ve battery here?

There is a 2 wire battery available easily.

Thanks in advance

Hi Everyone,

Just wondering if anyone out there has access to a schematic for the amplifier module in a Linn Sizmik subwoofer?

I recently bought the amplifier module from one of these, and luckily pulled the lid off to inspect it before applying power.

The SMPSU driver IC has burnt out (smoke residue all over the PCB!) and probably one or more of the driver FETs are shorted.

The PCB doesn't seem to have suffered too much damage, so I'm hopeful that it's repairable. However it is a multilayer design so I really should have a look at a schematic first rather than just replace the burnt out components and hope! If a track on an inner layer is burnt out then I'm in trouble..

The unit dates from 2000, and has both speaker and line-level inputs (The current units on the Linn website seem to have only line inputs).

Here's hoping someone can help!

Thanks,

Len.

Hi, I'm looking to build a 2 way speaker using the SB Acoustics SB15 paired with a ribbon tweeter. Can anybody explain the differences between the MFC and NRX?

How do they sound compared to each other? Which one do you prefer? Thanks!

5″ SB15MFC30-8 / Polypropylene - Sbacoustics
5″ SB15NRX2C30-8 / Norex - Sbacoustics

SUNSET - Bay of Netlee, French Saint-Martin

Longtime blogger and objective audiophile Archimago has a new post up with some measurements of a SIT-2.

His subjective impressions given at the end of the post are quite favourable despite him being clearly in the objectivist camp.

See here: Archimago's Musings: REVIEW / MEASUREMENTS: Pass Labs / First Watt SIT-2 stereo amplifier. [And Stereophile steps in with MQA yet again...]

Hi,
I built an 8200R and fitted it with 2x Golden lion KT88s. If left powered on with no signal input for some time it fails to produce sound on the right channel. If you switch the amp off and on again the channel comes back on.

This is only an annoyance, but I would like to fix it. Anyone got an idea that might help track this down?

Gus

I have a preamp I am about to build and was thinking of adding LP filter to drive some subs.

What do you think about this idea - using a dual triode like a 12AU7, and choosing capacitors to bypass the plate resistors on the sections (which would be cascaded). The first cap size to roll off 6db above 70hz and the second about 90hz.

Which would result in about 80hz fairly low q.

Just spitballin' here.


thanks

Does anyone know what type of Relay the CAD 300 SEI uses for it's headphone/speaker switch? Also helpful if I could locate the schematic.

something that I plan for school project for my little one.
NE555. something I found on net
dont mind the led color on model😉

WTB Dynahi Headphone Amplifier.

PM me if you’re looking to sell.

I have been using Jeff Bagby's PCD spreadsheet and have a question that I am hoping someone will be able to answer -



Is it possible to model a Woofer Tank filter in PCD i.e. Capacitor and Resistor in series both in parallel with the woofer series inductor in the low pass filter.


I can model this in Vituix and it deals well with a woofer break up around 3khz with a .2uF cap and 18ohm resistor but can't find a way to model this in PCD.


All help welcome.

I have a Technics SA-R210 receiver with preamp outputs. I was going to use this to power external amps. I checked the output impedance and it is 38k, that just seems super high.
I checked it by putting in a 1khz sine wave and adjusting the volume to get 2vac at the preamp output with no load, except the dvm. Putting a 38k load drops it to 1vac.

Is this typical for these receivers?

I've read and seen a lot of audio aficionados with weights on top of their components to eliminate any vibration. Does the material matter very much, as long as it's solid?


Yes, I could spend mega-bucks on state-of-the-art materials, but it seems a 2 or 5 lb. weight off a barbell should do the trick. Am I missing something here?


Of course, I don't want the weight to mar the cabinet, so should I use a silicon pad, or something similar, between the weight and the chassis?

Dear Sir

I would like to know more about your background. What area of physics did you study as part of your degree. What area were you most interested in?

And how old are you if you dont mind me asking?

Thanks
john

I bought the Model 1 amp a while back to match my PS Audio 5 preamp, thinking I was going to either fix it or gut it to install a JLH for ESL amp module in it...The amp works, but needs a complete recap - lost interest in doing it myself and other project are taking up all my time.

The PS Audio 5 Preamp is a great SS preamp with an equally impressive phono stage. The amp was modified by a previous owner and cannot identify what he exactly did. All I know is I purchased from a subsequent owner that indicated it "made his amp go crazy" when set as an active preamp, so he used the Straight-wire (passive) setting for years. After looking at it I realized it is a direct coupled preamp (no output caps) and had a full dc volts on output. From discussions here on DIYAudio, it was recommended that I put 10uf output caps in to work with any amp someone may connect. The 10uf caps are from my Magnepans - and are Rel-Caps.

Anyway, the preamp makes a nasty thump when switching from Straight-wire (passive) to active, but otherwise quiet and sounds great. And also a great SS phono stage...comes with the original separate power transformer too.

Pics to be posted shortly

Amp - $175 + ship
Preamp - $275 + ship

I have a 120v primary to 6000v secondary transformer...

$50 + ship?

Over Lockdown I have been picking up bits for a turntable as and when they have popped up on that favourite auction site. Anyway, today I put it all together and it actually sounds very good.

Recipe -

• Rega RB303 tonearm which I rewired with Litz silver cable and added a Michell VTA mount. I added a AT VM95ML to the arm and aligned using the Vinyl engine Rega Stevenson protractor.
• Lenko L75 Heavy duty bearing and platter, bearing cleaned and ceramic ball bearing inserted.
• Project M303 motor that I mounted in a 75mm diameter x 100mm high aluminium housing, replicated the drive board and added a Speedbox.
• The I encapsulated some 50mm Walnut slab in epoxy resin (Epoxyplast B20, several,layers) for a base and main plinth, the main plinth having cavities for the motor, platter and tonearm.
• Finally added some 30mm diam 20 shore hemispheres on the base and ally spikes for the plinth plus a project rpm junction box underneath.

The outcome is pretty good, there are a few inclusions in the moulding but at 5ft it look pretty good. Its very heavy (around 20kg, 45lbs) so stands up to shock well.

I have added a few photos of the finished article. More info in the link below and also a YouTube link to prove it works. All comments welcome.

Frankenstein home made turntable - YouTube

Lockdown #2 Project | AVForums

A few years ago, you could find any usual type of battery almost anywhere: news agents, sweets shops, grocery stores and even Ikea.

Nowadays, they still store batteries, but in two flavors only: AA and AAA.
OK, they are cheap and reasonably good, but when you need something else, like a PP3, what do you do ?

This problem has been exacerbated by the pandemia, and at some point, I found myself short of these batteries, to the point I had to swap the good or rechargeable batteries between instruments.

Fortunately, the difficulties have eased, but I have developed a substitute anyway.

My wishlist was rather stringent:

*The sub had to be completely transparent, functionally, electrically and mechanically: it had to replace the PP3 completely and perfectly.
*It had to use a single cell as primary power, to avoid issues of unbalancing and leakage under deep discharge.
*The shelf life of the primary battery should remain unaffected.
*It had to offer a longevity at least equal to the replaced battery.
*It had to be simple, and use only commodity components, no special semi or IC, no custom magnetics.

It was a tall order, maybe a bit too tall: the only cell that can (just) fit into a PP3 volume is the AAA, but an AAA doesn't store the same energy as a PP3.
The project was thus doomed for basic energy density reasons, but I went on anyway, as a reduced capacity sub could still be useful.

Designing a self-oscillating converter is not an easy task, but when it is combined with the other requirements, like the low and variable supply voltage (between 1.6V and 0.9V for a typical alkaline cell), the need to maintain a good efficiency for loads varying from 0 to the max (=an infinite ratio), the minimal complexity and the absence of "fancy" parts, it becomes really difficult.

Here is my take on the subject:



It is a PFM converter, the only scheme practical in this case: it is impossible to afford more switching events than necessary, considering the CV²F losses.
Since the output voltage is regulated, I opted for 7.5V instead of 9V: all of the equipments designed for 9V can operate down to ~7V, and 95% of them have no regulation, or a linear regulator meaning the extra voltage is simply shaved off and wasted.
As the sub is a switcher, the 1.5V gain translates into an apparent 1/6th increase of the capacity: around 16%, not to be scorned at, and compensating partly for the reduced capacity.
The circuit is designed to supply 0 to 10mA, and the EOL voltage of the AAA cell is 0.9V: the official value, a far cry from what most of equipments are capable of. For a 9V battery, it should be 5.4V, but apart from the instruments I have myself designed, I have never seen anything approaching it.
The performances do not seem to shine particularly, but they have to be seen within the requirements context mentioned earlier.
The efficiency with a 7.5mA load and a 1.4V battery voltage (mid-life) is 74%.
The no-load drain current is 25µA (at 1.4V input). It slightly decreases for higher battery voltages, and increases for lower voltages, meaning the quiescent power is ~constant.
The performances (and max output) can be substantially improved by using a ZTX transistor, but I consider them as too fancy for a really universal project (I will publish a ZTX version anyway).

Here are some pics of my build:











This is the shape of a typical cycle, taken at a few mA load:



It basically remains the same for any load, but the repetition rate under no load is 1~2Hz, and ~10kHz at the max load

source would be a typical 2-3KW 3600rpm gas generator - appliances - TV and DVD player - maybe a small fridge

looking at one blog, the raw cost of the inductors involved exceeded the cost of the generator

generator already purchased.

Are there any practical filter schemes (which do some real good) to go between the generator and load?

Hi a newbie here...

I'm looking to make a small sub for use under our bed for low volume listening. As you know bass sort of disappears at bedtime volumes, so I want to add a small sub for use with our vacuum tube amp and bookshelf speakers. (I have a full range output on the amp that doesn't go through the amp output transformer so thinking that will just feed a small class D to the sub).

Not to shake the earth, just warm up the sound at low volumes. I have a fully equipped wood shop including CNC, and 50 years of wood skills. Looking for a working plan and driver type someone might know of. My only restricting factor is that the box has to slip under the bed so 7 inches must be one of the three dimensions. Maybe a 10 inch driver, or two 4-6 inchers, sealed, ported, doesn't matter as long as I can resize the box volume to meet that 7 inch height. Nobody but nobody sells a subwoofer that fits under a bed, so I must make one, (sounds like a market opportunity).

Is there a plan or even just a driver and enclosure volume suggestion that should work for this?

i want to play whatever frequency it is through my guitar or a sine wave generator and make the walls shake and maybe break the sliding glass door.

Ethan Winer joins for an hour of explanation of room treatment and explains his views on many other audio related topics including his book The Audio Expert.

Ethan Winer | RealTraps | Room Treatment | Ep 32 - YouTube

Hello mods,


I 've just made an error in the tittle while creating a new thread.


I wrote NetAMP rather than NeatAMP...


How could I fix his ?, or could you do it ?


Many thanks


Chris


the thread : https://www.diyaudio.com/forums/dig...p-pre-digital-preamp-neatamp.html#post6695120

There are now a few reports in the ACP+ main thread (including mine) reporting that the included Kit 24V PSU results in a pulsating LED (and overall voltage to the system) and the unit never truly starts.

You can hear music for a second and then it "resets".

Here are some of the reports:
- https://www.diyaudio.com/forums/pass-labs/344836-amp-camp-pre-headphone-amp-acp-164.html#post6691231
- https://www.diyaudio.com/forums/pass-labs/344836-amp-camp-pre-headphone-amp-acp-164.html#post6691953
- https://www.diyaudio.com/forums/pass-labs/344836-amp-camp-pre-headphone-amp-acp-165.html#post6694615

Maybe it's worth looking into replacing the brick offered with the kit for future purchasers? Maybe there is a workaround to "kickstart" the brick?

Best regards,
Rafa.

Finally finished PC's Tarkus speakers almost a year after planning on the occasion of my daughter's first birthday!.
Initial PCB for mid+tweeter had a mistake which was brought to my notice by a fellow builder in India.
So had to correct the design and manufacture the pcbs again!.

Painting took lot of time and efforts. Its horrible to work with enamel paint.

Tested them yesterday, and they do sound amazing and loud.
Still early days, will keep listening to them over the next few weeks.

Yet to fit the spikes and install them in main listening area.

regards
Prasi

Hello everyone,

I was going through the DSC-260 user manual when I noticed the following (on Page 1, Introduction)

"Output limiters to protect system transducers from overload damage with adjustable thresholds and automatic attack and release settings based on crossover frequency..."

Since the use of different attack/release rates for different frequency bands (bass, mid, treble etc.) has become commonplace, I was wondering if someone knew how to arrive at proper values for a band, based on its frequency content. Besides, it would also be nice to know of any existing methods/tables/standards for obtaining these values from the crossover frequencies.

Please note that the method(s) do not have to be scientifically proven (working methods will do). In case, anyone uses values that they've obtained otherwise (by trial & error etc.), kindly share the same.

Thank you.

(Please note that I am not in possession of the above-mentioned processor.)

Hi,

has anyone worked with the Czech Megaton Horns yet? I'm especially interested in the Waveguides A9090 and C9090 in combination with the Vifa XT25 tweeter...

Opinions on other horns or with other drivers are welcome as well!

Bye,

Spatz

Hi anyone.

I would like to contact and buy amplifier from Bazoš.cz, but i cant get into, because i am not from Czech republic.

Is some willing to contact Bazoš user, so i could easier buy it.

For thanks, i could send quite good quality parts, modules, which also became rare and hard to find, depends of needs 😀

Thanks in advance.
Boštjan from Slovenia