I went out and bought the IMM-6 mic and Audiotool app for android. I wanted to test my bass cab for frequency response in a simulated real world environment so I just set it up in the living room and set the mic/phone 3' away on axis with the center line of the cab. Horizontal and Vertical center line that is.

Playing bass live, you're on stage with two guitars and a drummer. There are reflective surfaces everywhere and lots of absorptive matter, so I figure the living room is kind of the best place. Kind of.

Here are two graphs, pink and white noise. I did not include a sweep.

What seems to be happening here?

I bought it as a fully functioning unit in very good condition. And, after initial power up hiccup it was working fine - for a day. Next day I couldn't power it up until I unplugged the amp for a few times from mains power. It dropped the DSP mode as well. I opened it up and there it was. A dreaded bulging 3300uF cap in the regulator circuit . You will need 12x 3A schottkys and a dozen of caps on the main boards replaced or just few main ones around regulators. Re-flowing the solder points on mother board won't hurt also. It will come with original box and manual but no remote- $80 .Now the sticky point which is shipping . Amp weights 46 lbs packed in 23"x 21"x 11" box so the shipping via Fedex will be expensive at over $50. I don't have fedex account so either you will send the shipping label or bear the retail shipping charge. The receiver is sounding very good when operating with more than decent RDS FM tuner. I will provide pictures if requested but its in a great cosmetic condition except loose speaker's terminals for center channel.
PS I should add that it was $2100 unit when new...

daydreaming about building an amp called "Double the Fun"

This power transformer with 2 of these 1641 {RK60} full wave rec tubes and the 7193 driver pushing the 815 output tube. I can't think of anything 2 related for the output trannies.

These are a pair of old Audio Concepts DV-12" woofers. In 2011 I posted a bunch of measurements of theses.

https://www.diyaudio.com/forums/subwoofers/190727-subwoofer-testing-orientation-ii.html

Note that the T-S parameters for the two drivers are different. The box one was in had "BAD" written on it when I received them. I don't know which one was bad. They both work.

Pick up in St. John's neighborhood of Portland OR only. PM me for a time to pick up.

-Byron

I've built the Linkwitz Pluto, utilizing a MiniDSP and cheap ($50) 4x100 @ 4ohms Sure TK2050 Class D board. The result is outstanding, even with the board a little under powered with a 24V SMPS. My plan is to upgrade to a few high quality classdaudio boards in the near future, enclosed in a nice chassis with a toroidal transformer.

I made a YouTube video. My cheap pocket camera does not do the accoustics justice, but you get the idea....

/Mason

Hi All,


I'm a bit stumped and have been for years on how to leverage active filters into actual tone shaping controls. Lots of articles explain how to make a "filter" but spend less time on how to blend various filters in tone shaping or equalizers, so it's never been 100% clear to me. After reviewing some EQ schematics I see a lot of mixing amps and examples of the filters being put into feedback loops. I want to make a high shelf control for a treble boost that can be controlled for frequency and gain. I don't need cut, I don't need steep filters, I'm concerned about noise. What I've come up with is attached. It uses a first order state variable that is explained on this page:

State Variable Filters

in figure 1A. I'm using this filter (Varying R5 for frequency) and mixing it into a summing amp via R8. As R8 drops the boost increases but the taper seems weird and I can't get the boost to 0 without making R8 infinite, so I added the attenuator of R4 and R9; R8 now sets max gain. That attenuator would be the "boost" potentiometer.

Is this a reasonable approach for what I'm trying to do?

Giving away 11 lbs (5kg) of cabinet damping material. I think it's Acousta-Stuf brand.
Acousta-Stuf Polyfill 5 lb. Bag Speaker Cabinet Damping Material
Pick up in St. John's neighborhood in Portland OR. PM to arrange time for pickup.

-Byron

Hi,




I want to get into speaker building and want to start with a bluetooth speaker.


I selected these parts for now:
JB systems HT 100 bullet tweeter 300 watt kopen?
Celestion TF0510 ferrite woofer 5 inch 30W 8 ohm kopen?

Are these compatible and good?

I also need a bluetooth amplifier, does anyone have a suggestion? I'm located in Belgium if that matters.
For the power cable, how do I select one that won't fry the parts?

Is there anything else I need besides the wood / case?

i need help wiring car receiver to power supply with a 4-pin latching switch

my problem is with the three wires, (- black) (+ red/acc) (+ yellow/battery)

the car receiver is sony cdx-gt45u 12v 5amp
the power adapter is 12v 5amp 60w with terminal connector (-,+)
the latching switch has four pins

hi , i have lavalier microphones that fits sennheiser wireless (trs 3,5mm plug) and need to power them up with phantom or maybe external bias voltage source. have an idea to use them with my binaural head but never figured out to power them with minimum noise. there are some diagrams but it seems not confidental. anyone give me idea about how to do it or show me a proper design

Hi,
just finished my tube phono preamp after the well know scheme of Diego Nardi (Kos't, on sound practices), powered it up using my marantz 2235b as a power amp, and the speakers scream "let me fly, gimme power"...

So now, I was told about interesting projects by the Papa, but I can't find my North Star yet...
Well, what i need is preferably one chassis, big power (more or equal than 100W), class AB (yes, with the wattage involved I don't want to turn my living room in an oven)

Any hints?
Or should I go again back to tubes ?

Thank you!
Mike

I have 3 of these available.

One is unpopulated.
1 is populated unused (pictured)
1 is populated and used

The one in the pictures....i removed the wrapper from one of the Nover capacitors....just out of interest....it wasn't very interesting!

I used one of them with a 30V trafo giving about 40v dc for a 3255. It was powered up for months 24/7 no issues.

Can be used in dual polarity if required.

£13 for new unused
£10 for either the other 2
Postage in UK included...rest of the world on application.


Thanks

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Hi Guys,
Am going to recoat my ML panels. Need confirmation if below is the right type to use.

Techspray Licron ESD coating permanent Crystal 1756-8S

Thank you

For sale is Arcam AVR250 surround receiver . The receiver was restored and refurbished along the outline provided by Condor Audio. Rectifiers were changed to 3Amp Schottky and all the caps on the main board were changed to quality (mouser) 105 degree units. Receiver played fine for a few days and again dropped the digital correction DSP modes . There must be a cold solder somewhere on the board still. I'm done playing with it. It plays fine in direct stereo mode so you can enjoy really good sound Arcam is famous for in two channel setup for a little outlay. The unit is in good , clean condition cosmetically . No remote
$80

hello,
someone close to my place is selling 5 pairs of Scanspeak 10F 8414 G10, new in box. If we go for "group buy", he will sell them for 90CHF (about 85 euros) the pair. Not a bargain bargain, but still cheaper than in some shops (about 130 euros/pair). I want 2 pairs for me.

Who wants some? I can ship from either Netherlands or Germany, cheaper, but please be fast in deciding!

Best regards,
Erik

Just wanted to let people know I wrote up an instructable on how to upgrade the woofer in the RCA or Radioshack bookshelf speakers that feature the great sounding Linaeum tweeter.

Here's the Instructable: Upgrading a Linaeum Bookshelf Speaker : 5 Steps - Instructables

If you read and like my instructions and like them you can vote for me here:
Audio Challenge 2020 - Instructables
before the end of the day tomorrow 7/23.

I have been a home audio fan for many years.
I always knew how dangerous it is to use a microphone in an audio system, due to the issue of the couplings and their consequent damage to the tweeters. (the weakest point of the baffle)
For years I had on a waiting list to fix an old Sansui AU4900 amplifier that has an adjustable microphone input.
And also years ago I bought to give one of my children a good microphone since he studied classical guitar and wanted to record himself. It was never used.
So now I am trying to make it work, without success unfortunately.
A low impedance source coupled to a high impedance input should do this, but I don't get the slightest signal.
I replaced the XLR terminal on one end for the 1/4 "input of the (mono) plug in an unbalanced configuration. (2-wire, live and ground.
I leave the specs, hopefully someone can explain what is happening.
PA specialists, recording professionals?

Thanks in advance !


Microphone Sennheiser 815S :
Sensibility 1.5 mV
Nominal Impedance : 350 Ohms



Integrated amplifier Sansuí AU4900
Sensibility In- microphone : 2.5 mV
Impedance In : 12Kohms

Troubleshooting why this amp is taking 17 seconds to power up. Remote applies draws below 1 amp for 17 seconds and then powers up. Soft-start circuit?

There are a lot of books around about loudspeaker design also for ESL but I haven't been able to find one that deals with the construction of ribbon loudspeakers. Does someone know of any?

Hello,

on an amp with a KBPC3510 diode bridge and a 16V 15mF capacitor to get 10 V, 3.5A (worked for years without a problem) I could see ringing, tried all kinds of snubbers, C across diode, R+C and C||R+C but nothing worked.
Tried BYV29-500 (ultrafast rectifier diodes, If(av)=9A, trr<60ns) and the capacitor was cooked in 30 seconds, diodes are still o.k.
Please explain why and how to avoid it, Thank You.

Edit: all diodes are installed the correct way.
Edit 2: installed a new capacitor and it works now, I guess just bad luck...

Hi All!

I bought a known faulty subwoofer as a bit of a project, the PSU & supporting electronics are beyond economic repair, but I quite like the chasi and the driver is in good condition - (Its a monitor audio radius 370HD for what its worth)

I'd quite like to retrofit a DIY plate amp design to its existing back plate and use it as is. are there any plans / open source PCB schematics that people recommend, looking for a minimum of 100w into 4ohms though the driver is rated upto 250w so more isn't an issue

I'm not at a level where I can design my own circuitry... (else I'd already be doing that!) - but I'd quite like to build my own DIY board where someone with a lot more understanding has done the PCB layout / schematic and I can build it up based on a recommended BOM - I see a lot of stereo designs but a little less with respect to subwoofer plate amps.


I hope you can offer some suggestions, or maybe point me in the way of a good challenge.

All the best

Reidy-

Hello, This is my first thread on Pass Labs but I have been following and dreaming of buying or building Nelson Pass components for awhile now. I would very much like to assemble these separate components but as I live on a Catamaran Sailboat I have unique opportunities that others on here do not have regarding space and power supplies. I wish to use all battery power for a stereo F5, a Pass pre, an electronic crossover and also Amp Camp amps either in the same case or the AC amps in the kit enclosures on here with the rest of the components in one 4U enclosure. Not only to save money but also to save space. I have a large 12 volt battery bank charged by shore power and also over 300 watts of delivered 12v solar panel output which I plan to double the size of in the near future. I plan on using 4 small 12 volt batteries wired to give the needed +/- 24 volts but hooked up to be charged separately with 12V through the use of power diodes.
I would like any help that others on here could give me to get this project started. I have noted that the F5, Amp camp amps, some Pass Preamps and the xover on here all run on 24 volts and in my situation I would not have to make or purchase power supplies for each individual component. This seems to make sense to me in my situation and I would like to get others opinions with much more experience than me to weigh in on any of the advantages and pitfalls of such a system.
My speakers are custom built-in boxes with Focal 5.25"s, SB Acoustics soft Dome tweets and custom 12db 2K passive crossovers all designed with WinISD which is a excellent speaker box and x-over design tool. I have a 60 watt Int tube amp and a 60 watt Int SS amp that I run Bi Amped through the Tape Loop and must say the results are astounding compared to these amps individually. Nelson Pass in one of his articles speaks of the EFFICIENCY of both Bi-Amping and electronic X-overs and how each gives a 6db increase which if thought of as only at the top end is huge. This is why I strive to make this system a reality for my use because of the efficiency of the finished system compared to the seeming complexity of the design and execution of these components together. This system would also run off the power from engines or solar while sailing which I use a car amp for now and to say the least is much less than desired when underway.
Thanks in Advance.

Hello, new person here and apologies if this has been asked before. I have a pair of B&W CM4 speakers that have been in storage for a long period. It seems that the bass drivers on both speakers have ceased functioning. Prior to going in to storage I recall the rubber edges were replaced. I've validated that the crossover in the speakers appears to work correctly, however when I pass a current through the bass drivers I do not see any movement in the cones. I tried the same test with the mid range cones ans these seem to work fine. Looking at the drivers themselves they look in perfect condition, the cones move freely and there is no obvious signes of damage. Anyone have any ideas, I think I'll pickup a multi meter to check the connection across the wiring...

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o Power: 2x 400W @ (8Ω) / 2x 240W @ (4Ω)
OpAmp: LM4562
Current limit: @ 20A
SMPS: 2x SMPS400A400
o Case: Modu Galaxy Maggiorato
o Parts:
Hirschmann Speaker Ports (ala Exposure)
Neutrik connector: PowerCon; RCA
* massive / High End ca. 1,5m Mains Schuko - PowerCon cable


Price: 250 EUR plus postage insured DHL shipping within EU (& GB)


And as always:
Private sale, warranty and exchange excluded.

Hi,
so I just got this Audiolab 8000A (series B) in awesome condition and wanted to make some improvements and replacing time consumed components. So far here is my list.

1. Replacing the 10.000uf 50v Elna PSU caps with new ones. The choice is between Mundorf Mlytic 15,000uF 63v (30 euro) or Nichicon 15,000 uF, 63 V Gold Tune (18 euro). Now I've read rave impressions on the Mundorfs. Is it really worth?

2. Replacing the 6(four+two) Elna RE2s located close to the heatsink (power section) with four 47uF 63v (???not sure this is right) and two 47uF 10v. Which brand? Elna SILMIC II 47uF 10v? Nichicon Muse ES 47uF 10V? Here they are circled red (I guess?) I'm now wondering what is the white circled cap? Any idea? Should I change that one too?

3. Is it worth replacing the TL072CP 18nV with BB OPA2134 of 8nV will it make any difference and improve sound in terms of noise/distortion/clarity?

4. Replacing the 4 x 1n4002 rectifier diodes with HEXFRED Ultrafast Soft Recovery Diodes Will this change the amplifier response delay when it's turned on (it takes almost 12 secs to be activated from when I push the puwer button). No idea where they are located, can you point out?

5. Place new RCA plugs with Neutrik NYS367-2 and speaker sockets with some gold plated ones and hard wired with silver coated copper hook-up wire. Any brand suggestion? Belden ?

6. Any suggestion on the power cord? I may try constructing my own Mogami W3104 Cable perhaps but will it be any worth?

What other caps or components are a worthwhile upgrade?
I use the CD and Phono stage. Paired with modest Wharfedale Linton 3XP speakers.

Welcome

Found an interesting post here (Equal-pressure loudness contours) through a google search, which I wanted to reply to, so I registered, activated my account and wrote a reply. After I've written and click "Submit reply", it didn't appear, and clicking "back" didn't bring the text back. So that was quite irritating. Let's see if it writing a new post works better.

/Techno

Hello,
I have migrated from an acoustic piano to a digital stage piano and need a pair of near field monitors. These speakers will be placed each side of the keyboard at the rear of it and point towards me about 08.m from my ears. (Be able to see them out of corner of my eyes)

They need to be as small as possible based i guess a maximum 4/5" driver with a foot print of not much bigger than about 150mm, although they can be upto 0.5m tall. I guess a driver pointing vertically with the sound deflected to the horizontal might also be worth considering?

Any off the shelf speaker would consider, but i am woodwork handy so happy to make a pair if someone can recommend a driver and cabinet design please.

Many thanks imk

I'm thinking about making a non-isolated plate amplifier for subwoofer usage (top end pro 18/21" cabs). The audio inputs will be isolated but the speaker output will not be, a RCBO will be utilized on the line input for ensure safety and no non isolated terminals will be externally accessible. The aim of this is to reduce the parts count, size and increase efficiency.

In terms of the power supply my current plan is to use an interleaved PFC stage with a continuous power throughput capability of 3.5 kW to make a soft regulated 400VDC bus which will power the amplifier (bridged low switching frequency IGBT class D). I haven't designed a PFC before so I have a few questions:
1) What restrictions are there on the maximum output capacitor size on a boost PFC? (this is where I want to store energy for transients)
2) How easy is it to current limit the line voltage? (IE I would like to not exceed 13A average line current) (considering normal boost converters may be impossible....)
3) In the circumstance that the line current is limited the output capacitor bank will begin to sag, this would seem to be problematic if it goes below the peak line voltage?

So considering this am I just better boosting to a higher voltage and using a buck converter to perform the current limiting and limiting of the maximum sag on the PFC output capacitor?

I had a thought tonight about a cool amp top plate and found a gaggle of them on the bay. Flipped upside down and mount it on a walnut box.

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Hi, got this amp in with blown output FETs.
Ordered in some parts, installed both new 4420 and optocouplers. All signals were verified with output FETs out of the main pcb. On one 2211 (u9) pin 7, the signal was a bit fuzzy/ring down but not to distort the drive signal. The opposite signal was perfect. I went ahead and installed the output FETs, amp powered up nicely.
Whilst powered and checking the gain the pot, I noticed the amp would get extremely noisy beyond half way on the gain pot (~ 32v rms at the output). I backed it off a bit until where I just about started losing the sine wave on the output. Whilst attempting to verify the drive signals I accidentally shorted one of the output FETs and I blew a couple.
I then returned to square one, removed and replaced components as I went along returning the drive signal. I am out of output FETs, 2240 and 2211, which I have on order.

However I noticed a clean square wave on pin 2 of U9, but it gets fuzzy at its output pin7. Same as earlier before I soldered in the Output FETs. I checked the resistors and capacitors around the 4420 and U9 but all check ok. I’ve attached a couple pics of the waveforms. The first pic is the signal entering the 2211 at pin 2. The other pics are pin 7, pin 1 on the 2211 and the gate pad of the FETs. For now I’ve got to wait on parts, but seeing I had a fuzzy drive signal at first and still has, is there something I’m overlooking?

Hi, is there anyone who can say what RV104 adjusts? nothing is described in the Service Manual about this.
Sincerely
Soren
Link to service manual NAD C275BEE - Manual - Stereo Power Amplifier - HiFi Engine

Hello

Here is a phono preamp using the LM318 but at pin 1 and 5 it use a super-matched LM394 transistors pair.

The LM318 are a fast op-amp with no rise of distortions in high frequency or at very low level, its an old but good op-amp.

There is more modern op-amps but most of them do have a strong rise of distortions in high frequency or at very low level.

This circuit use an external LTP input to keep the speed but not the noise.

Any opinions, ideas ?

Bye

Gaetan

This amp came in with a broken connection on one of the output inductors. I resolder it now the protect LED is giving me the three blinks which indicates low battery.


Any suggestion?

Hello, good evening to y'all
I'm a senior ECE student and currently working on my graduation project, in which I need to design a power amplifier circuit to drive a subwoofer, long story short, the signal I'm amplifying is a single tone of 50Hz, and the power being fed to the speaker is in the range of 100-120 watts
I'm using a single-tone generator in the first stage followed by a preamp to bring the signal level up to an adequate level then the power amplifier will provide the wattage gain.

I have attached an image of the circuit design I have built which I'm pretty sure has alot of flaws and I hope someone can help me with it because I actually feel lost and can't really be sure if this design will work in practice.
Thanks in advance

I upgraded my system recently to a Nad c510 preamp and a Rotel RB 1080 im running a set of (Acoustat spectra 11 electrostatics) and the detail is amazing but the treble is really more than i have ever had in a speaker is there any way to deal with this- has anyone come accross something like this before?

Haha, I know its old video and I am slow... But its cool to see this is how they made the toroidal transformer we use.

toroidal winding machine -toroidal winder -current transformer winding machine winding machine - YouTube

Imagine doing this by hand!! It would have been a crazy task.

I challenge anyone to try fitting this into your amp!!

Напольный станок тороидальной намотки для особо крупных размеров - YouTube

I have a very nice old CD player (Xindak MUSE 1.0 Tube from 2005)

This player has 96/24 DAC and tube on the analogue output.

I wish that there was a way to ad optical/coax in to this CD player to make use of the DAC and tube output from my other digital devices like that Airport Express.

Does anyone know if this is possible, or how much time this would require from someone with the knowhow?

I have seen several threads about this topic on other CD players, and think that it seems doable, even if i lack the skills with the circuits i can easily handle the soldering and other such related stuff.

I added some images, of the text where the CD transport connects to the DAC/analoug part of the PCB.

Anyone knows if there is simple I2C connection here (or what it is called) or if another solution is possible? I am very thankful for any insights.

//GF

I am pretty sure this would be called a common mode inductor...or choke?
It's on the power supply board of my shop window AC unit, (LG 18000 btu, 230v)
Had a "friend" helping me service it and...oops.
I got the inductor removed but I can not find it online based on numbers on sticker. I can't find schematics for psb either.
So, is there a way that I can determine the "value" of this inductor so I can order a replacement?
I do not have an induction meter...just a multimeter.
EDIT: The pin pitch is 10x13mm

Thanks in advance!!

Hi, if someone is interested I have four T-Maida regulator PCB boards (not assembled). I sell them for 9€ each + 6€ shipping (priority international) for Europe or 4€ for Italy. Also listed on ebay.

Many years ago(at least a decade), I had heard a speaker setup that struck me due to its stereo separation. I can't remember any specifics about it, but sure it was something to do with psychoacoustics. The best way I can describe it is that I was able perceive stereo audio where the source was physically in excess of the speaker location itself, where the sound is about 1 foot in extension of where the speakers actually are.

In a normal setup, the most "left" or "right" I could hear a sound is directly where the left or right speaker is. Let's just talk "left" for example. My initial assumption is that I perceive the left's speaker's position as a function of how much sound also bleeds into my right ear, either directly(well, around corners, although stifled) or indirect reflections. It was in an open area so I doubt very much reflections came back. I was standing only 3-5 feet from the speakers themselves.

From there, I assumed that if I just simply inverted the phase of that signal, attenuated it, and broadcast that through the right speaker, maybe that would cancel out how much reaches my right ear and trick me into thinking it's more left. That didn't work for maybe obvious reasons to some. I looked into phase, delay. Perhaps it is the Haas effect, but I couldn't replicate it(seems that was more about trying to make a mono signal stereo-ish, no so much "enhancing" stereo).

I'm wondering if anyone knows what I'm talking about, and could point me in the right direction to learn more about whatever signal processing was involved here.

Thinking about mounting 4 Foal 13V7511 bass units 2 per side they may work in about 150 L sealed but looking at the parameters they seem to suit reflex best

What would you go for? 240 litres reflex as a start?

For sale a pair of NIB Ciare NDH 15-4S 8 Ohm loudspeakers.
New, never used or connected, in original boxes.

Price: 450 EUR

Shipping from Russia, 60 EUR to Europe, 70 to Americas, registered airmail with tracking.

Buyer pays paypal fees, offers are welcome.

Any interesting design ?

have a nice day.

If I have a class D amp and a class AB amp and both are delivering 150w.
And the psu is identical for both,will the current draw be the same for both?

Hello, i have 9" midwoofer that i measured few centimetres distance distance in free air and in cabinet,

as you can see there is something weird going on at 450hz-850hz when the midwoofer is in a cabinet (sealed), i have 2 cabinets i have tested them with, both should an ideal size so the problem is not there.

I have both of these models and they do the same problem.
http://www.sievers-audio.de/chassisdaten_m/mw265.pdf
http://www.europe-audio.com/datasheets\morel\mw267.pdf

so trying to figure out if i can and how to fix this problem.

So I have a pair of active BlueSky SAT6.5 with one of the woofers blown, so i decided to make it a nice little DIY project for sealed nearfield.

Amp on each is 2x100W, crossover at 1500Hz.

The is pretty small, but has an internal panel to separate amp from drivers. I'm thinking of removing it to increase the volume at least 2 liters.

I've narrowed it to three woofers:
Dayton RS180 (4ohm, aluminium)
Dayton Audio RS180 - 7" Woofer
Dayton ES180TiA (8ohm, aluminium)
Dayton Audio ES180TiA-8 - 7" Woofer
SEAS H1224
SEAS H1224-08 L18RNX/P - 8" Woofer

RS180: cheap, low FS, low EBP. However, low power and needs 12 as much volume as i have for spec'd F3, and a bit low-powered for the amp.

ES180TiA: high power, F3 @71Hz at merely 5.3L which is about as much as i can get from these boxes.

SEAS h1224: i like how they sound in amphions. but those are ported, and drivers have high EBP and high Fs. also madisound says "sealed not recommended"

not yet decided on the tweeters but eye-ing
Peerless DA25BG08-08
Peerless by Tymphany DA25BG08 - 1" Tweeter

Also Dayton ES
Buying a Dayton Audio ES25Nd-4 tweeter? - SoundImports
what i'm vary of is i didn't like the existing peerless ring-radiator - so i might just not like ring radiator tweeter conceptually?



I don't think i want to build a larger box or buy new amps because this is supposed to be "take some trash and make something cool with it" project, so i'd rather retrofit existing boxes and reuse existing amps.

Also my main monitors are ported 3-way, beryllium tweeter (xover 280 and 2400) - so this is really meant to be exact opposite of it in character - sealed, alu (or silk dome) tweeter, 2-way with different crossover point, so everything fits the bill i just need to find decent drivers.



Side note, I also blew one of the amplifiers when measuring voltage output. at 35V the fuse blew, and when i swapped it it blew again. it's already in service tho.
Does anyone have any tips on how not to blow up amps when measuring voltage output?

Good afternoon,

I'm really terrible at making things by hand (dyspraxia) but now I have some experience with 3D printing, I'd like to take a crack at making a transmission line speaker. To keep things simple, I plan to use a single Tectonic TEBM65C20F-8 driver in each one and design it so that it bolts together with no finishing required beyond some soldering.

I've been reading up on transmission line design and used the mh-audio calculator but I had a couple of questions that Google and searching this forum couldn't answer before I proceed to the design phase:

1. Is the only factor in the profile of the line its surface area? I was planning to use a circular profile and work out its diameter by taking the mh-audio values for width, turning them into surface areas and then working back to an equivalent circle diameter. If a circle is a poor choice, is there an optimum aspect ratio?
2. Is there a good starting point for the placement of damping material on the line? I'm aware that it benefits from experimentation but ask because in the diagrams, it seems to cover the half of the line 'furthest' from the driver.
3. Because I'm using FDM, I can vary the density of the walls, would a solid wall between each section of the line (where it doubles back on itself) be better or would a double wall with a filling between reduce transmission of sound through the walls? I can make the filling between them a 3D structure similar to rigid open cell foam at a larger scale.
4. I was planning to flare open end of the line slightly at its end, should my line length be calculated to the start of the flare, the end of it or somewhere in between? Alternatively, is this a terrible idea entirely

Thank you very much for reading, I'd appreciate answers that direct me to recommended reading or search terms every bit as full ones for each point and would also greatly appreciate any corrections on the terms I'm using. If I can get anywhere with this, my next goal would be to make a two way speaker but I thought it best to start small.

Also, if anyone is working on a project of their own and would like some components 3D printing, I'd be happy to help.

hi guys, im building a modular preamp with s typical differential psu (15-20v positive/negative) and modularized active circuits so i can try different designs, and besides the usual discrete suspects the tubes are definitely on my radar.

So im wondering if theres a well documented low voltage tube (or hybrid) preamp that uses differential psu. The only one ive found is the borbely headphone amp but im told its not a safe design?

Thanks in advance 😁

Electric Beach FH3 speakers with Alpair 7.3 and Audio Note silver wire internally.

Premium professional build of these excellent speakers. These have served me well but I have now replaced them with larger single driver TQWT boxes.

I have the original shipping boxes but would equally welcome local pick up.

Get in touch if interested. Looking for around £375 plus shipping.

So recently I bought a pair of cheap open back headphones, since I never experienced the "open design that allows ambient noise to seep into the ear cups. This typically creates a more immersive sound."- Open-back vs Closed-Back Headphones: Which one is best for you? - RTINGS.com



The headphones are the Superlux® HD668B Superlux HD668B Professional Studio Standard Monitoring Headphones - Newegg.com


Superlux HD 668B Review - RTINGS.com


The issue I'm having comes from using the headphones with the headphone output of my amplifier . Which is quite unbalanced for the 56Ωx2 drivers. While playing music,games,movies,etc... I have to turn the volume up past 40 on the amplifier to even get sound to come out of the headphones, and for a thrilling experience I need to turn it almost to max. I cant help but feel this is doing a number on the poor preamp section of my amplifier.


So my question is can someone please help me design a low noise, ultra linear stereo headphone amplifier that is matched to the impedance of my new headphones. I don't have any experience with designing IC amplifiers but I have soldered kits for them before. For this project I have a variable split regulated DC power supply rated at ±15v 1a. and I will be using a 1/4" TRS for the signal out. the input impedance needs to be around 50k for my sound card.


I'm really sorry if it is rude or against TOS to ask for help like this on here, if it is please just ignore my post. like I said though my IC amp circuit design leaves alot to be desired, and I hope I can find some help here.


(TL,DR) i need a headphone amplifier design that will power 56ohmx2 headphones at 300mv

Hi guys,

I have to connect this crossover in "unbalanced", the manual is only in Spanish. Is there anyone who can read for me Downloads and indicate how to configure the input and output cables ...? Thank you

Anyone have a schematic for this amp?

Someone has been inside it before and I saw a lot of wrong parts already .

Hello

Recently I bought from secondhand an Trace Elliot V-type Bass Combo (model 5001, 300W, build 1996). The combo is sounding verry good but it has one problem. It has verry loud 50Hz hum. It is disapear if I set the gain or volume at minimum. I have opened it and I saw that the power modul (bipolarbear) has been repaired - the output transistors were changed (now are BD249C and BD250C). From the service manual they must be 2SA and 2SD typ for 300W. Then i measured the DC offset and it was 0,5V. I tried to set it down but the minimum I was able to set it was 150mV.

Strange thing is that the power amp itself don't hum and the preamp is also quiet when is connected thrue DI.

Can somebody give me any advice how to repair this annoying hum?

Cheers

A friend, who is into guitars, asked me to build him a pedalboard PSU. I took it as a challenge, it is kind of out of my comfort zone 🙂 .
But he wants it to be made with isolated grounds on the channels. I kind of understand the concept - and why it is needed - , but have never seen such a device open or its schematic, so I don't know how to approach such project. Anbody?
The pieces in serial production are probably made with SMPS, but this is well beyond my time and knowledge (I think it would require extensive study and testing). So it would be more of a "classical" design with a big bulky mains TR, which is then rectified, filtered and regulated.
And there the question arises: should I use a separate TR secondary for every DC channel or is is it possible to have only one secondary, but then multiple bridge rectifiers attached to it? Does that give me the needed isolation? Could the noise "bleed through" the bridge? Should I expect trouble? Thanks ...

Does anyone know how to use a scope for setting the tonearm for your turntable?
I have a new Pro-ject essentials lll table and it only has the little weight and fishing line for the anti-skate. I’d like to check it with my scope to see just how well it works. My older tables do a much better job with this as they use a dial for this.
So any help with how I can use a scope to see just how far off or not it is would be great. I have one of those set-up LP’s from Shure and it works pretty well and it tells me that it’s not set correctly and with the way Pro-Ject has this setup is not a very good system
Thanks

I am making my first subwoofer, and my goal is really to understand the physics of what is happening. I am happy to get advice on rules of thumb that end up generally producing good loudspeakers, but I would really appreciate advice on how to methodically understand what is happening as I fine tune my design despite not having an anechoic chamber.

I bought a Umik-1 Calibrated Microphone and a DATS-V3 for this project. Before I started I thought the process was:

1. Simulate a cabinet that achieves the response I want based on the manufacturers published specs.
2. Buy the driver, break it in and measure its actual T/S parameters
3. Adjust the simulated enclosure dimensions, port length, etc to achieve the desired response.
4. Build the enclosure.
5. Test the loudspeaker in two ways (A) with a measurement microphone. Keep the microphone very close to the driver to reduce the effect of room reflections. (B) Test the impedance of the loudspeaker.
6. If you are happy with the loudspeaker you are done. If you are not happy continue.
7. Adjust the simulation so that it agrees with the results from step #5, this likely involves tweaking the port length, volume of the box, and Ql, Qa and Qp.
8. Once you have this more accurate model of the loudspeaker you can make variations of that model to find something that should have a better response, return to step #3.

During my build I ran into some problems. Specifically on step #7. I got an impedance graph where the resonate frequency seemed to be right, but the magnitudes of the impedance were not scaled as I expected. The observed peaks were twice as large in magnitude, as the simulated peaks.

Question 1: Is it reasonable to expect the impedance to match between simulation and real life? Can the room change the impedance?
Question 2: Is there a way to measure Ql, Qa and Qp once you have built an enclosure? I noticed that varying these three quantities could shape the impedance of the speaker, but in order to match simulation vs reality I had to use insane values (QI=1000, Qa=1000, Qp=5) whereas I am told (QI=10, Qa=100, Qp=100) is more reasonable.

Hello

I'm in the process of designing a subwoofer to house my old car sub, a Hertz ES 300D.

I've settled on 80 liters of internal volume and I'd like to reach atleast 100dB of output before cone / power limitations, preferably as flat as possible and getting usable response at 20hz.

I'm currently modelling the model in WinISD and I realised multiple small round ports are vastly superior to using one long slotted port.

However this is only the case if I tick the " Use transmission-line model for port simulation". Disabling this doesn't change the slotted port version much, but drastically changes the small round port model.

Slotted port (tuned to 22hz. Blue legend):

400mm x 40mm, 130cm long

Multiple round ports (tuned to 35hz. Orange legend):
4 x 57mm diameter, 27cm long

I've added multiple EQs to get the response flat. Heres the response with the transmission line model sim turned on:




Here's with the transmission line model sim turned off:




Not only is the response much different, the cone excursion is absolutely out of bounds with the multiple round ports. If disabling the transmission line sim is closer to reality, this design is horrible.

What gives, what should I trust?

I have some additional questions; The sub is going to be in an apartment room, roughly 4.5m x 3.5m x 2.5m. How will room gain influence the response? I'm assuming it will boost the low end significantly.

Hi,

I have a Sony STR-7035 that I purchased for parts to restore, and that I wanted to use to practice what I have been learning online and with books about FM alignment. The alignment procedures for this particular receiver in the service manual seemed simple enough, and I used the opportunity (we all need a 'reasonable' excuse) to purchase a Panasonic VP-8193 signal generator, which does also multiplex.

First, I had very poor reception, which resulted to be a gain issue in the first IF amplifier due to an open base to emitter junction in Q201. This solved the poor reception: I was able to align the IF stage as for service manual, zeroing AM and maxing the FM signal across C217 at the FM detector. I was also able to obtain full deflection of the signal strength meter with a 60dBuV unmodulated signal, which is what the specs call for.

Now, the issue is that there is something wrong with the stereo section of the receiver: I do not seem to get stereo, all the adjustments are unresponsive (apart from RT501), Q303 (38kHz amplifier) appears to always be off, regardless of the strenght of the incoming signal, and the collector of Q302 shows always a wrong voltage of 7.7V DC. Here is where I am stuck.

I checked all the transistors, resistors and capacitors in this part of the circuit, and they all work and are in spec. I replaced all the electrolytic caps just in case. If I inject a 19kHz signal from an audio generator directly to the base of Q301, I get an amplified signal at the collector; I also get a very very noisy 38kHz signal at the cathode of D301 and D302. Regardless of the amplitude of the injected signal (up to a few volts), I can only get a maximum DC voltage of about 0.63~0.65V at the base of Q303, from a 200-300mV with no signal and about 20-30mV with the stereo switch in the mono position.

If I use the pilot signal from the RF sig. gen. injected to the antenna terminals on a 93MHz carrier, I can't see any decent 19kHz signal downstream of the detector, but I see a very weak very noisy signal (80mV pk-to-pk), almost impossible to trigger on the scope. I have now run out of ideas. I even tried looking at the frequency response of the front-end and IF stages, and there is a lot of filtering going on: a carrier FM modulated with a 400kHz signal (I think I set it at 60dBuV) gives me a 400mV peak-to-peak at the detector, but 200mV with a 4kHz modulation, and it carries on going down as I increase the frequency, to nothing visible at 19kHz.

Does anyone have any idea on the possible issue, or what else to check and try?

Attached are the section of the circuit, the 38kHz signal at the cathodes of D301-D302 when I inject a 19kHz signal at the base of Q301, and the same when I use the pilot tone modulating a 93MHz carrier injected to the antenna.

Hi

I currently have a Garrard Lab 80 and was looking for some recommendations for carts. I play a lot of bass heavy music such as dub reggae, Steppas etc. I currently have a Share M44-7 and a AT95ex but feel I could do better. I am currently looking at the Audio-Technica AT-XP7 but I am very open to suggestions. I will be using this with my sound system sometimes so I do need to think about a heavy tracking force, saying that I could use a Hi-Fi cart at home and use the M44-7 when I am out, but it would be nice to be able to have an all in one cart so I didn't have to swap it about.

I really don’t know what it is except that’s it is a Amp

Black box with brand crimson electric ( looks old)

When opened I see a Holden & Fisher transformer 250va sn813194
There is a small circuit board from crimson electric
There are two Toshiba transitore and 4 capacitors,

As I have no use for it I just want to sell it, i have no references for pricing

Part is located in the Netherlands and shipping will be at buyers cost

If you’re interested and want to receive Some photo’s or want to make an offer feel free to send me an email on <redacted email id>

Regards Chris

hey guys i had an idea for a chipamp using that1646 differential driver.

Basically the differential output of the chip feeds directly into +/- of the lm1875, and the gain done by an opamp before the 1646.

There is no feedback from the 1875 to the gain stage, and all 3 chips are powered from the same 15v differential supply.

Would this work?

Sold

Chu Moy passed Feb 12, 2016!

I just saw the news in a post from PRR here: Pow Chu Moy passed away way back on Feb 12, 2016. First I had heard.

He has links in there with more information, the first being from Tyll Hertsens.

What sad news. 🙁

Rest In Peace, Pow Chu Moy, you launched the headphone forum world!

Hello
Has anyone done any tests on sound quality from music servers like Daphile, Moode, Volumino, Archpile and piCorePlayer as this would be a great help to me.
I would be using a pi 3 B+ and a MDac or a dual core 1.3ghz 2gb ram pc. and MDac for Daphile.
Any help appreciated.
thyristor44

Good day,

I built a class D amp everything is working but when I test the gate driver (IR2110) and MOSFETs (15V), the driver no longer outputs any signals and it decreases the VCC voltage (12V) to 4.9V. I have dead-time so I don’t know what is causing this.
Switching frequency: 30 kHz
Ir2110 output peak to peak is 20v and not 12v.

I just bought a class A amplifier, that comes with a separate case with power transformer.
This component shows I think the important audio signal path.

1. Which components here might be worth desoldering and replacing with higher audio grade components?
I've heard good things about capacitors from: Nichicon KZ Muse, Nichicon KG gold Tune and Elna Silmic II.
Is it possible that I would hear better audio if I would replace these caps with "better, audio grade" caps?
I love soldering so if theres any chance I will take it! 🙂

2. In persuit of higher quality audio, am I allowed to simply ENLARGE the voltage or the capacitance (or both) without any riscs?
I want warm mids, deep base, and enough headroom for momentary energy going to the voicecoils of the speaker (active system, so no passive filters inside the speaker).

3. What are the two blue potentiometers for? I asked the distributor about what these are/do, and he simply replied:
"Please don't touch them: the designers have tested every single model by hand before shipment!"
So upon receiving the amplifier, what should I measure where, with my voltmeter sothat I can check (over time) that the potentiometers are indeed set correctly?

Thanks!

one of my multimeters has a hfe testing feature. so I decided to run a few 2n5551 by it. Well, I did about twenty of them, hfe came to be anywhere between 95 - 102. surprisingly close. the manual said the hfe is measured at 1ma so that's pretty realistic.

has anyone tried this? if this is true, do we really need transistor matching?

Hey any of you guys tried the Goldwood 18" GW 1858 and the Eminence 15" Alpha 15A on open baffle?

I looked everywhere on the ENTIRE internet lol, and nobody has posted the characteristics between these 2 cheap high QTS drivers in OB? I know Martin King documented designs with them (The 18 plays louder and lower) but there is no description of the sound difference. I want to give a crack at a pair of those 18" on another system for fun, but is it as fast as the 15A? I just want to find out if the 18" perform better than the 15" on the same U baffle up to 500hz?

Thanks in advance!

Hello all, title kind of says it all. I'm sharing a schematic for anyone to chime in of a build I'm in the middle of gathering stuff for. Trying to keep things on the lighter weight side by not including batteries for power storage. This will mainly be a shop box. Am I oversimplifying the wiring? Should I be concerned about noise in my speakers from the power supply? Looking for any insight from those of you with more experience than me. I'm kind of new to this. Thanks

Can I suggest a new sticky with links to info on building the Universal Power Supply for different voltages, etc? There is a lot of info about that here, but it is very hard to find. E.g., the new Korg B1 needs a unipolar +24V, and I'm sure there must be some info about how to get that from the 'UPS', but where? (Yes, I know I can just use a wall wart. It's an example.)

Hi guys,

I tried to post this a while ago in a different subforum, but I realised that was the wrong one so I am reposting here - hope that's ok.

I recently made my own small 3-input stereo mixer for use at my desk so I can simultaneously have all of my computers connected to my speakers. The thing works OK and I'm pleased with it, but I am getting a high-pitched whine out of it that becomes noticable at fairly high volumes - it's honestly not hugely disturbing most of the time. However, I am not an expert with this stuff so I was wondering what the problem could be? Is it ground loop related? I have the mixer powered from a wall USB PSU, and I have 2 computers and an "Aux" connected to it. The whine seems to persist regardless of what inputs I have plugged into it. The speakers I am using are powered PC speakers, and they do not whine if I disconnect the mixer and plug in a different device with the same cable.

Here is a schematic of my design

Here is the PCB layout

If anyone has any ideas for why this might be happening, I'd love to hear them! Thanks in advance.

I own a Ortofon Rondo Red and am now in the upgrade proces to either a Ortofon Quintet Blue or a Bronze version.

I'm testing the Bronze at the moment, works well on funk, house and easy rock. Also the 3d imaging, details and resolution are better.
The only thing i'm wondering about is that the Quintet Blue maybe better for playing my kind of music. The Bronze gets's lot of great reviews over how well it plays classical music but i like to play Radiohead as well.

Anyone got suggestions which of the 2 i should use ?

Need Help. Has anyone Built hypex NC2k with SMPS3kA700 . If so, can you please post photos .

Hi!


I just finished writing this Instructables for a project I made. Hope you like it! He's an ugly duckling.

Mr. Speaker - 3D Printed DSP Portable Speaker : 9 Steps - Instructables

Our audio shop has closed due to retirement and I would like to share our mod for the ADCOM GFA-565 power amplifier. I hope that this will help some of you who would like a little better sound quality but the mod will improve clarity first and foremost.

Is Dynaco ST-70 has most modify version tube amp in the history? I had build a auto bias version with output power up to more than 55 watt per channel. The idle bias current can set down to 15 ma if you want without crossover distortion
I used solid state rectifier, no choke,but with big filter capacitor, the B+ over 500 Volt at idle. If both channel output at full power the B+ will drop to around 430V. So I add regulate to driver section at 425V. The bias used regulate circuit for idle current setting and ungulate for tubes balance and L/R channel balance.

I have received these tubes as is and have not tested them. I am willing to sell them for $50 usd plus shipping. I would like to sell the whole lot as a package to make the shipping worthwhile.




Top Row L>R: 1 x 5781 (6V6) Canada, 1 x 6V6GT RCA, 1 X 6V6GT GE, USA, 1 x 6V6Y RCA, USA.

Bottom Row L>R: 1 x 5Y3GT XE National Union, USA, 2 x 5Y3WGTA Sylvania USA (light brown bottom), 1 x 5Y3WGTA Sylvania USA (dark brown bottom).

My other ad for 12AX7's all tested good and these are from the same person.

PM me if interested,

MM

I have the following tubes for sale. I was given these, so I had them tested and they all tested strong. If they tested mediocre, they were thrown away.



Top Row L>R: 2 x Rogers 6BQ5 (EL84) March 65, 2 x Phillips 12AX7 Miniwatt Holland, 2 x 6CA4 1962 G.E., 1 x 12AU7 USA,

Bottom Row L>R: 1 x 12AX7 Westinghouse Canada, 1 x 12AX7 Marconi Japan, 1 x 12AX7 Rogers Canada, 3X12AX7 Sylvania Canada.

I am looking for a small bit of money to cover the cost of shipping and testing.

I will sell the lot for $100usd plus shipping or $10usd per piece plus shipping if only certain ones are chosen.

PM me if interested.

MM

I am a noobie for DIY, but am keen to start. This is mainly a discovery trip more than anything else for me.

I have been toying for sometime with a project of building a DAC/streamer/CD ripper. Had quite a few ideas, but today thought of something and since I could not find a lot of advice on the web (I was probably using the wrong key words) I decided to pose the question here.

I have lying around a Sony CDP-970 CD player. At the moment it is not used. I wonder if it's worth while repurposing it for my project. I have a lot of questions but will keep it now on the more generic level: Is it an idea worthwhile looking at? I guess I will need to replace the back and front pannel, but the question is if I can reuse parts in the Sony (CD drive, power supply, anything else)? My idea is to inject an RPI, DAC and potentially a screen. Is the case reusable or I should strat directly with a new case. Any comment/advice (including that of "not worth it, think of somehting else") is welcome. If anyone ever did something similar, I am delighted to get some tips!