Influence of the delay amplifiers for listening characteristics

[Federmann]

Make amplifier transfer characteristic, x = input voltage, y = output voltage i...

Shape characteristics of a lot to say.

I ask all who can disclose any amplifier. Measured or simulated.

Thank you all.

Bobby

Please be careful that, you damage the amplifier. May be lower than the frequency of 100kHz.

 

[danhard]

That picture is a mistake.
Vdiff this is not.

 

[Federmann]

I know, so I wrote:

Vdif might not exactly, but to have an idea that's enough.

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[Federmann]

Blue, oblique line is the ideal transfer characteristic. There Vdif = 0 Actual characteristic is brought to the feedback divider. Deviation from the blue line shows the voltage does not represent the phase relationships when the capacity is used, etc.

 

[PMA]

A measurement like this, Federmann? This was to reveal the output impedance.

 

[Federmann]

A measurement like this, Federmann? This was to reveal the output impedance.

I believe that the discovery of the output impedance is not enough.

 

[PMA]

I asked to know what kind of a plot you require (Lissajous). No problem to measure tomorrow at 100kHz Vout/Vin, my amp handles 100kHz without any problem.

BTW, the plot shown was MOSFET amp with error correction, output forced by current. X - current, Y - voltage at output terminals.

Just for fun, this is a power opamp, OPA549:

 

[Federmann]

Please no input filter. Just pure amplifier. Slim footprint and legible scale.

Thank you.

 

[Bob Cordell]

Please don't confuse the issue, Bob. We all know your opinions on the subject. You will also find that most video amps with the same basic topology as Scott Wurcer's AD797 have MUCH higher open loop bandwidths. Could the be because of the need to linearize the input diff pair, and the advantage (for some reason) to have a high open loop bandwidth, perhaps for minimum differential phase?

John,

I am not confusing the issue at all. You just keep bringing up stuff about PIM that was settled long ago, not in favor of the need for large open loop bandwidth to avoid PIM. For feedback-generated PIM, it is the movement of the closed loop pole that creates PIM. The closed loop pole movement is relatively independent of the open loop bandwidth. You should know this. For a refresher, read my PIM paper on my site at Cordell Audio: Home Page. The math and the amplifier measurements there make the point.

Merry Christmas,
Bob

 

[Ultima Thule]

Seems Ruprecht's still stupendously obstinate... YouTube

Good continue on the Christmas holiday guys

 

[PMA]

OK, hereby your plots, Federmann. You can read the settings from the oscilloscope knobs, that are perfectly visible in the images.

 

[Upupa Epops]

Yes Michael, it is correct look at this discussion....

 

[john curl]

The situation is still unresolved, Bob, even if you slowed things down a bit.

 

[PMA]

OK, hereby your plots, Federmann.

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Silence ?

 

[Mooly]

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Silence ?

I can hear it from here

Real world measurements... you can't beat 'em

 

[Federmann]

7.8 V output voltage for 4Ω and 100kHz? Is about 16W. Nice result. Angle α is arctg 2 / 38 = approximately 3 °. Is an excellent result. Vdif = approx 10mV, excellent result. Moreover, these topology, which has a better course Vdif.

My compliment!

How would it look for full performance?
How does simulation? Is similar?

 

[Federmann]

Bandwidth of 45 ° / 3 ° = 15 * 100kHz = 1.5 MHz.
I count correctly?

 

[Federmann]

Probably not calibrated ranges, but the angle is the same, just different amplitudes.

 

[PMA]

The X and Y scales of the scope are calibrated.

But, I still fail to see any relationship between this measurement and distortion and subjective sonic results. For example, this amplifier has JFET input stage. As you know, the linear part of the transfer characteristics of the JFET differential stage is much wider than that of the BJT, but Gm is lower. How would you generalize your 'Vdiff results' ?

 

[PMA]

Regarding Federmann's concerns of 100kHz frequencies in audio signal etc. - the worst case with highest RF content I have ever measured is the SACD DSD ultrasound noise, which rises fast above 30kHz. This noise is much higher in amplitude than any musical instrument ultrasound components recorded anywhere. An example of the DSD noise is attached (voltage and time scale shown in the image), and it is present despite the obligatory 50kHz low-pass at the SACD player output :