Thanks Frans I will get a friend to check things for me when he rescues his test gear from the loft. Impatience got the better of me.
Just done that Simon and fluctuations seem reduced.I'm just about to plug it into the system;fingers crossed.
Hiss is now gone and we have good sound with a slight hum.I have used a basic p/s for the moment.The better ones will be implemented when I make more space on the shelf.I like what I hear so far.
Guys the compensation caps are an absolute necessity in that Paradise PSU!! Those who seemingly have no issues have them hidden. The design is unstable without caps.
another one is up and running ; )
thanks to all for circuitdesign-, pcb-making, partsdistribution helpdesking around and so on.
stefan
thanks to all for circuitdesign-, pcb-making, partsdistribution helpdesking around and so on.
stefan
currently i´m adding a million solderpoints in the signalpath for a input imp. switch..
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about the grounding, i made a simple psu with one trafo per channel (but just 4 diodes, not 8 like in the drawing from FdW.
In the first attempt i had terrrible noise and a little hum.
As a provisory i connected the grounds from the chinchplugs together and the tonarm mass goes there.
on the board the grounding is to the input and the power ground. like this it is ok for now (but shurely totally wrong).
measurements will follow. Most critical value seems op amp at pin 6 its 3.5 Volts at one channel. and i cannot say anything about oscillation. you don´t hear it, right? maybe i can carry it to a doctor.
In the first attempt i had terrrible noise and a little hum.
As a provisory i connected the grounds from the chinchplugs together and the tonarm mass goes there.
on the board the grounding is to the input and the power ground. like this it is ok for now (but shurely totally wrong).
measurements will follow. Most critical value seems op amp at pin 6 its 3.5 Volts at one channel. and i cannot say anything about oscillation. you don´t hear it, right? maybe i can carry it to a doctor.
😱 Shame on me. I used the trimmer so badly that I really got negative voltage on plus caps. Again shame on me!!!!
Now the voltage is -0,698V on the upper resitor block (going down to vminus) and +0,697V at the lower one (going up to vplus). Me think it´s alright now.
But now another problem. I start up a soundcheck. Everything alright but there was a little fizz in voices. So I recheck the riaa area. I have 33.3nF at one bench (horizontal bench) (matched very good 🙂) but on the other (vertical) bench (what shall be 11.1nF) is 25,4nF 😱. so I desolder the 2 caps and there are still 25,4nF😱😱.
I looked on the shematic and this could not be. There are only the R18c (Neumann) and C2a and C2b that go to Vriaa. Right? That would mean ground to VRIAA is Capacity of 25,4nF.
Thanks
Please explain better what you are measuring. Vertical ? Horizontal ?
You can not get a good measurement of the caps in the riaa filter once they are soldered. The only thing you can have is an idea of the matching between channels.
Did you measure the caps before you installed them ?
Beware of styroflex... these can change values with heat during soldering.
The sound is now hum free; turns out I had forgotten to connect the centre connector on the caps to ground.The Paradise sounds pretty good to my ears and should sound even better when I go dual mono with seperate supplies.
I meaned the vertical bench of 11,1nF Riaa (where 2 caps can go in) and the 33,3nF Bech where 6 Caps may go in. The 6Caps bench measured 33,3nF and the bench of 2 meausured 25,4nF without caps.
Yes I measured 11,1nF with 2 caps. I used the wima red caps from GB.
you can not measure them after soldering in place.... The whole riaa circuit acts as a complex filter.
Give me the real measurements before soldering... including riaa resistors.
Give me the real measurements before soldering... including riaa resistors.
another one is up and running ; )
thanks to all for circuitdesign-, pcb-making, partsdistribution helpdesking around and so on.
stefan
No thanks, I'm happy to see it working 🙂