3 Transistor HP Amplifier with low dist

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Your padawans will obey.
 

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Great to see this made into one of your PCBs Prasi. And interesting to see an AC input rather than DC-DC regulation. I'd be interested to see if it makes a difference using linear power rather than an SMPS.

Hello avtech,
Thanks..
just thinking out loud here.. would it do any good to put a 5-10mH choke at the power input when using smps? I think I had seen this in one of the DIYA hpa using smps power.
 
About the input capacitor = 22uF electrolytic
That cap was only used by me because sometimes my simulator measure correct only when is a high capacitance.

In reality I would recommend a film cap of value 2.2uF
That is quite alright for the input.
Those that can find a polyester or MKT of size 4.7uF can use this.
But as said, 2.2uF film cap will do perfectly.

This shows that cap:
 

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Finally happy with this version.
here 2.5mm, 5mm,7.5mm,10mm, 15mm pitch caps be fitted for C2, also small heatsink 274-1AB can be fitted for BD139. LM317 can go on bottom plate if required. In psu, RC/ CRC optional..
 

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I think it would me much easier to adapt/use the circuit with 9V at least
but I´m sure lineup has a more eloborate answer for you.

Can you get hold of a ~12VDC wall wart? (AC would work too with Prasi´s circuit)
A little DCDC-converter that converts your 5V to 12V would be a good option too but it would need about 0.5A from your 5V supply.

What´s the impedance of the heaphones you wann a drive with it?
 
Just remember if you are feeding a LM317 regulated circuit, you need to supply about 4v above the regulated voltage.

For a 5v (or 9v) circuit, you'd probably be ok with just a simple CRC filter at the front.

As joensd suggested, a DC boost converter would be a good option to retain the PSU filtering and not have to change the amplifier circuit.
 
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Hi Lineup,
Can this circuit be adapted for a 5V supply?

I think it would me much easier to adapt/use the circuit with 9V at least
but I´m sure lineup has a more eloborate answer for you.

Can you get hold of a ~12VDC wall wart? (AC would work too with Prasi´s circuit)
A little DCDC-converter that converts your 5V to 12V would be a good option too but it would need about 0.5A from your 5V supply.

What´s the impedance of the heaphones you wann a drive with it?

Circuit can be adapted for 9V, but probably not 5V.
But if you are using 9V battery - there is a big problem: Circuit draws 100 mA.
That would empty battery quickly.

Best is to use 12VDC with a LM317 regulator.
For 9V regulator we need to change some components values.
 
Here is one version for 5V.
It should work eventhough the dist is a litter higher.
THD 0.009% instead of 0.001%

It is possible someone could tweak this 5V version further.
But the distortion is still very small for this version.
The gain is here x3. The original has x4.
 

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