Choked Singing Bush ..... special one for Purists and Masochists

see, some work involved

it easy and simple making it single rail, with solid GND side, and CRC(CLC) in positive - just matter of rotating lower caps , and appropriate wiring in input side and output side

but, making negative side split, to introduce R/L in a middle....... time for exacto knife, metal ruler ( as guide for knife), 1.5mm or 2mm drill ....... and some patience

observe flipped polarity of lower caps

also observe - on left side we have Pos and Neg rail; point is - we have established B+ and GND at right side, only after each particular choke

everything else written

buzz if needed, to make it fully clear


well, Dumb ZM

it's endlessly simple to retain same physicals, and to draw new one, dedicated for single rail ............ while still having inclusion of R(L) in both legs

why 2 caps per cell - simply because when going to higher voltages, 10mF is still decent chunk and even 80Vdc is still 35mm Dia

if more needed, stacking another pcb on top is giving 40mF per cell, ending in 40mF - R(L) - 40mF

still peanut money, vs. screw type/computer grade caps, and wiring sorta neater, as portion of free lunch

tnx to uptownsquash, he asked right question, moving two gray cells of mine in right direction

price for neato/simple/potent routing is having two wire bridges
 

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disclaimer

if really new to all this ( as you said), be aware of all I wrote in opening post of this thread

nothing to worry about complexity - not really more complicated than many amps around, but there are many amps around less critical regarding parts quality and this one is really exotic regarding performance numbers

heck ........ even if I'm here just because of money, it seems I'm lousy salesman

:rofl:
 
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Hmm, that looks interesting. 🙂

Would you say that not just filtering the B+ but even the B- from the rectifier with an L would be of some sonic benefit in my Singing Bush and Lazy Singing Bush builds?

Im asking since i already have the 2 extra 159ZJ needed for the GND:s, now just taking a long vacation in my extra good and fine-parts-drawer.
 
more iron, the merrier

:rofl:

note the note, on related ( 4th) pic

though, if not having common mode (differential) choke, 2 separate simple chokes are better than single simple one

when speaking of that, I'm always remembering NEM AI-50 amp

https://www.diyaudio.com/community/threads/the-nem-ai-50.161663/post-2144101

beauty of that approach is - choke is sorta smallish, due to DC Flux cancellation

perfect to include with single rail PSU, and dual rail PSU for amps having properly symmetrical rails loading; on the other hand, it could be disaster using it with, say, SissySIT - negative rails is screaming while positive rail pretty much bored

:rofl:

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