100W Ultimate Fidelity Amplifier

Zero feedback valve preamp from post 4994. Almost done.
 

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Hi All,
Please suggest me an amplifier for my home with excellent bass quality to drive my 10" Bolton woofers.
I already have 5 Amp 40VCT, 4 pairs of 2SC5200 & 2SA1943, 4 pairs of MJE15032 & MJE15033.
Please note that 2SC4793 & 2SA1837 and many more jap. transistors are hard to find in Kolkata, India. Replacement for 2SC4793 & 2SA1837 is also required.
 
Please Guys ... can anyone tell me the output power of the A40 and A33? and what is the basic difference between the two? i'm going to build and want to know more about them

Thanks

They have exactly the same power output. The main difference is in the VBE multiplier section. See attached schematics. They sound exactly the same. IMHO

Blessings, Terry
 

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I bought a couple of boards of a forum member I finally sparked up and they have a fault. This is the DX14 with two pairs of darlingtons. TIP141 and TIP146.
Same in both so it looks like it may be an assembly problem, ie wrong component. I check all resistors and transistors and it looks in order. supply Voltage is +/- 45V.

The voltage across the bias transistor was very low, I will show a schematic. There was also no bias going through the emitter transistors.
What happened is eventually Vbe now 0V across the bd139 bias transistor and its got full -45V rail on the output. Before this transistor failed it had 13.8V on the output.

Any ideas what caused the intial condition that blew the bias transistor?
 

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