Only on/off function. You should add another relay and delay circuit for soft start. My 2 cents.
This is to be used with a touch-on/touch-off button, like on a desktop PC. So, this circuit is in stand-by mode all the time. Sorry if I am preaching to the converted.
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Another AX14...
Completed assembly of a pair of AX14 boards. Prasi board design from post 11462. Thank you Apex for the amp design and prasi for creating the board layout and sharing at pcbway. The boards are very nicely made. All components fit well and the layout is very well done. The BOM was also helpful for finding a few specific components such as the 0.33 ohm 5 watt resistors and the heatsinks for Q8 & Q9. Thank you prasi for sharing the BOM also.
These are using original Toshiba driver (2SC4793 / 2SA1837) and output transistors (2SC5200 / 2SA1943), salvaged from a Realistic PA250 amp. The power supply is regulated (LM338) +- 35V, for initial test run. I also have 500VA linear CRC power supply with +-55V rails for future use.
Both boards started up as expected with no issues. Initial testing was using 10ohm, 1 watt resistors in place of fuses to check basic functions. After that, fuses were reinstalled. DC offset is stable at 5.3mV left channel and 7mV right. Dialed in about 125mA of bias current and played music for over an hour. Will try lower bias adjustments but the heatsink temps seem to be staying at about 116 deg F (47 C).
This first evaluation is very good. Near silence with music paused. I can hear the slightest hiss with ear almost touching the tweeter. Very acceptable considering that this amp is with no case and wires are a mess. The midrange and highs are exceptional, making vocals and stringed instruments sound very dynamic with excellent imaging. Bass is good, with nothing lacking. This amp is very clear and gets loud without realizing. So far I'm very satisfied with this build. A fairly easy to build amp that works very well.
Completed assembly of a pair of AX14 boards. Prasi board design from post 11462. Thank you Apex for the amp design and prasi for creating the board layout and sharing at pcbway. The boards are very nicely made. All components fit well and the layout is very well done. The BOM was also helpful for finding a few specific components such as the 0.33 ohm 5 watt resistors and the heatsinks for Q8 & Q9. Thank you prasi for sharing the BOM also.
These are using original Toshiba driver (2SC4793 / 2SA1837) and output transistors (2SC5200 / 2SA1943), salvaged from a Realistic PA250 amp. The power supply is regulated (LM338) +- 35V, for initial test run. I also have 500VA linear CRC power supply with +-55V rails for future use.
Both boards started up as expected with no issues. Initial testing was using 10ohm, 1 watt resistors in place of fuses to check basic functions. After that, fuses were reinstalled. DC offset is stable at 5.3mV left channel and 7mV right. Dialed in about 125mA of bias current and played music for over an hour. Will try lower bias adjustments but the heatsink temps seem to be staying at about 116 deg F (47 C).
This first evaluation is very good. Near silence with music paused. I can hear the slightest hiss with ear almost touching the tweeter. Very acceptable considering that this amp is with no case and wires are a mess. The midrange and highs are exceptional, making vocals and stringed instruments sound very dynamic with excellent imaging. Bass is good, with nothing lacking. This amp is very clear and gets loud without realizing. So far I'm very satisfied with this build. A fairly easy to build amp that works very well.
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Is this the circuit for this ? It will be more safe if the circuit always accompanies the PCB !
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Nice build there dirttracker...thanks for the kind words. happy that build is done without any issues.
Q10 BD139 needs to be mounted on one of the output devices using the same bolt via short wires .
You could play around with grounding scheme once you finalize the build (like connecting input ground directly to PSU ground after disconnecting it from amp PGND.. second is remove the 10R ground lift and connect directly via jumper to PGND, etc).
Happy listening.
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