The error amplifier amplifies and integrates in open loop mode only the error between the output and the input. As the output of the power amp is reduced back to unity gain, the power amp doesn't influence the performance of the error amplifier hence it doesn't diminish the drawbacks of the error amp as required to be qualified as composite. It is the same for an added servo.
You are repeating the commercial statement of Neochrome that a low precision amp is controled by a high precision one, what is a high precision amp according to you?
Discussion with you about semantics is futile it seems, so let's agree to disagree ;-)
OK, one last time, couldn't resist: The error amp can't deliver neither much current nor voltage, which is its drawback. A composite can and will have the precision specs (offset, noise, gain) of the small amp... and when done right, even much better distortion specs than the small-signal amp alone, at audio frequencies.
OK, one last time, couldn't resist: The error amp can't deliver neither much current nor voltage, which is its drawback. A composite can and will have the precision specs (offset, noise, gain) of the small amp... and when done right, even much better distortion specs than the small-signal amp alone, at audio frequencies.
You're making a lot of assumptions with that statement. The supply hum in ASR's measurements comes from the fact that the power supply sits atop the amplifier channels and radiates into the amp input cabling. It has nothing to do with PSRR. There's very little I can do about that aside from making the chassis larger.
My challenge with the Modulus-286 Kit LE was to shoehorn it into one of the smaller MiniDissipante chassis. The thing is tiny.
No I don't. That's obvious in the THD+N graphs that are on the Modulus-286 product page. I've added them below so you don't have to hunt for them.
Note that these were measured with the APx525, not the 555. So the THD+N shown here is mostly limited by the test equipment.
Also see Toppings issues with exploding amps: https://www.audiosciencereview.com/...off-but-connected-to-power-still-works.38979/
There's more to amplifier performance than good measurements. Sadly, that part is missed by most of the ASR crowd these days. All they seem to care about now is dB SINAD per dollar. But that's their choice.
Would you elaborate on that? I'm not sharing the schematic of the Modulus-86, so I'm curious what you're referring to there.
That's respectable.
Tom
The THD+N at 10 mW is dominated by the +N. That's set (mostly) by thermal noise from the resistors in the circuit, so it's no surprise that the composite architecture helps little there. Fun begins when you look at THD+N vs output power and, especially, THD+N vs frequency.
Also, 3x improvement is 10 dB. That's nothing to sneeze at.
As I've been saying over and over: You have to look at more than one measurement.
Tom
Also, 3x improvement is 10 dB. That's nothing to sneeze at.
As I've been saying over and over: You have to look at more than one measurement.
Tom
If both 4 and 8 ohms have the same N% With 1.414 times more level, the measurement is corrupt.
The 3886 alone has 0.025% THD+N with full harmonics. With Modulus-86 it gets 0.004% with only 2 harmonics (filter 60khz) concidered, this gives an enhancement of less than 6 times probably between 4-5 times.
By reducing simply the audio band gain and amplifying with a low THD+N opamp one can get easily better result, what the OP will be doing.
The 3886 alone has 0.025% THD+N with full harmonics. With Modulus-86 it gets 0.004% with only 2 harmonics (filter 60khz) concidered, this gives an enhancement of less than 6 times probably between 4-5 times.
By reducing simply the audio band gain and amplifying with a low THD+N opamp one can get easily better result, what the OP will be doing.
Surely both R2 and R3 should be the same, i.e. both 10 k or both 12 k?
The noise gain of the 3886 is kept at 11. This maintains stability, but it also means that the loop gain available for distortion reduction is the same as if the 3886 were configured to have a total gain of 11. So this is not going to reduce distortion.
What it will do is reduce noise because the input signal to the 3886 is larger.
The noise gain of the 3886 is kept at 11. This maintains stability, but it also means that the loop gain available for distortion reduction is the same as if the 3886 were configured to have a total gain of 11. So this is not going to reduce distortion.
What it will do is reduce noise because the input signal to the 3886 is larger.
If the input is differential only then R2=R3. If single ended, the inverter gain is R3/2k and the non inverter gain is (R2+2k)/2k. This why to pour symmetrical outputs with each, a gain of 6. See VF3 and VF4 graphs.
The Amp at low frequencies has 12db higher NFB than with 20k/2k alone.
See the graph bellow.
The Amp at low frequencies has 12db higher NFB than with 20k/2k alone.
See the graph bellow.
