Babelfish F8

Wakoo schmtc

TN2640 and TP2640 are insanely nice parts, in regular production and cheap




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Usual Pudding

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............... SJEP down, 4R load
 

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All IRFP150, 8R load
 

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....... same, 4R load
 

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Aleksandar

I really appreciate all the data you give us and 3 BFF8s - unbelievable.
The question especially for old folks like me - could I hear the difference between the three?

I am so lucky to have a number of your amps and I can appreciate the differences there. XA252 Big Puck is getting a lot of play these days but the Sissy is right behind. Scryer and F8a are ready to go on heat sinks and I think they will provide interesting comparisons. Just my thoughts.

Your posts keep me young 😊
 
what I forgot to say - I made 2 additional iterations just because ...... as conceptual problem solving fun, but - as main criteria - trying to have them in same quality bracket as first one, and then, hopefully, with Papa's original
So, again, not expecting too much of difference sound-wise

After all, what's +/-6db of difference, between friends

:clown:
 
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No idea if it makes music, but bias is set to 490mv across r16 and offset is close to zero on both channels. Had a little hiccup with 4 volts of offset on one channel which turned out to be a cold solder joint on the trim pot. All good now. Dual mono setup with 160va trafos, LT4320 rectifiers, R21 modules and IRFP150s(until I win the lottery)
 

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