Last edited:
Buzzing Aikido pre-amp
- Thread starter qguy2000
- Start date
I've built a couple of the 12Vac but never had a buzzing problem. Does it buzz in both channels?
Try removing the wires from the volume pot (or input jacks) and solder short jumpers across input connections on the board.
Try connecting the negative side of C11 to the chassis ground. The chassis ground should also be connected to the frame of the volume pot and the ground connection on the AC inlet.
Check to make sure all of the diodes and filter caps have been installed the right way round.
See if your build resembles the one in the link below. There are other parts to this build. Look around the WoS.ca site.
https://wallofsound.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Line-Stages-Part-4-board-assembly.pdf
Steve
Try removing the wires from the volume pot (or input jacks) and solder short jumpers across input connections on the board.
Try connecting the negative side of C11 to the chassis ground. The chassis ground should also be connected to the frame of the volume pot and the ground connection on the AC inlet.
Check to make sure all of the diodes and filter caps have been installed the right way round.
See if your build resembles the one in the link below. There are other parts to this build. Look around the WoS.ca site.
https://wallofsound.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Line-Stages-Part-4-board-assembly.pdf
Steve
Buzzing at both channels
No chassis at this point
I removed all pots and input wires, there is only wires to Female RCA connected to the outputs
The pre-amp worked ok in the past, so diodes and caps are correct. I just changed coupling caps and input wires and the problem started. I placed it back to original config, but the buzzing remained
No chassis at this point
I removed all pots and input wires, there is only wires to Female RCA connected to the outputs
The pre-amp worked ok in the past, so diodes and caps are correct. I just changed coupling caps and input wires and the problem started. I placed it back to original config, but the buzzing remained
Last edited:
12 volts aikido is such a low voltage that the filaments are in no danger of exceeding cathode to heater filament specs unlike the 6dj8......http://www.r-type.org/pdfs/ecc88.pdf
MerlinB wrote a nice page that deals with this issue...The Valve Wizard
dc elevating the filaments cures the buzz, worked for me all the time..
MerlinB wrote a nice page that deals with this issue...The Valve Wizard
dc elevating the filaments cures the buzz, worked for me all the time..
Not sure what this means, I might need to call a friend on this one
Will reflow the solder joints, this is what my skills is capable as of this moment
B+ and filament voltages are the same right now, as it was when it worked
How do I check for ground connections, there is no chassis and the only wires installed is the AC input and Audio output
Will reflow the solder joints, this is what my skills is capable as of this moment
B+ and filament voltages are the same right now, as it was when it worked
How do I check for ground connections, there is no chassis and the only wires installed is the AC input and Audio output
As per your C10 image the 12Vac power supply elevates the filaments. Make sure the ground terminal, NOT the neutral on the AC inlet is connected to circuit ground. See attached picture of how I connected circuit ground to chassis and AC inlet ground (it's one of the green wires on the left side) on a 12Vac using a 10 ohm resistor and a small film cap.
Wherever possible solder component leads, tube socket pins, etc. on BOTH sides of the circuit board.
Inspect the circuit board carefully to see if any traces have been damaged or pulled away from the board especially close to component solder pads.
Wherever possible solder component leads, tube socket pins, etc. on BOTH sides of the circuit board.
Inspect the circuit board carefully to see if any traces have been damaged or pulled away from the board especially close to component solder pads.
Attachments
there is the PE or protective earth ground, then there is the psu ground or 0 vdc reference, then there is the signal grounds, these are treated differently....
obviously if you don't use a metal chassis, this PE ground can not happen..
more so if your house wiring did not include grounding wires...
these are issues that were discussed to death in this forum...
obviously if you don't use a metal chassis, this PE ground can not happen..
more so if your house wiring did not include grounding wires...
these are issues that were discussed to death in this forum...