Next step is to put the mini into my main system and compare it to the VFET amplifier. For now, I am too much in love with the VFET to take it out of the system. It does seem worth making the comparison as I don't know how many of us were lucky twice, in the VFET lottery and the BAF 2021 giveaway.
Matching Shouldn't matter. You adjust the bias of each MOSFET to the suggested bias in the writeup. Getting a couple of each MOSFET from the same.source like mouser etc most likely means you'll get them from the same batch anyways.
Traditionally the Harris are the premium part, especially for the lack of the "P channel distortion" of the IR parts, as documented in my old article on testing mosfets, posted at FIRST WATT.
More recently I have seen some samples of IR (Vishay) P channel parts without it, but it is random and not clear what difference in sourcing accounts for it, in spite of request for such information.
So if you are in a position to test parts before buying or if you apply plenty of feedback or don't care then you can go ahead. I find it simply easier to buy the nos Harris parts much of the time, particularly for Common Source operation with low feedback.
Hi Sir, thanks for the detailed info.
Also could you please tell, whether we can use the JFETS 2SJ103-GR & 2SK246-Y , for Q1 and Q2, in mini ACA. If yes, will it have lesser gain/output power ?
And does these two JFETs and output MOSFETs needs to be matched.
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With slight rearrangement of parts we can mitigate some of the notorious audiophile fears that arise in this lovely circuit - trading places of C4/R6 enables us to introduce second feedback loop (R7/R6) which encompasses both feedback cap C4 and output coupling cap C2 (which now can be of smaller value, say 4,700uF) so that cap's influence on the amp's sound will be constrained. Also, R5 changes value to 2k2 and R7 to 470 (475) Ohms.
Easy trick to try...
Easy trick to try...
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