Explendid amplifier designed by Michael Bittner, our MikeB

Just got in.

I might sort out the cabling a little tonight, but I'll leave powering up 'till the morning as I'm quite tired at the moment. The PSU is dual mono after the trannie, (300VA 30-0-30 unwound to give 25-0-25) and uses MBR20100 diodes with three Philips 6800uF per rail. Should do the job.

Quick check for tomorrow, bias is minimal with the pot clockwise or counter clockwise?
 
Hi Al,
Yes, just center your pot. If it's 500 R you will end up with no to very little bias current. My pots ended up in almost exactly the same spot. Have a look at my pictures, way back some where. 😉

Pavel?
Al just wants a quick, no mind answer as he is short on time.

-Chris
 
Board picture

Hi Al,
Here is where my pots ended up .........

-Chris
 

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Re: The most beautifull, and clean, internal construction

destroyer X said:
Really beautifull... this Symassym...great!

Thanks Carlos. It's amazing what you can do with a bit of oak and a recycled DVD player case. 😉

I'm having fun here, it's running in mono whilst I solder up the other channel, and I keep stopping to listen! I'll never be finished at this rate! 🙂
 
Hi Al,
What Mike asked.

What I am waiting for are your listening impressions. If you are using the MJW0281 and MJW0302, my lowest THD point was at 22 mA. You may want to compare at that level and higher. If you don't need to "cook" them, don't.

-Chris

Edit: Al! Cool, your post just appeared above mine. Weird.
 
Very solid presentation running with 12mv bias across the output resistors as Mike recommends. I'll do some more listening tomorrow to get used to it before I have a play.

Lid on. I really need to work out how to engrave the front with a suitable logo. 😉
 

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