Hello lhquam. Will the results change when Rload is replaced with an electrical model of a loudspeaker; like an 8 Ohm woofer?.
Reactive loads will cause a frequency dependent change in impedance and change the distortion characteristics. With the high damping factor, the output voltage will not change much.
Ok here is my 3 birds with one stone trick, before someone else claims it.
I have plenty more dumb ideas but they are top secret muah hahahaha
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Very clever -- and it should work just fine if the leftover resistance is in a reasonable range.
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A 1k multiturn trimpot should do the trick, assuming around 8mA through jfet, that should allow 700 Ohms to 800 Ohms for gate resistance depending on your bias point.
You could certainly try lower maybe a 500 Ohm multiturn trimpot, but you'll have less gate resistance
pico - you're going to make fuzz box ........ or Eq guitar device ?
Hahahaha.
Naah, just need to exercise a couple of brain cells. I'm not giving away all my tricks. Hahahaha
If we look at picture published on 6 moons we can clearly see that toroid main power transformer have no center tap on both secondaries coils ,
there is only four wires for primary side (120VAC+120VAC ) with series connected thermistor in between them ,and in that way that F7 amp is connected for operation on 240VAC main voltage,
and what`s left is only four wires going from two independent secondaries to two Greatz rectifiers ,
Those four green same values wire-wound power resistors on PSU-PCB are ,
-part of CRC-PSU filters
-or for making of two independent virtual or floating grounds points ,which I think that they really are ,
there is one more thermistor on PSU-PCB which is connected in between main earth wire(chassis) and amplifier ground lines for safety reason .
there is only four wires for primary side (120VAC+120VAC ) with series connected thermistor in between them ,and in that way that F7 amp is connected for operation on 240VAC main voltage,
and what`s left is only four wires going from two independent secondaries to two Greatz rectifiers ,
Those four green same values wire-wound power resistors on PSU-PCB are ,
-part of CRC-PSU filters
-or for making of two independent virtual or floating grounds points ,which I think that they really are ,
there is one more thermistor on PSU-PCB which is connected in between main earth wire(chassis) and amplifier ground lines for safety reason .
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It seems to me the earth pin on the mains are the only connection to the chassis - safety ground that is.
The input RCA sockets are also isolated from the chassis.
The virtual/floating grounds as described by Banat are of course also isolated from the chassis.
In this way currents will not flow in the chassis at all. This is important from an EMC point of view. Currents originating from the amplifier itself will not travel on the chassis, and hence not radiate to the outer world. In the same manner, RF picked up by the chassis will not end up in the amplifying circuitry.
The input RCA sockets are also isolated from the chassis.
The virtual/floating grounds as described by Banat are of course also isolated from the chassis.
In this way currents will not flow in the chassis at all. This is important from an EMC point of view. Currents originating from the amplifier itself will not travel on the chassis, and hence not radiate to the outer world. In the same manner, RF picked up by the chassis will not end up in the amplifying circuitry.
I don`t exclude possibility that F7-PSU is done in same way as F6-PSU ,
but maybe this F7-PSU is done different , with two independent virtual grounds points ,
where each amp ground points is returned to associated virtual ground point ,including loudspeaker ground point (-) ,
BTW , my kitchen 24/7 Revox-A78 a/B class amp PSU is done in that way .
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Uh-hmmm. Well, I still stand by what I wrote regarding RF contamination and ground, as a principle.
PCB ground tracks/ground planes WILL have potential differences, and connecting ground to the chassis at two different places WILL make sure this difference will exist on the metal chassis. And vice versa. RF from the outside will thus be transferred to the inside by this mechanism.
I really enjoyed reading this thread tonight. It was like "Watching the Detectives". Good work Boyz
PCB ground tracks/ground planes WILL have potential differences, and connecting ground to the chassis at two different places WILL make sure this difference will exist on the metal chassis. And vice versa. RF from the outside will thus be transferred to the inside by this mechanism.
I really enjoyed reading this thread tonight. It was like "Watching the Detectives". Good work Boyz
If done this way the only chassis connection per audio PCB is via the thermistor. The screen of the input cable will be connected to the virtual ground. Minus pole to the loudspeaker is isolated from the chassis and is at virtual ground.
Yes ,that`s right ,
it`s same chassis grounding scheme as for F6 ,except that now we have amps virtual two grounding points done via four reference same value power resistors , which in case that some output power device fail short in the same time limits DC current on LS , virtually protecting LS coil from damage.