FOKKER, the competition nigthmare. name came from a Dutch man

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This one will "kaput" competition... i cannot be responsable by your imagination...this name can be written many ways, also pronounce can modify the meaning.

Under development in Dx Laboratories Headquarters..... modified parallel regulator to the input....modified VAS (not a copy, do not worry)..... modified driver current using CCS.

We gonna see if someone, in the competition, will continue with that smile in their faces.

ahahahahahah!..... hey competition!...fokker is comming to ---- --- beat you!

Fooker will be released IF BEAT BLAMELESS and Dx Blame ST and Dx Blame ES.

The competition, from now on can start to be nervous.... you have already lost for the Dx Blame ES...imagine this one one.!

regards,

Carlos
 

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In the simulator seems fine..distortion is less than 0.00156% (THD)

Power in 2 ohms is 200 watts..... it keep more than 20 volts RMS in the output terminal to 8 ohms, 4 ohms and 2 ohms loads...of course this will depend on the supply.

It is using two supply voltages..in the reality i will use a voltage regulator to supply the 40 volts symetrical to the input circuit..so, i will use a single supply.

The voltage you see...55 to the output, will kill BD139/140, so the voltage that will be suggested to forum folks, when finished, will be plus and minus 48 volts... this way, it will dissipate 1 watt because of CCS feeding the drivers (20ma to each one of them)....i will see if the BD139 will survive...i am not sure if it can do it or not....well..other pair can be used in place.

You can use two voltages to avoid more circuit to produce a voltage regulator to the input...it is important the input receive a very stable voltage and very well filtered..so, electronic filtering to the supply is interesting.

Was not assembled..but i will do it soon.

Maybe i will include CCS option to the differential (switchable) and CCS option to the VAS (Switchable option)....will see how this one sounds first..then will check other possibilities.

Observe the voltage regulator, the positive rail regulator transistor, it has a resistance draining current to ground...much bigger than the current will circulate into the differential...so, it is a series, and a parallel voltage regulator at same time...producing a real constant voltage.

Just an idea to try.... simulator is always beautifull....real life is another story, this can sound lovely or awfull...i have to assemble...seems will have huge bass...that kind of bass the speaker goes moving because of vibration..but i have to listen first.

Those overcomplicated schematics, often sounds awfull...will see if this one will be a diamond or a lemmon.

regards,

Carlos
 

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This will be the one will be built.

You can see 500 ohms rail resistances...they are there only for indication purposes, in the reality, left side will enter 45 volts...from a second transformer winding, from a voltage regulator (my case) or the resistance can be used to provide the needed voltage drop (last and worst option).

Well, i will try all options.

regards,

Carlos
 

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It will be released before april, 21.... this date is dead line.

Here you have the rail voltage regulator, each rail will drain 30 miliamperes because of resistor sinking current... the voltage regulator is my personal option because the transformer i will use is not good, draining huge current it has enormous voltage drop...so, i will use the voltage regulator to keep things under control...if not 45 volts, i will be able to adjust to 40 and will have total stability.

Another transformer winding, another transformer output, or another transformer is a better idea....so,you can rectify and filter and plug it in the place you see the 500 ohms resistance with the left side open...this resistance means the voltage regulator...just connect the regulator input to the resistance rigth side and the regulator output to the differential series/parallel voltage regulator.

The rail resistance can do the job, if you have a very good supply, without too much losses..let's say, around 10 percent full power draining current.

So, there are three options,... the resistance if you have good supply, the voltage regulator if your supply is bad, or another transformer coil, giving you from 35 to 50 volts DC.

Output voltage should be 48 volts while using BD139/140 as drivers..to use higher voltages, till 65 volts, then use other transistors to the driver position.

The voltage regulator series pass transistors (BD139 and BD140) will face 0.030A (30 miliamps) and 10 volts will be from colector to emitter..this means 300 miliwatts...maybe will need a very small piece of aluminium... 1.5 X 1,5 centimeters if squared.... shorts in the input will kill these regulator..so, a small 250 miliamperes fuse to each rail is a good idea.

Even to 48 volts i have to test the BD130/140, as i am not absolutelly sure they will survive.

regards,

Carlos
 

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No problems to use a darlington transistor in the voltage regulator.

As i have some TIP101 and the complementary, i will use them to make things more simple.

If your supply is huge..then install 470 ohms, 1 watt resistances to each rail and everything gonna be all rigth.... the voltage regulator is to be used, when you have not a good supply, or when you have not another winding to collect a second voltage to your amplifier.

regards,

Carlos
 
I have decided to try another amplifier because i had a thunderstorm this early

morning....and i was thinking that to reproduce this we need not only a fast circtuit with astounding slew rate, but also something that can play differences of dinamics (high power and low noise), also something really falt going to subsonic frequencies..... because of that i tried to do something that can sound so good in the treble range but also with dinamics and deep bass.

That's what i am searching for.

Here the thunderstorm that made me think about... of course, camera microphone and wave recording, low sample, with built in compressor, cannot show that quality..but for sure i could listen and i perceive no amplifier i could listen could do that...so..i am trying something that can do that..this is the point, this is the target, the objective:

YouTube - Thunderstorm, camera mic. has compressor.avi

regards,

Carlos
 
That's what i am searching for.

Here the thunderstorm that made me think about... of course, camera microphone and wave recording, low sample, with built in compressor, cannot show that quality..but for sure i could listen and i perceive no amplifier i could listen could do that...so..i am trying something that can do that..this is the point, this is the target, the objective:



Carlos

Beware, with such high voltages, you could easily have the
storm sound, but also the lightnings and clouds...
 
[snip]ahahahahahah!..... hey competition!...fokker is comming to ---- --- beat you!

Fokker will be released IF BEAT BLAMELESS and Dx Blame ST and Dx Blame ES.

The competition, from now on can start to be nervous.... you have already lost for the Dx Blame ES...imagine this one one.!

regards,

Carlos

Hello Carlos!

Thanks for bringing back the Fokker Aircrafts to memory.
But I surely hope that your amp resembles more THIS Fokker than one from the 1st World War 😉

jd
 

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You are welcome...this name was suggested to Michael Bittner to name the Symassym

He decided not to use, as remember war and also has other meanings in English.

Some folks are driven by envy (not your case...the image was already made and had the "Theme" to talk about)...others by vain, some are futile, others too much arrogant..well...we are driven by several reasons...all of us have a little of futility, arrogance, pride and so on.

I am moved by passion..the main force that drives me.... a little bit of arrogance, pride and stupidity, some futility also..... i am human!

But passion is the main fuel of my life.... i am "Flex" fuel as Brazilian cars...i can burn several fuels too...alike everybody...but passion is the best and main fuel of my life.

Here, some things done, to be done, under construction, removed from enclosure..others are inside enclosure..this is last two monthes things...i am turning very slow those last days.

regards,

Carlos
 

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[snip]I am moved by passion..the main force that drives me.... a little bit of arrogance, pride and stupidity, some futility also..... i am human!

But passion is the main fuel of my life.... i am "Flex" fuel as Brazilian cars...i can burn several fuels too...alike everybody...but passion is the best and main fuel of my life.[snip]Carlos

Carlos, I'm looking forward to your results.

A little OT: I just heard on the radio that Dutch national airline KLM will have the last flight today with a propellor aircraft, which is ... a Fokker F50. Coincidence!
/OT off

jd
 
Fokker always was a bit like Philips - great engineering but abysmal marketing 😉
(Another reason why Philips wasn't sucessfull in audio 🙄)

jd

I'll always remember the Magnavox (Philips) TV that suddenly got louder and louder until a wisp of smoke came out the back - then the whole thing went black and silent.:hot:

Great engineering until the bean conuters get a hold of everything.
 
Amplifiers, alike other things, starts with the first step, the first movement

The transfomer was tested and was painted....so.... will go ahead preparing supply,then the amplifier..one each time.

It is obvious...not exactly obvious...people have to move... if you start, then one day you will finish..not starting...things does not happens.

regards,

Carlos
 

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I have to adjust the driver current.... Precision II have used 22mA

I do not know the current for this one..will try less..maybe 18mA.

Do you have a suggestion for the current to be used... seems to me it is always much more than needed..and we are not loading the drivers..say...not dinamically... we are not loading statically, during stand by.

Should i load?

Why?

Please, inform the reasons you suggest that current.

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This is the perfect time to suggest things...as amplifier is not ready... it is in the early design and simulating stages..so..i will try other solutions...i can also try some other currents, some other ideas too..if used yours..i will tell folks that..maybe you will feel good contributing...this is the moment.

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regards,

Carlos
 
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