Hooking up Charlize to the PC power supply, with some weird results

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Since the Tripath chip is oscillating at a very high frequency; unlike a typical linear amplifier, a normal digital meter might not be the correct tool to measure the offset voltage of the part?

Does the Charlize sounds anything wrong?
 
eVITAERC
Yeo has stated in a different thread here that he tested the Charlize with 100db speaker and the noise is not a problem.

Since 'she' does not sound anything wrong; enjoy her company and how she can 'tease' you through your speakers 😉
 
eVITAERC,
I may have found the problem that you're having.

Soldered in a brand new electrolytis cap for the input coupling and the output offset went up quite a bit on my Charlize. Measured the input biasing voltage and found about 2.45V on the
positive terminal of the new cap and about 2.49V on the existing input cap. Tried a second new caps and the result is the same.
A quick calculation indicated that biasing voltage via the resistor
is supplying a current of about 125uA to the input electrolytis cap.

All the caps are from the same manufacturer and type. Only thing is the exisiting one is used for abot 2 weeks while the others are un-used.

I would say that let the input cap 'run-in a bit and then check
the output offset voltage again.
 
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