you'll want to run the regulated front end higher - i just offered the 65V I used in my A75 as an example.
Just plug the resistor values and voltage into ohm's law to determine current and power. at 90V rails, using 12.2K (10K + 2.2K) for the voltage divider gives you 7.4 mA, => I^2R gives you .54W in the 10K, .12W in the 2.2K. You can either use 1W resistors or change the values.
you'll need a ~16.5V reference using 10K and 2.2K. Bumping the 10K up to 20K would allow you to use a 9.1V zener to get around 92V and decrease the power in the voltage divider slightly.
Just plug the resistor values and voltage into ohm's law to determine current and power. at 90V rails, using 12.2K (10K + 2.2K) for the voltage divider gives you 7.4 mA, => I^2R gives you .54W in the 10K, .12W in the 2.2K. You can either use 1W resistors or change the values.
you'll need a ~16.5V reference using 10K and 2.2K. Bumping the 10K up to 20K would allow you to use a 9.1V zener to get around 92V and decrease the power in the voltage divider slightly.
you have to try it and hear for your self. i have built a lot of super leach amps, and they easily beat japanese commercial amps.
I started on a SuperLeach a few months ago etching my own boards. I just never could get it to work. I still have it all set up so that hopefully I'll get smarter someday and be able to figure out what I did wrong.
That is why I have been following this thread. Jens' Low TIM was so easy to build I figure buying his boards for this will be a slam dunk. Acenovelty just started a thread about the Superamp he has been working on. Quite clever how he hooked things up. almost no wires.
Anyway, once Jens gets this PCB designed, I'm in for a pair.
Blessings, Terry

That is why I have been following this thread. Jens' Low TIM was so easy to build I figure buying his boards for this will be a slam dunk. Acenovelty just started a thread about the Superamp he has been working on. Quite clever how he hooked things up. almost no wires.
Anyway, once Jens gets this PCB designed, I'm in for a pair.
Blessings, Terry
hi tony,
this may sound weird but besides outdoor PA, i also wanted to use this amp indoor, home theater, house party (w/ my kids just for us to have fun on weekends together), and of course... new years day😀 While picking which amps to build I came to find Lars Clausen high powered Zeta - but Lars doesn't seem to support his high powered version. Quasi's high powered 90V design is very attractive - and quasi's kind enough to share to diy community. I may be new in amp design but i want the best i could get from diy time and money. The super leach is well documented and succesfull for diy'ers- thanks to professor Leach.
One day, I will try quasi's high powered design and use super leach power supply, who knows maybe super leach for mids and highs then quasi's high powered mosfet for bass...
rgds,
roland
this may sound weird but besides outdoor PA, i also wanted to use this amp indoor, home theater, house party (w/ my kids just for us to have fun on weekends together), and of course... new years day😀 While picking which amps to build I came to find Lars Clausen high powered Zeta - but Lars doesn't seem to support his high powered version. Quasi's high powered 90V design is very attractive - and quasi's kind enough to share to diy community. I may be new in amp design but i want the best i could get from diy time and money. The super leach is well documented and succesfull for diy'ers- thanks to professor Leach.
One day, I will try quasi's high powered design and use super leach power supply, who knows maybe super leach for mids and highs then quasi's high powered mosfet for bass...
rgds,
roland
Not a Super Leach (more a Mini Leach !) but…., here is my “Low TIM” PCB arrangement. All devices are onboard (except for the bias diodes, which are in a tight thermal coupling, but that’s another story) including four TO 264 BJT’s. It is single sided for ease of DIY. It could probably be easily converted into a Mosfet design (another thread!). It also carries MikeK’s dual slope SOAR protection scheme. Although I use 47 volt rails, tests on the actual assembly (distortion, square wave response, clipping behaviour etc) all come up to expectations, at least to my test heatsink limitations, about 23W.
Brian.
Brian.
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@terry,
if you were able to get your low tim up and running after the burn-out, you sure can get the super leach amp going.
you can do it! all diy'ers have their fair share of failures, otherwise they do not learn at all.
cheers,
@brian,
niice job! any gerber files we can download, those will make a nice 5.1 system.😀
@rolandong,
looks like you are looking for a high powered setup. good liuck, i suggest you do it ala pro, using nuetrick speaker connections, xlr or phone jack inputs. it is safer that way.
if you were able to get your low tim up and running after the burn-out, you sure can get the super leach amp going.
you can do it! all diy'ers have their fair share of failures, otherwise they do not learn at all.
cheers,
@brian,
niice job! any gerber files we can download, those will make a nice 5.1 system.😀
@rolandong,
looks like you are looking for a high powered setup. good liuck, i suggest you do it ala pro, using nuetrick speaker connections, xlr or phone jack inputs. it is safer that way.
Tony said:@terry,
if you were able to get your low tim up and running after the burn-out, you sure can get the super leach amp going.
you can do it! all diy'ers have their fair share of failures, otherwise they do not learn at all.
cheers,
I'm sure I just have a a bad or wrong componant in there somewhere. I've revisited it a couple of times but couldn't find it. The outputs are not getting enough juice to turn them on.. I've got the Aleph X finished and only a couple of finishing touches to have the second KSA50 complete. Maybe even today. Once that is done, I'll try and dig back into the Superamp. Who knows, maybe I'll get lucky and find it this time. What would be cool is if someone could run the circuit through Spice or something and give me the voltages for the leads of all of the devices. I could probably find the problem then.
What a hobby!
Blessings, Terry
Terry,
I will generate a P-spice during my PCB rework....
I will post results when I get time.
\Jens
I will generate a P-spice during my PCB rework....
I will post results when I get time.
\Jens
JensRasmussen said:Terry,
I will generate a P-spice during my PCB rework....
I will post results when I get time.
\Jens
Your the best! Never change.
Blessings, Terry
hi jens,
what's the purpose of c10 and c13 in your super leach schem. and c6 and c7 in your leach low tim ? just noticed that orig. schem. by leach doesn't have this.
parts list for our schematic pls....
regards,
roland
what's the purpose of c10 and c13 in your super leach schem. and c6 and c7 in your leach low tim ? just noticed that orig. schem. by leach doesn't have this.
parts list for our schematic pls....
regards,
roland
and c6 and c7 in your leach low tim ? just noticed that orig. schem. by leach doesn't have this.
Hi Roland, the purpose of these caps are to couple the amplifier AC.
Think at 10uF MKP parallel with 0,1uF .
Hope to inform you.
Loek
Hi Roland, the purpose of these caps are to couple the amplifier AC.
Think at 10uF MKP parallel with 0,1uF .
Hope to inform you.
Loek
Hi Jens,
Did you ever get a chance to do the P-spice? I wouldn't mind getting the boards I made working.
Thanks, Terry
Did you ever get a chance to do the P-spice? I wouldn't mind getting the boards I made working.
Thanks, Terry
Terry,
I have been working all week and have not had any chrismas holiday yet
Like I said I will post results when I get the time, please be patient.
I wish you all a happy new year - see you on the other side 🙂
\Jens 😎
I have been working all week and have not had any chrismas holiday yet

Like I said I will post results when I get the time, please be patient.
I wish you all a happy new year - see you on the other side 🙂
\Jens 😎
Hi Jens,
Sorry, didn't mean to be a bug. I know you're busy. Just meant it as a reminder. I know you are a busy guy.
Blessings, Terry
Sorry, didn't mean to be a bug. I know you're busy. Just meant it as a reminder. I know you are a busy guy.
Blessings, Terry
Cheers Jens & Terry
Really looking forward to this from the results I had with the standard Leach.
Thanks guys for all the good cheer throughout the year. I Hope you all have safe and peacefull new years celebrations.
Really looking forward to this from the results I had with the standard Leach.
Thanks guys for all the good cheer throughout the year. I Hope you all have safe and peacefull new years celebrations.
I have a layout done, but it needs to be cleaned up....
Have a look here:
PCB ca 650kb:
http://www.delta-audio.com/temp_jens/Super_Leach_ver_1.2_pcb.pdf
Schmatics ca 200kb:
http://www.delta-audio.com/temp_jens/Super_Leach_ver_1.2_sch.pdf
\Jens
Have a look here:
PCB ca 650kb:
http://www.delta-audio.com/temp_jens/Super_Leach_ver_1.2_pcb.pdf
Schmatics ca 200kb:
http://www.delta-audio.com/temp_jens/Super_Leach_ver_1.2_sch.pdf
\Jens
hi i'am new to these group...and i'm still reading all the 3d...wowww
i only want tell: A very Good work guys!
marzio
i only want tell: A very Good work guys!
marzio
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