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MC-300B Global feedback ?

I have read the Yaqin MS-300B has global feed back.
The best I can see its by way of R16 in the attached...
Am I correct ?
 

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The drawing around the feedback network shows a relay coil, its safe to assume it a reed relay that also needs a transistor to drive
it. Thats likely on the pcb board.


Edit beat me too it.

Impressive Amplifier from a design-engineering point of view. As the amplifier is jam packed with functionality.
 
You guys rock..



off topic... Wish I had you guys looking over my shoulder while filling my cart at digikey... Every time I look for something folks say just get this, digikey says, nope.. out of a gazillion parts, we dont have what you want.
For example a 1k 50 watt resistor. only thing they had was in a TO220 ... I must be doing something wrong lol..
 
For anyone who finds this thread in the future, global feedback is painfully obvious in the 300B once you realize where it is! On the 8Ω terminal there are two wires. One from the OPT and a red wire going to the headphone jack. To forever disable, cut the red. Better to put it on a toggle...
 
And every amp needs a control plank.


Yea, the schematic is less than ideal.. additionally they didn't show the pcb and relays on the inputs...



feedback was deemed necessary due to the added gain stages, designer wanted different flavors...if you take out the global feedback, you can try 12au7..


Good to know, will have to dig in deeper as i am still learning.. are there any articles that you know of (newb friendly)?