DH 120 does not seem to be from Papa Ernö’s mind, https://hafler.com/pdf/archive/DH-120_amp_man.pdf .
There is a valuable analysis and discussion of Inrush Current Limiter devices at (part numbers included):
Not thrilled with CL-60 inrush limiter in USA/160W Class A First Watt designs
will get you schm for bstrd soon
take care that here is "small signal" NTC, not inrush current limiter
Thanks for pointing that out Zen Mod!
good try, but no go ........ it's well known who's Undisputed King of Dodossness around
here it is
little creativity with wiring (rails first to mosfet cases with fat wires, then tiny wires to FE), it is as this (attached pic)
few things worth trying :
- moving NFB takeout point from R17/R18 node , to output ...... maybe that would squeeze some more damping factor from puny verticals
-NTC could stay mounted on pcb, counting on friendly TempCo of puny verticals
usual disclaimer - blame Pa for everything, which includes each and every stupidity I make in public
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Hmmm...
I happen to have a few sets of matched Hafler lateral Mosfets, from the days when I was collecting old Hafler DH-220 amps just for the fun of it. Even have some matched triples or quads if I'm not picky about them being sourced from the same amp. Just matched by the Hafler number stamp on each part. I also still have the old power transformers, some in matched pairs for dual-mono.
I'm willing to bet that the Stasis front-end will sound pretty good, especially when upgraded with modern components.
I happen to have a few sets of matched Hafler lateral Mosfets, from the days when I was collecting old Hafler DH-220 amps just for the fun of it. Even have some matched triples or quads if I'm not picky about them being sourced from the same amp. Just matched by the Hafler number stamp on each part. I also still have the old power transformers, some in matched pairs for dual-mono.
I'm willing to bet that the Stasis front-end will sound pretty good, especially when upgraded with modern components.
yup, easy to try
btw, I just ordered few FE pcbs, to finally make that Hitachi little jewel functional again
it seems big ugly and amateurish made original pcb is going to be tossed
btw, I just ordered few FE pcbs, to finally make that Hitachi little jewel functional again
it seems big ugly and amateurish made original pcb is going to be tossed
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Thanks again ZM!
in case you can't get Iq of your choice (without source resistors either observe at R in CRC PSU filter, or with DC current clamp ditto on rail wire to drain) , just increase R20 to some bigger standard value
ref. to schm in post #670, say that 1K2 for R20 should give 4V47 , while original (1K) value should give 3V88 between mosfet gates
ref. to schm in post #670, say that 1K2 for R20 should give 4V47 , while original (1K) value should give 3V88 between mosfet gates
A remarquable FE it is: THD is <0.0006% with a resistive load from infinity down to 2K, with a beautiful harmonic spectrum. Adding 1nF in parallel with the load doesn't change the THD value, but the odd harmonics are a bit higher. At 1K load the protection kicks in.
Of course this is from LTspice; but even if it were an order of magnitude worse in real life, I'd still be happy.
