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    the safety precautions around high voltages.

Universal tube preamp PCB, ECC99/6N6P/ECC88/ECC85/6922/6DJ8 etc. MU follower or SRPP

Thanks Vunce, exactly what I have as well. I think the relay will work either polarity as long as it does not have an internal diode fitted. The data sheet for the relay shows pin 1 positive - so as you have proved it will work either way it seems.
 
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Pin 1 is plus coil.
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A project
Junior line; multi configurable fro different tubes
The THD vs level has a 0 dB = 2 volts
There is also the possibility to insert the pcb of tone control.
Two mwthod of bias: fixed and autobias, configurable
I prefer this configuration due the more detailed sound ( my opinion and some other people)
 

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Thank you Koifarm
What is the voltage rating for 100nf at C1 and C11? 63V should be enough? Is the value of 100nf critical? What is the function of this capacitor ?
I notice the 400 V 10Uf output capacitor. Can i substitute for 4.7Uf , 250 V rating?
 
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Voltage rating C1/C11 should be minimal voltage drop(80/90V)over R5 but at warmup this voltage could be easy 150/200V. To be save use minimum voltage of anode supply(265v).
The upperstage is a active load. It is just a cathode follower. C1 and R6 are a high pass filter the crossover point should be below 20Hz.

The voltage of the output capacitor is the same story as C1.

The value can depend on the inputimpedance off the following stage. It is also a highpass filter.

You can calculate crossoverpoint by freq(hz) =1/(2*3.14*R(ohm)*C(F)).

10uf is good for low impedance like 2k
2.2uf is good for impedance like 10k
and you can use 0.22uf for 100k input impedance.

One thing if you choose capacity to low there is no bass. So do not go cheap.
 
Ok, very thanks for your answer.
May you share the gerber files of your tube preamplifier "Hypex oem version", with the 36pin headers, with schematic? Or maybe you have already published them in another Hypex dedicated topic, even if I don't think so.
Thanks again 🙂