Hi folks, I've noticed a lot of misinformation about people using ferrite (Fe2O3, or commonly referred to as rust) resistors in audio electronics and other electronics. It's actually a horrible choice of material for a resistor. Ferrite is used in antennas! If you want to get hacked offline or to pick up interference from random crap, ferrite is a great choice of material in your resistors.

I think a lot of you are making your own electronics specifically to avoid talentless hacks screwing everything up. If that is the case, you are perhaps better off with some sort of ceramic material for resistors, just make sure your power rating has sufficient watt throughput capability.

The benefit to using ferrite is that the resistors are very small. If you are shielding everything or are not worried about talentless hacks ruining your fun, ferrite is a great choice. Otherwise, choose resistors made out of a different material -- especially if you are in aerospace.

I just got a VPI SDS but I don't think it's operating correctly.

I connected it to my VPI TNT Jr and it worked but pressing the rpm button woudn't do anything nor would the up/down arrows. I messed around with it and was able to change speed by simultaneously pressing rpm & down arrow. I could change the frequency by pressing rpm & up arrow. This would lower the frequency but I can't figure out a way to raise it. I also can't get into setup. The output voltage & frequency match the display.

I assume this is a firmware issue?

Thanks.
Kevin Looker

I‘m trying to simulate the LM3886 with the LM3886.lib from Texas Instruments in LTspice XVII. The schematics is from the datasheet. When I run the simulation, the error log is telling me:



I assume that something is not connected properly but I can‘t figure out what it is?
I renamed the LM3886.asy to LM3886.asy.txt and the LM3886.lib to LM3886.lib.txt, so they can be uploaded with this post.

The Texas Instruments Support can't help with LTspice XVII, because they support only TINA-TI or PSpice.

his has been discussed on and off in the forums... I finally got around to designing and building an interface for using a sound card for making masurements.





Details are here: Soundcard Interface

Pete

Dear members,

I'm looking for a Krell KAV-400Xi KAV 400 XI schematic / service manual.
left power amp is broken.

This build thread associated with this GB:

http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/group-buys/229358-my_ref-fremen-edition-interest-group-buy.html

On the project's OneDrive folder it's available a PDF version of the tutorial, in addition to schematic, BOM, etc..

Also on 7/2013 I've added a video on YouTube of the SMD soldering part:

Apart support and sharing place for builders, goal of the thread is to generate content to complete the tutorial.

Builders, please post your experience, problems, pics and whatever related with your FE build... 😉

Good day,

Anyone happen to know what diode was in place at location D6? It was completely melted out of the amp when I got it. The MJD32C burned the pad up pretty good.

Thanks in advance!

I have a strange setup I'm looking to update. I do the bulk of my music listening in my kitchen and the only place to put speakers to get decent soundstage around the whole room is on the ceiling. So I stumbled on DML speakers and made some 2x2' panels from styrofoam. With some heavy DSP and a sub they sound great honestly.

However I am just kind of bored and looking for a change so I want to keep the same ceiling hung config but build new speakers that address the shortcomings of the DML panels. The shortcomings are basically general inefficiency, high LF rolloff (about 200-250Hz from what I remember) and the heavy handed DSP to flatten the response. The great thing about them is the imaging- there is basically no beaming, at least to my ears, which is great considering how much I move around the kitchen.

So I am looking to make new 2x2' panel speakers with conventional drivers that have minimal beaming/max dispersion all the way up the frequency range. My gut says to just pair an in ceiling speaker with a high QTS 10-12" driver and call it a day. But I'm also open to running a WMT 3 way setup as well. Imaging doesn't have to be perfect.... I just don't want any high frequency hot spots in the room. What do you recommend?

Great day guys, this amp keeps blowing out the rail caps mainly the negative side, what could be the issue why it’s doing that, power on ok, then even with low volume it’s just pops the caps, I’ve change them but there seems to be an issue otherwise.

Good Morning. Here’s my Second post to clean out some stuff I don't need.

1. I have a lot of Gotham Audio wires and connections I bought from swisher land and shipped to my house. Never used.

2. I have a few Belden speaker wires and so on for sale. Never used.

3. I have some Canare Wires all speaker wires and the 4S11 (O.F.C.) I paid more for per. Foot and the regular 4S11 cables. Never used.

4. I have some whirl wind speaker wires and cbi Speaker wire and West penn wire as well. I have Redco’s only House brand speaker wire too. I have very little Dayton Audio wire but, I have some.


I have some Binding post from Dayton Audio and Gotham Cables and RCA plugs as well.

I have quick connections Gold and silver ones for speaker cable and driver hook ups.

I can take pictures and send them to anyone who wants to see pictures of the products.

I would love to sell local it would be a lot of little things to ship out. I also Have the wire in a sealed container.


E mail me with Questions about things for sale. I can be reached at Jmboo1922@gmail.com. Thanks Jeff

diyAudio Universal Power Supply Circuit Board v3 illustrated build guide. (October 2013)

(Any photo with a link directly below will go to full-size file of the photo)

This build guide will show a typical use of the diyAudio PSU v3 circuit board. This specific build will be suitable for any of the Pass/Firstwatt amps that use a +/-25V supply. If you need a higher voltage make sure you use capacitors of a suitable voltage rating for your project. You may always have a higher voltage rating, but do not use a cap with a lower voltage rating than your rails.

Useful Links

BOM - https://www.diyaudio.com/forums/images/diy/store/board-documentation/P-PSU-1V30/P-PSU-1V30-bom.xls
Schematic - https://www.diyaudio.com/forums/ima...mentation/P-PSU-1V30/P-PSU-1V30-schematic.pdf


PSU18 - My Photo Gallery


((Do not connect 2-leg TO-220 diodes as shown. See photos in 'heatsink' section.))
PSU36 - My Photo Gallery
Fully stuffed






PCB scale

Dimensions -


PCB dimensions





PSU14 - My Photo Gallery
The heatsinks are one inch post spacing. Look at the BOM for a specific part suggestion and find something similar that you can use. The sinks I used in this guide are of the same outer profile, so they fit the pads perfectly, but are quite a bit taller. A number of parts will be available that will work.


IMG_2134 - My Photo Gallery
This board can accept capacitors of up to 35mm diameter.



Equally important is the lead spacing - the caps should be 10mm 'snap in'. 10mm radial leads will work as well, but usually the bigger diameter caps have the 'snap in' leads.

For more information on dimensions of the specific parts, please consult the BOM for suggested parts, and cross-reference from that part's datasheet. http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/images/diy/store/board-documentation/P-PSU-1V30/P-PSU-1V30-bom.xls

Board features -


The bridge diode section of the board can utilize either TO-247/TO-3P (larger) package devices or TO-220 (smaller). If heat dissipation / heatsinking is not an issue, you could also use conventional axial-leaded diodes. (Not shown.)


IMG_2135 - My Photo Gallery
If you would like to use snubbers on the rectifier diodes you will find that there is room for them on the top of the PCB, and inside the heatsinks.


IMG_2141 - My Photo Gallery
If you don't find enough room there, or would like to try a different snubber layout, there is plenty of place to connect on the bottom of the PCB, as you will always have one of the d=sets of diode pads empty - you can only use one type of diode at a time, for example if you are using the TO-220, the TO-247 pads will be empty and you may make connections there.


IMG_2142 - My Photo Gallery
For designs that require one, there is also room for a snubber on the output. (Per rail)

Also worth noting, in this photo you can see the multiple solder pads for the output - the row towards the edge is for the euroblock connectors, and the inner row, with the larger pads, for wire. There is also a place for a blade terminal. (Near the board edge, on the outside. To be better illustrated in a later photo.)



Building / Stuffing



PSU41 - My Photo Gallery
This photo shows all the parts that will be used in this guide.
Starting at top and circling clockwise -
Capacitors and 'euroblock' connectors
(8) filter or 'pi' resistors
Diode heatsinks and diodes (TO-220 package shown)
(2) bleeder resistors
LED and LED resistors
AMP terminal blades

As this board has the scoring to let you separate it if you so choose, you need to notice that there is no connection from the diodes to the first capacitors nor across GND. These must be connected.

The PCB has no connection from diodes to capacitor.


The PCB also has no connection to make GND.

Since I am planning on keeping this PCB intact for the amp I am building, I need to make a connection form the diodes to the capacitor bank, and a connection to establish ground.


You can see all the links here (diode links not soldered in this photo)


GND links. The pads on most of this PCB are all through-plated and big enough to solder from the top if you choose.


PSU28 - My Photo Gallery
In general stuffing should be from the smaller devices to the bigger devices, so the resistors and such should be first. The filter resistors are on the outside, then the LED and LED resistors (the small brown one) and inboard are the bleeder resistors.
The silkscreen markings at the LED pads are slightly obscured, and the break in the circle, indicating where the flat of the LED should go (cathode, negative, short leg) is a little bit confusing. The legs of the LED go as shown. You can also see another link at the top of the PCB where I joined GND together.


The blades are actually taller than the euroblocks, so don't solder them first!



PSU27 - My Photo Gallery
The output edge shown with all the connectors in place

Capacitors -



As mentioned before, this PCB can accept caps with 10mm lead spacing and up to 35mm diameter. This photo shows 35mm caps next to 30mm. You will also commonly find some appropriate values in 25mm diameter.


PSU32 - My Photo Gallery
The addition of the large solder pads has obscured the markings on the PCB and the ' + ' mark is somewhat hard to make out. In each case the Positive side is marked with the open rectangle and the negative the white or filled-in rectangle. Remember that electrolytic capacitors are usually only marked on the Negative side.


PSU9 - My Photo Gallery
Note capacitor direction - you can see the negative markings on each capacitor.

Heatsinks -





The heatsinks used in this guide were chosen as they were of proper dimension to fit the PCB, and in-stock at the time I ordered them. They are a little tall, but as Nelson Pass says, there is no such thing as too much heatsink… I do suggest you try to get something that will fit a TO-247/TO-3P package as it will also mount the TO-220, whereas the slightly narrower inner profile of this heatsink will only mount the smaller diode. Regardless, it's quite easy to get really nice, suitable diodes in whichever package - you want 20A, 200V minimum diodes.


A little grease is helpful on the full-pack devices. Secure to the heatsink with a nut and screw. This is a 4-40 screw, about the same size as M3.

Please Read - If you use a conventional TO-220 diode or TO-247/TO-3P it's a very good idea to use an insulator between the device and the heatsink. But it's not necessary - although if you choose not to the heatsinks will probably be live. The heatsinks themselves solder to the PCB and are in holes that have no electrical connection, and aluminum anodize is actually not very conductive, but I would still suggest using an insulator. (Or a full-pack TO-220)



Feel free to snap off the diode section and use bridges. They work and sound great!

NOTE - I strongly suggest not separating the capacitor board if at all possible. With it intact, you can run multiple jumpers (as shown) to tie GND together and have a low-impedance, and therefore quiet GND. Splitting it will complicate making a quiet circuit. FYI.


Example wiring.

I’m recently new to the hifi hobby and have always been intrigued by building things yourself. I’ve studied electronics and embedded systems in schools even though IT was always my major. Now I’m looking to re-ignite my interest in electronics via hifi. 🤓

Hello.

I have two couple of speakers with altec lansing 409-8c coaxial drivers, each of them driven by an integrated tube amp. One couple of these altec goes first through the speaker level imputs of two vintage Yamaha subwoofers. A couple of pictures, so you will understand:






These Altec speakers have a sensitivity of 97 db, nominal impedance 8 ohm and minimum impedance 6 ohm, and an advertised frequency response of 50 hz/14 khz.

I would like these speakers to be driven in parallel by just one amplifier, each channel going first through one active subwoofer, then two coaxials in parallel and, in order to have a higher impedance as a result, I would like to add a 16 ohm vintage compression driver and horn for each channel, with a crossover like EV c35.

Do you think it will work? What kind of impedance will I have? What vintage compression driver and horn do you recommend? What crossover?

(I can't build a crossover myself, I'm quite a novice)

What kind of sensitivity will I have with two 97db speakers in parallel for each channel? 100 db?

In short, each channel, after the amplifier, there will be a subwoofer, two coaxial drivers Altec 409 in parallel, then a crossover and a compression driver and horn. The horn will go on top of two speakers.

In short, if this is feasible, what I lack is compression drivers, horns and crossovers, and also the knowledge. Compression drivers and horns should not be very heavy. I've got fibromyalgia and can't lift heavy weights.

Thanks in advance.

Hello Everyone how are you all 🙂. My diy Lampucera has arrived. It has not come with any instructions. It has two power supply transformers I don't know where the one with yellow wires connects. As I look at everything to do with the dac it's starting to become clearer what to do and one of the things is ask a friend of mine who solders better than me to help me. To test it to see if it works do I need a metal case first and is everything I need to get it working in this kit I know I need a power cable to connect it to the on off power connector that comes with it.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/18672783...46UT_E9QjS&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

Hi All,

Im a hifi enthusiast from Malaysia with limited DIY experience. I picked up hifi during my university time in the mid 90s in the UK. It seems the bug is still with me until now. I run 2 sets of stereo separates, one with ole chrome and the other with olive naim amplifiers at the heart, sources are Arcams and Audiolabs and speakers are Epos and Mission.

3 days ago, my trusty 30 year old Arcam Black Box 50 stopped working. One thing I notice is that the sync lock light is stuck ON all the time (cannot be switched off) and there's no red light at the sync lock terminal at the back of the unit. My go-to CD player repairman asked if I can get a hold of the correct circuit schematics. He's got the repair manuals, but its not sufficient it seems.

I was wondering if anyone here can assist me on this issue, or even help with the circuit schematics of the Arcam Black Box 50. I can be contacted via WhatsApp at +60123827078. Thanking all in advance and looking forward to making your acquaintances and sharing of ideas here.

I recently published an article in audioXpress (September 2024) about a new family of loudspeaker crossovers that I call "DFE Crossovers". The filters that make up these crossovers are derived from elliptic filters (giving rise to the DFE name) are characterized by:

• steep transition bands, up to ~150dB/octave
• a stopband that is finite in depth, typically 40dB-50dB but sometimes more
• excellent LP+HP summation with very low ripple
• low group delay (below the threshold of audibility reported in the literature)

The elliptic filter is described by more parameters and has more degrees of freedom compared to all-pole crossovers. This provides additional degrees of freedom, making it possible to trade off steepness, stopband depth, ripple, and group delay. I used an optimization technique combined with an objective function that attempts to balance all of these characteristics of the crossover and its constituent filters. These crossovers make use of two lesser-known notch filter responses: the highpass-notch and the lowpass-notch. When expressed as a series of first and second order stages, an elliptic filter uses only the LP-notch or HP-notch 2nd order stages, with odd order filters having a single additional all-pole LP or HP filter. I described the LP-notch and HP-notch in an aricle in the August issue of AudioXpress. It includes a suggested circuit for an analog-active implementation as well as a C++ code to calculate the IIR transfer function coefficients that can be plugged into a DSP processor that can accept them.

The DFE family consists of over 30 examples, having order from 3 to 8. Variations such as "squared" crossovers (like the Linkwitz-Riley crossover) and combinations of all-pole and DFE crossovers (AP-DFE), are included in the "family". The AP-DFE type can be implemented as a mixed passive+active hybrid, with the all-pole part implemented as a passive crossover and the DFE part using analog active or IIR DSP means. This has the advantage of suppressing harmonic distortion within the LP filter passband (see this Purifi tech note for more information).

The audioXpress article provides full details on the DFE crossovers, but I will provide a couple of examples below. I typically present the lowpass filter response, a zoomed-in view of the LP+HP sum, and the group delay of the crossover. The highpass filters is simply the lowpass mirrored about the crossover frequency. Please see the following attachments:

The elliptic-like response of these crossovers is well suited to loudspeaker crossovers because stopband attenuation of more than about 50dB is not necessary. Instead it is better is to quickly transition between passband and stopband (e.g. the transition band is narrow). Most non-FIR filters with such narrow transition bands would produce excessively high group delay that would cause audible phase distortion, but I have used the extra degrees of freedom to design the DFE Family filters to have sufficiently low group delay as to not give rise to audible distortion in the time domain signal.

Overall these filters offer an interesting mix of capabilties that has not yet been available except through FIR filtering. The DFE filters can be implemented with analog active circuits or IIR DSP, and remain easy to use and relatively lightweight. You can download information about the complete DFE Crossover family at the following link:
https://audioxpress.com/files/attachment/2777




.

As spin-off of thread below I build a unbalanced tube input board for my purifi modules as mentioned in the thread below.
https://www.diyaudio.com/community/...urifi-1et400a-amps.379211/page-3#post-7027789



Picture from Jasper84

I made a PCB for the unbalanced version, a 6n6p tube with mu-follower topology.
The preamp has a gain of 9 times and no problems to drive the 2k2 input impedance of the 1et400a modules.
Timing circuit around Q1 has a 13 seconds delay. This gives the tubes time to heat up without getting a big thump and shutdown the amp modules without strange noises.
Led D2/3 is on the “amp on” signal and can be mounted in a B9A socket with a hole in the middle. Tube bottom will light up when amp is on.







Combined this input board with 2 x 1et400a Purifi amp and Hypex smps1200a400 and smps 265v/6.3V then you get amp in picture below.



This amp is a pleasure to listen to.

Would anyone have a Dynakit z565 output transformer, either a new or a used one in good electrical condition that you would be willing to sell?

Forgive me while I learn these full bridge amps.

This amp powers on, makes rail voltage but has clip light on.

Output doesn't seem to be switching. I believe if I lift Diodes 10/11 that will force the MIC8280 (U7) to send pulses? The driver ICs are CSC3127's? Can't find much of anything on them. They then seem to feed 2 pair of 1797/4672 buffers.

What's the best plan of approach here?

Outputs don't seem to be shorted.

One 1 set of outputs I have G(55v) D(124v) S(55v)
Other set of outputs I have G(0V) D(55v) S(0v)

Same on both sides of the amp.

I bought this massive transformer several years ago and never realised this project. It is the 15 watt OTL with EL509 Tubes.
It is made by a very well regarded German company, it also has a magnetic shield.
Some parts come with it, see Photo.
I also can add eight 6s45p tubes for 70€, they should work fine.
Preferably shipping to Europe, as it is pretty heavy which will drive shipping cost up.
Price 200 Euro for the whole package including tubes, 130 without.

(update) Wellers solding station not sold. Thanks everyone. Good Afternoon. I have the Following Items for sale. Fell feel to make me in offer even after I put what am asking for? I can also send pictures. Here is my
E mail. Jmboo1922@gmail.com

Items for sale.

Sold1.Bass box and Crossover pro programs with books cd and both product numbers. Asking $50.00 and You pay shipping. Books in excellent condition.

Sold/2.Dayton Dats v3 mint condition comes with everything and even the original box. I also thrown in the mass scale new and the Probe that slows down your speaker and so on and the original woofer test 2 from Smith and Larson with everything it comes with and even the box. and The winspeakerz and the subwoofer tool box program. Am asking $120.00. You pay for shipping. (If you do local pick up I will Give away a tripod and a 4x8 piece of acoustic foam to put around the tripod).

(Not sold yet)A. I have a digital Weller a soldering station with a soldering smoke fan. I’m asking $100.00. Brand new never used any of them. I have paper work on both. You pay for shipping.

I will only ship to the 48 United States. Thanks Jeff

2" Peerless by Tymphany - nice driver, right ?

https://audioxpress.com/article/test-bench-peerless-by-tymphany-full-range-2-pls-50n25al01-08

wait what is this ?



20% THD ? how ???

well ...

"For the distortion measurement, I mounted the Peerless by Tymphany 2” rigidly in free air"

he always does that ... FREE AIR ... WHY ??? he had it mounted in an enclosure for his other tests:

"I mounted the PLS-50N full-range in an enclosure, which had a 9” × 4” baffle and was filled with damping material (foam)."

but for distortion measurement it is now in free air ... "rigidly mounted" ... he says it like it's some kind of an achievement ... as if mounting it flexibly would produce a different result ...

that makes no sense ... of course without enclosure the low frequency of fundamental will get cancelled out by the back wave while the higher frequency of harmonics will not, causing the measured ratio of harmonic to fundamental to shoot way up to something absurd like 20% THD ...

does anybody actually believe that a driver from a major manufacturer would have 20% THD in the middle of the passband when measured correctly ?

why does he keep doing this ? isn't he the guy who wrote the loudspeaker design cookbook ? surely he knows better ?

what is going on ?

Omicron is:

• A compact, ultra-low distortion headphone amplifier that we developed jointly with @Rus2000 from the RCL-electro.ru forum
• Designed to work with 32 to 600 ohm headphones and tested with a range of over-the-ear and on-the-ear cans from AKG, Beyerdynamic, Grado, Klipsch, and Sennheiser but proved to be equally at ease with lower impedance headphones, such as 8-ohm AKG's K3003 3-way in-ear monitors and 18-ohm HIFIMAN's planar magnetic HE5XX; the ubiquitous white Apple EarPods (tethered ones, both 1st and 2nd generation) sound great with Omicron, too!
• Very musical, with pure, clean, liquid sound and perfect clarity even in the most harmonically complex pieces. Those who built the Omicron often report that its sound is addictive, and that it is hard to put the headphones down when listening to music.

First hand experiences:

The sound immediately fascinated me so much that I began listening without adjusting the quiescent current. You want to turn up the volume, no mess, even the quietest sounds are clearly heard, but at the same time the sound is very comfortable, not harsh, a beautiful three-dimensional scene. Very nice bass. In short, top notch!

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donovas said:

... sounds flawless and works equally well. [...] The claimed <140db probably holds true because this design sounds cleaner and smoother than anything ive built and that includes single opamp setups and well known discretes.

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bloqhed said:

This amp is fantastic, I've been listening away and taking notes for a better review, spent a few hours last night playing games with it, worked wonderfully. It really blows all of my other headphone amps and line amps out of the water. The clarity is surreal.

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Last night compared Omicron with my composite LT1210 based headamp. At first, it seemed that the LT1210 sounds softer and more beautiful, but after listening to Omicron for about an hour, I switched back and realized that now I want an Omicron for myself! With the same tonal balance, it gives an accurate, fast, assertive bass and better conveys space. Sounds great on good recordings.

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Will2226 said:

...the sound really is fantastic. [...] It's a huge step up from [...] bottlehead crack with the speedball upgrade.
The soundstage is really amazing with my hifiman cans and there's a wonderful amount of detail. Very liquid sounding and the amp just seems to do everything right. The amp runs very cold too, the case never even gets warm.

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jwchen119 said:

The Omicron is a fantastic headphone amp and preamp, the background is more black and bass is more deeper and punchier. Also the clarity is absolutely amazing, the vocal is no doubt much clear from the track "Mistakes from Lake Street Dive" than before.
And the crossfeed did something, especially from older track or some track that the musical instrument sounds are more biased toward the left and right channels. Toggle on the crossfeed makes the soundstage a bit wider and the sound is no more at the front but a bit lay back, more natural.

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I have the feeling my old Beyerdynamic DT-880S from 1984 in combination with the Omicron never sounded that good.

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Sounds good! [It has] no sound of its own. The resolution is there, and so is the bass. Highs and mids are very clean. I have been using it for a month, will put it in a case now.

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danbmellow said:

This little amp is something else. Listening last night it really started to open up after a couple of hours. Bass goes deeper than any of my other headamps. Very black background. Smooth yet detailed. I ended up listening much later than I had planned. Very musical. Definitely a keeper.

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ElArte said:

Easy to build and excellent.

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Features:

• Vanishingly low distortion: with THD and IMD better than -140dB (0.000 01% - that's only 100 parts-per-billion), Omicron is orders of magnitude more linear than other "high-performance" and "ultra-high performance" amplifiers
• Compact: Just one IC and two transistors per channel
• Inexpensive, commonly available parts (NE5532, BD139, BD140; under $40 at Mouser for the whole BOM)
• Easy through-hole construction (NEW: a smaller board with easy-to-hand-solder SMT parts has been developed, see its photo above)
• Functionally complete: One 80×110mm (60×90mm for the SMT version) board carries two amplifier channels, a sensitive DC protection for your headphones and an optional (switchable in the SMT version) cross-feed circuit, which helps create a realistic soundstage in headphones

Simplified schematic (links to the full schematic are below):

IMD 19+20kHz, 5Vpp @32ohm (see post #11 for more measurements):

Theory of operation:

• Schematic design: post #2
  • Mod: increasing input impedance: post #67 (this mod is now the stock version and part of the BOMs linked below)
• Loop gain (simulated): post #27
• Crossfeed schematic and frequency response: post #33
• DC protection: post #34
• Power supply: post #35

Measured performance:

• Distortion, clip, frequency response: post #11
• Distortion and clip for the SMT version with no heatsinks and half the quiescent current: post #109

Schematics, board outlines and other reference information:

• Through hole Omicron board
  • Schematic: post #295
  • Board outline: post #142 - includes a discussion of how to fit Omicron into 1U enclosure
  • Part list: post #155
  • Winding the output inductor: post #71
  • Mod: crossfeed switch board by @gajira: post #334
  • Mouser shared project - order all parts for this board in one click
• SMT Omicron board
  • Schematic: post #297
  • Board outline: post #299
  • Part list: post #298
  • Mouser shared project - order all parts for this board in one click
• Power supply board
  • Schematic and board outline: post #300
  • Part list: post #301
  • Mouser shared project - order all parts (except the power transformer, see post #174 for what's recommended) for this board in one click
• Assembly guide: post #225
• Choosing volume control: post #170
• Mod: running Omicron from +/-12V rails
• Opamp substitution: one, two.

Build examples:

• Post #173 - yours truly
• Post #226 - @bloqhed
• Post #287 - @ElArte - Fallout themed!
• Post #311 - @ElArte, another build
• Post #330 - @Will2226
• Post #393 - @Mulburg - in a vintage toaster!
• Post #402 - @emuffler
• Post #425 - @Mulburg, a more conservative build
• Post #479 - @jwchen119
• Post #545 - @namghiwook

Hi - The Undearm Incident here.
Never forget

Hiya, I'm joining this site in an attempt to learn how to fully fix my beloved NAD 7240PE and also just absorb more knowledge on audio amps in general 🙂

I am new to this site. From Australia. I have signed up to talk with audio professionals about live PA systems. I have built a 20hz tuned tapped horn, and a FLH line array kick bin for drum and bass/ house rave parties. I currently have an event startup for rave parties within my state. I am also a software engineer and have some ideas I'll be developing over the next few years. Id love to chat with individuals and share ideas I have.

Hi All,

Im a hifi enthusiast from China with limited DIY experience.

I’m from Montana and I’m here because I have a unique Rockford fosgate amp that nobody locally appreciates and so I’ve been having issues selling it for even half what it goes for. It’s a vintage t1000bd from what I can tell it’s a 25 to life edition and it works with no issues. Any help pointing me in the right direction would be neat oh and I’m looking to get somewhere between 3-500 out of it.

Hello,

i am embarked on my first DSP/Amp trial and ran into some issues regarding the gain structure with this board. While programming and measuring it with REW i got the board very easily into clipping (REW output measured at 1.5 Volts Output) without getting even full power on the outputs of the board (was not trying to anyway). So my question in general is, does someone have/had experience with tinysine boards and is able to tell, how to approach this whole topping of using an analog input without getting it into clipping/distortion whilst getting maximum output possible?
There are some dip switches on the board which i did not even touch and i am running it with a propper 36 Volts power supply.
Would be glad to getting pointed into some directions how to avoid clipping with the analog inputs!

Greets Swany

Hi.
I got the MF-A1 for repair.
Someone had tried to repair the beast before and has done some strange stuff.
I have tried to replace all suspect parts.
One side of output transistors were dead.

So now after replacing and recapping, the amp doesn´t work.
I have about 400mV on the outputs and my output transistors don´t work and are not turned on.
Output transistors are healthy and all other transistors too.
Anybody have an idea?
looks like I am missing something but I can´t figure it out...

Thx.

This is a new thread started from a rando post here: https://www.diyaudio.com/community/threads/headshakes-far-field-3way.382393/post-7434715

I've made a 3" ETON + t25b box before and this will be a reworking of the same setup. I like the idea of being able to swap out the HF/MF boxes.

The Seas L26ROY is in a PartsExpress box. It is by chance that it fits without any adjustment.

I will measure the drivers next and make an ideal sim to reference along the way.

The JA-0801 is in a foam baffle for now. I used some Loctite power grab and some wood skewers to hold the stand together. Metal screws are holding the driver down.



The hypex FA123 can be seen at the bottom of the image.

The tweeter will be picked later.

A translated info sheet about the dome:

I'm not really trying to transform the 'pi. I just to make it store and play music. I have the RPi 4 with 8gb ram. Is there any downsides to using it as a media player? The major upside for me is space. I'm using a big clunky PC in a ATX mid tower that is hooked up to my JVC Audio/receiver/dac/amp now. I'd really like to clean that area up nice and neat. I'd like to hear some dos/donts from people who are using one. I'm not looking to make chicken salad from chicken s**t but I would like a good sounding system. TIA

Hello,
You can make an offer !

I have a Nikko Beta II preamp (the D-TYPE) that has too much gain for modern sources.
Is there any way to decrease its gain by some 15dB?
Service manual attached.
Any input is appreciated!

Good morning,
I have an opamp in my hands, the OP27, possibly to be used as a reference for a regulator circuit. I later realized from the datasheet that an example circuit is also a phono stage in a preamp.
I was wondering out of curiosity if anyone has ever used it like this, and if it sounds good despite being a rather obsolete component. Thank you

Having just built a LM3886 chip amp and finding it too clean, I'm looking to add some tube warmness. I don't need any gain in a preamp, but a buffer with a cathode follower would probably be too clean. I need a grounded cathode stage. I whipped this up:



It seems to work on the bench, 2V P-P in, 2V P-P out. However, I have a very janky benchtop SMPS, and there's a lot of noise on the scope so I can't really measure anything. Is this thing a good idea, or an abomination? I would think the amount of feedback would squash a lot of the harmonic distortion. Should I go with a voltage divider at the input and AC couple the cathode follower without the feedback? Thanks, all.

Good Morning Everyone. I am cleaning out some of my Raw drivers that has never developed into projects I wanted to get done. So I have the following Drivers
for sale.They have never been used and are in a non smoke environment. They have been stored in a controlled environment and it never gets to hot or cold. They are in their original boxes. I will only ship to the 48 United States. I have the following for Drivers for sale. I will be moving into a smaller house Eventually and am going to get rid of everything I don’t use or needed anymore. Spring cleaning.

Mark Audio Drivers.

💥(Updates)1.MAOP 11- Driver’s. Original cost $589.00 a pair. Am asking $400. 00 for the pair . . You pay for shipping.

Sold/ 2.MAOP-5 Driver’s. Original Cost $277.00 a pair. Asking $200.00 you pay for shipping.


2. Puvia Seven HD in the gold color. Original cost $99.40 a pair. Am asking $60.00 a pair you pay shipping

Fostex Full Range driver.

1. FE126E speakers. Am asking a $100.00 A pair. You pay For shipping. New

2.FE126NV speaker. Original cost $140.00 a pair.New Asking $110.00you pay for Shipping.

(Updated)A. Dayton Audios RS125-4 5 inch reference 4 ohm speakers brand new. Cost per. Driver is $44.98. Asking $60.00 and you play for shipping.

Sold/ B. I have a pair of Vifa/ Peerless Ring tweeters the 4 ohm version. Model XT25SC90-04. $21.29 each. Asking 30.00 a pair you pay shipping .(Given away with Fostex speakers).

Sold/ C. I have some paper cone tweeters from Parts Express as a buy out. I think 4 of them at O.68 cents each. (Given away with Fostex Speakers).

I would like to sell for local pick up unless someone is willing to pay for shipping?
For these items listed below.

1. CHN-50P Driver’S. Original cost $40.00 a pair plus shipping was around $14.00. Am asking $25.00 a pair. You pay for shipping.

2.Auible Physics 2” inch speakers. (Newark Company and use to me MCM Electronics). Cost $22.40 each so $44.80 is the total cost plus $15.00 Shipping. So I would like to get $20.00 for the set. You pay shipping.

(Updated price)1. Used Am for sale. Dayton Audios
APA102 BT.Class D amplifier blue tooth. Cost. $184.98 I’m asking $80.00 and I will throw in a nice pair of Studio Master speakers for free. Local Pick up. Speakers

Speaker boxes for sale$

(Updated).A. Frugal Horn XL speaker boxes for sale. I have new Dayton Audio Binding post and Wire for these speakers. Pictures added now. Make me an offer for these boxes.

I can send pictures of speakers you are looking for or interested in. You can e mail me at
Jmboo1922@gmail.com with any questions and offers if you think it’s reasonable? Thanks Jeff

Sold ( Thank You) but, wasn’t in the selling post. Fostex FF166K ENAbled Drivers From planet 10 Hi-Fi.

Sold (Thank you) But, Wasn’t on this selling post. RCA ends. Sold. I have no more left of this item.

There's been a few threads about THD and its pros and cons and they always devolve into philosophical discussions.

So what about IMD (InterModulation Distortion)? I came across an article by Nelson Pass where he argues that it's a much bigger problem than THD and I agree with him, since IMD is a non-musical distortion. As we all know, all musical instrument produce harmonics, so harmonic distortion blends into the music, whereas IMD is going to be "off key".

I did a crude measurement of the IMD using the SMPTE method on my latest build. It came out to about 0.02% on a resistive load and slightly higher on a speaker. I think it was at around 5W. Is that good? Should I be worried? How do you mitigate IMD? Does a high OLG increase the risk of IMD? I know that Pass argues that you should get rid of the feedback altogether, but that opens a whole new can of worms.

I'm here to learn from you smarties. 😀 (And comments like "Don't measure, just listen" aren't useful. I want to understand the theory)

Good evening, I wanted to share my silly project about making two speakers from stuff I had lying around / was gifted to me
All the information relative to this are well written and illustrated on my blog https://www.mimifactory.com/, otherwise this post would've become too long.

A friend gifted me some old car speakers, instead of throwing them away. Plus I got some broken panasonic speakers that I had laying around for a while.
It was quite simple taking the plastic cover away, but then i realized there was no hole for the tweeter and there were two big open slots, that I had to cover if I wanted to make an enclosed loudspeaker.
I drilled a hole with a hole saw but it was too big so I had to 3D print a gasket lol
And make two wood pieces by hand to fill the two big slots.
Capacitor in series with the small speaker = high pass filter kinda
Disconnected central coil from second speaker otherwise I had too many highs

Glued everything, filled with silicone, covered the outer silver parts with some wood grain texture adhesive, and then made a front cover mesh from unused wood and old cloth.
I am currently using them with the subwoofer unit of a LM1875 based 2.1 sound system that had its satellites missing.
I wouldn’t call this Hi-Fi, but it’s pleasant enough to allow me to not always use my headphones and have my hair always messy xD
Great for youtube, videocalls, etc. Basically free as well

Hey everyone, got a JL Audio 500/1 that i disassembled to paint the heatsinks, unfortunately when reassembling i forgot to put insulator between output mosfets and the heatsink. when powering up i got green light, then low load warning light and smoke, i quickly disconnected power supply. upon first inspection i got one of output fets fried and 5 power supply transistors shorted. power supply gate resistors all measure about 47 ohm. any chance i can fix the thing just just using my soldering skills and a multimeter? i dont have oscilloscope on hand, any help would be appreciated.
Best regards

You will have seen that I'm pleased with my ER18RNX/27TDFC MTMs, so why a possible project?

It started when Mark (Islandpink) told me of his very successful speaker, Purify 6.5 inch with Satori beryllium in a TM reflex box; I know Mark and trust his judgement highly, so I know this is an exceptionally good speaker.
I need more sensitivity so I was wondering how good a MTM might be with these drivers.

Fun project?
I like what I have. The usual questions about an upgrade:
What don't you like about the present speakers?
What do you think could be improved?
What kind of change are you looking for?
My answers are pretty much nothing to all. So the project is a bit of a risk, in that I might find no substantial difference, or I might not like the differences. So I'd do it as a fun project,, for the sake of trying something (possibly) different; also I need to keep active for health reasons and a nice bit of DIY work is a good thing.

Research into the Purifi also suggested that Seas W18NX-003 nextel driver is of a similarly high quality, and this is often used with Seas Crescendo tweeter to good effect; yes, I know that tweeter is said to be overpriced, but if it's kind of similar to 27TDFC but usefully better it could suit me very well.

I know there are lots of good drivers out there, but the ER18RNX is excellent so I think only the above woofers are likely to be better.

The WAF factor remains the same, so size is limited to about 40ins high, 8 inches wide (perhaps 8.5), 12 inches deep (perhaps 13); MTM to get the cone area I need for SET amp.

2 choices so far.
Seas W18nx003, Crescendo tweeter; would give me very much what I have, but hopefully somewhat improved, little risk, not a major gain. Fairly easy to design and develop a crossover. Safe option, but less gain?

Purifi PTT6.5W08-NFA-01 (the higher sensitivity one), Satori beryllium; looks to give exceptional transparency, very good sound generally, likely more to gain but higher risk. Crossover could be awkward. Some people find the need for corrections to be applied; Dennis Murphy reckons it's harder to work with than most, may need 4th order crossover and I'm way out of my depth here!
However, these drivers are used in his Salk Bepure 2 in a 2 way TMM, and reports about this speaker are amazingly good, highly tempting. This, and Mark's info, are tempting me to have a go with these drivers.
If so, I'll need to do a lot of research into crossovers and will definitely need help here.

I think both would be excellent speakers.

Yes, I know the SEAS drivers would fit the existing cabinet. The problem is, I'd find it hard to evaluate the results, I really need both at the same time. But it's something to consider for the future.

If I go ahead, it won't be just yet, possibly about May time.

Any comments welcomed.

Looking for opinions. I'm a new owner of a Denafrips T2 DAC. Interesting piece, what is also interesting is their choice of WIMA caps. MKS from what I can tell are used in the filtering section, and I think FKP on the output. I've had mixed to poor results with WIMA polyester in the past, maybe in the filter section they might be ok, augment/bypass the electrolytic bank, but on the output and/or coupling the DAC resistor ladder, I would have chosen different if I were designing maybe.

Interested in opinions. I was looking at some Charcroft Audio Silver Mica as a possible FKP replacement, fitting MKP will be tough and wouldn't want to make a mess of it visually. Some polys in the filter section would have been nice, what are the thoughts on this? It's as good as it gets with WIMA MKS/FKP?

Some might remember my proof of concept using CDSP as a preamp. My initial tests sparked this DIY Amp project. I thought it would take some time but not this long! I wasn't even sure it would work but since its playing right now I thought I would share this build and my experiences from it. It will take several posts to cover it all so I thought I break it down into the following topics:

• Background
• Concept and Design
• Hardware Selection
• Fabrication
• RPi 2040 Pico and Controls
• HiFiBerry DAC+ ADC and UR23
• RPi Zero 2 W and CamillaDSP
• Final Thoughts

The background is already more or less covered by my proof of concept post. I will post the rest in this thread as soon as I get the time to put each piece together. Until then, a couple of images of the final amplifier, front, back and besides my custom built TD-115.

I just uploaded the best Rock songs from my Collaborations albums. Here's the link.
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Been way too long and missing many wonderful things happen in the forum
to busy sorry to say .
Most of you know that i currently construct P3A and allready produced 5231 different PCB implementing mods and different styles .
2026 will be 20 years ( man time flyies ) that i am doing that .....

So since i am having a brake from too much work ( had a really rough last year concidering volume of work ) i am willing to construct once more but this time with regulated rails or capacitance multiplier ....

Quad did in the past , Naim did in the past and soon (since classAB is a dead end ) we will see one of the big names of hi end comming with one machine ( range 50K ) that will be a typical hi end class AB ( includes extreme enclosure style and loads of transistors ) but this time with IGBT regulated rails .

Question is that if anyone thinks that is going to be any audible benefit from that ?
Question is that if this benefit will apply from low listening level till clip ?
Question is regulated rails or capacitance multiplier and why ?

My only previous expirience was with QUAD wich the all thing was single rail, capacitor coupled, sorry excuse of amplifier circuit .
BUT !!, people that used them actually as pro amps in small bars said that they sound very good , amplifier is indestructable and impossible to destroy a speaker with it ... ( probably this has not much to do with regulated rails , but mostly because is capacitor coupled )

Place your comments please
i will be more than happy to listen

thank you

hi, I'm making a stabilized power supply for tube filaments, it's a line + phono preamp.
I'm undecided whether to rectify with a mosfet bridge (lt4320 + mosfet in attached photo) or use 4 sic to220 diodes.
Which solution is less noisy? After the bridge and cap there is a lm350k or lm338k.
Thanks

I have a technical manual on guitar electronics entitled "Electric-Guitar Data and Analog Circuit Collection".
It's totally free and contains lots of information not normally found in design-build books.
Electronics techs and engineers are welcome to point out any errors I may have made. Post here or email me. hkurtrichter@gmail.com
Here's the link. Onsite click "File Share" at upper left to access PDF files with various sections of the book, and other information.
https://hkurtrichter5.wixsite.com/electric-guitar-data

Hi, I have this Rega Elicit R which was bought brand new and was working ok. However, after a year of low use it started having this problem of going silent with a click following fifteen to twenty minutes of music play. If I shutdown the amp and turn it back on after a few minutes, the amp would play but again become silent with a click after a few songs.

From the beginning the unit would run pretty hot, maybe some part inside has become weak. I am currently in a country where there is no Rega service center. Let me know if anyone has any idea about what is wrong with the Amp and how to get it fixed.

Thanks.

... only that this time it's me and not another new forum member.

So, let me introduce me briefly. I'm a tinkerer out of Germany (but I do like to pretend to be out of Palau because of .... reasons) and long story short: In the last months I've switched to a low budget CLASS-D amplifier setup (Fosi Audio V3 stereo & SMSL SU-1 as a DAC) ... but as this setup won't allow me to hook up my turntable (Refurbished & upgraded Metz Mecasound TX-4963) and I still have two Marantz power amplifiers in my possession. (Marantz PM4200 & Marantz PM-35 MK.II) I simply had the idea to repurpose the old amplifiers.

As it turns out, the Marantz PM-35 MK.II has several modular PCBs instead of one all-in one PCB ... I'm currently chasing the idea to strip down the Marantz PM-35 MK.II, removing it's original PSU & power amplification board and converting it to a preamplifier or better said a input source selector & phono stage, rehousing it's guts into a smaller chassis. Instead of just buying another source selector & phono preamp (Which would be convenient, indeed. But that won't satisfy the little tinkerer inside of me.)

So my main intention to post here, is to get some help in understanding the schematics of that amplifier (available here) or at least an educated opinion if my idea is practical or does require more effort than I actually anticipate. At least with the schematics I'm currently out of my comfort zone, and therefore I'll need some advice.

Therefore, I'll open another, dedicated thread to this project. Unless someone convinces me that it's a bad idea to repurpose that old amplifier with it's MM/MC capable phono stage.

So far for now, enjoy your weekend ! It's a beautiful and sunny day where I'm at and I hope it's the same at your location !

Company Background : Sun Valley Co., Ltd. [100% subsidiary of Toyota Industries Corporation]
Product specification
SV-S1628D Kit $1700.00
SV-S1628D 4 X VCAP ODAM installed - Made and Assembled in Japan $2,550.00

Type: 845/211 Single power amplifier
Input: Line 1 end with volume
Wiring specification: Hand wiring (power supply
part, BIAS adjuster, hum balancer is a circuit board)
SP impedance: 8Ω (4Ω or 16Ω setting is also available)
Vacuum tube: 845 or 211×2, 12BH7A×2, 12AU7×2
(*vacuum tubes are sold separately)
Rated output: more than 845/16W+16W
more than 211/7.5W+7.5W (8Ω, THD: 10%)
Frequency characteristic: 15Hz~60kHz(1W/8Ω/-3dB)
Gain: 845/25dB, 211/26dB (at 8Ω)
Size: W410xD275xH240(mm)
*including height of vacuum tube. No cage/cover.
Weight 15KG

Victor,

Some initial impressions….
The Sun Valley 211/845 amp is an elegant and beautifully designed audio component.
There are many things which are immediately apparent:
The materials are excellent, the finish of the Chassis is perfect and the coating is unusual, refined and almost indestructible. Very Nice.

This is s kit which has clearly gone through years of refinement and focus to obtain the highest level of performance. The circuits are designed with elegance and performance with dozens of notable features:
1. All of the passive components are very well specified and uniquely employed to provide the highest performance and durability. For example, the power supply employs very closely matched metal resistors for precis voltages while the audio path specifies carbon resistors, favored by manty including myself, for the audio path.
2. Extremely high quality multi strand internally tinned wire is supplied at various gauges optimized for the power and audio circuits.
3. The power transformer and filament filter/power supply design is VERY robust and can supply any 211/845 with stable well filtered power.
4. The main power supply board is designed to provide exceptional stability and filtration and separately address Blow voltage standby, and fixed bias reference voltages…very nice.
This build will be very different from anyone solely familiar with pre-printed circuit boards and step by step check box style instructions. The documentation is quite adequate, very precise and compact delivering all of the required information and guidelines BUT it is very important that the builder has noted all of the specifications and subcomponent relationships prior to the build… i.e. Know what the designers intended, why the approach the construction as they do and pay attention to the details.

Going through the instruction for the first few pages I made a few illustrative notes.

1. Note the sequence for construction and you will begin to get a feel for the relationship among the sub-assemblies and why, in many cases the parts specification is very specific.
2. The Parts list on page 6, describes not only the individual parts, but the subassemblies for which they were provided. Unlike many manufactures, Sun Valley does not package their components separately for each sub-assembly but has grouped them by component type. Thus for the Bias board the circuit board, potentiometers, connection block and resistors are all packaged in different locations but carefully packaged and verified by quality control (you will find an inspection sheet in the packaging to assure you receive all that is required. .
3. Note that you must know how components are coded, where they go or carefully follow the specifications on the parts index (pages 5-6) Sun valley does not print component values on the circuit boards (but does specify part designation relative to the parts list and schematic) and you need to attend to assuring that you employ the correct value, capacity and type of component. Resistor packs for example contain the resistors for several sub-assemblies in various wattages).
4. Mechanical assembly employs very high quality hardware with the capacity to make small adjustments to account for manufacturing variability in parts so you can obtain a perfect and symmetrical build. For example, there is just enough play in the M3 securing hardware for the tube sockets and bias boards to allow alignment of these assemblies in the exact center of the chassis holes for a perfect build and very attractive final product.








You are correct, the sound is incredible. Very beautiful design, excellent quality components; I made a few upgrades and small changes but basically and Very Well Designed.
Great and very specific guidelines for initial check and all measurements were within 3% of the reference voltages.
The sound is incredible and the power supply design, allowing a full warm up prior to applying B+ is exceptional.
I would love to comment on the noise floor... but I could not find any noise!!
This is a very quiet and refined component


"This was an interesting build. This amp is best built from the schematic with reference to the diagrams for component locations and wire routing suggestions ( I modified some of these to minimize hum). This amp has an awesome powers supply and with high quality components offers great flexibility for refinement. "

Building the F5 Turbo v2

This is the "in-progress" thread for the official build guide of the F5Turbo. This is not the final guide.

I am building a V2, with 2 outputs per side, source diodes, and no cascode. DIYaudio store PCB are being used and it will all go into a 5U 400mm "BIG Amp Chassis"

The Firstwatt F5 Turbo article from Nelson Pass, in case you haven't seen it - www.firstwatt.com/pdf/art_f5_turbo.pdf

Anyway, on to the build. 🙂


The Chassis in the shipping box and the PCB.


While we are at it, here is a good photo of the Front-end board


And here are the output boards. The component numbering on all these boards don't quite match up with the schematic, that will need to be clarified in the guide. In the time being, a bit of logic and inspection will let you figure it out.


A large transformer. 🙂



Building the PSU -


Components - PCB, Caps, resistors, thermal shutoff, inrush limiter, line cap, ground loop breaker, rectifier diodes. Not shown are rail LEDs, bleeder resistors.
Why 2 PCB? to hold the (16) 10,000uf 50v capacitors. 🙂


We will only need one Bridge PCB, and the rest can be cut off the boards.


The PSU will be built on the 'DIY friendly' baseplate, shown here with some of the chassis hardware.


The first PCB will hold only caps and the filter resistors. But there is only room for eight, and the board holds fourteen…


So a bit of stacking is required.




The other board will have the LEDs and bleeders. Please note that the resistor pads must be jumpered.


Testing the LEDs with a bench PSU


The 2 PCB now stuffed. The left will have the input from the rectifier, the right will be the output to the amp.


The other side of the PCBs


Looking down at the first PCB


Looking at the second. Again, please note the jumpers where there are the resistors.

Folding a new bass horn design or adjusting the dimensions of an existing design to meet a specific requirement can be somewhat of a challenge and prone to error. To make the process easier and to avoid errors as much as possible, I've created a number of different Excel workbooks that can assist with the folding process. All of them should be considered as "works in progress" as I'm continually adding new features and of course fixing the odd bugs that I come across, so always make sure to check here for the latest version before using any of these workbooks. Some of them I've actually used to design and build my own subwoofers (the best way to confirm that the workbook in question works), and in those cases I've included a link to the project sin question. If you have any questions about the spreadsheets, please post them to this thread, thanks!

The latest versions of the workbooks are available at this location:

The Subwoofer DIY Page

Good evening, I was looking for some information, in particular if anyone ever created a 3D model for making a custom component in EasyEDA.
I would like to know the 3D/CAD program best suited for this.
I know how to use Blender3D quite well but I have no idea if it's possible to later on import it into EasyEDA easily, one would think that solidworks/autodesk fusion would be more suited for this. Did anyone ever try?

Regards.

Although the regulation circuit is physically connected to the incoming mains, it is disconnected electrically. A monitoring circuit detects the portion of the sine wave that is charging the first of a pair of electrolytic capacitors. Once this first capacitor is fully charged, the diode bridge rectifier turns off and a mosfet switching circuit transfers the charge from the first cap to the second. This cycle is repeated continuously.

Output voltage: -0V - +22Vdc, 0V - -22Vdc

• Output current: +/- 0.5 amps dc
• Mains: 3 Pin IEC moulded (socket on rear)
• Mains Voltage: 230Vac

Enclosed are files of a VituixCAD simulation of a notch filter and a Zobel element - I want to tame the breakup modes of an actively driven Purifi PTT6.5X04-NAA-08 6.5” aluminum midwoofer. Is my approach okay? Thanks for your contribution!

I like putting handsome indicator LEDs like the one below on the front panel of stuff I build.



But I also like those lovely 10mm thick brushed aluminum front panels from Modushop.

Problem is: I’ve not yet found an indicator LED with threads long enough to reach all the way through the 10mm panel. On my last amp I drilled out a massive hole to fit the nut into. It’s still very hard to fasten & unfasten the LED.

How do you folks attach panel-mount LEDs to thick front panels? Or do you? Hs anyone found a panel-mount with 12mm thread? Snap-ins that work? What about T-nuts which can be turned with a wrench?

Any clever ideas?

Hello all,

I apologize for what is likely a duplicate post, but I am unable to post in the tubelab forum (which is why I registered) until I generate "four meaningful posts" so I am trying to come up with questions to ask- even though my first inclination is to watch and search and lurk!

I am considering buying a tube tester to make my future hobby a bit easier. First thing I am working on is a StroboConn tuner (a bit odd, but it will be useful at my job) and it has the original Conn (re)branded tubes I would love to keep and even use, if they are working right. I can drive a few hours to a friend's place to use his tube tester, but it seems like I might want one for myself if they are not too much of a can of worms.

Questions: Any recommendations? Hickok seems to be a standard. Are there ones to avoid? What should be expecting to pay? Are they easy to fix if they are not in perfect condition? What sorts of issues should I expect, or look out for? Where to buy? I've been looking at ebay. Any recommendations or words of wisdom?

Thank you for your time, and again, sorry if this is a duplicate post but I am unable to post in the tubelab forum until I engage more.

Hello, I'm Allen I like DIY Hifi DAC and UAC2 interface . I found in diyAudio forum there are so many people like me .
People here are kind and discuss technical freely . I'd like to join the group.

I have tried to upload pictures from my phone but the picture does not show in the picture box in the file attachment.
Is this a known problem.
Steve.

I'm working with a audio isolation transformer and it hit me, how exactly does a audio transformer maintain a flat frequency response when by definition an inductor is frequency dependent. I'm guessing its a simple answer and I Googled it but no good hits. Ether way, I thought it was an interesting question.

Thanks
Micheal

These are the MK2 version i believe (From 1987). It's common to re-foam the midranges on these, also common to re-cap the massive crossovers. Both of which I've already done to mine!

But upon removing the tweeters, i noticed a strange brown stain on the stickers that show the brand name... I couldn't help myself, and took one of them apart very carefully, and guess what? Ferrofluid! Nasty, crusty old ferrofluid to be precise.

I tried asking around, and of the many people that work on these towers, NOBODY i asked knew that those tweeters used ferrofluid. I even emailed B&O, and they were surprisingly helpful! But even they had no real idea on how much fluid went into those tweeters. So i'm looking to just swap them out with more modern ones.

Turns out, this isn't as simple as it sounds. I've had replies going from "just buy some cheap tweeters and slap them on, you might get lucky!" all the way to very scientific replies that i barely understood...

They are ferrite, silk-dome tweeters. No idea what brand tho, the midrange drivers can be made by Nokia, SEL or ITT. Depending on the position of the moon it seems... I have a suspicion that the tweeters are made by SEAS tho.

So, what are my options here? Just eyeball the ferrofluid and hope for the best? Or try to replace them with modern tweeters, without knowing a damn thing about the specs of the old ones?

As i'm typing this, i'm also going to send an email to the owner of Audiofriends. I've bought all my Penta repair stuff from them, perhaps they'll know the true specs of the tweeters.

Any input is appreciated!

I have on the bench a Conrad Johnson SD-1. It is based on the Magnavox FD2041. All the literature I can find says it uses a standard CDM2 transport. This one has no stickers on it and I am trying to determine which Pre-amp Servo board is in use. Virtually every SM I have read shows a 1K laser output adjustment pot at 3106. This board has a 4.7K pot. I have seen that pot used in CDM4 but not CDM2 before. I am trying to determine which version of the board this is. I attach a picture and wonder if anyone has any insight.

Hi, just got into diy stuff with audio and need some help!

This five resistor load bank can be adapted for audio by dividing all of the resistor values by 100.
Then the values are 10 ohms each, and the total load can be adjusted among 12 values, from 20R to 2.5R.
Choose the power rating of the resistors for your needs..

https://www.electronicdesign.com/re...step-resistor-load-bank-is-simple-and-modular

I have 21 x 2SJ50 HITACHI and 22 x 2SK135 HITACHI. They are around 30 years old and have not been used since then. These lateral Fets are fames in many amplifier output stages. Minimum purchase is 4 pairs of Mosfets. Offers are welcome. Clear up my semiconductor collection of the ones I don't need anymore.

The price does not include PayPal and shipping costs. Can only shipped from Germany , prices are much lower above 200gr Parcel weight. PayPal is accepted, only registered shipping possible, the buyer pays the additional 5% PayPal fees, a payment as PayPal / friend does not account for the 5% and can be shipped without tracking, the shipping costs within the EU are about €15 - €17. Outside the EU it may vary by country. A combined shipping is possible but will change the shipping costs a bit. If you are interested send me a PM.

Many of us have a stereo microscope for soldering SMD, and the first idea comes to use that to inspect silicon chips and transistors to make sure it is not fake and the same version of what you are looking for. However, the result is always awful, and how can I see now, the reason is a coaxial light option which is unavoidable and needed to get perfect pics of silicon. The magnification factor nearly doesn't matter, my stereo Nikon SMZ660 has 300x max but still sucks due to LEDs light falling with not 90 degrees - glossy reflections ruining the picture contrast.
So, Is there any chance to get nice pics without $5000 Zeiss metallurgical microscope? Hell yeah, quite compact and within $100! First I bought a used VSZ-0530CO Japanese precision optical zoom device $53(with 12V coax LED!), it is a machine vision element massively used in China to control production parameters and measure dimensions. Vital Vision Technology promises a good resolution(4um) and minimal geometric distortions(.001) for the device, you need just add the C-mount CMOS camera 1/1.8"(from $30 for a secondhand) and 160mm RMS standard 4X lens aka objective(I paid $8 for used Canadian Motic EF plan 4X/0.1) with a thread adapter($4). The small like a book table + holder cost me $15, that's it. Check this out:


Low phase-noise EPSON_SG-210STF oscillator chip.

BC856B

AD8397 is a bit dirty with the residual plastic on the silicon.

Ti ISO7240


OPA1612 has such a tiny marking, the symbol's thickness is 4um, and the minimal visible elements are 1.5um. That pic taken with Motic 40X lens.


And a short video 30fps 400X, to see how that looks online.

Hello everybody,


I present you attached the cheapest manufacturing way, for single pcb layer ( home made ) with semi-professional look , starting with 0,0375 Euro / cm2.

Can be also tinned, the copper traces ....or even something like " soldermask " ( can be solder through "soldermask" applied )

You can see also some more projects of mine to bellow address:

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Hello,
I build tube amps for fun. I wonder about the origin of the components, I live in France. For electrochemicals there is F&T, but the ripple current and the lifespan are much lower than Pana ED model 47uF for exemple.

I am attaching a 5E3 type diagram to have a power supply in front of me.
What characteristics would be preferred please?

Tell me more !

Pana ED
https://fr.rs-online.com/web/p/condensateurs-electrolytiques-aluminium/4340380?gb=s
https://www.mersen.com/fr/produits/condensateurs

So I have this transformer that has 2x 6.3vac/5A + 2x 6.3vac/1.5A and am wiring it to have 2x 6.3vac/6.5A.

I plan to use the LT1083 to regulate to 5vdc and feed 2x 300B per channel. It's a 4x 300B P-P amp.

I wonder if my plan is feasible or the 6.3vac is a bit too low for 5vdc output?

I have two Vifa D26TG-35 tweeters for sale. These have been in storage for quite a while, but works ok. $150 for both + postage. Located in Australia, but can ship to anywhere if postage is covered.

Following previous posts on the “Ship of Theseus” thread around here https://www.diyaudio.com/community/...ngeable-amplifier-modules.383745/post-7437999 [stopping to avoid derailing the specific amp topic], here is a follow-up, in the Parts section, which might be more appropriate: heatsink = parts
The post shall serve as a reminder for myself, and maybe it would be usefull to others at some point.

After the original posts, here is what I learned

A. [from a discussion with a thermal engineer @work]
Outside heat exchange coefficient of h=20 w/(m²-C) was probably too optimistic. h=15w/(m²-C) might be better

B. [from the same discussion]
*Imposing temperature is like imposing a constraint for a mechanical calculation. It is better to impose a thermal power released by the transistor to calculate a state of equilibrium between power released by the transistor and power dissipated by the heatsink.
*He suggested Thermal Power = Electric Power as a starting point.

*Since M. Johnson indicated that each transistor of the Theseus should give about 30watts (approximation), I set a thermal flux of 93750 watt/m² for each roughly 20mm*16mm transistor surface. 93750*0.020*0.016=30.

C. [air temp measurement with an M2x 4U 400mm]
Different circuit & heatsinking, but it is what I have
Ambiant air temp: around 20/25degrees
Air temp inside the amp after 1h: 45degrees
Air temp between the fins after 1h: 35degrees.

This to put an approximation of temperature for the convection in the various calculation. (I was using much higher inner air temp: 65degrees before)



Using this with the “Ship of Theseus” reference, transistor located on the left side (6L6 here https://www.diyaudio.com/community/...ngeable-amplifier-modules.383745/post-6958070), leads to the following results (picture)
What is worth noting is the different in temperature between the 2 transistor surfaces, the one on the right being colder, most probably because he “sees” a bigger chunk of the heatsink.

Lower temperature of 42degrees indicates that the heatsink participate to cooling the inside (I guess)

I have a grado ME+ mono for playing 50's+ mono LP's & have a few different arms from older Ortofons, an SME 3012 to a formula 4 unipivot. Also an LP 12 with a Fidelity Research arm.
I assume the heavier arms would be better. - This for playing a good classical LP colection in VG condition from my father, - Decca's, Mercury, Phillips, RCA etc.

Any comments?

Thanks,
R.

Hey all! I'm back after a long hiatus.

Well... just a thread to say that at last I finished my JLH 10Watter last weekend... I dicided to buy a commercial lab-powersupply.. this made things alot easier..

The results: Great!

Sound is a difinite upgrade from my Sony integrated amp .. more instruments are comming through even in loud part of the music.. high's are excelent .. well at least for me they are.. and supprisingly the bass somehow has more detail.. I experienced the new sound like I experinced my first Grado headphone listeing, but now with the stereophonic effect working..

The amp was easy to build, I even flipped a transistor around but the amp still worked.! just a little noisy.. Iq is set at 1.2A@ 27Volt, the 4 heasinks get hot but can be touched for more than 10 seconds.. well permanent actually higher voltages and Iq goes really hot!

10Khz square wave looks crystal clean but a 50KHz reveals the assymetric slewrate.. bandwidth goes from 10Hz to beyond 200KHz...

conclusion are that it is a very simple amp to build, no PCB used, no instability of any kind.. and sound is quite revealing.. highly recommended

but then again, my initials aren't H.H. 😉

I want to examine the sonic virtues (?) of an OPA627 for myself, however genuine OPA627's "seem" getting hard to find at less than $40 each from Digikey. To test the parts out what is the resistance between pin 5 and pin 7 of a genuine part? Pin 5 is normally one of the input terminals for an external offset trimmer (the other is pin 1 as ought to have the same resistance value). Both ought to be connected to the positive supply if the part is genuine.

Thus far alleged "genuine" parts have resistances connected to the negative rails, or appear on the wrong pins.

This is a self-bias amplifier that allows you to replace beam tubes and pentodes from 6L6GC to KT170 without any adjustments.

Equipped with an output transformer from Hashimoto Electric, a proud Japanese manufacturer, and a V-Cap coupling capacitor, this lavish upgrade promises high performance and sound quality that far exceeds the original model.

Maximum output is 40W for KT88 and 45W for KT170, and it operates in Class A at regular levels, with a focus on sound quality.

This is a high-cost performance model that allows you to enjoy the essence of Japan quality, with a high signal-to-noise ratio, wide frequency response, and excellent damping characteristics.

SV-P1616D/VK Pentode Power-amplifier
Hashimoto version HW-40-5 kit 120V/240V
NO Volume Pot
Point to Point assembly


The production version will get rid of the volume port and replace the stock opt to Hashimoto H40-5
KT170×4 ECC81/12AT7×2 ECC82/12AU7×2 ※Tube set is an option
Rated output: UL connection (Class A operation up to 50% of rated output)
（8Ω、THD：10%）
　KT170 45W+45W
　KT150 37W+37W
　KT120 37W+37W
　KT88 35W+35W
　EL34 33W+33W
　KT66 25W+25W
　6L6GC 22W+22W

　
Frequency reponse ：5Hz～150kHz(1W/8Ω/-3dB)
Gain：27～29dB（8Ω）
size in mm：W365×D300×H190

You will notice that the output transformer has been replaced by Hashimoto HW-40.
All aeesembled version be will instaled with 4X Vcap ODAM coupling caps

PRE-ORDER Pricing​

KIT $2,150 (point to point kit)​

Assembled $2,750 (Made and Assembled in Japan with 4 VCAPs ODAM)​

TUBE SET EXTRA​

It would be premature to think that anyone can just change the OPT... The output transformer affects the overall characteristics as much as a car engine. In cases such as a single triode with no feedback, it may be possible to replace it by checking the impedance and core capacity, but in the case of a push-pull amplifier with a large amount of feedback, in the worst case scenario, the amplifier may oscillate and be damaged, so careful consideration in advance and detailed measurements after replacement are required.

The original output transformer is a custom-made product (made in Japan) optimized for the SV-P1616D and has KNF (cathode NF) windings, but the OPT to be installed this time does not have KNF windings. NFB is established based on the delicate balance of the amplifier, so the design is very delicate and design changes are required.

According to the report of the craftsman who was commissioned to make the prototype, the default NF resistor and phase compensation capacitor capacitance caused oscillation outside the audible range. This is something that cannot be detected by ear and can only be detected by measurement, so special care is required. As a result, integral compensation was added to the secondary side of the OPT to ensure stability and the project was completed.


I accept preorder

A Happy New Year to all.

I decided to start a new project, called "FreeDSP-G" as an Electric Guitar Amplifier Simulator Project.
I previously tested the Amp-Simulator implementation on FreeDSP-OCTAVIA. It was good to learn the potential of SigmaDSP processing. The most critical point was the available number of control pots. However, multiplexing AUXADC will solve the issue. So, I established a concept design drawing as below.


ADAU1467 will fit this project. It has 8 AUXADC and additional many GPIOs.

CyberPit

David Lettermen used to have a feature on his Late Night Show called "Stupid Pet Tricks." It's basically what it sounds like; pets doing pointless things.

Something I've noticed in my experiments with ATH, is that my results generally pale in comparison to everyone else, but I'm often doing strange things with the waveguide, just to see what happens.

It's hard to track my weird experiments in the main ATH thread, because there's so much traffic. I made the posts and I often have a hard time finding my own posts.

So I thought it might be fun to post some weird ATH waveguides, basically to evaluate what would happen if you made something strange.

Over the years, I've struggled to make a waveguide with a diffraction slot that actually works; most of my experiments with ATH and IRL haven't really panned out. Diffraction slots have a LOT of issues.

Then again, I found that triangular waveguides work shockingly well, even though I've never seen anyone actually build one IRL.

Hello All,

I’ve been doing a lot of reading on the forum the last few weeks, and I first want to thank all the contributors for the wealth of knowledge here. Amazing online community!

I got a pair of blumenstein orcas last year to go with my Bottlehead SEX, 2wpc set amp. I am digging the low power-single driver sound! But when I moved from near field into a larger room (270 ft2, 12ft ceiling) they started to feel too “small”. I don’t have an extensive audio vocab, but I believe I want more bass extension and higher sensitivity, all in a smallish package (can be bigger than orca though). Seemed too much to ask, but after some reading I fell in love with the OG Fonken with fe127e driver. However the drivers are no longer available, and it seems Ff125wk may not be sensitive enough for my flea powered amp. I am eventually looking at adding a sub.

Any suggestions? Or anybody have the old model driver laying around?

Thank you,

Noah

Has anyone gotten a Raspberry Pi 5 to work successfully as a DSP crossover music streamier?

I have a working DSP crossover streamer configuration on my Raspberry Pi 2B using Charlie Laub's ACDf filters. The OS is Bullseye 5.10.103-v7+. The 2-channel (stereo) audio stream from mplayer (using -ao alsa) is successfully split into multiple channels and processed by the filters in /etc/asound.conf and this outputs multi-channel PCM 96khz to my AV receiver via HDMI and the resulting sound quality is excellent in my 2.5 way speaker setup. The tweeters go tweet, the squawkers go squawk and the woofers go woof!.

With my new Raspberry Pi 5 running Bookworm 6.6.20+rpt-rpi-27172 I have not been as successful. With sudo raspi-config I have selected 1 PulseAudio (only other choice is 2 Pipewire) and audio output 0 vc4-hdmi-0. On the GUI desktop, I have the options for Stereo, 5.1 Surround, and 7.1 Surround. I have installed the ACDf filters in the (I believe) correct folders /usr/lib/ladspa and for good measure also /usr/local/lib/ladspa, and I have alsa configuration in /etc/asound.conf.

With 7.1 Surround selected on the Desktop:

In terminal
$ speaker-test -t wav -Dpulse -c 8

speaker-test 1.2.8

Playback device is pulse
Stream parameters are 48000Hz, S16_LE, 8 channels
WAV file(s)
Rate set to 48000Hz (requested 48000Hz)
Buffer size range from 24 to 262144
Period size range from 8 to 87382
Using max buffer size 262144
Periods = 4
was set period_size = 65536
was set buffer_size = 262144
0 - Front Left
4 - Center
giving sequential 8 channel audio output Front Left, Front Center, etc. to all 6 drivers in my system. The audio is mismatched with the drivers, but I had the same issue on the Raspberry Pi2 and corrected everything using the t-table in /etc/asound.conf.

In terminal
$ sudo speaker-test -t wav -Dpulse - c 8

speaker-test 1.2.8

Playback device is pulse
Stream parameters are 48000Hz, S16_LE, 1 channels
WAV file(s)
ALSA lib pulse.c:242🙁pulse_connect) PulseAudio: Unable to connect: Connection refused

Playback open error: -111,Connection refused

In terminal
$ sudo speaker-test -t wav -Ddefault -c 8

speaker-test 1.2.8

Playback device is default
Stream parameters are 48000Hz, S16_LE, 8 channels
WAV file(s)
ALSA lib pcm_params.c:2226🙁snd1_pcm_hw_refine_slave) Slave PCM not usable
ALSA lib pcm_params.c:2226🙁snd1_pcm_hw_refine_slave) Slave PCM not usable
Broken configuration for playback: no configurations available: Invalid argument
Setting of hwparams failed: Invalid argument

Using the sudo causes the action to fail.

mplayer (using -ao alsa) now gives audio output to Front Left and Front Right channels only at 44.1khz which is the same 44.1khz as the internet radio stream indicating the resampling of /etc/asound.conf is being ignored.

mplayer (using -ao pulse) gives audio output to all channels at 44.1khz which indicates the resampling of /etc/asound.conf is being ignored. This is confirmed by turning off all the outputs in the t-table.

aplay -l reports the following.
** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices **
card 0: vc4hdmi0 [vc4-hdmi-0], device 0: MAI PCM i2s-hifi-0 [MAI PCM i2s-hifi-0]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: vc4hdmi1 [vc4-hdmi-1], device 0: MAI PCM i2s-hifi-0 [MAI PCM i2s-hifi-0]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

I know that PulseAudio is looking at the configurationi in /etc/asound.conf because I can comment out a formatting character such as #} and this will throw an error with mplayer. It just appears that the filters are being ignored by PulseAudio. Maybe the Pi5 OS being 64bit and the filters were written for 32bit has something to do with it?