A Directory of Apex Audio Amplifiers

this is much better?

about what scheme?
R27 why?
R19 is linear, it may not be enough for the thermal stability of the output stage.
so far, in your version of the VT14 VT15 circuits are of little use.
The presence of C11 in the circuit indicates that phase lag compensation is needed due to the input capacitance of the input stage, which also reduces the speed in the NFB loop.
 
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The sound of such amplifiers is usually "dead", so high-speed distortion is nothing more than a loss of micro-level information of the sound material.
high-speed distortion can be reduced by increasing the initial current of the output transistors to 180mA per pair, and to expand the bandwidth, you can reduce the gain of the input stage by increasing the resistors in the emitters to 68 ohms (R5 R9 - see attach).
And slightly modified the clumsy topology with the use of a zener diode for other purposes - now the bias is stable during fluctuations both in positive and negative supply voltages.
 

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For example, John Kerl believes that the slew rate of the output voltage should be at least 100 V / μs. Of course, it is better to focus on the normalized slew rate. Replacing the zener diode with a resistor does nothing.
 

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For example, John Kerl believes that the slew rate of the output voltage should be at least 100 V / μs.

considered well? ok... what problems do these settings? if we take the Self amplifier as an example, then such parameters are achieved with a total current of the input differential stage of 20 mA, and which corresponds to an output power of 141 watts at a load of 4 ohms at a frequency of 468 kHz.
Replacing the zener diode with a resistor does nothing.
No replacement of the zener diode occurs, it is simply removed from the place where its main parameters do not correspond to its datasheets. I have seen this mess many times, so I suggested a simple solution. And it shouldn't affect the slew rate value.

P.S. you incorrectly attached my name AX20 to the file name, because I did not post the full version of modification. And I certainly would not overclock the gain over 30 dB, having a significant non-linearity of the frequency response to cover NFB the open loop. And not a very relatively high supply voltage.

However APEX schemes are classically correct and can be modified to very good basic characteristics!!
 
Petya, (probably that's your name? My name begins with the letter H...), this modification does not have super-important parameters, for example, super low delay time and ultra-high signal slew rate, tBy matching the gain between the stages, the non-linearity of the frequency response is made smaller until the coverage of negative feedback. Due to this, the depth of negative feedback at a frequency of 20 kHz was increased and it became possible to use a circuit with an input amplitude voltage of up to 2.5 volts, as was written earlier....

As for fortune telling, I don’t know, everything is taken from an authentic sample. Judging by the type of transient response of which, there are no outliers, as in where you so famously show on the forum ...
Such modifications are based purely on the personal practical experience of listening to many modified amplifiers with various topologies, and such a correction scheme is chosen as the main one, Because this equalization results in a more open sound that many audiophiles love, reminiscent of the comfortable sound of a tube amplifier.
 
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Look, there are graphs of two amplifiers (this one and Bob Cordell). Tell me, do you think this is the behavior of the phase in this Apex compared to Cordell's - is it bad? Or is it not scary that the phase goes near 180 degrees for some time?
 

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Look, there are graphs of two amplifiers (this one and Bob Cordell).
OK.
Tell me, do you think this is the behavior of the phase in this Apex compared to Cordell's - is it bad?
Absolutely not, because in the case of a progressive correction of an important task, is the linear rates of the frequency response in the sound frequency range,it, or name differently a high pole - this very affects the comfort of sound in practice. Such a correction has specialty in the fact that the phase reversal is necessary only in the area of single amplification and this does not affect the sound.

In the case of an amplifier Cordell correction is carried out in a feedback loop - this can be seen from the linearity of the phase of the open loop.
Or is it not scary that the phase goes near 180 degrees for some time?
the phase doesn't cross the 180-degree turn before the unity gain frequency, so don't worry.