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MAT02, 03 Elektor preamp schematic

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#127
@Nisbeth I've just drew a proto PCB and ordered for testing. I've got four in spare, if you want one we can arrange it.
I skipped the BC327/337 outputs as I'm still waiting for these from mouser, TTA/TTC004 are used as outputs instead

Regards
 

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#130
No problem🙂 There's still a long way, and just throwing in some ideas for a final layout 🙂.
I want to test BC550/560 instead of THAT340 also, a breadboard test showed that a 2.2Meg would settle the offset with the BC's if Hfe were around 550's still with the NPN as the better of the two.
The servo option will be tested as well before deciding.

Regards
 
#131
Hi,
Didn't read this tread in details but I see it is about old matched pairs. If someone needs I have this original book from PMI that was originally making them before Precision Monolithic Inc were sold. If you need any page from it i will scan for you there are many pages on MAT and SSM matched pairs.
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#132
I've spend all evening last night trying to find some curve traces on the THAT-corp just to compare to the BCxxx, but there's nothing to be found online. Only the datasheet from factory. That said, I've decided to go with the THAT340.
DC-offset is more stable then with the BC550C/560C.

I'll do the preamp with the TTA/TTC004. Even at 40mA across each emitter, the TT's stay cool and DC-offset remains calm.
I do find the preamp to take quite some time to find the Null-Point at power up, so I'm leaning towards the servo-version.
The picture is with the THAT340 diff and TTA/TTC outputs at 10kHz

I'll start a new thread on subject if I managed to continue the build🙂

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#134
hcpower said:
Old thread, but seams like a good place to aske about this preamp.

I've had my eyes set for building this preamp for quite some time now.
It's hard to find any further information besides from this thread. And very helpful reading. I don't have MAT02/03, but loads of BC550C/560C or KSA992F/KSC1845F if these will do if properly matched.
As for the BF256C I have purchased Onsemi J111 as replacement.

But two questions:
-The volumepot, how many Kohms should I use for this preamp?
-For the PSU I'm thinking of a 20VA or so regulated power supply with 2x6800uf. What did Elektor recommend as PSU for this preamp?

Thanks🙂
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Hello HCPOWER, the schematic is too blurry and I can't see the value of the components clearly. Do you have a clear schematic? Thank you
 
#135
I just followed the schematic on page1/#4 https://www.diyaudio.com/community/threads/mat02-03-elektor-preamp-schematic.41993/post-488877
I build both the servo version and non-servo, and settled with a servo.
I've tried 1845F/992F but didn't get it to work properly. BC549/559 or 550/560 will get you going.
The tricky part is to set the offset if MAT02/03 is not used. I'll leave this to the builders for now, but I got it working with THAT340 primarily by increasing R29.

Best regards
 
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