Valery,my bad English....please can you give me an arithmetic example(more analytical)?
I think, this one is the best one I wrote so far ))
Again, 2 main parts of setup (DMM is connected to emitter resistors all the time, clamping trimmer around the middle position):
1) NO SIGNAL - set the bias to 65-70mA; wait until the heatsink is warm, adjust if necessary.
2) 1KHz SIGNAL , say, 10V RMS at the output. Now you're working with the 2-nd spreader, set initially to the middle position. You will see some 150mV (or whatever you see) on your DMM. Rotate it slowly until you see the voltage growing to some +5mV. The optimal clamping operation point is somewhere between the initial value and initial +5mV one.
Having resistance in series with the supplies isn't a safe way to adjust bias. Rail voltage will drop causing an extremely high bias setting. When connecting the supply properly after, bias will be dangerously high.
Assuming you've got zero offset at the output, it doesn't influence the "no signal" bias setting. However, during "1KHz signal" clamping setting, it must be there, otherwise you will just not see any clamping.
Good explanation!
Some previous testing bias with and without load seeing no difference
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Yes. Safety resistors help in case of the 1-st power on. As soon an we see the amp is stable, no surprises - all the rest has to be set with the normal full rails.
Good explanation!
Some previous testing bias with and without load seeing no difference
Right. Zero offset at the output = zero current through the load. Meaning - it doesn't matter if it's there or not ))
Also looking good, assuming certain sound card limitations
Nice IMD. I normally measure 14+15KHz, but it's low in any case.
Zero offset at the output+zero input signal=zero output voltage.
Zero output voltage=zero current through the load.Meaning-it doesn't matter if it's there or not
Also looking good, assuming certain sound card limitations
Yes i wish to have something better
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I mean this will get it close - then do final adjust without the resistor. It's to keep me from blowing the outputs with an overzealous trim pot movement if I don't know what to expect. But for setting bias circa 100mA, without the resistor its maybe 150mA not dangerous by any means.
One of the nice thingsabout these Sanken output devices is an overzealous adjustment won't hurt them. Valery managed to black out his apartment with his without hurting an output.
Yep. I love MT-200 Sankens. Besides their quality-related advantages, they are incredibly robust. I had a nasty high-swing oscillation in the front-end on a test bench the other day because of the compensation capacitor failure. Some other OPS could easily die at this situation. Not NS-OPS. After a few seconds, while I was still surprised with the whole thing, I've lost the mains power in the whole apartment
Output transistors got hot, but did not get any damage. After fixing the fuse in the apartment distribution box and the capacitor in the front-end, everything worked nicely, as it always did 
Thi is valid for class AB output stages.
Imagine, you measure THD at relatively high output swing - say, 20V RMS (50W @ 8 ohm).
In case your OPS is under-biased, you will have some crossover distortion, but it's pretty much "masked" by the high-level base frequency tone.
Now, measure THD at 2.8V RMS at the output (1W @ 8 ohm). Crossover distortion stays roughly the same, but the level of the base frequency is much lower - THD value increases.
In correctly-biased OPS, crossover distortion's influence on overall THD is lower, than influence of the other sources' of distortion. In this case - lower swing -> lower THD.