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- Thu Mar 14, 2024 3:13 pm
- Forum: Assorted Stuff
- Topic: Road vehicle fires.
- Replies: 157
- Views: 190888
Re: Road vehicle fires.
Not sure if it's facts or conspiracy but possibly worth a listen, it just seems to me a funny world when an edited royal photo can make headlines for days and these events are seemingly covered up rather quickly? Or, you know, its neither facts or conspiracy, just someone on YouTube finding he can ...
- Wed Mar 13, 2024 2:44 pm
- Forum: Beginners
- Topic: Pot Impedance
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1319
Re: Pot Impedance
No, the only reason for 100k is if its driven by other valve kit, that source may have a high output impedance so 100k would work better. No reason why 10k won't be just fine assuming your sources is happy with that.
- Wed Mar 13, 2024 9:03 am
- Forum: Everyones Projects
- Topic: GM70 Monoblocks’
- Replies: 54
- Views: 2631
Re: GM70 Monoblocks’
38W @ 0.03% THD, £5 + Heatsink and power supply.
Just saying
- Tue Mar 12, 2024 8:32 pm
- Forum: Assorted Stuff
- Topic: Nothing In Particular
- Replies: 16489
- Views: 4849391
Re: Nothing In Particular
Works for me.
- Tue Mar 12, 2024 2:31 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Paul Messenger
- Replies: 2
- Views: 714
Re: Paul Messenger
Yep, a genuinely nice guy.
- Tue Mar 12, 2024 8:48 am
- Forum: Everyones Projects
- Topic: 6550 SE Amplifier
- Replies: 110
- Views: 11332
Re: 6550 SE Amplifier
Even without the 1.414/0.9 = 1.57 excess voltage, I was thinking more about the cold start condition of the ECC88 that will see the entire B+ on its anode until it starts to pass current.
- Mon Mar 11, 2024 9:55 pm
- Forum: Everyones Projects
- Topic: 6550 SE Amplifier
- Replies: 110
- Views: 11332
Re: 6550 SE Amplifier
Would need at least a 5W zener, but yes I guess so. But remember Max, adding some solid state may cause all manner of demons to fly out :-). A potential divider before the first stage would do the job, a 88 doesn't need a 80k load resistor, especially if its got a choke in there as well. Or just lea...
- Mon Mar 11, 2024 9:48 pm
- Forum: Solid State
- Topic: Germanium Amplifier
- Replies: 162
- Views: 83741
Re: Germanium Amplifier
Just a couple of thought, you are never going to be able to use much in the way of negative feedback in that amp (at least by comparison with a modern direct coupled circuit. That interstage is going to add so much group delay and general phase shifting nastyness that the most you can manage is PP v...
- Mon Mar 11, 2024 9:56 am
- Forum: Everyones Projects
- Topic: 6550 SE Amplifier
- Replies: 110
- Views: 11332
Re: 6550 SE Amplifier
They are your valves, so up to you. I manually turn heater supplies up then b+. Two outputs on the variac, all heaters first, then b+. I always assume a unexpected short term power outage could happen, so I either make sure that the startup control is automatic, or not needed. The chokes arent inste...
- Mon Mar 11, 2024 9:07 am
- Forum: Everyones Projects
- Topic: 6550 SE Amplifier
- Replies: 110
- Views: 11332
Re: 6550 SE Amplifier
Just remember the max anode voltage (cold) of a ecc88 is 550v.
- Sun Mar 10, 2024 9:36 am
- Forum: Everyones Projects
- Topic: 6550 SE Amplifier
- Replies: 110
- Views: 11332
Re: 6550 SE Amplifier
can sit in an oil bath to exceed ratings. Exactly how much difference would that make? I would have expected that most of the heat from the anode was dissipated as IR (it being in a vacuum and all that) so how directly is the envelope temperature related to the max dissipation? I suppose it would a...
- Thu Mar 07, 2024 10:45 am
- Forum: News
- Topic: Paul Messenger
- Replies: 2
- Views: 714
Paul Messenger
Will be missed, One of the good ones.
- Thu Mar 07, 2024 10:24 am
- Forum: Everyones Projects
- Topic: 6550 SE Amplifier
- Replies: 110
- Views: 11332
Re: 6550 SE Amplifier
Thorston always was one for his brand. And trying to add a bit of woo by claiming that electrons have no reality is typical of that. The Standard Model may have a view on that
I am with him with the no such thing as ground though
I am with him with the no such thing as ground though
- Tue Mar 05, 2024 10:58 am
- Forum: Everyones Projects
- Topic: OK…so I’m on wi’ summat
- Replies: 193
- Views: 44367
Re: OK…so I’m on wi’ summat
I have to be careful here as I have gone over to the dark side now, but I think that the preference for small caps in valve amps has two attractions. First, as Paul mentioned, taking the LF down too far just highlights the lack of flux in the output transformer, Secondly, if you have solved the flux...
- Mon Mar 04, 2024 12:35 pm
- Forum: Everyones Projects
- Topic: OK…so I’m on wi’ summat
- Replies: 193
- Views: 44367
Re: OK…so I’m on wi’ summat
Probably Dave or Paul Joppa referred to the fact that protecting the se transformer from too much bass results in better bass. I think the tank effect referred more to the parafeed cap resonating with the two inductors in parallel (choke load and parafeed transformer) so I suppose you see a resonan...