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I see the micro hanging on the USB port... what is this and the software for? Cool project? What kind of TT?

Yeah, that is really nice! Reminds me of a Seiko I had years ago, though yours is nicer. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Replaced the 221R gate stoppers with the original 47R. I had previously switched to some ferrite beads I got from Arrow (Fair-Rite 2773009112) and still no sign of oscillation. I put in the other set of FETs (4 total now) with beads and 47R gate stoppers. Still looked fine. On listening to it, I decided I wanted to isolate the R channel (DynaFET R, Dynahi L) and discovered that both channels were still playing with only the R input connected, so I need to figure out what is messed up in the input wiring. Probably why when it was oscillating, it appeared on both outputs. Oops. EDIT: Biased at ~150mA per device pair. Bias starts at 320mV and drops as amp warms up. 2R ballast resistors. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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Yes, definitely use heavier copper for these. I was just saying that 1oz for normal boards (non-high current/voltage) is normally fine.

I would question his reference material as well. To me, reference material is something like a symphony orchestra in a hall that you have been in and know. For his material, was he at the recording sessions and knows what it sounds like? His reference system also seems to be over processed. Must be a lot of a/d/a going on there. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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I've never had problems reworking 1oz boards (several cycles) if they are quality fab boards. 2oz is probably better though I don't know if 2oz is bonded to the substrate any better than 1oz is. I guess the additional copper must have some effect. Today's boards are a far cry from some of the '80s shit, where traces would lift if you looked cross-eyed at them Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Checked the actual board (marked the same as yours Kevin, from the group buy, lovely black soldermask), and the 2 electros up by the MOSFETs run from V+ to V-. I'd have to refresh my memory on bypassing, as I recall this being done with opamps before, but I would think to gnd would be better? Still running 1 pair of devices, removed the 1K gate stopper and put sockets in. With 221R everything looks fine, other than it is resembling lampizator construction technique. Marc: thanks for the Cordell link. I read quite a bit of that, plus took a look at his book on amplifier design. It appears that he always uses gate zobels consisting of 39pf->100R->gnd on his amps. He seemed to indicate that he always uses them.

Very clean soldering work John! Nice! Did you do any matching?

No no Steve... some of us might like to see what kind of fucked up shit he is up to these days

Yes, but it takes a $200K table to run a high $$$ cart into the label...

^ I'll have to check the actual board. The Eagle files I have, which are not quite the final board. show the two 220uf/100V as going from V+ to V-. I've been trying to update the Eagle file so it more or less matches. The combo SMD/TH resistors he created are a massive PITA in this though, requiring 2 connections on each end.

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Happy Birthday Steve!

Sure, I'll give it a try. I noticed that Borbely was using 100R or 221R on these devices. Any thought on the zobel fixing this? Band-aid? Cheating?

More interesting. I pulled 1 pair of devices. Still oscillating. Actually, now it was oscillating with the volume all the way down, would quit when turned up slightly, then back to oscillating as volume went up. Pulled the replacement 2SK214 and put one of the originals back in. Still oscillating, same as before. Pulled the ferrite chips I had put in and replaced with a couple of these: http://www.digikey.com/products/en?keywords=240-2437-1-nd Not oscillating! Hmmm. Of course Digikey doesn't have those anymore and I don't have 8 of them (5). Shit. Looks like I ordered 10. Will have to see what I used them in... flea clock boards probably.

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Is this a Danny B meet? That guy even still around? :evil: Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Hmmm, re: caps. Does that actually do anything? Thinking of changing these to ground? I'm running 4 devices (2 pairs). Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Someone might have posted this before, but remastered audio, live 1973 performance

One other question... looking at the board layout for these, I noticed that the 220uf/100V caps up by the FETs are run from V+ to V-, not V+ to GND and V- to GND. Is this correct?

Ran some Bode plots in my spice simulation. Not completely sure how to interpret these yet. Haven't installed the zobels yet either (in the actual amp). I have them in the simulation; I'll have to run some of these with/without them and see what differences I can see. At any rate, some below: Standard 1K/100R feedback loop, 10pf compensation cap Same 1K/100R feedback, 33pf compensation 10K/1K feedback loop, 10pf comp. 10K/1K feedback loop, 5.1pf comp

A cap farm! That one would be a fun recap, though I doubt you guys keep stuff long enough to need to do that Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk