going to have to buy one, have not figured out which one yet, then test.

i did a uberamp with a smps, it was fine.

i have a couple of lambda smps that i use for testing, absolutely dead quiet.

Edited November 21, 20223 yr by kevin gilmore

Looks like transistor at heat sink are TO-220. Aren't the output transistors something bigger – TO-3P - so the board need a stretch?

4 more transistors added so yep its longer.

i'm trying hard not to get this to uberamp size

there are wonderful t03p transistors that would be great but then the heatsink would be 8 inches high instead of 3.57

 

The output transistors are 2sa1860 and 2sc4886 - right?

yup.  not available at mouser, lots in stock digikey.

Thanks. According datasheet they are to3p devices - a bit bigger than mjf1503x.

oops, to3pf according to the datasheet

spacing .75 inch instead of .5 inch.

board is about to get bigger.

or i find different transistors.

 

 

Edited November 21, 20223 yr by kevin gilmore

making larger in progress

 

I guess those big things stand some heat. Why not just remove the throttle plate (vbe multiplier)... and feel the speed.

i have plenty of speed.  495hp + 640hp in the garage.

 

Edited November 22, 20223 yr by kevin gilmore

18 hours ago, kevin gilmore said:

board is about to get bigger.

What would be the change in length? 

the board will be about 15 x 4.

Getting into mighty power amp territories 😃 making sure there is enough heatsink estate as well 😅

actually 12.7 x 3.85 at the moment. size may change a bit

 

Edited November 22, 20223 yr by kevin gilmore

soo to get it into a dissipante 3u chassis

 

Looks very nice, Kevin.

I will skip the brackets and mount transistors directly to the heatsinks.

Some progress with Tube Hybrid(something).

 
PSU; left – Board with filament transformer and transformer for GRHV style regulator (+100V). To the right is Connex SMPS, put it in top of the first board and you have PSU with 6.3VAC, +100VDC and +/-30VDC.

Amplifier board with a tube daughter board. The required -5V is done on the amplifier board with a smd 7905 and a few capacitors.

Will it work? Who knows?

@kevin gilmore: I assume that a 2U chassis wouldn't provide enough heatsink area?

won't fit in a 2u. if you do all the transistors on 1 edge its too long for the case. unless you want to do fully custom

Would using a 2nd board (like the split boards) for the transistors below the main board bring anything? It will keep the two transistor rows closer to each other thus reducing the height of the heatsinks. 

its already a split board. the power resistors make it impossible to shrink.

joamat may come up with a solution but i doubt it.

but you can download some free layout software and try to come up with something smaller.

My impression is that this is intended to be a Muscle CFA3. You probably want 3U – at least.   No V12 engine in a Volkswagen Beetle.

30 minutes ago, JoaMat said:

My impression is that this is intended to be a Muscle CFA3. You probably want 3U – at least.   No V12 engine in a Volkswagen Beetle.

Agree. And a proper 1KVA toroid needed in the middle of the case as well with some 120,000 of caps.

Edited November 29, 20223 yr by audiostar

nope, going to need two boxes. no easy way to stack the front end board onto the heatsinks. the 2 boards will take up much of the bottom.

zero feedback generally ends up with a lower damping factor. so to boost the damping factor need more output transistors in parallel. and the sanken parts are actually 2 die in each package. and are to3p. i could go to 3 or 4 pairs of output transistors for even lower output impedance.

the idea is to drive jbl m2's with the amplification they deserve. not a pair of crown industrial amps.

and things like the susvara.