Re: 1W tube amp..?
Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2021 5:23 pm
About the schematic. What is the fat switch doing? Is it switching between 2 capacitors? I can't make out what it includes/isolates when selected.
Yeah thats a good question. When S2=S3 its the High pass filter formed between the C2 and R5//Grid of 12AU7ANippleWrestler wrote: ↑Sun Jan 31, 2021 5:23 pm About the schematic. What is the fat switch doing? Is it switching between 2 capacitors? I can't make out what it includes/isolates when selected.
Yeah you could remove the switch, keep C2 where it is, then have an on/on switch to select between the 1m to GND and whatever other resistor value you wanted to GND to get another cut off frequency. 27n/1m = 6hz so it's not really affecting the audible spectrum from what I can see, I'm not sure what to factor in for the tube if anything though. A 27n/100k would cut off at 59hz which would remove flub I guess?Cdog wrote: ↑Sun Jan 31, 2021 6:33 pmYeah thats a good question. When S2=S3 its the High pass filter formed between the C2 and R5//Grid of 12AU7ANippleWrestler wrote: ↑Sun Jan 31, 2021 5:23 pm About the schematic. What is the fat switch doing? Is it switching between 2 capacitors? I can't make out what it includes/isolates when selected.
When S2=S1 an additional HPF is switched in. The impedance of C12//R3 changes from ~1k @ 50Hz to ~460R @ 3kHz, forming the voltage divider with R4. This has the effect of attenuating more of the lower frequencies, so this position sounds 'brighter'. There are simpler/better ways to do this... I've since learned ... but it works and sounds good.
Yes that's right there are other ways to do it. The 1M resistor is //with grid of the 12AU7A, so it's effectively a much lower resistance, to hard to simply say from a datasheet as it's run on a starved plate. The input filters were auditioned on a breadboard during the design process, proof of the pudding is always in the listeninNippleWrestler wrote: ↑Sun Jan 31, 2021 7:18 pmYeah you could remove the switch, keep C2 where it is, then have an on/on switch to select between the 1m to GND and whatever other resistor value you wanted to GND to get another cut off frequency. 27n/1m = 6hz so it's not really affecting the audible spectrum from what I can see, I'm not sure what to factor in for the tube if anything though. A 27n/100k would cut off at 59hz which would remove flub I guess?Cdog wrote: ↑Sun Jan 31, 2021 6:33 pmYeah thats a good question. When S2=S3 its the High pass filter formed between the C2 and R5//Grid of 12AU7ANippleWrestler wrote: ↑Sun Jan 31, 2021 5:23 pm About the schematic. What is the fat switch doing? Is it switching between 2 capacitors? I can't make out what it includes/isolates when selected.
When S2=S1 an additional HPF is switched in. The impedance of C12//R3 changes from ~1k @ 50Hz to ~460R @ 3kHz, forming the voltage divider with R4. This has the effect of attenuating more of the lower frequencies, so this position sounds 'brighter'. There are simpler/better ways to do this... I've since learned ... but it works and sounds good.
Interesting, thanks. A bit pricy and too dirty for my taste.
I try to avoid Marshalls, Fenders and Gibsons because I believe they are ripping as off..
This is really nice.. I forgot that once I was planning to build a 5w and I bought a board, then I became lazy and I bought an amp than someone else built. But this might be easy enough for a beginner in soldering. How much cost, roughly? Do you use an overdrive pedal on this video?
Yep, I had a Wang and it was great. I stupidly sold it because I bought the 5w. Also because I read these safety issues and got afraid that my home will go on fire..
Yes thats the bias network. VA is 12V.NippleWrestler wrote: ↑Sun Jan 31, 2021 7:59 pm Presumably the 3m3/3m3 network at each opamp is a voltage divider to make a +6v input for pins 3 and 5 of the 072, and 12v going to pin 8? All the power lines are called VA but I'm wondering if a net called VA (at +12v) and another net called VREF for the +6v is the same thing.
Is the gain control working as a master volume control also (kinda)? I'm wondering about putting a voltage divider pot as a volume control after the 220uf (220uf in series with lug 3, lug 2 to speaker out, lug 1 to GND). Looks like any pot value isn't going to shave off any Hz since the 220uf is such a beast.
Thanks. As far as tube amp builds go its very simple and cheap. However, it might not be the best project for a complete beginner, really depends on you. The tube might be the most expensive part... Theres a parts list on the build doc, you could price it up. There was a klone overdrive and a rangemaster booster pedal used in the vidchrisz wrote: ↑Sun Jan 31, 2021 9:43 pmThis is really nice.. I forgot that once I was planning to build a 5w and I bought a board, then I became lazy and I bought an amp than someone else built. But this might be easy enough for a beginner in soldering. How much cost, roughly? Do you use an overdrive pedal on this video?
"I feel it's a bit same"? .. what does this mean
I have a Marshall Class 5 and I’m doing a trick to play it in low volume, plugging (halfway) the speaker into the headphones input, not sure if this is alright for the amp. Also I have a relatively big amp on my sofa..