300B Headphone Amp
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#77 Re: 300B Headphone Amp
Touch it to see if it is
It does look smart fo' sho'.
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#78 Re: 300B Headphone Amp
I did - it'll be nice on a cold winters evening!
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#79 Re: 300B Headphone Amp
You need some 833a valves Ray, the filament on it's own is 100W. (10v @ 10A).
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#80 Re: 300B Headphone Amp
Nah, I've got some 6C33Cs to play with Phil! Was just going to post about them on another thread.
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#81 Re: 300B Headphone Amp
Sure'nuff it is.
So smart it's almost ..sh..shho...
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#82 Re: 300B Headphone Amp
...Bill Oddie.
Its the new Shoddy!
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#83 Re: 300B Headphone Amp
I mentioned elsewhere that this project had developed an intermittent buzz that i have to fix. As I'm going to have some dismantling and I would like to be able to run the Soekris DAC against my DSD decoders I've decided to separate the DAC and HPA components when I do the work on it. Watch this space...
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#84 Re: 300B Headphone Amp
I fixed one and it was one of the LM317s that was causing the buzz.
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#85 Re: 300B Headphone Amp
Thanks Steve, I'll bear that in mind when I get to checking it out.
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#86 Re: 300B Headphone Amp
Nice development, Ray. Looking forward to hear more about how both DACs perform in comparison.
I am building an OTL headphone amp for my studio(with the 6AS7, no NFB) and was wondering how you got to the two different output impedances (32/600ohms) with the MP circuit. Do you use output transformers? As I use 3 different headphones with different impedance it might be something to consider for the one with the lowest impedance at least. Any recommendation for good OPTs?
I am building an OTL headphone amp for my studio(with the 6AS7, no NFB) and was wondering how you got to the two different output impedances (32/600ohms) with the MP circuit. Do you use output transformers? As I use 3 different headphones with different impedance it might be something to consider for the one with the lowest impedance at least. Any recommendation for good OPTs?
#87 Re: 300B Headphone Amp
No transformers or other trickery, the Masterpiece can drive the 32ohm and 600 ohm headphones perfectly well, all I have done is installed two output jacks with different value output caps, something like a 3300uF Nichicon FG for 32ohms and 56uF plastic film for the 600ohms. Both my Goldring DR150 (32ohm) and BeyerDynamic DT880 (600ohm) sound really good but with a different sound so I can choose how I listen depending on the music and mood. The Goldrings have a fuller, weightier sound but the BeyerDynamics are a little lighter in tone with more detail.
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#88 Re: 300B Headphone Amp
I've finished reworking my Transcendent Masterpiece HPA, sans integrated Soekris DAC, and with a switched attenuator installed. Eliminated the buzz that I had started to experience in its previous incarnation too. Full house of Andrew's filament supplies, two of his DHT supplies and one of his indirect supplies. B+ is courtesy of a Maida HV regulator. Looking shoddy but sounding good!
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#89 Re: 300B Headphone Amp
Shoddy work there our-Ray.
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#90 Re: 300B Headphone Amp
Supreme shoddiness.
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