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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #311: Big cap banks by AlexBerger on 2021-03-08 
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Hi N-set,Yes I added big cap bank to the second stage cathode. Yes it is possible to use filament power supply for fixed bias like Romy did.But I have a stereo EAR834p with a single filament PS. So, I was afraid that one PS for both channels can caus...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #309: EAR834p how does RIAA feedback work? by AlexBerger on 2021-03-08 
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Hi Romy,I read about EAR834p modifications in number of forums. And I never found any explanation how does RIAA feedback work.Only from you I heard about Miller capacity that used in this RIAA.I tried to do my calculations and as I understand the Mil...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #305: EAR by AlexBerger on 2021-03-06 
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Hi Paul,My question was of cause about my phonostage based on EAR834p and "End Of Live" modification with air capacitors and LCLC + 0A2 power supply.A couple weeks before I increase the second stage ECC83 cathode capacitor value to 43400uF (Kaisei no...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #303: Big output capacitor question. by AlexBerger on 2021-03-05 
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Hi Guys,The output impedance of ECC83 in cathode follower is around 625 Oms. But 1uF capacitor makes output impedance very big on low frequencies (around 8K Ohm at 20Hz). And in this schematics the global feedback doesn't work at low frequencies. So ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #291: Z-foil by AlexBerger on 2020-03-15 
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Do you use input 50KOhm Z-foil resistor between input tube greed and GND?Does Z-foil sound colder compared to Dale RN60D?U used Dale before. Now I use Shinkoh tantalum resistor. It has similar to Dale tonal balance but sounds smoother.I heard a lot o...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #289: Capacitors Question by AlexBerger on 2020-03-15 
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Hi N-set,Thank you for information.What kind and producer of capacitors do you use?Regards,Alex. ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #286: Bypass Schottky by Snubber by AlexBerger on 2020-01-23 
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Hi,I have the phonostage with the similar schematics that Romy has.The power supply use SiC Schottky diodes in bridge and 15H choke load exactly like on the scheme in this thread.Is it possible to bypass each Schottky diode by 10-100 pF capacitor?Doe...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #241: Shunt regulation by AlexBerger on 2013-02-17 
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Does anybody try to change shunt regulators OA2 to 15K Ohm resistor?I heard from number of people that OA2 is too noisy for phonostage.For example, in this article wrote about this http://www.audionote.co.uk/articles/tweak_ai_p2_phono_mod_0...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #180: Filament by AlexBerger on 2011-11-29 
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What about filament?Is the filament ground connected to the common ground?Is the filament ripple is small?...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #165: ECC83 Amperex picture by AlexBerger on 2011-11-22 
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This is my ECC83 Amperex picture.
Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #163: Amperex ECC83 by AlexBerger on 2011-11-22 
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I tried Amperex ECC83 "Bugle Boy". They sounded bad in the EAR RIAA. I like more modern Amperex ECC83, Holland made with orange-red prints....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #159: "End of Live" tube set by AlexBerger on 2011-11-22 
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Romy,Thank you.I think I should to give some break-in time to Sylvania 0a2.50 hours is enough? Previously I used in my EAR the next set of tubes ECC83: 1-Amperex (red print), 2-Amperex (red print), 3-Sylvania 7025 (yellow print).When I built "End of ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #156: 0A2 Question by AlexBerger on 2011-11-22 
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Hello Romy,What brand of 0A2 do you use in your phonostage?I used RCA, but after 1.5 years of work it began to spark when phonostage is switched on.I tried Siemens, Mazda and now Sylvania 0A2.Siemens has "disco sound", without mids, just metallic hig...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #86: Hum again. by AlexBerger on 2010-05-14 
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Romy,I have rebuilt my phonostage (the pictures after update are added to Picasa):1. Fixed filament.  Now a ripple about 1mV (unmeasured by my Fluke).    The filter is: C-L-C-L-C 30000uf-3mH-30000uf-3mH-30000uf.   I put two 3mH chokes & Nichico...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: Grado Sonata & Ortofon Rondo Bronze by AlexBerger on 2010-05-03 
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Romy,Yes, I measured my cartridge-tonearm combination with test disk. The resonant frequency was completely different compared to calculation with http://www.mh-audio.nl/MySystem/RF.asp.7 years ago, I tried Fidelity Research FR-64FX with Grado Sona...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: High mass tonearm by AlexBerger on 2010-05-03 
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Romy,I use Ortofon Rondo Bronze with Nottingham Spacearm and Spacedeck. I hate Spacearm because bad tracking. Also, I can't add mass to Spacearm.I going to try a heavy tonearm.Fidelity Research FR-64FX with Ortofon Rondo Bronze (compliance is 15mm/uN...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #85: Capacitors by AlexBerger on 2010-04-23 
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Romy,I used second tube grid resistor, 1.8Meg Holco. (I couldn't find 2 Meg chip and good quality resistor: Dell RN60D or Holco or even Caddock MK-132.)But I felt the deep bus was cut. I tried 1.8Meg Holco & Riken 220K in serial. The deep bus inc...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #82: The hum is drooped significantly! by AlexBerger on 2010-04-20 
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Romy,I try to remove the step-up transformers & short the input grid, the hum has gone.Than, I did next changes:1. Twisted wire from input RCA to step-up transformers. Connect transformers input & output ground directly (not thought ground ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #80: Hum “disconnecting trick” by AlexBerger on 2010-04-19 
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Romy,I tried before to cover transformers by foil sheet, it didn't help. Now I try “disconnecting trick”. The hum was disappeared after phonostage had switched off, while music continued to play.The filament ripple is 32m Volt (5% from DC level). I...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #78: My "End of Live" vesrion. by AlexBerger on 2010-04-19 
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Hello Romy,I just have build the postage used your "End of Live"  scheme and Altec step-up transformers.http://picasaweb.google.com/alex.berger73/Phonostage#I have original EAR. After of 100 hours of working, the new Phonostage  sounds more dynamic, ...
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