4-65a SE Amp: refining the 46 driver

 

I did some tests today and looked at minimising distortion of this 46 driver in filament bias and found that Va=230V (instead of 184V) to provide best performance:20130101-134450.jpgFilament bias resistor array is now laid out horizontally to improve the dissipation of heat.

Here is the performance (0.05% at 17Vrms) at maximum drive input from my audio test set:

46 Driver Test2 17Vrms

 

Author: Ale Moglia

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