{"id":4373,"date":"2015-02-01T13:45:43","date_gmt":"2015-02-01T13:45:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/?p=4373"},"modified":"2015-02-01T13:45:43","modified_gmt":"2015-02-01T13:45:43","slug":"4p1l-siberian-gen1-upgrade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/2015\/02\/01\/4p1l-siberian-gen1-upgrade\/","title":{"rendered":"4P1L Siberian Gen1 upgrade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some of the DIYAudio fans have built <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/2012\/06\/29\/4%D0%BF1%D0%BB4p1l-triode-curves\/\">this<\/a> version of the 4P1L with great success. There are several upgrades that can be easily implemented to improve this. I haven&#8217;t tried this myself, but my recent experience with the <a title=\"4P1L DHT Preamp Siberian (Gen3) finished!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/2014\/04\/21\/4p1l-dht-preamp-siberian-gen3-finished\/\">Gen3<\/a> and the <a title=\"01a Preamp (Gen2)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/2015\/01\/17\/01a-preamp-gen2-2\/\">01 preamp gen2<\/a>, I think are worth trying:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Replace the gyrator FET for a cascoded pair (M2 and M4 below) to improve PSR<\/li>\n<li>Replace voltage reference by a cascoded LND150 for better HF and PSR response<\/li>\n<li>Optimise the LF pole of the gyrator load by increasing R4 to 4.7 M\u03a9 and reduce C1 to 220nF<\/li>\n<li>Bias 4P1L to about 30mA. This will reduce distortion<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Hope this is useful<\/p>\n<p>Ale<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/4P1L-Siberian-Gen1b-v01.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4374\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/2015\/02\/01\/4p1l-siberian-gen1-upgrade\/4p1l-siberian-gen1b-v01\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/4P1L-Siberian-Gen1b-v01.png?fit=1294%2C649&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1294,649\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"4P1L Siberian Gen1b v01\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/4P1L-Siberian-Gen1b-v01.png?fit=840%2C422&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4374\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/4P1L-Siberian-Gen1b-v01.png?resize=840%2C421\" alt=\"4P1L Siberian Gen1b v01\" width=\"840\" height=\"421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/4P1L-Siberian-Gen1b-v01.png?w=1294&amp;ssl=1 1294w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/4P1L-Siberian-Gen1b-v01.png?resize=300%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/4P1L-Siberian-Gen1b-v01.png?resize=1024%2C514&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/4P1L-Siberian-Gen1b-v01.png?resize=500%2C251&amp;ssl=1 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/4P1L-Siberian-Gen1b-v01-THD.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4375\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/2015\/02\/01\/4p1l-siberian-gen1-upgrade\/4p1l-siberian-gen1b-v01-thd\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/4P1L-Siberian-Gen1b-v01-THD.png?fit=599%2C320&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"599,320\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"4P1L Siberian Gen1b v01 THD\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/4P1L-Siberian-Gen1b-v01-THD.png?fit=599%2C320&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4375\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/4P1L-Siberian-Gen1b-v01-THD.png?resize=599%2C320\" alt=\"4P1L Siberian Gen1b v01 THD\" width=\"599\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/4P1L-Siberian-Gen1b-v01-THD.png?w=599&amp;ssl=1 599w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/4P1L-Siberian-Gen1b-v01-THD.png?resize=300%2C160&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/4P1L-Siberian-Gen1b-v01-THD.png?resize=500%2C267&amp;ssl=1 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 599px) 85vw, 599px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some of the DIYAudio fans have built this version of the 4P1L with great success. There are several upgrades that can be easily implemented to improve this. I haven&#8217;t tried this myself, but my recent experience with the Gen3 and the 01 preamp gen2, I think are worth trying: Replace the gyrator FET for a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/2015\/02\/01\/4p1l-siberian-gen1-upgrade\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;4P1L Siberian Gen1 upgrade&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[12,156,67],"tags":[782,537,703,112,21,186,47,72,44,78,702,584],"class_list":["post-4373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dht-valves","category-pre-amplifier-valves","category-thd","tag-4p1l","tag-4p1l-dht","tag-4p1l-dht-line-stage","tag-4p1l-dht-pre-amp","tag-dht-pre-amplifier","tag-dht-preamp","tag-dht-preamplifier","tag-dn2540","tag-gyrator","tag-rod-coleman-regulator","tag-siberian-pre-amplifier","tag-siberian-preamp"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2r2tK-18x","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4373"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4373\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4376,"href":"https:\/\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4373\/revisions\/4376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}