{"id":5628,"date":"2016-06-12T21:22:09","date_gmt":"2016-06-12T20:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/?p=5628"},"modified":"2016-06-12T21:22:09","modified_gmt":"2016-06-12T20:22:09","slug":"2p29l4p1l-pse-amp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/2016\/06\/12\/2p29l4p1l-pse-amp\/","title":{"rendered":"2P29L\/4P1L PSE Amp"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_5629\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5629\" style=\"width: 549px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/cartoon-july1_0003.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5629\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/2016\/06\/12\/2p29l4p1l-pse-amp\/cartoon-july1_0003\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/cartoon-july1_0003.jpg?fit=1417%2C878&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1417,878\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon MX300 series&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1251740464&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;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"cartoon-july1_0003\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Looking for more&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/cartoon-july1_0003.jpg?fit=840%2C520&amp;ssl=1\" class=\" wp-image-5629\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/cartoon-july1_0003-1024x634.jpg?resize=549%2C345\" alt=\"Looking for more\" width=\"549\" height=\"345\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5629\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Looking for more<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Well, ok. You want more power from previous <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/2016\/06\/12\/2p29l-preamp-and-driver-for-4p1l-pse-amp\/\">4P1L PSE amp<\/a>? Here is an alternative approach:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5630\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5630\" style=\"width: 584px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/2P29L-4P1L-PSE-version-07.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5630\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/2016\/06\/12\/2p29l4p1l-pse-amp\/2p29l-4p1l-pse-version-07\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/2P29L-4P1L-PSE-version-07.png?fit=1437%2C872&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1437,872\" 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=\"2P29L-4P1L PSE version 07\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;2P29L into 3x4P1L PSE&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/2P29L-4P1L-PSE-version-07.png?fit=840%2C509&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-large wp-image-5630\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/2P29L-4P1L-PSE-version-07-1024x621.png?resize=584%2C354\" alt=\"2P29L into 3x4P1L PSE\" width=\"584\" height=\"354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/2P29L-4P1L-PSE-version-07.png?resize=1024%2C621&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/2P29L-4P1L-PSE-version-07.png?resize=300%2C182&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/2P29L-4P1L-PSE-version-07.png?resize=768%2C466&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/2P29L-4P1L-PSE-version-07.png?resize=494%2C300&amp;ssl=1 494w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/2P29L-4P1L-PSE-version-07.png?w=1437&amp;ssl=1 1437w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 85vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5630\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2P29L into 3x4P1L PSE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>You can get 5W at 2% THD maximum. I&#8217;d rather avoid filament bias at the output stage and instead apply fixed bias and a source follower driving the 4P1L stage. Best performance, lower THD at high output power. However, the above circuit is dead simple to implement without adding extra complexities!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, ok. You want more power from previous 4P1L PSE amp? Here is an alternative approach: You can get 5W at 2% THD maximum. I&#8217;d rather avoid filament bias at the output stage and instead apply fixed bias and a source follower driving the 4P1L stage. Best performance, lower THD at high output power. However, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/2016\/06\/12\/2p29l4p1l-pse-amp\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;2P29L\/4P1L PSE Amp&#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_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_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},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-valves"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2r2tK-1sM","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5628","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=5628"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5628\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5631,"href":"https:\/\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5628\/revisions\/5631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}