Okay, as I was.Nick wrote: ↑Mon Mar 13, 2023 3:49 pm Hang on, a x10 probe is a 1:10 attenuator, not a probe with gain. If the scope is set at 1v per div, and its not a scope that talks to the probe, then that is indeed 3.4v displayed on the scope, the applying the x10 probe, that means that the actual supply has 34v P/P ripple.
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#167 Re: C3g Aikido Phono
Some of that is the photo, not easy to get anything better with a phone. But that said that's as good as I can get it, it's just a broad line. I wondered if maybe there's some oscillation but I'm really just clutching at straws.
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#168 Re: C3g Aikido Phono
The right channel was almost identical up to the Aikido, the output cap and output phono changeable and looking like the following. Note the volts/square is now 100mV.
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Sometimes two lines .
Sometimes one line .
Sometimes quite different .
The right channel is closer to the power supply than the left, but the RIAA filter and C3g are closer than the Aikido and I would have thought they'd be more likely to be affected?
Grateful for thoughts and suggestions.
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Sometimes two lines .
Sometimes one line .
Sometimes quite different .
The right channel is closer to the power supply than the left, but the RIAA filter and C3g are closer than the Aikido and I would have thought they'd be more likely to be affected?
Grateful for thoughts and suggestions.
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#169 Re: C3g Aikido Phono
My list of things to try/consider:
Try to reduce ripple on the raw DC without losing too much voltage
Increase the gridstopper on G1 of C3g. Currently it's 220R - I done have any carbon comps to hand but is it worth trying a 1k carbon film?
Separate the HT PS from the phono circuit to put some distance between them
Put some ferrites on the heater wires at the pcb end
Seem reasonable? Anything else worth trying?
Try to reduce ripple on the raw DC without losing too much voltage
Increase the gridstopper on G1 of C3g. Currently it's 220R - I done have any carbon comps to hand but is it worth trying a 1k carbon film?
Separate the HT PS from the phono circuit to put some distance between them
Put some ferrites on the heater wires at the pcb end
Seem reasonable? Anything else worth trying?
#170 Re: C3g Aikido Phono
Is that a choke in the center?
If yes, try moving it, or, at least rotating it, the gap on any choke will emanate a nasty hum field.
If yes, try moving it, or, at least rotating it, the gap on any choke will emanate a nasty hum field.
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#171 Re: C3g Aikido Phono
I would compare the trace to that with the input shorted to see if its a badly focused trace or something more before trying to fix it. Check the signal going into the riaa, if there is HF the riaa will attenuate it so checking before would show more if its there.
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#172 Re: C3g Aikido Phono
HT transformer I think. From top to bottom: HT trafo, UF4007 bridge, 100V+100V cap, two resistors now shorted out (so only a single filter cap rather than two sections when I first wired it up), and heater trafo at the bottom.
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#173 Re: C3g Aikido Phono
I haven't followed that. Do you mean the reged HT? All the other traces are with the input shorted.Nick wrote: ↑Mon Mar 13, 2023 4:43 pm I would compare the trace to that with the input shorted to see if its a badly focused trace or something more before trying to fix it. Check the signal going into the riaa, if there is HF the riaa will attenuate it so checking before would show more if its there.
The trace on the output side of the C3g coupling cap is at the input of the RIAA.
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#174 Re: C3g Aikido Phono
It might be worth mentioning that the "hash" for want of a better word seen at the input is very similar to the previous build. Which was perhaps why I wondered if there was some oscillation maybe. But the HT trafo is reasonably close to the audio circuit in that build too so perhaps it's proximity.
I can't help thinking just how good the phono would sound if I could track this down cos it's pretty special now I reckon.
I can't help thinking just how good the phono would sound if I could track this down cos it's pretty special now I reckon.
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#175 Re: C3g Aikido Phono
Question for Andrew - how much scope is there for increasing the distance of the heater modules from the audio circuit? Could they go in a separate PS box with umbilical wires to the audio box? This might be preferable to passing AC through wires between boxes? Or would this not matter if the umbilical had only the 6no. heater wires? I imagine they could radiate EMF that could be picked up by the DC umbilical for the HT maybe?
#176 Re: C3g Aikido Phono
No, sorry, I meant the input to the scope being shorted, that way you could see what the trace was like in the known absence of a signal.All the other traces are with the input shorted.
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#177 Re: C3g Aikido Phono
Ah, got you - that makes sense!
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#178 Re: C3g Aikido Phono
Very good, you've done this before Nick . This is with the probe's ground connected to the tip, it's the same as at the phono inputs. Which suggests things are fine up to the Aikido?
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What does this mean for the probe/scope? I have two probes and they're both the same when I ground them.
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What does this mean for the probe/scope? I have two probes and they're both the same when I ground them.
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#179 Re: C3g Aikido Phono
D'Oh ! I didn't think that one through.Nick wrote: ↑Mon Mar 13, 2023 3:49 pm Hang on, a x10 probe is a 1:10 attenuator, not a probe with gain. If the scope is set at 1v per div, and its not a scope that talks to the probe, then that is indeed 3.4v displayed on the scope, the applying the x10 probe, that means that the actual supply has 34v P/P ripple.
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#180 Re: C3g Aikido Phono
Maybe, is the circuit of the amp in this thread somewhere (will go and look)? It certainly makes me think that its not a issue with HF thats causing the wide trace. I think its just induced hum.Which suggests things are fine up to the Aikido?
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