MEASURES
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Rails: +/- 24VDC under load
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DC offset at speaker teminals: +/- 2mV
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BIAS: 1.3A (0.61V on R13/R14)
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Voltage gain: 10 (20dB)
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THD+N (at 1 Watt into 8 Ohms at 1kHz): 0.08%
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THD (at 1 Watt into 8 Ohms at 1kHz): 0.04%
MEASURES
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Rails: +/- 24VDC under load
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DC offset at speaker teminals: +/- 2mV
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BIAS: 1.3A (0.61V on R13/R14)
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Voltage gain: 10 (20dB)
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THD+N (at 1 Watt into 8 Ohms at 1kHz): 0.08%
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THD (at 1 Watt into 8 Ohms at 1kHz): 0.04%
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NOTES
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R7 changed to 52.3k to remove excess negative DC offset at the output of the amp
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R4 changed to 8.2 Ohms and 220uF bipolar capacitor added to remove DC offset at Edcor input (pin 1)
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Boards, Edcor transformers and MOSFETs from TeaBag
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Harris IRFP9240 MOSFETs
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Matched Toshiba JFETs from FET Audio
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Dual mono implementation
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2 x 250VA transformers from Toroidy - 230V primary, 2x18V secondary
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8 x 22000uF KEMET PEH200 in power supply
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Deluxe 4U chassis from Hi-Fi 2000
RESOURCES
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Manual: First Watt M2
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diyAudio: Official M2 schematic, M2 Clone boards with 120mm UMS spacing
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Other: Edcor
Last update: 10.03.2019.
NOTES
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R7 changed to 52.3k to remove excess negative DC offset at the output of the amp
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R4 changed to 8.2 Ohms and 220uF bipolar capacitor added to remove DC offset at Edcor input (pin 1)
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Boards, Edcor transformers and MOSFETs from TeaBag
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Harris IRFP9240 MOSFETs
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Matched Toshiba JFETs from FET Audio
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Dual mono implementation
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2 x 250VA transformers from Toroidy - 230V primary, 2x18V secondary
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8 x 22000uF KEMET PEH200 in power supply
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Deluxe 4U chassis from Hi-Fi 2000
RESOURCES
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Manual: First Watt M2
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diyAudio: Official M2 schematic, M2 Clone boards with 120mm UMS spacing
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Other: Edcor
Last update: 10.03.2019.
Burning Amp BA-3 Power Amplifier
Designed by Nelson Pass. Class A push-pull power amplifier with no feedback and no voltage gain, only current gain. To be driven by BA-3 Front End. About 40W for 8 Ohm speakers. more for 4 Ohm. More details on First Watt website.
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MEASURES
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Rails: +/- 30VDC under load
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DC Offset: < 1mV (< 30mV cold)
NOTES
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Complimentary Output (BA-2) boards from diyAudio Store
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BA-3 Front End in a separate chassis
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Dual mono implementation
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2 x 400VA transformer from Toroidy - 230V primary, 2x22V secondary
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8 x 22000uF in PSU
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Deluxe 4U chassis (Hi-Fi 2000)
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Matched MOSFETs from Hannes
RESOURCES
Last update: 11.06.2023.