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post #46 of 53
12/16/10 at 10:07am


OPA4132 is the signal channel amp.

 

But it's all relative...you could you whatever your favorite jfet single, dual or quad op amps are...

A couple of OPA1642 would sound pretty good as would AD8620.

 

The ground driver is an OPA551 high current op amp.

 

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Avro-Arrow -

 

A question for you...

 

What is the OpAmp in the schematic in Post #36???

 

Thanks,

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post #47 of 53
12/16/10 at 10:14am

Those voltages are way off...you blew the TLE2426.

 

For 15 volt input, if your negative probe is on the TLE output pin (virtual ground),

you should have +7.5 it you touch the positive probe to the V+

and -7.5 volts if you touch the probe to the V-.

The LED should have no influence on the circuit.

I'm not sure what "Diode" you mean?
 

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DOH! it was the LED. I soldered in the LED and there's no smoke. Live and learn. If you don't mind I'll share what my measurements are:

 

V- to V+: ~15.50V

 

Vground to V- ~16.25V

 

Vground to V+ .625V (I got a negative number when I had the positive end matched up with V+ for some reason, so I switched it around.

 

How are these voltages? Close enough?

 

 

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I checked the connector. The extra pin is a switch; it is connected to the negative side when not plugged in, and unconnected when the plug is in. 

 

Could the smoking problem be that the LED or Diode weren't connected when I plugged it in?


 
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post #48 of 53
12/16/10 at 10:19am

I checked the construction page again...the Diode is for reverse voltage protection.

If your power supply is hooked up backwards, the diode conducts and shorts

out the power supply.

If your power supply is hooked up properly, the diode is not conducting and has

no influence of the circuit.

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post #49 of 53
12/16/10 at 11:34am
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Originally Posted by Avro_Arrow View Post

Those voltages are way off...you blew the TLE2426.

 

For 15 volt input, if your negative probe is on the TLE output pin (virtual ground),

you should have +7.5 it you touch the positive probe to the V+

and -7.5 volts if you touch the probe to the V-.

The LED should have no influence on the circuit.

I'm not sure what "Diode" you mean?
 

Crap, I don't know what I did wrong at all. The diode and the LED aren't the problem, then something I did is way off... Hopefully the BUF634 is ok, the TLE is cheap and I have a couple. Back to the drawing board, so to speak...
 

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post #50 of 53
12/16/10 at 11:48am


Probably wired the TLE2426 wrong.

I've done it myself.

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Originally Posted by Avro_Arrow View Post

Those voltages are way off...you blew the TLE2426.

 

For 15 volt input, if your negative probe is on the TLE output pin (virtual ground),

you should have +7.5 it you touch the positive probe to the V+

and -7.5 volts if you touch the probe to the V-.

The LED should have no influence on the circuit.

I'm not sure what "Diode" you mean?
 

Crap, I don't know what I did wrong at all. The diode and the LED aren't the problem, then something I did is way off... Hopefully the BUF634 is ok, the TLE is cheap and I have a couple. Back to the drawing board, so to speak...
 

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post #51 of 53
12/16/10 at 12:02pm
Thread Starter 

Yep, I think I put it in upside down, wired one of the pins wrong, or both. I fixed it and put a new chip in and it works fine now. ~9.8V on each side from the ~20V from the power supply. I should have been more careful. Now I'll be extra careful when I do the more expensive opamps.

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post #52 of 53
12/16/10 at 12:54pm


That sounds much better.

Good job.

 

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Originally Posted by T.B.N. View Post

Yep, I think I put it in upside down, wired one of the pins wrong, or both. I fixed it and put a new chip in and it works fine now. ~9.8V on each side from the ~20V from the power supply. I should have been more careful. Now I'll be extra careful when I do the more expensive opamps.

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post #53 of 53
1/11/11 at 5:06pm
Thread Starter 

So I've got new problems...

 

I had a lot of things going on and wasn't able to work on the amp for a while. I finally got it all wired up and I'm measuring ~10 VDC on the headphone jack. I tried some old ipod earbuds and all I hear is a low hum... Any ideas? The voltage doesn't change at all by changing the volume.

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