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Millett "Starving Student" hybrid amp
Thanks all, i will check my mosfet connections. hopefully its a simple mixup of pin 1 and 2. I am hoping that is the case. If not...ill go back to the drawing board lol. I instantly regretted twisting things together because if i made a mistake its basically impossible to get apart.- Rangiroa
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Millett "Starving Student" hybrid amp
Ok, Here are some more pics of my build, As I said earlier the green and white wires are 99 percent connections and the blue and orange wires are ground wires. I have many problems and I am open to all suggestions at this point. my first problem is how to stabilize my connections. I...- Rangiroa
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Millett "Starving Student" hybrid amp
update to my build, I have decided that I need to start from scratch for my build, so i will be ordering new caps and resistors. I was able to get faint noise from both channels, but only if i pushed around some of my wires. It seems that I have hooked everything together correctly...- Rangiroa
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Millett "Starving Student" hybrid amp
can anyone explain to me which side of the potentiometer the ground wires are connected to? Also, The Neutrik Hphone Jack, which side to connect the wires, I wired mine as the original Millett was pictured. For the potentiometer, I am unsure. If i am not receiving sound, which...- Rangiroa
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Millett "Starving Student" hybrid amp
Ok everyone, Update to my project as it was a few days ago since i fried my mosfets (actually i think the mosfets are fine, they are not burnt) But i used new mosfets anyways to be safe. My first build of this project has spanned over 3 weeks, including casework which i tried to make...- Rangiroa
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Grado sound, but with better soundstage and sub-bass
I went from a Grado Sr-80 to the beyer Dt990 (2010) and I cannot listen to the grados anymore. As far as im concerned, you shouldnt rule out the headphone based on a graph you found online. you never know how its going to sound with your particular setup. The Dt990 with my millet tube...- Rangiroa
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Looking for a new Headphones, need suggestions.
Grado 225 FTW- Rangiroa
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Millett "Starving Student" hybrid amp
Thanks I will definately give that a try when I rewire. I feel like i quadruple checked everything over the weekend, because i was looking for that 1 possible connection that was screwing everything up. But i will definately try your advice before i power up so i dont fry my mosfets...- Rangiroa
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Millett "Starving Student" hybrid amp
What is humorous to me and maybe others can laugh with me, but I thought "hey, the idea of this amp is to save money so im going to use the case as a heatsink and screw the mosfets into the case". Oops. Would have saved me lots of headaches had I known how important insulation was for...- Rangiroa
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Millett "Starving Student" hybrid amp
Thanks, I will just order a new set of mosfets. The way they are hooked in the picture was only because equalizer suggested maybe the gate and drain were hooked backwards, I changed it just for effect. I believe I mentioned that before I posted the picture. Will the heatsink pads...- Rangiroa
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Millett "Starving Student" hybrid amp
Ok, Sorry in advance for the poor quality, but i have an older 6mp camera and I am not quite sure how to take detailed stills with it. I have always had trouble. If anyone can instruct me in basic camera use, id be appreciated. Maybe then i could take better detailed pics. EDIT: in the...- Rangiroa
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Millett "Starving Student" hybrid amp
so basically, I do not want to run a connection between mosfet pin 2's on each one i just want to connect them seperately? This is because each tube is its own channel? Am i correct that the only thing connecting both channels is the Capacitor that is grounded and connects to the 33k...- Rangiroa
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Millett "Starving Student" hybrid amp
Thanks for all your help equalizer. I would post pics but i tried taking some and my old camera cant really show the detail too well. Its probably just easier to not :) I will check out the mosfet wiring to make sure they are wired correctly. the drain on the mosfet was very...- Rangiroa
- Post #5,224
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Millett "Starving Student" hybrid amp
Ok, A little update to my problems from a few days ago. I started prodding around with my DMM and found that pin 4 on one tube socket is receiving 13.9 volts, and one the other one its receiving the full 48. What connection is missing that would involve allowing all 48v into that...- Rangiroa
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Millett "Starving Student" hybrid amp
Nightarya: Your soldering job looks similar to mine and I have your problem as well. I believe if you shorten some of those wires and snipping excess resistor leads, make sure and seal each connection with heat shrink (i am using electricians tape atm) it should hopefully work...- Rangiroa
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