Another CFA is alive and well. Sorted out the issue with the bias when using the SS/ZF switch by doing the following (board rev 1.2):
- Remove the 4 ZF jumpers near the 600pF
- Increase R44/R49 to 50K
- Increase R50/R51 to 4.2K
- Remove C9/C10
Set at 190mA, plays beautifly in both modes. A must-have as reference in the amp collection. Thanks to KG for developing this amazing circuit!
Maybe my post was a little ambiguous. Right now have it at 200mA in ZF. I shut it down and "jump" the amp to SS. When I power it up I get something like ~300mA bias.
My ultimate question is: should it act like this? Seems cumbersome adjusting bias up and down between the different modes.
Running my CFA at 200mA bias in ZF mode, works perfectly but when I try to go over to SS mode it acts funny.
Bias jumps up way high when only the SS jumpers are engaged, is this normal behaviour? Using the latest boards.
@jamesmking is the heater from pin 7 on el34 connected correctly on your schematic? Seems that it's connected to the junction of r28/29 on the original schematic?
Hi guys, quick question; what´s the current draw of the VAS transistors on the dynahi?
Measuring the R17-R20 resistors gives me 4,6V (15mA). Is this the correct value?