justin Posted October 11, 2012 Report Share Posted October 11, 2012 (edited) Amb only sell to builders of their amp. I had to do the matching myself and was pretty lucky. Followed : http://www.diamondst...ching_jfet.html guess it depends on the circuit but in gilmore's amps I match for Vgs at the current used in the circuit, rather than Idss. i found this makes more sense. Edited October 11, 2012 by justin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RudeWolf Posted October 11, 2012 Report Share Posted October 11, 2012 Bah, I'll just buy some from you guys at inflated prices sometime next year when I'll be ready to tackle a stat amp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgazal Posted October 11, 2012 Report Share Posted October 11, 2012 I'm in for 50 2sa1486 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobra_kai Posted October 11, 2012 Report Share Posted October 11, 2012 (edited) I'd take 50 2sa1486 It really sucks how so many of these transistors get discontinued. I just went in for 50 pairs of matched sk170/sj74 as well. Didn't realize they were getting so rare. Hopefully I can get some decently matched quads in there Edited October 11, 2012 by cobra_kai Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoaMat Posted October 11, 2012 Report Share Posted October 11, 2012 (edited) / Edited November 12, 2015 by JoaMat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vvs_75 Posted October 12, 2012 Report Share Posted October 12, 2012 Also in for 50 x 2sa1486. thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jantze Posted October 12, 2012 Report Share Posted October 12, 2012 I'm in for 50 2SA1486's as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PICaudio Posted October 12, 2012 Report Share Posted October 12, 2012 I'm in for 100 2sa1486 if it's possible -- o -- Rodrigo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nattonrice Posted October 12, 2012 Report Share Posted October 12, 2012 I'm in on this bus, I'll take 100 of 2SA1486 if available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnwmclean Posted October 13, 2012 Report Share Posted October 13, 2012 I now have my HV running 8.88 mA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwzhan Posted October 13, 2012 Report Share Posted October 13, 2012 I now have my HV running 8.88 mA. Congrats! What exactly did you change? Did you have to get a beefier transformer? IIRC your PSU was confirgured for 450V right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnwmclean Posted October 13, 2012 Report Share Posted October 13, 2012 Thanks! The transformer is a beefier 150VA model, it uses a screen and the 420 V windings are now capable of continuous current @ 250mA. The psu is standard 450V, for the amp boards I changed R8 and 9 from 180ohm to 113ohm, simply by parallelling 300ohm over the existing 180ohm resistors which saved lifting the amp boards of the heat sinks. I was going to dabble with the third stage, but chose to leave it, I was concerned about not being able to get the boards to balance. As it is I can get both boards under 1 V, but cannot get down to the ~ 0 V where I was before, not that is matters, just worth mentioning. As for heat, there’s not much difference, runs slightly warmer overall. Listening I found higher frequencies have opened up, sounded really good to my ears and definitely worth the effort. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eggil Posted October 13, 2012 Report Share Posted October 13, 2012 Justin, I'd like to change my request to 100 pieces of 2sa1486 if possible. Thanks. John: that sounds pretty interesting. Would love to compare it with the standard resistors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victor Chew Posted October 13, 2012 Report Share Posted October 13, 2012 Congrats John. Any pictures of your mod to show us? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnwmclean Posted October 13, 2012 Report Share Posted October 13, 2012 (edited) Thanks Victor, There’s not really much to see, however here is what I did. Either side of the LED in R8 and R9 positions the default 180ohm resistor is still in place I simply paralleled a 300ohm resistor over the top. This changes the value to 112.5ohm. The calculation mA is derived; 1.7v - vbe junction (.7) /112.5 ohms == 8.8mA (see Kevin’s post #1893 for detail) Thanks Kevin and Birgir for all your help with this. Edited October 13, 2012 by johnwmclean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ujamerstand Posted October 13, 2012 Report Share Posted October 13, 2012 That's smart. Ganna steal that trick for later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victor Chew Posted October 13, 2012 Report Share Posted October 13, 2012 (edited) Nice and clean work. What transformer did you change it to? SumR as well? Edited October 13, 2012 by Victor Chew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnwmclean Posted October 14, 2012 Report Share Posted October 14, 2012 Nice and clean work. What transformer did you change it to? SumR as well? Yes SumR. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eggil Posted October 14, 2012 Report Share Posted October 14, 2012 (edited) Better highs wold be good for the 007 and Sigmas; would it make the 009 brighter though? Edited October 14, 2012 by eggil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justin Posted October 14, 2012 Report Share Posted October 14, 2012 Justin, I'd like to change my request to 100 pieces of 2sa1486 if possible. Thanks. John: that sounds pretty interesting. Would love to compare it with the standard resistors. i'm going to order them but the lead time is 12-14 weeks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spritzer Posted October 14, 2012 Report Share Posted October 14, 2012 If you'd like to reach some price break then just let me know... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guzziguy Posted October 15, 2012 Report Share Posted October 15, 2012 Justin, please put me down for 100. I may never use them, but they'll probably be a good investment in that case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justin Posted October 15, 2012 Report Share Posted October 15, 2012 If you'd like to reach some price break then just let me know... they're only dropping it by 1 or 2 cents a piece, and ive already had up to 4000pcs quoted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoaMat Posted October 15, 2012 Report Share Posted October 15, 2012 For latest version of kgsshv PSU, what value is the current limit set to? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wokstarr26 Posted October 16, 2012 Report Share Posted October 16, 2012 Justin please count me in for 50 2sa1486. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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