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Offline archaos

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Hoffman AC30 board ; question about a bypass cap value
« on: May 11, 2010, 05:44:21 am »
My question is about the bypass cap value of the Brilliant channel of the 1st preamp tube. Why does a .1 µF is used instead of a 22/25 µF one, like with the Normal channel ? What's the consequence ?

Thanx a lot.
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Re: Hoffman AC30 board ; question about a bypass cap value
« Reply #1 on: May 11, 2010, 07:29:17 am »
With 100 nF mid/treble is boosted from around 750 Hz on, the higher frequencies at + 6dB or so.
 
Some versions used quite small bypass caps, down to 1 µF, AFAICT none went down to 100 nF (but I'm not a Vox specialist). Maybe it's a typo on Doug's schematics.


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Re: Hoffman AC30 board ; question about a bypass cap value
« Reply #2 on: May 11, 2010, 07:59:54 am »
Thanks a lot !  :thumbsup: Very helpful.
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Re: Hoffman AC30 board ; question about a bypass cap value
« Reply #3 on: May 11, 2010, 03:22:48 pm »
Have finally got the explanation concerning Doug's schematicsin Stephen Grosvenor's AC30 guide :

"...the AC30/6 Treble model has a different arrangement for the cathode biasing on V, where it has separate cathode components for each triode sction (rather than the shared cathode components in the Normal & Bass versions).
The cathode resistor for the triode of the brilliant channel is 1.5 k (as in the 2nd section), but the cathode capacitor differs in value & is .1µF (as oposed to 25 µF). This to provide the extended high frequency response of the brilliant channel."

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I have stopped being surprised at the guitar player who spends $3,000 on the latest boutique amplifier, and plugs in his Mexican Stratocaster strung with light gauge strings through a Big Muff Pi fuzz pedal.

Mehr Licht !

 


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