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Author: | SoundMods [ January 28th, 2017, 8:09 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Bias Measurements 50 mA=500mV |
No. You set the bias without a signal -- but with the bias meter still plugged in you can hear the result immediately. Make the bias setting then put on a CD or LP and listen. Don't like what you hear? Make a change -- listen again. |
Author: | Pelliott321 [ January 29th, 2017, 11:09 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Bias Measurements 50 mA=500mV |
Walt real hit the nail by saying there is no hard and fast rules with any of this. You have to trust your ears and follow your own path. I have a pp kt88 amp that one of the biasing suggestions was to set one tube of the pp pair at 15 to 20 ma and the other at 45 to 50 ma. I really liked what I heard but since this went counter to all I read I did not trut my ears and put them back to a matched state. I have never heard or read anywhere about this method and would love to learn the reasoning behind this method |
Author: | Stuart Polansky [ January 30th, 2017, 11:30 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Bias Measurements 50 mA=500mV |
For what it's worth, and that's not much, there is possibly another technique in bias/balancing that may be worthy of consideration. Personally, I've always biased for as close to zero imbalance as possible. Mr. Berning has lectured on the need to keep that imbalance as close to zero as practical. He tells us that measured distortion increases rapidly with as little as 2 mA imbalance, as the core saturates. I take him at his word! He's spent an awful lot of time creating Class AB capable auto bias circuits just to remedy that ill. But, Tubelab George had a very interesting post. I HAVE NO FIRSTHAND KNOWLEDGE, I just read it and am passing it along. Bias for as close to zero imbalance as possible. Then, using a dummy load and signal generator set to ~1kHz, listen to the transformer "sing". Adjust bias in one tube to minimize the singing. He claims that the result is improved sound. Kind of an AC balance trick I suppose. Please don't flame me, if this is terrible, I'm just passing along something that sounded interesting and easy to try. Stuart |
Author: | SoundMods [ January 30th, 2017, 12:34 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Bias Measurements 50 mA=500mV |
I think Stuart nailed it as an unorthodox method of AC balancing. But changing the DC balance a tad is not the way to go. If that manufacturer finds that AC balance is important (as many designers before him) then why not incorporate an AC balance pot in the design. It certainly is not an expensive addition. The user manual can give instruction on how to do that with nothing more than a test CD (or LP). |
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