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"Color" Tube Pre-amp for Solid State Amps: Final Testing 

Skunkie Designs Electronics
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@themeeksproject9785
@themeeksproject9785 Год назад
luv this ..... and sort of learning while having coffee....pen and paper please....
@KUDJU
@KUDJU Год назад
We love you skunkie ❤
@sonhouse9636
@sonhouse9636 Год назад
Very beautiful build and very interesting test session!
@FFosaG
@FFosaG Год назад
This idea of regulating harmonic distortion really resonates with me... There was a solid state project on DIYaudio similar to this one, its called the PeeCeeBee Preamp. It has a clean signal path and a "harmonic rich" signal path. The relationship between those two can be adjusted..
@danrussell9357
@danrussell9357 Год назад
Enjoyed the content. There are things you learn by building, and there are things you learn by testing. Good call with the coupling cap.
@el_arte
@el_arte Год назад
Good, honest conclusion. Glad to see input potentiometers back in play. In my tests, I am always surprised at how much signal degradation potentiometers can cause. So, it’s tremendously important that potentiometers at the input be of good quality.
@SkunkieDesignsElectronics
@SkunkieDesignsElectronics Год назад
Yeah,. these little Vishay trimmers are super nice!
@jakep8484
@jakep8484 2 месяца назад
​@SkunkieDesignsElectronics do you have a part number for those pots? Thank you and fun build.
@frankgeeraerts6243
@frankgeeraerts6243 Год назад
AND as other people do comment .....................very nice build !!!!!
@SkunkieDesignsElectronics
@SkunkieDesignsElectronics Год назад
Thank you. I think I may start doing more builds like this one, wood frame with an aluminum top plate.
@ramenhausten
@ramenhausten Год назад
So when are we gettin official skunkie design ultimate tube amp kits for sale ?
@thinkIndependent2024
@thinkIndependent2024 Год назад
Nice work
@WayneKnight_Rider
@WayneKnight_Rider Год назад
Not sure if you are aware of this, thought I might mention it as a valuable testing tool. You can check the frequency response between stages as well. For example, you could DC (or AC) couple the probe to the grid of a tube to see what the frequency response is at the input of a tube. Ideally, you'd want to see a flat frequency response curve from 20 to 20k for the appropriate dB. For the output of power tubes, AC couple the probe to the cathode. In this scenario (assuming you're cathode bypassed), ideally you'd only want to see noise below -50 dB. If you have anything above the noise floor, the bypass capacitor is not completely shunting AC signal at those frequencies. I use the Diligent Waveforms software to do this with the network analyzer. You can do it with Audio Analyzer as well, I just prefer the control Waveforms gives you. I'd be happy to tell you more about this if you think it would benefit your amp testing.
@SkunkieDesignsElectronics
@SkunkieDesignsElectronics Год назад
Sure, send me a PM at my website. I do know how to look at the AC signal on the grid of the output tube after the coupling cap.
@WayneKnight_Rider
@WayneKnight_Rider Год назад
@@SkunkieDesignsElectronics sure, I'll send you something in a day or two.
@WayneKnight_Rider
@WayneKnight_Rider Год назад
I sent you a message on your website : )
@cobar5342
@cobar5342 Год назад
Great video Stephe. It might be interesting to test the Pass solid state colour device to compare the result
@SkunkieDesignsElectronics
@SkunkieDesignsElectronics Год назад
great idea, I do need to figure out how to -hold- the pass device at 0.5V RMS though.
@mfr58
@mfr58 Год назад
Interesting results. What output loading was connected? If it was only loaded with the output pot, you'll likely get different results if you put a solid state amp on it.......
@SkunkieDesignsElectronics
@SkunkieDesignsElectronics Год назад
I forgot to show that, I was using a 20K load on the RCA jacks as that's the input impedance of the amp this is going to be used on has.
@amirshokati6377
@amirshokati6377 Год назад
I can not thank enough. it was very informative for me special the measurement of noise level relative to volume position. I can make some modification on mine. just a question, since input stage of my discrete power amp has coupling cap too (1uF), the value of output cap could be reduced for getting same frequency response? as far as I understand after some point there is no change with increasing the cap value. correct?
@SkunkieDesignsElectronics
@SkunkieDesignsElectronics Год назад
The interaction is between the output cap and the 10K pot on the output. You can't remove that cap, as then you would have 86V on the RCA jack. And yes at some point the change by increasing that cap extends past usefulness with audio gear.
@simonkormendy849
@simonkormendy849 Год назад
You should also check the X10 Compensation on both your Scope probes too, since incorrect compensation can affect the accuracy of your waveform measurements.
@SkunkieDesignsElectronics
@SkunkieDesignsElectronics Год назад
Yeah I do check that but thanks for the reminder. At some point I may need to replace this ancient analog gear, but I have learned their quirks and what I need to look for.
@bob_mosavo
@bob_mosavo Год назад
@Skunkie Designs Electronics When you are talking about roll-off frequencies (upper or lower), can you give us the 3db down frequencies please? Thanks 😁
@SkunkieDesignsElectronics
@SkunkieDesignsElectronics Год назад
You can see those on the test, I consider 3db down to be audible. I want to see 0.5db down to call the frequency response flat.
@bob_mosavo
@bob_mosavo Год назад
I cannot see the 3db down frequencies in the videos, which is why I asked ☹ A 3db down frequency is relevant because that's about 1/2 of the amplitude, which is relevant to engineers because what single poles are calculated at 😉
@SkunkieDesignsElectronics
@SkunkieDesignsElectronics Год назад
Sorry, I don't have that information if you can't see it on the test results screen. And I have no idea about that other stuff you just said :P
@bob_mosavo
@bob_mosavo Год назад
@@SkunkieDesignsElectronics Okay 😞 If you can, when you frequency sweeps in the future, please give us the upper and lower frequencies where the signals are 3db down? That would be helpful 👍 Thanks 😁
@SkunkieDesignsElectronics
@SkunkieDesignsElectronics Год назад
In this case the 3db down should be 2.34hz and I'm not sure this suite measures down that low. But the 3db down needs to be that low to not impact the signal at 20hz.
@frankgeeraerts6243
@frankgeeraerts6243 Год назад
Besides the failure of the petentiometer , this pre does exactly what it's purpose was designed for. Keeping the harmonic content stable independant from volume output ..... Adjusting the harmonics content by adjusting the input level.... Restoring the harmony of harmonics lost by amplifiers who elimante second harmonics leaving odd harmonics , mostly due to what's happening in PP designs. it's not about the percentage of DHT but about the structure and caracter of harmonics , ......even very low distortion measured amplifiers do sound un nantural when the harmonics are out of balance , so restoring the harmonics relatioship may result in a better musical experience . We all know we don't want distortion but we also do not like and the perfect measuring amp that doesn't sound right or good ......;it's rather the nature of distortion that results in a musical experience than the sound that emerges from an out of balance relationship of the harmonic structure of music and natural sounds ! That's also why we like triodes and SET amplifiers ..........another less know advantage of this kind of amplifiers is that at very low levels below 1 watt , these can have disrtion levels lower than 0,01 % WITHOUT any usiing any NFB !..........in contrary many modern /classic amplifiers with very low announced and measured distortion levels the distortion goes up at very low level output ( Hard distortion ) before to fall down to the annnounced distortion numbers . The caracter of the distortion also changes with output and frequency to wich the ear is extremely sensitive !.................So the nature of distortion and behaviour as well as the structure of harmonics on modulation...dynamic and frequency related .........is more important than only fabulous numbers not rlated to real music and sound. Have a very nice , we all have those periods that it seems to go wrong .....but we learn and have the patience of the return of sunny days .
@SkunkieDesignsElectronics
@SkunkieDesignsElectronics Год назад
What you just wrote here is worthy of a whole video series exploring. And as you said, the main thing I noticed when I started listening to SE tube gear was that music still sounded very good at low volume levels, something that I haven't experienced with SS gear. And I don't feel like most PP gear has that same sweetness at low volume levels either.
@frankgeeraerts6243
@frankgeeraerts6243 Год назад
@@SkunkieDesignsElectronics My pleasure ...........and always a pleaxure following your sharing with passion .
@ramenhausten
@ramenhausten Год назад
🎉first like and cool surprises yay!!!❤
@dtg474
@dtg474 Год назад
I was wondering why that channel dropped.
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