My Amp Project: 100W 2 Channel Amp

[Kramusha]

Hey,
at first sorry for my english, I'm from Austria and so...

I want to introduce my actual project: A 100W 2 Channel Amp. I build the amp in context of a school project.

I designed and calculated the amp by myself, but as you can see, it is very similar to a recti. First channel is Clean, second the Lead Channel. As bonus, I try to increase the second order harmonics in the PI stage, so that I get a warmer sound. Of course switchable.

Now I finish the schematics, the board layouts and buy the last parts. I think, that I'll start to build the amp around September/October.

If anybody has questions, please be so nice and tell me.

Preamp:
http://www.dobernigamps.kilu3.de/tem...nie_Preamp.pdf

Board (with Loop and PI):
http://www.dobernigamps.kilu3.de/temp/Board_Melli.pdf

Regards Stefan

EDIT:
Sry, I forgot to paste the Link of the other Thread in a german forum. http://www.tube-town.de/ttforum/index.php?topic=4873.0

[Don Moose]

Using headers and jumpers to select various component values is a nice trick, but I see 3-pin parts with components connected to the end pins - the middle pin is open. If your plan is to use computer-style shorting jumpers, they will only connect adjacent pins - this will leave your selection unconnected.

Looking at the layout, it seems you have some other plan.

You could move C1 closer to J13 to eliminate that layer change next to PAD5.

I would also suggest running the trace from V1-pin6 up the middle of the tube socket, under the C1 you just moved to reach J13.

That would let you eliminate the layer change between V1-8 and R18.

The run from C10 to R22 could take a similar path, avoiding that layer change under R11/C5.

R49 could move 'North' a bit to avoid the layer change leaving V3-pin6.

These are MINOR changes that probably won't help the tone of your circuit, but they do get you to a 1-layer PCB (except for the board-to-board links, but you can bring those to the same layer, too), which is usually substantially cheaper - in fact you can etch them at home.

Hope this helps!

[Kramusha]

Thank you very much! The red lines I wanted to make as cabels. Your tips are very interessting, I will combine them with my board.

The board is a 1-layer PCB, I'll etch tham at my school.

That are things, I have to learn..

Stefan

[Kramusha]

So, the work has begun. Now I'm working on the prototype chassis (drilling and bending).

The PCBs are etched, drilled and populated(? The parts are on it..) I think, the amp makes its first sounds about Christmas. I'm very exited

You can see some pictures here.

Stefan

[Don Moose]

Very nice, clean work. Well done.

I am a little worried about all that copper around the traces - with the very high impedances valve circuits present, it could cause you trouble in at least one of two ways.

1 - if you connect those large fields of copper to Earth, the capacitive coupling can bleed highs out of your circuit. Connecting those fields to some other circuit node would only drain the highs into that node.

2 - if you let those fields 'float', the same capacitive coupling could couple sections of the circuit such that you produce a powerful oscillator (possibly at RF frequencies).

However - I am only worrying about a possibility. It is entirely possible your circuit will work brilliantly as executed - that looks like at least 2mm space between circuit traces and 'free' copper.

Hope this helps!

[Leka]

Hey,
If anybody has questions, please be so nice and tell me.
Preamp:
http://www.dobernigamps.kilu3.de/tem...nie_Preamp.pdf
Board (with Loop and PI):
http://www.dobernigamps.kilu3.de/temp/Board_Melli.pdf

Regards Stefan

Hi Stefan, just saw this thread and I can't open these links...
Really nice work you've done!

- Leka

[Kramusha]

Yes, you are right, 2.5mm. The copper is connected to ground.

I think, this is definitively the last amp with pcb. After this one, I want do one with eyelets..

I will tell you what's happening then.

Stefan

[Kramusha]

I'm sorry, the provider has changed the urls.

There are no longer schems available, but I try to upload them very soon.

Stefan

[Kramusha]

I got finally time to update and upload the schems + board layouts. You can find them here: http://www.dobernigamps.kilu.de/projekte/melanie/

Stefan

[Leka]

I got finally time to update and upload the schems + board layouts. You can find them here: http://www.dobernigamps.kilu.de/projekte/melanie/

Stefan

Thank you!

Looks great! You've done some serious designing there.
Why didn't you also make switchable bypass capacitors?
Those 22n are quite big to my taste...

- Leka

[Kramusha]

I worked one year on this amp, one year of learning and designing.. But that's far not enough. (This means, that I haven't thought about these things enough.)

I will unsolder the Coupling Caps today and put there some lugs/eyelets (Ösen...) So I can change the caps within minutes.

Stefan

[Don Moose]

lugs/eyelets

Yes, either word is good.