Home » Sponsored » Pi Speakers » Back to the Aikido
Re: Back to the Aikido [message #52854 is a reply to message #52853] Mon, 10 November 2008 11:42 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
Bill Epstein is currently offline  Bill Epstein
Messages: 1088
Registered: May 2009
Location: Smoky Mts. USA
Illuminati (2nd Degree)
With just a passive volume pot, 2 watts gets loud enough for Dire Straits but not for the Who. Loud enough for Count Basie but not the Cleveland Orchestra, w/o serious clipping.

The Aikido is described by Broskie as "a 2 tube cathode follower with the first tube a vlotage divider of 50%, so that 50% of the PS noise is presented to the CFs grid; at the same time the 100k resistors also define a voltage divider of 505 so the bottom triodes grid also sees 50 % of the PS noise. Since both of these signals are equal in amplitude and phase, they cancel each other out, as each triode sees an identical increase in plate current."

I have no idea what any of that means...

.

 
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Previous Topic: 2 Pi Tower Build Tips
Next Topic: Move over Albert, Robert J., Lesley and Enrico
Goto Forum:
  


Current Time: Mon Aug 26 10:18:35 CDT 2024

Sponsoring Organizations

DIY Audio Projects
DIY Audio Projects
OddWatt Audio
OddWatt Audio
Pi Speakers
Pi Speakers
Prosound Shootout
Prosound Shootout
Miller Audio
Miller Audio
Tubes For Amps
TubesForAmps.com

Lone Star Audiofest