Wham! Bam! it's the Tram 2 - DHT OTL Linestage

Posted by bcherry (M) on April 8, 2010 at 20:16:16

It's done!

The guided tour:

Back: 2 tubes are the Direct Heated Triodes - 2A3 or 45 plug and playable without any circuit changes.
Middle: left tube is the Super Mu 6AS7 and right is the 5U4 rectifier

The tube sockets are mounted in a subplate which is compliantly mounted to the chassis. Rapping on the chassis produces no audible feedback.

Front: the power transformer. From our 98db speakers we can hear just a little tube rush from the 2A3. No hum.

Front panel: Remote controlled selector then power switch left, 120 step volume control on the right. Selector has 5 inputs (also additional inputs for REC on back panel)

Back panel: 6 prs RCA inputs and 3 prs outputs, +6, 0, -6db (this can be changed internally) for system matching which is absolutely necessary to marry DHT and high efficiency speakers.

Inside the chassis: Will post pics next report but power supply is FCUPS and all film cap (big L small c). Ultra Low noise Filament Supplies on the 2A3/45. Auto bias Supply controls the DHT. Etc Etc.

On the bench we get extremely linear and low distortion test results.

OK more later.

DIY - Done Right!

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Topic - Wham! Bam! it's the Tram 2 - DHT OTL Linestage - bcherry 20:16:16 04/08/10 (10)

Line Outs (?) - NewbieBaby 05:19:08 04/15/10 (2)

RE: Line Outs (?) - bcherry 02:07:25 04/20/10 (1)

RE: Line Outs (?) - NewbieBaby 17:07:32 04/23/10 (0)

On the Bench - bcherry 06:01:23 04/12/10 (0)

Bottom View - bcherry 21:57:09 04/11/10 (5)

RE: Bottom View - makarushka 08:40:48 05/09/10 (0)

RE: Bottom View - driguy 14:47:53 04/12/10 (3)

RE: Bottom View - bcherry 03:41:59 04/13/10 (0)

Some quick comments - Thorsten 23:00:42 04/12/10 (1)

RE: Some quick comments - driguy 12:29:13 04/13/10 (0)

Wham! Bam! it's the Tram 2 - DHT OTL Linestage

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