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DIY Tube Driver Board

PostPosted: Wed Apr 04, 2012 9:55 am
by janna
Hi Shannon,

Can you advice what is the input sensitivity of your driver board?

Thanks!

PostPosted: Wed Apr 04, 2012 10:13 am
by Shannon Parks
Referencing back to my manual, I see it took 1.06Vrms for 35W output and 1.165Vrms for 42W (1%THD) - so basically 1Vrms.
http://www.diytube.com/st70/diytube_st70_B.pdf

Shannon

PostPosted: Wed Apr 04, 2012 4:39 pm
by janna
Thanks Shannon! :-)

Is it ok to put 100K pot on the input? or better to have an active stage?

separks wrote:Referencing back to my manual, I see it took 1.06Vrms for 35W output and 1.165Vrms for 42W (1%THD) - so basically 1Vrms.
http://www.diytube.com/st70/diytube_st70_B.pdf

Shannon

PostPosted: Thu Apr 05, 2012 5:50 am
by Shannon Parks
Depending on your source, yes, you can just use a 100K volume pot. CD players will drive it easily. And devices like iPods are usually 1Vrms max output so you should be fine, though your volume pot will be cranked as well as the iPod volume control - but that isn't a problem.

Shannon

PostPosted: Fri Apr 06, 2012 6:56 pm
by janna
Thanks for your inputs! ;)


separks wrote:Depending on your source, yes, you can just use a 100K volume pot. CD players will drive it easily. And devices like iPods are usually 1Vrms max output so you should be fine, though your volume pot will be cranked as well as the iPod volume control - but that isn't a problem.

Shannon