Rerurn to Romy the Cat's Site


In the Forum: Audio Discussions
In the Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity.
Post Subject: PP output studyPosted by N-set on: 12/8/2020
2) OUTPUT STUDY

I decided to check what my PP outputs. After some listening my HF is harsher than I would like plus on older equipment (like Sansui TUX1) I can sometimes hear a gentle transformer whistling, suggesting high harmonics. Plus the omnipresent 20KHz noise, I measure everywhere (in the output, around the cables, in space around the phono).

Here is the PP output, ONLINE mode at 180W amplifier load:
PP online amplifier load.bmp
And its FFT (RED TRACE):

PP online amplifier load FFT.bmp
One can clearly see the 20kHz and its harmonics riding over the sine plus some trash around 3kHz.

For comparison, here is the BYPASS mode (so the wall power) same load:
PP bypass amplifier load.bmp

PP bypass amplifier load FFT.bmp


PP BATTERY operation:
PP battery amplifier load.bmp
PP battery amplifier load FFT.bmp



I also checked switched the PP to 220V. Seems marginally better around 3kHz area (online mode below):
PP 220V  online amplifier load.bmp
PP 220V  online amplifier load FFT.bmp


Romy, I remember seeing such waveforms, HF riding on a sinus, when you studied your PP. What were your conclusions?




Rerurn to Romy the Cat's Site