Re: What makes noise/hiss; redux?
- From: "Stephen Cowell" <scowell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2008 11:07:33 -0600
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Sorry to beat a dead horse, but there is something and I'm not "getting
it". Thanks for bearing with me.
I'm on that Trainwreck Express variant again. There is hiss.
The V1 tube does matter, but I've got one 12AX7 (Siemens) that seems
about the same as a 5751. Clearly, some tubes hiss more, but it
suggests to me that I've got a pretty decent tube in there now, the
Siemens.
You should own a Sovtek 12AX7WB, just for
a reference. They're cheap (not that wonderful a
tone) but just about the quietest available... get
several, *all* tubes vary in hissiness to some
degree.
Thanks...this is a reasonable consideration, but reflecting on what mykey
says, I think I agree that it is the amp, not the tube.
Ah, yes... mykey. Whatever... I'm here to assure
you that the major component of the hiss is the valve.
If you're having a hiss complaint in the gain hole it's
normally the valve or the plate resistor going bad.
It is possible for cathode resistors to contribute
to hiss... play around with your treble hi side
cap, is it microphonic? Are you using mica,
ceramic, poly?
OK, this is where the rubber might meet the road. I had not focused on
this. This was my first parts order from Mouser. I've you've ever tried
to manage an order from the website, you know what I mean when I say it's
one step removed from rocket science. Not everything I ordered was what I
had in mind.
These houses handle all customers... places
specifically for amps don't carry the short-leg
stuff.
The parts will work, just be a funny fit... but
better-sounding alternatives are available.
I prefer disc ceramic for the small caps...
tried silver-mica, it killed the sparkle. They
can be microphonic, but this is part of the
organic nature of the amp... valves themselves
are microphonic as well.
The schematic calls for a 500pf treble cap. For this, I unwittingly ended
up with a 470pf WIMA polypropylene film cap, mouser #
505-FKP1470/1600/5.I've got one 500pf silver mica. Do you think this is a
swap worth doing?
Sure... this is where you find out what works.
Try every different cap you can find here...
it's the only way to get the best tone.
[I've got the same WIMA cap on the bright switch , which sits across the
vol pot wiper and the same outer leg fed by the Treble pot. Sometimes,
you get lemons and you make lemoade. This WIMA cap is for a PC mount. I
gingerly bent the short stubby legs into loops and added some wire. The
other side of the bright switch is an axial (small orange) 100pf 630v
Vishay/Sprague polypropylene film cap, Mouser# 594-2222-464-31001.]
But you keep that bright switch turned off, right?
I don't have a schem... is that circuit fully switched
off? Or is some of it still working with bright off?
You can form a 'hiss probe' by putting a
500v .001uF cap on an alligator jumper. Shunt
(short to ground, via the cap) the signal
path at different places and look for the
drop.
Yikes! You think this might be worth taping to a chopstick? Or is this
something that requires power off between each test?
Oh, I don't know... big fat cap, insultated clip,
short lead on one end... it's been done. Best
is probably a ball-point-pen case with the
assembly inside.
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Steve
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