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Thread: 6J1 Pre-amp modifications (hum removal)

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    Default 6J1 Pre-amp modifications (hum removal)

    As bought from here:

    http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2917862715...%3AMEBIDX%3AIT




    As standard there is a low level hum present, this is cured by fitting an extra capacitor. You need a 470uF 35V electrolytic, the NEGATIVE lead is connected to the junction of two 47 ohm resistors on the top of the board as shown below:




    The POSITIVE lead is wrapped around the side of the board and connected to the 0V or 'earth' connection of the input sockets:




    Modification to covert to a buffer stage.

    The circuit of the board is this:


    ...although the 100K output resistors are actually connected to 0V not -28V as shown.

    To alter the function from a gain pre-amp to a zero gain buffer stage the circuit is altered so:




    Three new components need to be added to give the correct valve biasing. 2x 150K resistors and a 1uF decoupling capacitor.

    The two 4.7K anode load resistors are removed from the centre of the board and replaced with wire links:




    Replace the two 220 ohm cathode resistors with the two 4.7K resistors just removed.

    The two 1uF output capacitors have the front leads lifted from the board (closest to the volume control), then extended and connected to pin 2 of each valve, shown below:




    The extra biasing components are fitted to the front of the board once the two 470K grid resistors also have their front leads lifted from the pcb.
    The connecting points can be seen in this photo:



    Job done
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    Cool, waaay over my head

    I appreciate you guys that do this "electronic stuff" , you may have well written this in Egyptian glyphs.

    See you Friday...lol

    Gary

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    Mine are somewhere in Hong Kong right now. Thanks for the guide!

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    Lmao, I have tried a couple of times to follow that but I still don't know what's going on haha.

    I shall endeavour to understand.

    Looking forward to hearing it !!!

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    How does it sound Alan?
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    He did a much better job of explaining it than I could. My diagrams look like a foreign language to everyone but me, and I don't use the right language when I'm explaining it. I learned how to do most of it by trial and error before I could even understand the math behind it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by nthall View Post
    He did a much better job of explaining it than I could. My diagrams look like a foreign language to everyone but me, and I don't use the right language when I'm explaining it. I learned how to do most of it by trial and error before I could even understand the math behind it.

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    Lol, I'm starting to understand it a bit more now.

    What's that silver block next to the volume control ?

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    Looks like a ceramic capacitor
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    It's a polycarbonate cap, it's the 1uF decoupling capacitor for the 2x 150K bias voltage divider. The lower lead is connected to the nearest 0V ground point.

    Ali it sounds very neutral, I shall be trying it on the end of a lesser quality CDP later to see if it takes any of the digital glare away.

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    Is there any advantage in removing the 'blingy' blue LEDs?
    Barry

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