Dual mono or separate transformers for input- and outputstage?

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Re: Dual mono or separate transformers for input- and outputstage?

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Geoff.R.G wrote: Tue Jun 30, 2020 1:03 pm
The Phono3 has separate PSUs, 3,
4... :mrgreen:
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Congratulations, nice new avatar. Who was the artist?
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Re: Dual mono or separate transformers for input- and outputstage?

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Ithilstone wrote: Tue Jun 30, 2020 7:18 pm
Geoff.R.G wrote: Tue Jun 30, 2020 1:03 pm
The Phono3 has separate PSUs, 3,
4... :mrgreen:
Fair enough, doesn't change the fact that there is one per gain stage.

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Geoff.R.G wrote: Tue Jun 30, 2020 7:22 pm
Ithilstone wrote: Tue Jun 30, 2020 7:18 pm
Geoff.R.G wrote: Tue Jun 30, 2020 1:03 pm
The Phono3 has separate PSUs, 3,
4... :mrgreen:
Fair enough, doesn't change the fact that there is one per gain stage.
Absolutely!
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Hannes-Gregor wrote: Tue Jun 30, 2020 7:19 pm Congratulations, nice new avatar. Who was the artist?
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Well done, DocFoster!
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30v is the power. I swapped it for 160v and it was a revelation.

The phono 2 deos not use phono 1 transformer.

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Daniel Quinn wrote: Wed Jul 01, 2020 12:11 pm 30v is the power. I swapped it for 160v and it was a revelation.

The phono 2 deos not use phono 1 transformer.
I think by 30v you mean 30va... then it would make more sense and would change meaning of your earlier post
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You should know by now you are required to use a lot of intelligence to decipher my posts. 😉

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Thus, although the current may not be large a high capacity PSU is required to prevent throttling (basically what is going on in the Phono 3)
Just think about that for a moment. The current is not being supplied from the transformers, but from the caps, the transformer then tops the caps up 100 times a second. The variation in current draw from the load will govern how much the capacitor discharges in each 100th of a second.

Not sure exactly what "throttling" means in this context (low load on the supply).

In the case of the power output stage then again the size of the cap and the output the load requires controls how much it is discharged. The size of the transformer controls how fast the cap is charges up, and if the transformer can't supply enough current in each 100th of a second to replace what the load draws in that time (and draws while its charging the cap), the the power supply will not get back to full voltage and will sag. But that should never happen with a load in the low ma range.

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