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TWEAKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY
(1) FOR MAXIMUM NOISE REDUCTION AT THIS CRITICAL LOCATION,
MARK HUSS ET AL RECOMMEND USING A HIGH QUALITY 2W METAL
FILM RESISTOR FOR V1 GRID REFERENCE RESISTOR .
(2) THE USE OF A GRID (STOPPER) RESISTOR IS OPTIONAL,
HOWEVER, IN CASCADE MODE, V1 MAY BE MORE SENSITIVE TO
RADIO INTERFERENCE DUE TO INCREASED GAIN. A SMALL VALUE
SUCH AS 10 -33k WILL NOT IMPACT "CHIME" IN PARALLEL MODE DUE
A DOUBLING OF MILLER CAPACITANCE AND WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO
BLOCK RF IN CASCADE MODE WITHOUT LOSS OF HIGHS.
(3) PCH18 USED THE R AND C VALUES SHOWN FOR V1A/B
CATHODES. YOUR VALUES MAY BE TWEAKED TO TASTE. ZAPHOD
PHIL RECOMMENDS 680R FOR V1B TO ENCOURAGE SOFT CLIPPING
WHICH LENDS A NICE, CRUNCHY QUALITY. VALVES ARE BIASED
POTENTIOMETER (4) COLD AND HOT RESPECTIVELY SO THAT WHEN OPERATED IN
PINOUT PARALLEL (COMMON ANODE) GIVE ENHANCED HARMONIC
QUALITIES (E.G. SHIMMER). IN CASCADE MODE (HIGHER GAIN), THEY
ARE SIMILAR TO THE CLASSIC PLEXI VALUES.
(4) IF FRONT PANEL SPACE IS AVAILABLE WHEN MODDING AN
EXISTING AMP, A 1MA POT MAY BE USED TO CONTROL GAIN WHEN
IN CASCADE MODE. IF NO PANEL SPACE IS AVAILABLE OR THE USE
TM OF AN EXTRA POT IS UNDESIRABLE, A VOLTAGE DIVIDER SUCH AS
470k/470k MAY BE USED TO FIX GAIN AT THE DESIRED LEVEL.
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(5) A GRID RESISTOR AT THIS LOCATION IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
TO PREVENT OSCILLATION FROM OCCURING. A HIGH VALUE SUCH
AS 470k (WORKING WITH INTERELECTRODE CAPACITANCE TO FORM
A LOW PASS FILTER) MAY BE USED AS TO CUT HIGHS AS DESIRED
OTHERWISE A LOW VALUE OF 10-68k IS SUFFICIENT.
(6) A SPLIT LOAD SUCH AS 47k/47k MAY BE USED AT THIS LOCATION
HOWEVER PCH18 USED 100k.
(7) AFTER SOME EXPERIMENTATION AND INITIAL LOSS OF HIGHS,
PCH18 SETTLED UPON A FIXED RESISTOR OF 150k AND 56K IN
SERIES (206k) AS HIS IDEAL SETTING.. GOING DOWN TO 150k
RESULTED IN HARSH DISTORTION AND LOSS OF HIGHS.
ALTERNATIVELY, 200k CAN BE USED AS A MINIMUM VALUE WITH A
20 OR 25kB TRIMMER IN SERIES TO FINE TUNE THE HIGHS AND
DISTORTION QUALITY TO PERSONAL TASTE.
(8) IN THE ORIGINAL 18W LITEIIB SCHEMATIC, AN 0.0047µF CAP IS
USED IN THIS POSITION TO PREVENT BLOCKING DISTORTION.
LARGER VALUE IS USED SINCE SMALLER CATHODE CAP VALUES
ARE BEING USED TO LIMIT LOW FREQUENCY RESPONSE.
(9) A FILM OR ELECTROLYTIC CAP MAY BE USED IN THIS LOCATION
DEPENDING ON THE VALUE CHOSEN AND WHAT IS READILY
AVAILABLE. FILM CAPS PROVIDE A SLIGHTLY FASTER RESPONSE
WITH IMPROVED CLARITY AS WELL AS HIGHER PRECISION. A LOW
VOLTAGE CAP MAY BE USED.
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