Her kommer så et par billeder af den opgraderede udgave af den gamle ST-70
Jeg må desværre tilstå at forstærkeren nu, rent lydmæssigt overgår den gamle milevidt.
Alt er simpelthen klaret op og det er, som om et grå dis er fjernet fra hele måden, den tidligere gengav musikken.
Samtidigt virker den subjektiv kraftigere, bassen føles nærmest, som den gengives en oktav dybere, perspektiv, og dynamik er kraftigt forbedret. Samtidigt er tidligere tids brum og sus helt væk. Ikke det mindste kan høres i mine følsomme horn. Minder om en moderne støjsvag forstærker. Endeligt har det nye print heldigvis ikke fjernet det musikalske aspekt. Den spiller stadig dejligt.



- og så kan man justere bias på hvert rør og det er dejligt.
På undersiden af det nye board sidder der to trimmere og da jeg spurgte sælgeren Roy om hvordan de skulle justeres skrev han tilbage at trimmerne var indjusteret pænt nøjagtigt, men hvis jeg ville 100% skulle jeg følge denne vejledning:
AC BALANCE ADJUSTMENT
You need a signal or function generator and a dummy load to run across the
output binding posts.
If you set the 10K ohm AC balance controls on the VTA driver board to their mid position
(about 5K ohms from the center pin of the AC bias pot to each of the two outer pins)
you will be very close to the ideal position.
The instructions to set the AC balance controls on a VTA driver board are below.
Setting AC Balance on the VTA driver board
Note – Do not attempt to set the AC balance on this amp unless you have the following ….
1. A Function generator or a signal generator capable of providing a 100 Hz signal to the amp’s input jacks
2. A Digital multimeter (DMM)
3. A .10 Mfd @ 100 volt or higher voltage capacitor
4. Two non inductive 8 ohm resistors 20 watts or higher
The AC balance controls are the small potentiometers that you soldered in on the BOTTOM of the VTA driver board
(one for each channel). Setting each potentiometer as outlined in the driver board assembly manual when you
assembled the board will give you an AC balance that is close to optimum.
If you have the equipment listed above and you want to reset or peak the AC balance for each pair
of output tubes then read below ….
Be sure your speakers aren't connected during this test, as they could be damaged.
Also, I recommend you make up two DMM test leads with a 0.1uf 100 volt or higher rated capacitor in series with each lead.
The leads plug into your DMM, and the caps block DC.
This allows you to do the AC balance readings on the meter's AC ranges.
Allow the amp to warm up for at least 15 minutes and then first set the normal DC bias for each output tube
with the DC bias potentiometers on the TOP of the driver board.
1. Connect an 8 ohm, 20 watt (or higher wattage) non-inductive resistor between terminals marked "G" and "8" IN PLACE
OF THE SPEAKERS on BOTH channels. These may be purchased at Parts Express online.
2. LEFT CHANNEL - Set your DMM to AC volts, the 2 volt scale is usually fine.
Connect one of your DMM leads to pin 8 on V2 and the other lead to pin 8 on V3
(OR connect one DMM lead to EACH of the DC bias measuring terminals on the power takeoff sockets
on the front of the amp where you normally measure DC balance for each tube. Polarity is unimportant.)
Using a standard interconnect, apply a 100 Hz test signal (at about .30 volt is good) from your function
or signal generator to the LEFT channel input jack. To avoid overheating the 8 ohm non-inductive resistors,
prolonged testing should be avoided.
3. Adjust the LEFT CHANNEL AC Balance control until the meter reads as close to zero as possible.
It will move around some, you will not get it to zero out completely in most cases but that's normal.
Just go for the lowest reading you can get.
When you get the lowest reading you are at optimum AC balance for that channel.
4. Repeat steps 1, 2, and 3 for the RIGHT CHANNEL AC balance on V6 and V7
5. Your amp is now set for optimum AC balance on both channels
Må nok indrømme at det droppede jeg indtil videre, da jeg ikke har nogen former for avancerede måleinstrumenter.
Hilsen Jesper