I have been investigating ideal bridges, did you do all voltage rails or only certain ones? Considering the CRC network directly after the bridge rectifiers, did you up the resistance to account for extra volts not wasted by the ideal bridges. Very curious to know your results and methodology!
Over a year I'm running ideal bridge 1-side temporary board in heating circuit because of obvious benefits. In meantime I made final version of ideal bridge to implement across other low voltage rails but still delaying this and thinking of other combined updates.
Some pictures.
I Like the compact size of the ideal bridge. What were the benefits for the heaters?
What did you end up with for coupling caps? What are those caps between the 1000uF elecrtrolytics (amber color)? Are those white MKP caps by the heater regulators in parallel with the 2200uF ones? I'm sorry, just very curious!
Input voltage for regulator is up to 16V so additional 1.4V from ideal bridge instead dissipated as heat in diode can be used by regulator and tubes. Less high frequency noise coming from diode switching, less load on transformer. Cooler amp.
All caps are PP film miflex. Some are in Kapton tape so that's why they look amber. Decoupling are 0.1uF for regulators too.
These Matsushita/Mullard 12AT7s are INSANE.
Perfectly nuanced/resolving/balanced sound with accurate timbre.
Bass is impactful and full, no artificial texture through excessive punch like the 6DJ8s
Vocals are very realistic. Full pronunciation of Ts and Ss without any fatigue.
Great tonal balance, mid focused yes but its not obvious because everything else is so clear.
Very speaker like presentation!
Only good things to say! 12AT7 is the way to go with the Mjolnir 2!
Hi All! I also recieved packages from both Tubemonger and Pulse. I needed a second set of 6dJ8>12A*7 adapters for my DAC,it also uses 6DJ8's. The two tube sets are the Brimar CV4024 Black Plates (supposedly a 6060 equivalent) and Tesla E88CC gold pins made in the 70's. Only listened long enough to Ops check them and check for michrophonics. The Teslas are supposedly a copy of the Siemens, have liked some of the 12at7 Tesla's I've rolled, so we'll see.
Glad your Matsushita's are sounding great, Nayyte! Have a great night everyone!
These Matsushita/Mullard 12AT7s are INSANE.
Perfectly nuanced/resolving/balanced sound with accurate timbre.
Bass is impactful and full, no artificial texture through excessive punch like the 6DJ8s
Vocals are very realistic. Full pronunciation of Ts and Ss without any fatigue.
Great tonal balance, mid focused yes but its not obvious because everything else is so clear.
Very speaker like presentation!
Only good things to say! 12AT7 is the way to go with the Mjolnir 2!
Hi All! I also recieved packages from both Tubemonger and Pulse. I needed a second set of 6dJ8>12A*7 adapters for my DAC,it also uses 6DJ8's. The two tube sets are the Brimar CV4024 Black Plates (supposedly a 6060 equivalent) and Tesla E88CC gold pins made in the 70's.
I'm glad. I didn't want to say anything to jinx you, but for me, these tubes were always hidden gems/underrated in the grand scheme of the 12AT7 family. I found these to be really superior tubes and tried to hoard acquire these when I could find them. My favorites were the Toshiba branded 6201 Matsushita/Mullards and the Toshiba Hi-S 12AT7 versions. I'm sure these days they are probably in the pricey category though. But yeah, they are pretty incredible in my book.
I'm glad. I didn't want to say anything to jinx you, but for me, these tubes were always hidden gems/underrated in the grand scheme of the 12AT7 family. I found these to be really superior tubes and tried to hoard acquire these when I could find them. My favorites were the Toshiba branded 6201 Matsushita/Mullards and the Toshiba Hi-S 12AT7 versions. I'm sure these days they are probably in the pricey category though. But yeah, they are pretty incredible in my book.
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