Re: Modify solid state reverb driver/recovery?
Posted: Tue Oct 05, 2010 3:08 pm
Good morning chaps.
I had a bit of time last night, so I pulled out the tank and moved it around a bit.
The hum wasn't too bad, and it was evident that a previous owner had already done some work to reduce feedback etc.
It's encased in a pretty stiff tolex bag and the output coil was already oriented away from the transformer (which is unshielded).
To satisfy my curiosity I moved the tank about and managed to make the hum waaaaaayyyyy worse. My experimenting came quickly to an end when I got too close to the speaker and the magnet grabbed it out of my hands and made a heck of a noise, of which my wife was none to enthusiastic to hear again.
I am going to try the matchstick thing when I have the house to myself.
After doing a bunch more reading and the evidence that the tank can output super wet clangs, I think the driver circuit is the section where the lack of power is coming from.
According to http://www.tubesandmore.com/scripts/foxweb.dll/extpage@d:/dfs/elevclients/cemirror/ELEVATOR.FXP?page=TECH_REVERB the input coil needs to be driven close to saturation in order to get the most out of the reverb pan.
This has implications for my stereo spring tank project which I've been tinkering with for two years (hey I'm easily distracted by electronics, so many unfinished circuits, so little time.).
I had a bit of time last night, so I pulled out the tank and moved it around a bit.
The hum wasn't too bad, and it was evident that a previous owner had already done some work to reduce feedback etc.
It's encased in a pretty stiff tolex bag and the output coil was already oriented away from the transformer (which is unshielded).
To satisfy my curiosity I moved the tank about and managed to make the hum waaaaaayyyyy worse. My experimenting came quickly to an end when I got too close to the speaker and the magnet grabbed it out of my hands and made a heck of a noise, of which my wife was none to enthusiastic to hear again.
I am going to try the matchstick thing when I have the house to myself.
After doing a bunch more reading and the evidence that the tank can output super wet clangs, I think the driver circuit is the section where the lack of power is coming from.
According to http://www.tubesandmore.com/scripts/foxweb.dll/extpage@d:/dfs/elevclients/cemirror/ELEVATOR.FXP?page=TECH_REVERB the input coil needs to be driven close to saturation in order to get the most out of the reverb pan.
This has implications for my stereo spring tank project which I've been tinkering with for two years (hey I'm easily distracted by electronics, so many unfinished circuits, so little time.).