Sinon voici un PSE 8,5W de 2A3 d'origine WAD UK (ils font de très bons amplis) avec alim à lampes. Très beau.
http://ptsoundlab.jexiste.fr/depotimg/2a3crt.pdf
2A3 Measured Performance
Output 8.5watts into an 8 ohm load
Sensitivity 200mV
Noise 0.5mV
frequency response 10Hz - 45kHz +/- 3dB
Circuit description by Andy Grove
The 2A3 PSE is a straight forward design, simple and elegant. The 6SN7, an octal based, indirectly heated double triode, forms a two stage voltage amplifier. Each 6SN7 stage has a gain of approximately 13.5 generating the 50 volts peak-to-peak required to drive the output stage properly.
The output stage consists of two 2A3s in parallel; each has a separate cathode resistor to balance the anode current. The relatively high anode voltage, 285V (Va - Vc) and a load impedance of 2kohm for the primary of the output transformer provides an output of 8.5watts, a slightly higher output than one would expect from a 2A3 parallel single ended amplifier.
The power supply is valve rectified using a single 5U4, with a hefty 10H choke and two 100uF 500V capacitor in pi filter formation, giving a very clean HT supply. The 275Vdc needed for the anode resistors is achieved by a dropper resistor, R14, further smoothed by another 100uF, 500V capacitor, C15. The 2A3 filaments each require a 2.5V, 2A supply.
We chose a dc supply to keep hum to a minimum. A 4Vac supply is rectified through a 15A bridge (always best to over spec. in these cases) BR2 - BR5. A small voltage is dropped across a 0.47R 5W resistor in series, R31 - R34, to limit the peak current in the rectifier circuit and to limit the surge current in the 2A3 filaments at switch on. A hum-bucker potentiometer, VR2 and VR3 is used on one 2A3 per channel to balance out any remaining hum. The 6SN7 filaments required something a little more sophisticated, a regulated 6.3Vdc supply. Utilising a familiar circuit, used in our PSU II module, 9Vac is feed to a bridge rectifier and C16, then the raw dc onto the 'Volts in' of a 78S05 (5V, 2A regulator chip) mounted on a heat sink and bolted onto the chassis for maximum heat dissipation. The common terminal is lifted by 1.3V through 2 diodes stacked to earth. The 'Volts out' is further smoothed by C17 and the resulting 6.3Vdc is incredibly clean, reducing the possible hum content further.
Sound Quality by Simon Pope
Not all valve amps - including World Audio design kits - sound the same. The 2A3 PSE is a prime example of this. Being an 8.5W per channel parallel single-ended design you may think it's a typical example of the breed - highly detailed and transparent, but somewhat lacking in weight and depth. Detail and transparent - you bet, but lacking in weight and depth - no way! The 2A3 has an amazing amount of bass weight for its (on paper) humble power output. Matched with 'speakers of reasonably high sensitivity it has an amazing sound. Well recorded discs such as Paul Weller's 'Stanley Road' and Siouxsie and the Banshees' 'The Rapture' had a remarkable amount of rhythmic dexterity and bass slam and the detail present was exceptional, with particularly good imaging.
Classical music in the form of Dvorak's Slavonic Dances had a good sense of scale and depth, with instruments well spaced and airy in true PSE fashion. Instrumental timbre was very natural and there was also a good balance of tonality.
The 2A3 delivers a full sounding, rich and rhythmic response that also happens to be highly transparent and detailed. In this respect it's one heck of an amp, and one of the finest PSE designs you'll come across. Essential gear for PSE-loving DIYers.
2A3 PSE with valves - £570.00 (UK price) £485.00 (overseas price, exc. carriage) 2A3 PSE without valves - £470.00 (UK price) £400.00 (overseas price, exc. carriage)
Pascal.