Hafler DH200 Power Amp with 27 Volts DC on the speaker terminal
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- Опубліковано 22 сер 2024
- This was a fun one to tackle. Direct coupled amps are great until something goes wrong, and then they are a pain in the ass to diagnose, especially when something goes intermittent.
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No matter how many times I see your videos I’m always amazed at your talents and skill. I know absolutely nothing about electronics but your videos are very entertaining. Thank you so much for posting.
I agree. He's a master at his craft and his humorous adds in post and his cat crack me up. I suspect he pays the mortgage but the cat owns his house. Kinda like here. I had to put up a child gate to keep my cats out of the workshop haha
Definite have to agree with you there!!
I could spend an entire week watching these videos.
I have no mortgage. I was smiling all the way home from the bank when I burned it.
@@12voltvids I was able to retire in my late 30s so we're both laughing
Very Good work. Straightforward explanations throughout. Years of experience shine through in your presentations. No background music , no nonsense. Thankyou for making the effort to share these projects.
I've worked on a few of those amps and the output VFets are pretty much bullet proof, the signal transistors can be a problem. For it's time it was a good reliable amp that had a good sound, better than a lot of it's generation.
Fascinating watching a skilled technician who actually knows how to troubleshoot and use deductive reasoning. I wish we had someone like you in my area.
much apreciatte that part where you reading through the schematic. Love all repair videos but not a lot of guys doing this for us viewers
This was a fun one all right. Ran it for 24 hours, all good.
Very informative. You obviously understand the circuitry and how it is designed to operate. Totally practical and helpful info for a hobbyist
23:14 - "MOSFETs are neat."
100% agreed. When I first learned about MOSFETs, I thought they were pure magic.
Thank you 12voltvids for the really good videos. You show us your experience and knowledge and your delivery is just right. I am a hobbyist working on my own Hafler DH-220. It had -36V DC on one channel. This video was very helpful. Took a week of probing, head scratching, study of the schematic and more than a few youtube videos to help me find the problem. I fixed it by replacing Q1, R8 and R9. along with Q2, these provide the bias current for the input diff amps. I set up the bias(AOK at 275 mA), and the offset (less than 5mV), and load tested it on an 8 Ohm resistor bank for 30 mins or so. The amp produced 165W/channel just below clipping. It sounded OK on my benchtop speakers I was ready to celebrate my success and put if back in my system, but........ My final look at the outputs showed some fuzz. ARRGH. I have about 20mV of 96 MHz on the outputs. It is everywhere: both channel outputs and power supply. This amp has been re-capped and I am wondering where to start. Any suggestions?
You wouldn't happen to have an FM radio station around 96mhz nearby would you?
Hey, that's my amp on Utube, I've had it for over 20 years, fixed the preamp board two or three times now but all original mosfets. Sounds excellent
It’s home commute time, so it’s time to load another of your vids and learn more tech on my way home (on the train) keep up the good work 👍
Those top half output devices are are NOT P-MOS they are N-MOS by symbol. Arrows are used in opposite direction than in BJT emitters when for FET gates. (27 minutes video point).
Q4, R14 and D4-D6 are constant current source.Ic=1.2V/R14. CSS is dynaimic load for dif. pair Q5,Q6.great work
Love the retrospective analysis as to cause of initial fault. O enjoyed the video.
I just rebuilt one of these a few weeks ago, someone got all happy with the bias pots and decided to crank them all up. Fixed the issue & replaced a few other parts. DH200 good amps. Jfets are very nice !!
Yes they sound good.
One of the things I live about my old luxman is the sound that the MOSFET outputs produce along with the tube buffers.
@@12voltvids Yeah, Jfets & fets are good. I find the Class A pre-amp i run with my F5 sounds very good too ! Warm and clean !
It was crazy they had such elaborate transistor testers back in the 50s, 60s, and 70s. I still have my RadioShack tester from the 70s and that one was just a simple one. Now we just check junctions and for shorts.
Transistors in the 50s and 60s were not very good and you had to match them when replacing them. That isn't the case these days.
Hi, that control you keep referring to as a "balance" control looks like it is there to set the standing current in the output transistors. So more like a "bias" control. It is very similar in operation the the one that you normally see controlling the temperature sensing transistor (Q9) on normal bipolar output stages, just a little further back in the chain. As mosfets don't generally suffer from thermal runaway like bipolars I suppose the setting is not too critical as log as you have enough standing current to stop crossover distortion.
As the amp is DC coupled and the input is a differential arrangement the DC offset should be self setting... Q4 & Q3 are setup as constant current sources for the differential pairs so an offset here will really upset the standing conditions..
Keep producing the vids. :)
I absolutely agree! I was thinking the same while watching the Video. It's the bias control, and the rest is done by the magic of negative feedback.
It biases q9 which of course sets the balance point between the collectors of q8 and q11
@@12voltvids it was a bias control pot .
@@tolgadabbagh1877 no, it was an open resistor.
For MOSFETs, the arrow represents the substrate->channel diode, just like on a regular PN junction.
N-FET positive substrate -> negative channel. The arrow points towards the channel.
Btw. I wouldn't risk my speakers without a relay protection circuit.
This is how these old kit amps were designed. Remember this is over 40 years old.
Dave, I think you're wrong about 3N3906 being suitable for Q4. E and B are up near almost full +DCV, but the collector is held at ~+0.6 V by the lower input pair during normal operation (not counting fault conditions). This is a 100wpc amplifier, so must be able to output +/-40 V peak. One guy measured about +/-59 V supplies, which is in line with what I'd expect. Clearly *not* a place for a transistor rated only 40V C-E like the 2N3906 (the 60 V is Vebo, not Vceo!). Use a BC556B turned around if you must (rated 65 V), but another 2N5401 would really be the best bet.
2N5401 and 2N5551 are fairly common small-signal types in amplifiers this class, can't hurt to have a small stash of 'em. (Below that, BC556/546 are not uncommon.) I would add some KSC1845 / KSA992, as high-beta high-voltage transistors are getting harder and harder to obtain. 2SC2240/2SA970 have been EOL for a good while now. TO-92 is going the way of the dodo, and things are not looking up for transistors for analog applications. There is not one ultralow-noise highish-beta BJT (think 2SB737) left in production. If it weren't for Linear Systems, the situation for low-noise JFETs would be quite dire, too (RIP BF862).
This reminds me of the CLASSÉ amplifiers that apparently shipped with the two transistors in a cascode reversed right from the factory - apparently a drafting error that got transferred onto the board. Many made it for decades with a small-signal part operated way out of spec. Apparently, MPSA56s are *tough* . If you ever get a DR-25/25 or similar in, check the Q6-7-9-10 area for schematic accuracy and sanity.
This is one of the reasons I sold my Adcom GFA-555. No speaker protection relays - not worth destroying your expensive speakers if something pukes in the amp.
Lol I said the same thing to the owner.
Thanks for the video, very interesting and I learnt something 😀
Very interesting circuit thanks for sharing this repair!
Seems like you did one of these or similar awhile ago. I remember because someday I'd like to own one. So I've been watching videos on these.
The guy that owned this one has a second. I worked on that one too in the past. I believe i changed the power switch on this one a few years ago too.
Great tutorial Dave! Thanks.
the dh-200 is a kracken a monster of a amp the circutry seems so simple i read that its output transistors are Hitachi mosfets? wow be ware when things fail in it the monster will cook your speakers lol i learn more about stereo equipment every time i watch your videos .
Shame they didn't insert d.c blocking caps for a bit of speaker protection.
I was thinking that, its audio amps 101 ... theres obviously a design reason...🤔🙄
They would have to be HUGE!
@@darthbubba866 and bi polar as well since the output can swing positive and negative.
@@marka1986 True. Can you imagine the size of a non-polarized 10,000uF cap?
Liked the video but someth9ng really struck me in this vid. The tight shot with amp and your hands fiddling along. It hit me how amazing the human hand is and want magnificent tool it is and all the motions it can perform. I will have to remember to use ESR meter to measure small value resistors.
Nice work, well done.
Thanks
Noticed some very sneaky ADR at 6:29 and again at 6:34 Dave!
I was going to reverse it but i forgot.
Another good troubleshooting video.
Great video, I got a HaflerTA 100 no power any idea were to start?
Great video as always. I've been looking for an esr meter like yours and I can't find one. All the new ones think they need bells and whistles but I just want the one like yours for a big recap job for a piece of personal audio equipment.
You should add patreon. I'd join for 5 a month.
The Blue ESR meter is the one I have. I've had it for about six years. It works great, and it's not complicated to use and it's very fast. It cost $100 in kit form, and was easy to build. The only thing I really don't like is it has a digital readout, and I prefer analog. The other option is to search for ESR meter build on UA-cam and there are several that work just fine. It is a bit more work though and a bit of mechanical engineering and parts searching to get everything put together. You will also need some perfboard, etc.
@@waltschannel7465 awesome, I have all that stuff. Searching Amazon yields overpriced crap. There's a uni-t one that a bunch of sellers rebrand for ridiculous prices all over the spectrum and it still says uni-t on them lol I found a simple one from China for 55cad that I might buy. An esr tester and a decent awg are pretty much the only pieces of kit I don't have. I have a line on a decent used awg I think. I can fix video game consoles and other simple electronics but audio is new to me. Thanks alot man, being kind of a newbie I hate asking questions that people are probably sick of answering. I'm a software guy mostly because of my schooling but I regret not getting into electronic engineering/repair instead.
Great video, your troubleshooting techniques and experience shows up. Thanks for this.
If you have some time, I would like to know your opinion about this: I got a Hafler HD200 with a fuse burned. After changing it i connected it to a pair of 8 ohms test speakers, it sounds great. However one side is running cold and the other gets warmer. I checked the DC output and the cold side is 195mv and the warm one is -65mv. My current assumption is that the issue is on the warm side. I have checked the output transistors and their resistors according to your process and they are ok. I also checked the input transistors and seems to be ok. Any ideas where to check? I checked all the resistors and the diodes and they are ok. It hasn't been recapped and I haven't checked the 3 transistors with the heatsink on top. What do you suggest to do next?
Thanks in advance
I'm surprised that you didn't use the dim bulb limiter for the initial power-up.
Why? It's not like it hasn't been powered up recently. Dim bulb is more for tube gear to protect transformers and tubes during power up. I knew it wasn't shorted. If it had cone in with a blown fuse I would have, just to save a fuse from blowing.
Great video, awesome! 27v damn!
Nice low ohm ESR meter.
Electronics Australia. (EA)
So you can test resistors without having to remove them from the component? and it does not affect the measuring the resistor?
Great job!
These have MOSFETS on the outputs. These are not regular transistors.
Look at those old screws, you don't see to many anymore
I have a Hafler DH-200 that I bought new (assembled) in the 1980s. A few weeks ago I discovered that the right channel doesn't output anything, Is this something you would be willing to fix for a fee?
Those transistors are not cheap. Hermetically sealed aren't they? Whats the rule, mosfets have infinite gain unless turned off because it can lead to thermal breakdown and they become permanently open
hello 12volts, I have an old Peavey Bass amp that's in great need of repair. It is a Century 120 bass series amplifier, built in July of 1976.
The problem I'mhaving is low level distortion with a very small loadI have had much distress in getting a schematic for both the preamp, and the power amp. Peavey has been very little help on this issue! I don't think they have anything thst old. Not good business practice in my opinion.
Anyway, I would like to lnow if you could take some time researching this for me, in order to see how hard to fix this thing, or if it is worth fixing.
I really would like to have it repaired, as I had a head similar to it some 30 years ago.
A friend of mine has one of These Hafler DH200 and he said that the left channel the sound started going down until he did not have any sound from that channel what would cause this problem? anyone know?
Thank you
Work on a Bozak 929 and you'll understand real grief
No thanks. At my age I am trying to simplify my life.
Great you video I dol bro
very useful video, can you please make a video how to remove or solve push power protect in sony hifi 3cd changer amplifiers. it will be a great help.
Good wotk, Dave! But 2N5401 is a PNP with pretty high voltage specs. Will the 2N3904 hold up in the circuit?
No problem. Look at the location. The way it is wired it never sees more than a couple of volts. Suspect the reason that original was used was cost. They used the same transistor for all the small pnp and did the same with npn. Cheaper to just use the same transistor throughout rather than have many different specs. If it was sitting across rail then yes you want the HV rating. This is not the case here. There are resistors between the b+ and diodes to set the max drop across the e-book junction at 2.1v. it is the voltage across the junction that kills the transistor and in this case that is clamped by the 3 in series diodes across the eb junction.
@@12voltvids If it is a case of just reducing BOM content , ok
I lost an amp and a set of speakers in a similar fashion with an ASHLEY FET amplifier. Speakers popped and started to smoke... :(
I tought that the big capacitors (at the end of the amplifier) role is to block the DC voltage and to pass the AC (music signal) to the loudspeakers.So how can I measure a DC voltage on the loudspeaker terminal with those capacitors in place and good shape?
No, the MOSFET outputs power the speakers directly. This is a direct coupled amps. No caps in the audio path. They are all filters.
Loot at the way the current path is articulated by the "bus bar" between the two soup can capacitors, this is because they are part of the power supply or if you will, filter caps.
Second hand part's,,,, Bodger,,,,
A moment of silence for the poor speaker
Speaker was fine. Even though 27 volts appears across the unloaded terminals under load it didn't do any damage.
Super
Nice find, your DC bias now negligible . How Manny watts on each channel .
100 wpc
Sure looks like a cracked joint on the lower green wire at 14:30.
nice idea for testing the mosfets thanks
You could build a speaker protection circuit for it with your skills .
I could but why bother.
@@12voltvids it would make a good video don't you think
@@catsbyondrepair Can't be bothered.
@@12voltvids you probably would if you got enough Benjamins for it
@@catsbyondrepair Would have to be a lot to get me to do it.
About 35 years ago I built a few 5 watt FM transmitters for a small community so they could rebroadcast radio received from satellite into the community as they had no local radio. When I was approached I said no. more than once. When they said there is a grand in it for each one, then I said OK. Bought a couple of FM1 kits from Ramsey, and built an amplifier to go along with it.
i am suprised there is no protection relay 27 volts into 8ohm surley this would have damaged the speakers
No current. Under load it was very low. Essentially just the bias was gone that keeps the negative MOSFET in conduction. Result very distorted sound but no real current. The 27 volts came up under no load. Now if an output shorted and dumped the full dc across the speaker that would be a worst case senerio but that is what the 5 amp speaker fuse is for so the speakers should be ok. This one with the bigger fuses though, I don't know if the power supy can sustain 7.5 amps so the fuse may not blow. The owner has been advised and the fuses will be replaced with correct value. Actually the rail fuses would probably pop if the output shorted.
I have a older Hafler Transnova 9500 power amplifier and this amp is not a kit !
23:00 - So MOSFETS have a 'memory'?
MOSFET are high impedance. So the charge stays on the gate until it is removed. They behave more like a vacuum tube.
@@12voltvids Ahh, Thanks!
Look at the size of that transformer must be 20lbs at least
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2N3906 has a much lower voltage rating and a lower temperature rating than 2N5401
It's well within the operating voltage of the circuit. I can only put in what I have access to and many of these originals are no longer available. Or if someone has one they want the moon for it. The vast majority can be subbed with absolutely no issues whatsoever.
Go look at the schematic, with all the resistors in series with the rail voltages. Max E-B voltage is 2.1V. Look at the way the 3 diodes are arranged. That sets the max voltage drop at 2.1V
I have been subbing transistors for 40 years and have never run into an issue. The designer chose that value not because of the voltage, requirements but likely because it was readily available and had the hfe required. There are situations where the voltage rating is important, but in this circuit this is not one of them.
bad solder job, especially on the green wire, it looks like it cracked all the way around
It's fine. Just insulation cracked. It did reflow the connections.
What You'r Trying To Say Is The Components
In Those Kit's Aren't Good Quality.
No they are very good quality. But, they are 40 years old and eventually components fail.
@@12voltvids yah That's True Too.
14:00 all bad solderings imo, or been heated, this is how these chinese garbage are assembled these days. between the green and white cable, a part of the pcb print has vanished? So this might already had "service" before?
Considering the age I am sure it has been serviced before
I built a DH 220 about 1982. The kits came with the main left and right circuit boards assembled, tested, and biased. The kit builder was responsible for installing the wires to the circuit board that you mentioned have poor solder joints. Not Hafler's fault. The kit builder also had to assemble the power supply components and all the input and output connections.
poor speaker