Playing With The Paramour's Output Iron
The pictures below look nasty because they are all taken at drive levels that are pushing the amplifier fairly hard.

 This page is: "5. Paramour: Stock Output Transformer, Stock  Choke, AVVT 2A3 tubes,
Left Amp, 10% distortion curves."

This involves working with high voltages, attempt these changes at your own risk.
Many people refer to magnetics as "iron" no matter what the magnetics are made of.



Links to the pages (some with scope pictures) on this topic:

1. Paramour: Top Level Link.
             10% Distortion Tables vs Frequency. Output impedance vs Frequency.

2. Paramour: Stock Output Transformer, Stock  Choke, AVVT 2A3 M tubes,
             Right Amp, 10% distortion pictures, No distortion curves.
             These links open new windows so you can compare them together.

3. Paramour: Stock Output Transformer, EXO-04 Choke, AVVT 2A3 M tubes,
             Right Amp, 10% distortion pictures, distortion curves.

4. Paramour: Stock Output Transformer, Stock  Choke, Sino 2A3 tubes,
             Left Amp,  10% distortion pictures, distortion curves and pictures.

5. Paramour: Stock Output Transformer, Stock  Choke, AVVT 2A3 tubes,
             Left Amp,  10% distortion pictures, distortion curves.

6. Paramour: EXO-45-VS Output Transformer, Stock  Choke, AVVT 2A3 tubes,
             Left Amp,  10% distortion pictures, distortion curves,
             50Hz 100 Hz distortion curve comparison.

7. Paramour: EXO-45-VS Output Transformer, EXO-04 Choke, AVVT 2A3 tubes
             Right Amp, 10% distortion pictures, distortion curves.


Pictures of the Speaker Output Waveform from the Paramour with

Stock Output Transformer
Stock Plate Choke
AVVT 2A3 M tubes.

Pictures taken at 10% distortion into 8.45 ohms (Left Amplifier).
An old HP 334 was used to measure the distortion.
Added 04/28/01 Updated 04/28/01

Note: Sino tube shown

This is the left channel with the stock Paramour magnetics with an AVVT 2A3 at 10 kHz, 10 usec/ div, 10% distortion. (6.1 V rms)

The top is distorted because the choke can only supply the "idle bias" current into the output transformer.
The bottom is not as distorted because the tube can actively pull down. The tube is pulling down the "load current" and the "bias current" stored in the parafeed choke.

This is the left channel with the stock Paramour magnetics with an AVVT 2A3 at 1 kHz, 100 usec/ div, 10% distortion. (6.10 V rms)

This is the left channel with the stock Paramour magnetics with an AVVT 2A3 at 100 Hz, 1 msec/ div, 10% distortion. (5.13 V rms)

This is the left channel with the stock Paramour magnetics with an AVVT 2A3 at 50 Hz, 2 msec/ div, 10% distortion. (3.81 V rms)

This is the left channel with the stock Paramour magnetics with an AVVT 2A3 at 20 Hz, 5 msec/ div, 10% distortion. (1.40 V rms)

Notes for Chart 3:
1. I took these distortion measurements with a Heathkit Sinewave generator that was sending 1.0 % distortion at 100 Hz and 1.5 % distortion at 50 Hz to the Paramour before the Paramour added any distortion of its own.
2. I could manually null the HP334A I was using better than the autonull would work.

Chart 3: Left Paramour with stock iron: Distortion vs Output Power into 8.45 ohms on 8 ohm tap with AVVT 2A3 output tube. (Left Amplifier)

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First version 04/29/01. Last change 04/29/01
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