UcD and 100V line systems  


When an amplifier clips on an asymmetrical signal (e.g. speech), one side of the signal clips harder than the other. This produces DC and will cause a lot of current to flow through the transformer primary....
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  Voltage gain of the UcD modules.
 
Hypex UcD modules are sold with the voltage gain pre-set at 20 times (26dB). This is an arbitrary choice...
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Paper 6690, Presented at the AES 120th convention, Paris 2006  


All Amplifiers Are Analogue But Some Amplifiers Are More Analogue Than Others.
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UcD and IMD, DIM, Slew Rate

 


Relevance of these with regard to UcD's audio performance.
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Separate buffer supply


Supply your input buffer from a separate source to improve sonics.
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Unbalanced to balanced cable

 


How to drive your UcD modules with an unbalanced source.
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Switching Amplifier (Class D) Basics


The Do's and Don'ts for Proper  Design Implementation (Bruno Putzeys). Read more...
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To earth or not to earth

 


...if everyone would design their gear according to AES48, all equipment could be earthed with no adverse effects. Until that's the case, there'll always be equipment that'll produce hum when connected to another piece of gear that is grounded.   Read more...
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