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sonata149 · 12th May 2011, 7:42 pm

Thank YOU guys; you've been a great help. Your continuous comments and suggestions kept me struggling to succeed. I even found a way to operate the decoder from the 6.3V taps on the tuner's transformer. The problem seems to have been caused by the fact that the original voltage doubler was full-wave. I changed this to half-wave with a common earth. This is good enough to accept a 12V voltage regulator.

I've being listening to it for a few hours and to my ear the Trough line is sounding better by the hour. This wasn't my impression at first, thinking that the mono version sounded better. Maybe my ears are slowly getting accustomed to the new sound.

Best regards,
Joe A

12th May 2011, 7:42 pm	#46
sonata149 Retired Dormant Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Malta Posts: 62	Re: A Stereo decoder for Leak Troughline 3 Thank YOU guys; you've been a great help. Your continuous comments and suggestions kept me struggling to succeed. I even found a way to operate the decoder from the 6.3V taps on the tuner's transformer. The problem seems to have been caused by the fact that the original voltage doubler was full-wave. I changed this to half-wave with a common earth. This is good enough to accept a 12V voltage regulator. I've being listening to it for a few hours and to my ear the Trough line is sounding better by the hour. This wasn't my impression at first, thinking that the mono version sounded better. Maybe my ears are slowly getting accustomed to the new sound. Best regards, Joe A