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Originally Posted by mole42uk
For RW's amusement I attach part of the v1 circuit for the 4040 amplifier.
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Oh dear heavens!
No bias on the output Darlingtons. Base joined directly to base.
Shunt feedback and a 2-stage VAS.
No catching diodes.
I have a strong opinion that manufacturers really ought to do all their learning and developing
before putting things on the market.
I thought that long before the middle eighties the business of how to design a reasonable performance audio amplifier had been pretty much sorted. Various firms had made all the likely mistakes and everyone had learned from them.
I wonder what they were trying to achieve by doing things so differently?
There might be a mains transformer worth saving....
David