algorythme audio consulting
SWGLA
Silver Wire Gain Line Amplifier
PRODUCT FEATURES
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Battery driven, feed back free and unity gain solid state devices as transformer drivers
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Transformer volume control
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Maximum 50 Ohms output impedance
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Very low idle power dissipation
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No heat sink
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Battery power
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High speed electrolytics as power supply by-passes
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Eichmann PhonoPod RCA Socket
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3 switchable inputs
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Phase switch / Optional - Recommended
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Wooden chassis
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Custom features upon request
Imagine a line preamplifier using a silver wire transformer volume control achieving very low output impedance together with a gain of 10dB...
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About the Silver Wire Transformer Volume Control
The first trials with transformer based systems were rather successful and we went on into that direction ending up with custom made iron as well as custom made silver wire.
This potentiometer clearly shows that it is useless to expect resistive systems to perform without major sound deterioration.
One should keep in mind, that a conventional 100 KOhms potentiometer, when set at medium position, places a 50 kOhms resistor in series with the signal.
With a 300pF cable or input capacitance, this situation leads to an attenuation of - 3 dB at 11 Khz.
The lower you go with the volume setting, the narrower the bandwidth becomes right in the audio band !
One finally understands why at low levels our audio systems sound so bad.
With a transformer - potentiometer you have the opposite situation. The lower you go with the volume, the lower the output impedance of you system becomes and the wider the bandwidth.
Besides bandwidth problems, we have noticed that putting resistors in series with the sound signal always results in dynamic constriction and loss of details.
On top of that, a transformer enables the discontinuity of grounds, which helps to keep RF and LF noise as low as possible.
