THE Crossover Thread

Gonna swap out the 2043 opamps with some LM 4562's , replace the electrolytics, deoxit the pots and switches...
 
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Soooooooo.......The XR1001 opamp replacement and cap change is set to happen. How do we evaluate the success/failure of the work? I'm, looking for a set of numbers to compare before and after. Maybe success/failure isn't how to put it, how about does it sound better?/ Purely subjective, perhaps I can put a little objective in the mix.
An active crossover is a low pass/----low to mid bandpass and high pass filter. I'm thinking a THD & N sweep of each filter notch , in this case low/high two way. Crossover set at 1 KHZ, 500 mv out, 500 mv in. 10 hz to 80 khz bandwidth on the AP, unweighted with no filters. Then a Freq Res (Signal Level) Sweep of each notch......
The THD & N specs may not tell us much , it's already pretty damn good.....RESIDUAL NOISE IS 24 MICROVOLTS.........

Ashly XR 1001 Ser # 613-0797
 

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Looking good Lee. I tried the 4562's and found several opamps that I like better. The 4562 was fairly hyped when it came out but it never delivered for me in several different devices. It is an entirely subjective thing but at least you have sockets to plug and play. Oh it will sound better, of that I have no doubt. Been there and done that. Blew one of the woofers in my dual HPM 100 cabinets and am replacing them with some new Faital Pro woofs, that is current project. I ejected the woofer cone and it stuck in the out position and then after that proceeded to self destruct/melt. Have to reface the baffle amongst some other things and will post pics when done. The new drivers are monsters compared to the old HPM drivers and hope the higher power handling and X max will keep them from dying in the future. I have 3 old Pioneer drivers that I can now sell.

https://usspeaker.com/faital pro 12rs430-1.htm
 
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Anybody have any other ideas on how to document this ??
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It already looks so quiet, I'll be curious to hear your the "subjective" review. I finally got rid of some hum in my setup - moved the Ashly over with the Exposure and away from the Parasound. Something in those two didn't like each other. Even got loud pops if I touched the Parasound's top with the Ashly bolted to it via some leftover rack mounts.

Quiet as a mouse now, though.
 
laatsch55 said:
Gonna swap out the 2043 opamps with some LM 4562's , replace the electrolytics, deoxit the pots and switches...
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Be careful when using current feedback op-amps like the LM 4562 and be extremely careful if you have caps across feedback resistors when using CFB op-amps.
The LM4562 was introduced by National Semiconductor in 2007, this was 17 years ago and it was a competitor to the 1997 Texas Instruments Burr Brown Division OPA2134. Both of these OPAMPs have an FET front end and swing 34 to 36 volts. Don't fall for the specs, because no one has been able to duplicate them.
Some interesting facts:
The OPA2134 OPAMPs cost more and there is a reason for that - supply and demand.
The LM 4562 was designed as a video amplifier because of fast rise time and low noise at video frequencies.
Joe likes them for audio applications and so do I.
 
The 4x10HD has been at the heart of my system since I hit my head and decided I need a 4 way active system....
Running fine, no issues just thinking the next step.
Apparently the htx has better "specs" over the other flex platforms. But at 1,300 bucks CDN that's steep.
 
mlucitt said:
Be careful when using current feedback op-amps like the LM 4562 and be extremely careful if you have caps across feedback resistors when using CFB op-amps.
The LM4562 was introduced by National Semiconductor in 2007, this was 17 years ago and it was a competitor to the 1997 Texas Instruments Burr Brown Division OPA2134. Both of these OPAMPs have an FET front end and swing 34 to 36 volts. Don't fall for the specs, because no one has been able to duplicate them.
Some interesting facts:
The OPA2134 OPAMPs cost more and there is a reason for that - supply and demand.
The LM 4562 was designed as a video amplifier because of fast rise time and low noise at video frequencies.
Joe likes them for audio applications and so do I.
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This is the phase-gain plot for the OPA134
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This is the phase-gain plot for the LM4562
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You can see that National is playing some tricks internally to regain some phase margin (the squirrely dip in the phase lag). They did this to gain a slight performance advantage at lower frequencies.

I tend to avoid phase plots like this because it can lead to HF instability if the layout is not perfect and has parasitic feedback pathways.
 

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Well Lee have you completed your crossover? Interested in how it sounds in your system??
 
Got interrupted by some Servo 150 mill feed rebuilds. Had 4 that were swapped out over the years and had no spares. That took a couple weeks. Still working 7 days week so a lot of days I don't do much when I get home.
And you were right about those boards.. ...tedious.
And, finally got some parts to finish up the 300's..
 
Gepetto said:
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This is the phase-gain plot for the LM4562
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You can see that National is playing some tricks internally to regain some phase margin (the squirrely dip in the phase lag). They did this to gain a slight performance advantage at lower frequencies.

I tend to avoid phase plots like this because it can lead to HF instability if the layout is not perfect and has parasitic feedback pathways.
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Looks pretty well behaved at 900,000 hz...
 
laatsch55 said:
Got interrupted by some Servo 150 mill feed rebuilds. Had 4 that were swapped out over the years and had no spares. That took a couple weeks. Still working 7 days week so a lot of days I don't do much when I get home.
And you were right about those boards.. ...tedious.
And, finally got some parts to finish up the 300's..
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Yeah those boards are at the other end of the spectrum of WO boards. Thin traces with minimal spacing, made for one time build and not servicing
 
Exactly, gotta be careful with the desolderer, it'll suck the traces off the boards..
 
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