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The extension is intended primarily for surround-sound installations that need some boosting of the bass frequencies but where an additional subwoofer cannot be afforded. It is based on a disused mono a.f. amplifier and loudspeaker. If these provide reasonable bass performance, they can be conK4 R
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verted into a fairly good subwoofer with the aid of an active low-pass filtersee Figure 1. The input signals for the lefthand and right-hand channels are applied to audio sockets K1 and K2 respectively. They are output via audio sockets K3 and K4 to which the surround-sound decoder is
connected. The signals of the two channels are summed in IC1a, which also functions as input amplifier. The amplification, and therefore the sensitivity of the subwoofer, can be adjusted with P1. The output of IC1a is applied to a 2nd-order Butterworth low-pass filter. The cut-off frequency of this active filter can be set between 40 Hz and 120 Hz with stereo potentiometer P2. The response char-
acteristic of the filter at both these frequencies is shown in Figure 2. The actual cut-off point depends on individual taste. The said mono amplifier is connected to audio output sockets K5 and K6. The power supply for the circuit is simple and consists of a small mains transformer, Tr1, a
Parts list Resistors: R1, R2 = 47 k R3, R4 = 4.7 k R5, R6 = 100 R7 = 8.2 k P1 = 47 k logarithmic potentiometer P2 = 10 k, linear stereo potentiometer Capacitors: C1 = 22 pF C2 = 220 nF C3 = 180 nF C4C7 = 100 nF C8, C9 = 4.7 F, 63 V, radial C10, C11 = 22 F, 40 V, radial C12C15 = 47 nF ceramic Semiconductors: D1 = LED, high efficiency
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K3 L
P1 47k
C2 220n
K1 L K2 R
K5
IC1a
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R4 4k7
IC1b
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IC1 = TL072
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Tr1
K7
C15 47n
C12
IC2
47n
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8k2 R7 C10 22 40V C8 47 63V C6 100n 8
15V
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C14 47n C13 47n D1 2x 15V 1W5
Integrated circuits: IC1 = TL072CP IC2 = 7815 IC3 = 7915 Miscellaneous: K1K6, K8K9 = audio socket for board mounting K7 = 2-way terminal block, pitch 7.5 mm B1 = B80C1500 Tr1 = mains transformer, 2 15 V secondaries, 1.5 VA
B80C1500
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IC1
C11 22 40V C9 47 63V C7 100n 4
IC3
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bridge rectifier, B1, antihunt capacitors C12C15, a number of smoothing and decoupling capacitors, and two integrated voltage regulators, IC2 and IC3. The filter circuit is best built on the printed-circuit board shown in Figure 3, which is, however, not available ready made. The filter should be housed in a metal case. Moreover, P1 and P2 should preferably be types with a metal enclosure. Hum is prevented by earthing the case and the enclosures. The harmonic distortion, with two input signals of 200 mV and a bandwidth of 22 kHz, is 0.0016% at 30 Hz. Although not of prime importance at low frequencies, the polarity of the subwoofer should be the reverse of that of the remainder of the system since the present circuit inverts the signals.
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IN4
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C1
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