
D.W. FEARN
VT-1 & VT-2 Microphone Preamplifers
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Filament Supply
The po
wer transformer output is rectified by a bridge rectifier and filtered before being reg-
ulated to 12.0 volts by a three-terminal regulator. The negative output of this supply is
gr
ounded. Although the filaments are rated for 12.6 volts, utilization of 12.0 volts has no
eff
ect on the operation of the VT-1/VT-2.
Met
er Amplifier Supply
A negative version of the filament supply provides regulated -12 volts for the IC operational
amplifiers in the meter amplifier circuit. This regulator is located on the Meter Amp PCB.
B+
Supply
T
w
o separate regulated voltages are required for the plates of the VT-1/VT-2. The B+ is fil-
tered with long-life, low-leakage, computer-grade filter capacitors before being regulated and
extensiv
ely bypassed and decoupled. The negative side of the supply is grounded. Two sepa-
rate B+ supplies are used in the VT-2, one for each channel.
+48 Supply
The regulator circuitry is on the power supply printed circuit board. The actual output of this
supply is 5
1 v
olts, which is reduced to 48 volts through the decoupling resistor at the micro-
phone input (see Phantom Power, above).
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