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Re: Stereocoder design
« Reply #15 on: November 06, 2025, 08:10:21 pm »
cheers Albert for the design work.  Here it is all bundled together with the original docs and modification to the filter

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Re: Stereocoder design
« Reply #16 on: November 08, 2025, 06:26:31 am »
Thanks sir , valuable.

Re: Stereocoder design
« Reply #17 on: November 08, 2025, 02:45:14 pm »
Can be something like this .

Re: Stereocoder design
« Reply #18 on: November 16, 2025, 03:55:07 am »
That's not too bad as a simple passive filter.  However, you're going to have to get the inductors to better than 2% accuracy channel-to-channel, and the capacitors should be better than that, if you want a reliable stereo image.  Also, don't install it too close to a mains transformer, or you'll get the dreaded hum!

I designed a replacement for the 15kHz filters in the Pro IV, using op-amps with gyrators emulating inductors.  It was published some years ago in EDN.  I'll dig it out and post it here.  I designed a PCB for it that was designed to fit above the Pro IV coder PCB.  I'll put that up too.  It's a single-sided board, and it sounded significantly better than the passive Toko BLR filter.  It also suppresses out-of-band signals better than the Toko jobs.

I'll post it in the next day or so.

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Re: Stereocoder design
« Reply #19 on: November 17, 2025, 07:31:06 am »
i would like to see that mate
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Re: Stereocoder design
« Reply #21 on: November 25, 2025, 11:12:46 am »
I designed a replacement for the 15kHz filters in the Pro IV, using op-amps with gyrators emulating inductors.  It was published some years ago in EDN.  I'll dig it out and post it here.

is this it?

https://www.edn.com/brick-wall-lowpass-audio-filter-needs-no-tuning/

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Re: Stereocoder design
« Reply #22 on: February 08, 2026, 02:03:06 am »
Here you go:  the 15 kHz LPF I've been using lately.


Re: Stereocoder design
« Reply #23 on: February 08, 2026, 06:17:35 am »
 ;D when necks go down , you switsh and tune in here .

Re: Stereocoder design
« Reply #24 on: February 08, 2026, 05:01:52 pm »
I designed a replacement for the 15kHz filters in the Pro IV, using op-amps with gyrators emulating inductors.  It was published some years ago in EDN.  I'll dig it out and post it here.

is this it?

https://www.edn.com/brick-wall-lowpass-audio-filter-needs-no-tuning/

That's the article.  There was a small error in one of the inductor values, but the values given in the gyrator circuit are substantially correct.  However, there's a slightly simpler circuit I now use which I've added to this thread.

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Re: Stereocoder design
« Reply #25 on: February 10, 2026, 08:40:03 am »
when i get some free time ill look into making this into a PCB
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Re: Stereocoder design
« Reply #27 on: February 14, 2026, 11:18:25 pm »
I'm working on an updated version of the PCB, which will be smaller than the original one I did, but has extra spaces for parallel resistors (or series in some cases) for the less usual values, so that it can alll be built with E12 series resistors (which will save constructors going shopping for some of the less usual values used).  For example, 50k 1% is difficult to find, but 100k 1% is a common value, so putting a pair in parallel will get you there. 

I'm rapidly getting a dislike of the policies of some component suppliers - small quantities (10s) are often as expensive as 100 off, and the postage charges are insane!

As far as possible, I'm trying to stick to common values and trying to re-use values (like the 6n8 used throughout the filter above).  This makes construction more economical.  I was going to redesign for 10n throughout (which would be cheaper, even at 1%), but the resistor values became horribly awkward and would need as many as seven resistors in combinations of series and parallel to achieve the values!

As usual, electronic design is a whole lot of compromises!