AmplifierCircuits

18W Class-B Audio Amplifier with Tone Controls 18W Class-B Audio Amplifier with Tone Controls In order to satisfy repeated requests by correspondents, a medium power audio amplifier incorporating tone controls in the feedback path was finally designed. To avoid an excessive increase in parts-count, due to the addition of the tone controls, a simple amplifier circuitry was designed on the same guidelines of the successful 45 Watt Class B Amplifier , but using the excellent NE5534 IC instead of a discrete component op-amp to drive the output "dumper" transistors. The particular circuit configuration, allowed to push the NE5534 exceptional capacity of driving the output transistors near to its limits, enabling the whole amplifier to deliver relatively high power outputs without problems. For this reason, it was possible to obtain 18W into an 8 Ohm load using a power supply voltage of +/- 20V. Despite the complication added by the tone controls, the amplifier ha...