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   patrick-turner to All   
   Re: THD testing of amplifiers.   
   09 Apr 13 07:40:32   
   
   From: info@turneraudio.com.au   
      
   Phil mentioned :-   
      
   "The notch filter typically consists of two cascaded stages, neither of which    
   is very deep so there is adequate bandwidth to the combined notch to cope    
   with minor drifts."   
      
   Electronics World produced a cascaded notch filter which I was tempted to try,   
   but which seemed unecessary with tube circuits which rarely ever achieve   
   0.001% THD with power amps. I found the LC bridged T notch I have works well   
   enough, and this, with a    
   following x10 amp with a BPF for 1.4kHz to 14kHz seems to work OK and low   
   levels of THD can be displayed on the CRO without excessive amplitude change   
   due to filter or oscillator instability.    
      
   The idea of a wien bridge for notch filter also appeared in EW articles.    
      
   This all goes to show there are more ways than one to examine THD.   
      
   Patrick Turner.    
      
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