Audio Preamp Help

nomurphy

Joined Aug 8, 2005
567
There are many things wrong, most notably, no feedback. Please google "op amp design" or look at applications within a datasheet.
 

Audioguru

Joined Dec 20, 2007
11,248
The opamp without negative feedback has a voltage gain of about 200,000 to 1 million.
Its ouput is over-amplified mains hum radiation that is picked up by the input wires.

Your two 150 ohm input resistors are in parallel and will short whatever drives them.

What is the input from? An electret microphone?
 

bloguetronica

Joined Apr 27, 2007
1,541
There are many things wrong, most notably, no feedback. Please google "op amp design" or look at applications within a datasheet.
It really depends on the amp, really. The LM386 has an internal feedback loop with a gain set to 20. Nevertheless if you are using other kind of amplifier, it might need a negative feedback loop. It will need a feedback network for sure if the IC is an operational amplifier.

Please, could you specify the amp you are using?
 

lespaul

Joined Jan 30, 2008
49
True there are many issues with the circuit you attached. what type of audio preamp are you trying to build? Microphone preamp? Dynamic or hi-Z mic? line level or bnallanced level preamp?
This will help determine the best circuit for the job...
 

Audioguru

Joined Dec 20, 2007
11,248
You don't have a mic preamp.
Instead, you have an opamp without any negative feedback so its AC and DC gain are way too high.
The inputs are shorted together with two 150 ohm resistors in parallel.
The input is not biased correctly.

If the mic is an electret type then it needs to be biased.
 

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MDK

Joined Feb 1, 2008
22
You don't have a mic preamp.
Instead, you have an opamp without any negative feedback so its AC and DC gain are way too high.
The inputs are shorted together with two 150 ohm resistors in parallel.
The input is not biased correctly.

If the mic is an electret type then it needs to be biased.
who would you di it?
 
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