General Tso cap question?

[Dan0h]

I love my General Tso, literally my second PPCB build and still use it. But if I wanted to slightly lessen the “low end” would It be better to reduce C4 or C10? Thinking C10 right? I’m not looking for a huge low end reduction but equivalent to turning the bass down on my amp from say 5 to 3.5.
When engaged it’s a glorious sound it just bumps up the bass more so than the rest of the frequencies. Don’t get me wrong, is a really nice round low end not farting or woofing out, it’s just loud as hell. Since I’ll be desoldering and resoldering I guess I could just solder in some sockets and play around but I thought I’d ask the gurus first.

As always thank you for the insight.

 

[Dan0h]

Well, in true DIY fashion I will just solder in some sockets and try a few things.

PS. Its cool that I can now see in schematics the buffers and tell what type they are based on what Transistor or IC is in route. Pretty cool when you recognize things. Slowly learning.

 

[MichaelW]

If you like the Tso but want a bit less low end, then that's basically the Aion Convex (OTC-1). It's Dan Coggin's predecessor to the Fat General.

I built both at the same time, very similar compression profiles but I like the "fuller" sound of the Tso's personally.

 

[MichaelW]

Come to think of it, I never compared component values between the two, but looking both schematics might give you a better clue what to change.

 

[Dan0h]

Come to think of it, I never compared component values between the two, but looking both schematics might give you a better clue what to change.

Was doing this right when I saw your post. Lol.