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offcenter virtual ground, opamp mic with transformer


 

On my opamp mic with a transformer, my virtual ground is unbalanced, it is closer to actual ground than to V+

I thought it might be DC running through the transformer primary, I've tried with the transformer DC decoupled with a cap (on the virtual ground side), and I think that helped somewhat but I'm still getting an unbalanced virtual ground.

here's the schem:



(possibly irrelevant aside - in my latest version I'm using a 7:1 transformer and appropriate value changes ie R3/R4 are 6.8k, D1 is 27V, R6 is 6.8k and R7 is 1k, but I have had this issue with a 1:1 transformer as well.)

what am I missing here?

From memory the version without the transformer doesn't have this issue, but I don't see how the transformer could be causing it.

thanks in advance!

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