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Any electronic modders here at Audiogon?

I'm wondering if there are any electronics modders in here like myself. I would like to hear what you've modified and any good related stories.

I'll start it off with a recent example of a project I just finished a few weeks ago:

First: A little background - I had a PS Audio GCC-100 I had bought off of Audiogon several years ago, but it "died", so I put it in storage where it stayed until about a month ago. Then another amp (a Jungson DA-200IA) I bought here also went bad. 

Shortly after the Jungson died, I saw an ad here on the 'Gon for a PS Audio like my old one that said "just returned from PS Audio with new Gain Cells". This caused me to think that maybe the 2 ICEPower modules inside mine might still be good. Sure enough, they were perfectly fine.

So I set about making what I jokingly call a Jungson ICE amp, where I strip the Jungson innards clean, but save the front panel with the large VU meters, and use the ICE modules and turn the unit into a power amp. Works great, even though the power lever is much lower than the old Jungson. But not a problem, as I don't play it that loud anyway.

Anyone else here have any other good modding stories like that?
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asvjerry
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I mod innocent drivers into Walsh radiators.  I can't afford a pair of German Physiks so I amuse myself with a different sort of complexity...

I got a laugh from Samsung's byline from their Academy Awards commercials, and decided 'Yup, that's about right...."

"Do what you can't."

...and it's good cheap fun. ;)
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asvjerry
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...and thanks for the morale support, guys. *S*

I'll be the first to admit that they're not 'perfect', but for a 'work in progress' they're coming along.  Every iteration is showing improvement which is half of the satisfaction for me.  The balance is owning something that has sprung from my own efforts that is beginning to replicate the speakers I heard long ago....perhaps not in the same approach as the originals, but per my thoughts on 'improving the breed', if you will.

One goal is to not have them fry @ 201 watts...the nemesis of the originals.  I'm getting there... ;)


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