Good evening everyone, first post on Audiogon.
After following this thread with great interest, I finally picked up an Orchid and have done several of the upgrades mentioned by Grannyring (and others). I am enjoying the whole process of upgrading and hearing the changes and improvement so much so that I finally decided to post on this forum to say a big "THANK YOU" to all who have contributed.
The Orchid is a great DAC and it is easy(ish) to work on.
Changes done so far:
R38, R52, R36, R54 Vishay Z foils 0,60W 100 Ohm
R34, R58 -- Caddock MK232 0.75W 390K
R37, R53 - Audio Note Tantalum 1W 4.7 K
Jantzan Superior Z - 2.2uf
Duelund CAST-PIO-Sn/Cu 0.01uF 630Vdc
Various tubes - current favourite - Philips Miniwatt E188CC (7308) SQ with adapter.
Upcoming changes:
Ordered the V-Caps (arrived today) looking forward to hearing the diffierence
R3, R4 - Ordered a set of Caddock MK23 and Amtrans AMRG Carbon Film 0.75W to try out.
Possibly upgrade fuse to???
Really enjoying the sound now. I would be happy to live with the Orchid the way is now but I like to tinker and ask "what if I ..."
Great stuff. Great fun
Any other upgrade/change sugguestions are welcomed.
After following this thread with great interest, I finally picked up an Orchid and have done several of the upgrades mentioned by Grannyring (and others). I am enjoying the whole process of upgrading and hearing the changes and improvement so much so that I finally decided to post on this forum to say a big "THANK YOU" to all who have contributed.
The Orchid is a great DAC and it is easy(ish) to work on.
Changes done so far:
R38, R52, R36, R54 Vishay Z foils 0,60W 100 Ohm
R34, R58 -- Caddock MK232 0.75W 390K
R37, R53 - Audio Note Tantalum 1W 4.7 K
Jantzan Superior Z - 2.2uf
Duelund CAST-PIO-Sn/Cu 0.01uF 630Vdc
Various tubes - current favourite - Philips Miniwatt E188CC (7308) SQ with adapter.
Upcoming changes:
Ordered the V-Caps (arrived today) looking forward to hearing the diffierence
R3, R4 - Ordered a set of Caddock MK23 and Amtrans AMRG Carbon Film 0.75W to try out.
Possibly upgrade fuse to???
Really enjoying the sound now. I would be happy to live with the Orchid the way is now but I like to tinker and ask "what if I ..."
Great stuff. Great fun
Any other upgrade/change sugguestions are welcomed.