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Tweaking my Plinius SA-201...

Weekends are great, eh?

I just placed Furutech fuses on the rails on my Plinius SA201 and am looking forward to hearing what they do. I was also looking at the AMR fuses and the Isocleans.....

Any thoughts on replacing the Mains fuse?

While it was sitting on my bench, I thought:
Why not exchange the IEC inlet, too? There is a drop in Furutech replacement, the FI-03 in both gold and rhodium plating.

Anybody with any experience with that tweak?

Thanks!
budburma

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krell_man
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Art,

The Furutech fuse may be too warm for the Plinius, like the Pass amps. You may want to try a more neutral HiFi-Tuning Supreme. Don't waste your time with a HiFi-Tuning Gold or Silver if you're at the Furutech level. I have previously used Isoclean, as well as the HiFi-Tuning Gold and Silver fuses. I choose the Furutech if I want to add some warmth, the HiFi-Tuning Supreme if I don't.

I used a Furutech FI-09 Gold on my Topaz Isolation Transformer. I liked it a lot. Haven't used an FI-03 though.

What about your power cords, are you looking for the neutral, warm or cool side?

Chuck
krell_man
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Art,

Personally, I use Audio Points, the original ones from Star Sound Technologies: http://www.starsoundtechnologies.com/shopping.html

There's some listed on Audiogon right now: http://www.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?accstwek&1328452012&/Star-Sound-Tech.-Audio-Points-

I'd place those on the bottom of your rack. There's those on Audiogon and I personally have some extras that I'm getting ready to list myself.

The 2" points are for heavy items like big power amps, speakers or racks. These 2" points have posts screwed into them that are 1/4 20 thread, so you can use them like that, take the posts out and use them without, or take them out and screw them into the bottom of the rack or anything that has a 1/4 20 threaded post.

For the equipment sitting on the shelves, I'd use the smaller Audio Points, either the 1" or 1 1/2".

Building your own rack may be a smart idea and economical idea.

You can see on my system page that I have a Star Sound Technologies Stage rack. I actually have one more shelf now in my rack where the power supply for my Wadia S7i sits. I'll get the new pictures up as soon as I can.

The equipment on my shelves sit on Audio Points that face upwards and sit on the point instead of the flat top part of the Audio Points, but that's part of the Stage rack's design. Each shelf it a bit over $3,000.00, but for anyone considering a Harmonic Resolution, Silent Running or Grand Prix rack, the price is extremely fair and right in line with those other racks.

Chuck
krell_man
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Art,

You're welcome. Let me know how you like the different pieces that you bought.

Chuck
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