Hi Hpower,
I am not sure what Modwright calls the "Signature" SWL, could it just be the added tubed PSU?
The SWLP has the outboard tubed PSU PLUS the MWI capacitors.
I think the line stage circuit is the same as the SWL otherwise.
I would think the new caps would have a sizable effect on the SWLPs sound but I haven't heard an SWL with a tubed PSU. I've only heard my SWL, Modwright's demo SWLP and my SWLP.
From what I have read of the upgraded SWL and what I have heard with the SWLP they both have improvements in the same areas but I suspect the SWLP with its new caps sounds more refined and more detailed. How do I know this if I haven't heard them ABed?
Well... ;-)
It seems to me that no one has expressed the kind of "wow" with their upgraded SWL that I have with the SWLP.
The difference between the SWL and the SWLP is so much greater than I expected. The improvement is not incremental at all. It still has its SWL nature but, to me, it sounds like a whole new preamp. The upgraded SWL folks all comment on it's improved "tubeyness" but I haven't read anything referring to the huge improvements I have experienced with the SWLP.
It might be I am only hearing the tube rectifier and not the MWI caps plus the tube PSU but I can't say for sure.
Has anyone heard both?
I am not sure what Modwright calls the "Signature" SWL, could it just be the added tubed PSU?
The SWLP has the outboard tubed PSU PLUS the MWI capacitors.
I think the line stage circuit is the same as the SWL otherwise.
I would think the new caps would have a sizable effect on the SWLPs sound but I haven't heard an SWL with a tubed PSU. I've only heard my SWL, Modwright's demo SWLP and my SWLP.
From what I have read of the upgraded SWL and what I have heard with the SWLP they both have improvements in the same areas but I suspect the SWLP with its new caps sounds more refined and more detailed. How do I know this if I haven't heard them ABed?
Well... ;-)
It seems to me that no one has expressed the kind of "wow" with their upgraded SWL that I have with the SWLP.
The difference between the SWL and the SWLP is so much greater than I expected. The improvement is not incremental at all. It still has its SWL nature but, to me, it sounds like a whole new preamp. The upgraded SWL folks all comment on it's improved "tubeyness" but I haven't read anything referring to the huge improvements I have experienced with the SWLP.
It might be I am only hearing the tube rectifier and not the MWI caps plus the tube PSU but I can't say for sure.
Has anyone heard both?