dgarretson
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| who does mods for the Sony SCD XA9000-ES? BTW, if one were thinking about modding this unit, one of the first things would be to remove six silicon wafer AC rectifier bridges at lower left corner of image, and replace with custom Schottky bridges. Those $1 compromises in the critical powe... | |
| Help choosing coupling caps Construction of SIO is somewhat ambiguous, as Mundorf mentions both polyprop and metalized paper construction:"Our state-of-the-art metallised Polypropylen foils make it possible to maintain extremely exacting production tolerances that cannot be ... | |
| who does mods for the Sony SCD XA9000-ES? The main challenge modifying that unit is limited real estate to add things like aftermarket clock PCB, discrete dc voltage regulators, or alternative 2-CH output stage. It's really packed inside. But worth a call to Kyle at RAM to see if he has t... | |
| who does mods for the Sony SCD XA9000-ES? Why do you think modder would not? | |
| Passive Preamps? Anyone? He keeps a low profile; emailing him through that forum is probably the best way. | |
| Passive Preamps? Anyone? Incidently, toward the end of the above Lightspeed thread, Nelson Pass contributes schematics for a buffered passive that employs optocoupler resistors. I don't know whether he is currently selling product based on this design. My read is that son... | |
| Passive Preamps? Anyone? There is a long thread on DIY forum on the Lightspeed passive attenuator, which is sold commercially by georgehifi (indentified throughout the thread.) His design is based on optocoupler resistors, as formerly used in the Melos photentiometer volu... | |
| What's the Best LP You Bought in 2008 Forgot The Pretenders Break Up the Concrete double LP. Wonderful live-in-studio sound. Lucinda should send Crissie a thank you note for paving the way. | |
| What's the Best LP You Bought in 2008 LP vs CD of Sky Blue Sky (2007) depends entirely on your set-up. Both are great, with LP sounding more expansive & richer & bit less aggressive on my system.The big score LP of '08 is probably the $100 Dylan Tell Tale Signs box, though I h... | |
| Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil Volleyguy, thanks for checking out the caps & for returning. The Russians are cheap on ebay, should you decide to continue experimenting. | |
| Help choosing coupling caps I have four quads of V-Cap TFT & Mundorf Silver/Gold across four line stage & amp components. There is good synergy, though cost-no-object I would go all V-Cap. I don't think you can have too much of a good thing. | |
| Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil Jody/Volleyguy, before you "lose you mind over vintage," kindly return to me the 10 teflon & PIO caps that I lent to you for testing long ago. Thanks, Dave | |
| Stones: Sticky FIngers..... On Mofi the sax on Brown Sugar sounds like a kazoo. The early Atco sounds good, though not as good as an early US pressing of Exile-- which has unjustifiably gotten a bad reputation. | |
| Top resistors Hi Clabe, I ended up reworking the VSM-MX tweeter section in two steps. First, I replaced stock 6.0uf Hovland with 6.2uf Claritycap MR. (The two matched Claritycaps measured an actual 6.14uf.) Nice improvement--more openness and relaxation as comp... | |
| resolution and imaging Regardless of how an original performance is miked(whether live or in the studio, mikes front or back or high or low, close-miked or at a distance from instruments), it is a highly questionable goal to strive to assemble an audiophile system that ... |