Marantz CD63 & CD67 mods list

.....allright guys you convinced me, its probably the voltage drop / current - combo; i'll go for +/- 18V then.
I seem to have the new version of the Bursons, components on the outside.
By the way, is 26mV offset low enough to remove the dc-blocking - caps? What about output resistors?
Regards,
Mickie
 
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SimontY said:
Obviously pulling more current AND dropping lots of volts is a HOT combination. A bit more extreme but in my CD player I have an LM317 that drops ~20V to 11V and supplies over 400mA. It makes the quite large heatsink too hot to touch for even a second... :hot:

(I won't be leaving it like that forever)

Hi Simon

Are you doing "IT" again ?:hot:
 
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rowemeister said:
I mentioned a while ago about a opamp based phono stage we were building for someone and HERE it is. The prototype was comparable with the Trichord Dino so the final running version should be a little better.

My version for the work pre amp will have better resistors and caps on board :D

Hi Brent

Another awesome piece of work.

The Riaa filter is active or passive ?

Can you provide a schematic ? (Or is it top secret ?)

What are the cap values for the Riaa eq stage ?

Ricardo
 
Hi Ricardo

There is the usual 100pF on the input to gnd and a cap network on the feedback filter that consists of 2x 4n7 1x 10n and a 18K res. This is MM only but I am developing a switching cct for the guy so MC step up transformers can be used.

The circuit diagram is still secret squirrel at the moment. Don't worry your stage is better ;) .

In the work pre amp the audio from the phono stage will be going through a fet buffer.

Brent
 
Hi,
...so here is an update on the Bursons. I increased the voltage to about 20V; voltage drop on the regs is exactly 5V because the Bursons draw more power - so the voltage drops a bit before the regs.
Still the regs AND the modules are putting a crazy amount of heat to the system (heat on the regs is a bit less but the Bursons getting hot now; so the heat is just...divided to both).
Well, I'm afraid to shorten the lifespan of my Black Gates and other regs because of the heat....
Obviously these Bursons just don't work in my system - so i'm going to dump them.....too bad. :xeye:
Oh and yes, i checked everything for shorts or bad solder joints etc.

Regards,
Mickie
 
Hey Brent,
....my head also runs hot because of hard thinking what my issues could be..
-regulator issue
-faulty Bursons
-PSU too strong (?)
-bad solder-joints on the op-amps themselves (i could solder new leads)

The point is i did a lot o this and other players, but never had such issues.

BTW, i'm beginning to get accustomed a bit to the new sound.

While i'm typing this i unplugged the interconnects; maybe the burson got a tiny bit cooler (heatsinks on the regs still hot, touchable for about 2 seconds) but this could be pure imagination......ehm...no...checked again, nothing substantially changed.

yours desperately,
Mickie
 
Change opamp to OPA-SUN , upgrade to Audio-GD clock , RCA Jack upgrade to Switchcraft than wire with 6N Silver Wire, the chasis putting bitumen now the chasis more solid and heavy the weight like CD63se

and the section i upgrade below

PSU Regualtor - Black Gate STD
OPAMP - Black Gate N
HDAM - Panasonic FM
Analog Output - Black Gate STD

The blackgate really do wonders.

blackgatewithOPASunfullview.jpg
 
mickie said:
Hey Brent,
....my head also runs hot because of hard thinking what my issues could be..
-regulator issue
-faulty Bursons
-PSU too strong (?)
-bad solder-joints on the op-amps themselves (i could solder new leads)

The point is i did a lot o this and other players, but never had such issues.

BTW, i'm beginning to get accustomed a bit to the new sound.

While i'm typing this i unplugged the interconnects; maybe the burson got a tiny bit cooler (heatsinks on the regs still hot, touchable for about 2 seconds) but this could be pure imagination......ehm...no...checked again, nothing substantially changed.

yours desperately,
Mickie

The fact the Bursons are getting hot does suggest they are causing the regs to cook. I would desolder them and fit sockets to the marantz pcb and also fit some sockets on the Burson by soldering the legs to the socket. This way you can unplug them in and out and also test other opamps.

Brent
 
ccschua said:
Change opamp to OPA-SUN , upgrade to Audio-GD clock , RCA Jack upgrade to Switchcraft than wire with 6N Silver Wire, the chasis putting bitumen now the chasis more solid and heavy the weight like CD63se

and the section i upgrade below

PSU Regualtor - Black Gate STD
OPAMP - Black Gate N
HDAM - Panasonic FM
Analog Output - Black Gate STD

The blackgate really do wonders.

blackgatewithOPASunfullview.jpg

Sweet.

Change the 2 35V 470uF Silmics for Pana FC 25V 4700uF of Black Gate if you can afford them.

Brent