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Andrewbee · 5th April 2006, 12:04 AM

Hi,

Did you ever receive the Fenice 100 amp and if so any impressions yet?

Andrew

Pano · 5th April 2006, 01:55 AM

No, I never did order one. Up to my eyeballs in amps right now, no time. Maybe soon I'll get a chance to listen to one.

Anyone else?

Puffin · 5th April 2006, 10:23 AM

Panomaniac. This may have already been covered on this forum, but I am a relative newcomer. With regard to the input caps "classic mod" 2.2uf is specified. I have seen that other people have used 4.7uf. I have tried 4.7's and they sound better to me. However are they rolling off the bass to make it sound brighter ?

Pano · 5th April 2006, 10:27 PM

The 4.7uF won't be rolling off the bass more than the 2.2uF, it's the other way around!

You don't really need any bigger than about 1.5uF to get a flat response down to 15Hz or lower. Your speakers should be so good.

The bigger cap might sound better, but I can't see why, unless its internal construction is better. But what it will do is give you a bigger power-on thump. Not a problem if you use a soft start circuit.

Puffin · 6th April 2006, 08:24 AM

Panomaniac. Thanks for that. Is there any benefit in adding 0.1uf by-pass caps to the input caps ?

angchuck · 7th April 2006, 04:42 AM

Not according to what i read here : http://www.audience-av.com/auricap_a...tion_notes.htm

Pano · 7th April 2006, 06:18 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by angchuck
[B]Not according to what i read here

I'll go with that. I tried bypassng 2uF Obbligato oil caps with 0.2uF Obbligato copper tube. Could not hear any difference. Didn't get as much time as needed to really test it, but if there was a difference, it was very subtle.

Puffin · 7th April 2006, 08:12 AM

Thanks guys.

Puffin · 7th April 2006, 10:20 AM

I wonder if anyone knows anything about the configuration of the CLARI-T amp by Red Wine Audio. It looks as though it uses 2 2024 boards. If they operate in mono for each channel, how have they been able to do that. I thought that you could not mono the Tripath 2024 ?

Pano · 7th April 2006, 11:07 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Puffin
I thought that you could not mono the Tripath 2024 ?

You can not. But you can use 2 boards!!

5th April 2006, 12:04 AM	#1
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5th April 2006, 01:55 AM	#2
Pano diyAudio Moderator Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: North Carolina Blog Entries: 4	No, I never did order one. Up to my eyeballs in amps right now, no time. Maybe soon I'll get a chance to listen to one. Anyone else? __________________ Take the Speaker Voltage Test!

5th April 2006, 10:27 PM	#4
Pano diyAudio Moderator Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: North Carolina Blog Entries: 4	The 4.7uF won't be rolling off the bass more than the 2.2uF, it's the other way around! You don't really need any bigger than about 1.5uF to get a flat response down to 15Hz or lower. Your speakers should be so good. The bigger cap might sound better, but I can't see why, unless its internal construction is better. But what it will do is give you a bigger power-on thump. Not a problem if you use a soft start circuit. __________________ Take the Speaker Voltage Test!

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5th April 2006, 10:23 AM	#3
Puffin diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: U.K	Panomaniac. This may have already been covered on this forum, but I am a relative newcomer. With regard to the input caps "classic mod" 2.2uf is specified. I have seen that other people have used 4.7uf. I have tried 4.7's and they sound better to me. However are they rolling off the bass to make it sound brighter ?

6th April 2006, 08:24 AM	#5
Puffin diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: U.K	Panomaniac. Thanks for that. Is there any benefit in adding 0.1uf by-pass caps to the input caps ?

7th April 2006, 04:42 AM	#6
angchuck diyAudio Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Silly'pore	Not according to what i read here : http://www.audience-av.com/auricap_a...tion_notes.htm

7th April 2006, 08:12 AM	#8
Puffin diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: U.K	Thanks guys.

7th April 2006, 10:20 AM	#9
Puffin diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: U.K	I wonder if anyone knows anything about the configuration of the CLARI-T amp by Red Wine Audio. It looks as though it uses 2 2024 boards. If they operate in mono for each channel, how have they been able to do that. I thought that you could not mono the Tripath 2024 ?

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