I know. I also know that kind of cash is better spent elsewhere.
I have spent a fortune on my rack to eliminate vibration problems, there is bitumen on the mech and traverse + the tray and front cover is filled with hot glue. All adding mass.
Brent
I have spent a fortune on my rack to eliminate vibration problems, there is bitumen on the mech and traverse + the tray and front cover is filled with hot glue. All adding mass.
Brent
Now I am happy....🙂
After reading your comments I am now aware of the extension of Brent´s work. (Would apreciate to listen to it but I am far away).
Now for my part, just finished the sregs instalation on the servo, feeded by a dedicated psu and linked to the star gnd.
Bass boost is evident but not only in terms of quantity.... What a tight bass... and everything seems so integrated... über
Now I really need that clock...!!!!
Ricardo
After reading your comments I am now aware of the extension of Brent´s work. (Would apreciate to listen to it but I am far away).
Now for my part, just finished the sregs instalation on the servo, feeded by a dedicated psu and linked to the star gnd.
Bass boost is evident but not only in terms of quantity.... What a tight bass... and everything seems so integrated... über
Now I really need that clock...!!!!
Ricardo
Excellent news Ricardo.
It is a very worth while upgrade. I also recommend never turning the cd player off (unless you are modding). After approx 3-5 days the components settle down and it becomes so much better in every department.
Brent
It is a very worth while upgrade. I also recommend never turning the cd player off (unless you are modding). After approx 3-5 days the components settle down and it becomes so much better in every department.
Brent
rowemeister said:
A lot of that has to do with the Black Gates, they're designed to have a constant current running. The more BG's you have, the more noticeable this gets.
My new output caps have burned in nicely now - sounding soo natural and lifelike. Nothing really grabs you, but when you concentrate on a certain sound or area, you realise just how damn good it is.
Lee.
Excellent, now all you need is the Mundorfs, I know someone who can get them a bit cheaper 😉
I'll report back on the FK on the discrete after the weekends listening with a weeks burn in.
Brent
I'll report back on the FK on the discrete after the weekends listening with a weeks burn in.
Brent
Interesting point about the time to stabilise the caps; it's one of the three major reasons I gave up on CD63 mods. All those electrolytics make soakage and leakage currents a real headache from a sound quality, consistency and tune-carrying POV (and I can't abide 'long warm up' scenarios. It's a band-aid.)
(I moved to building thing where I could control impedances and decoupling paths, and use film cap instead to the exclusion of almost all electrolytics. I'm not going back.)
Different strokes for different folks - that what keeps this silly hobby interesting!
(I moved to building thing where I could control impedances and decoupling paths, and use film cap instead to the exclusion of almost all electrolytics. I'm not going back.)
Different strokes for different folks - that what keeps this silly hobby interesting!
Brent, my FK's seemed to even out a bit after a week or two, they were really in yer face at first.
Martin, any chance you could point us in the general direction of some pages about what you've moved over to? Tbh, I'm astounded by my players sound so far & I agree elco's are not good for sound. If there's even more to get from cd, that would be awesome.
Regards, Lee.
Martin, any chance you could point us in the general direction of some pages about what you've moved over to? Tbh, I'm astounded by my players sound so far & I agree elco's are not good for sound. If there's even more to get from cd, that would be awesome.
Regards, Lee.
These FKs so far have not been in my face at all, infact they are similar to the std black gate with a slightly tighter bass and a little more treble detail.
What regs do you have on the discrete?
Brent
What regs do you have on the discrete?
Brent
Re: Servo Sregs + Star GND
And the end result is superb.
You know what you have to do soon don't you Ricardo to really more things up a few levels.
Brent
RCruz said:
And the end result is superb.
You know what you have to do soon don't you Ricardo to really more things up a few levels.
Brent
Re: Re: Servo Sregs + Star GND
Yes.... now I really want it.....😡rowemeister said:
You know what you have to do soon don't you Ricardo to really more things up a few levels.
SimontY said:
I have a 18r 1w or a 47r 2w... which one should I use ?rowemeister said:
Too much resistance kills the effect ?
Ricardo
I can recommend a switch... then you get all or nothing. One will have loads more hum than the other...
Simon you have had really bad hum problems and yours was actually better with the earth connected, and the problems were due to your external psus. Having a switch is not ideal if there is hum when earth is connected, this is why a resistor is needed.
I had minor hum problems with all my equipment connected to earth so I added a resistor to all my equipment. My hum problems disappeared when I disconnected my audio output from the sky box. I now have HD and an optical connection so I should be able to remove the resistors now.
Ricardo connect your cdp to earth direct with no resistor first, if you find there is some hum try as low a value resistor you can and keep raising the resistance until it goes.
The larger the resistor you use the less benefit you will get. I've heard improvements with 100ohm resistors used though.
Brent
I had minor hum problems with all my equipment connected to earth so I added a resistor to all my equipment. My hum problems disappeared when I disconnected my audio output from the sky box. I now have HD and an optical connection so I should be able to remove the resistors now.
Ricardo connect your cdp to earth direct with no resistor first, if you find there is some hum try as low a value resistor you can and keep raising the resistance until it goes.
The larger the resistor you use the less benefit you will get. I've heard improvements with 100ohm resistors used though.
Brent
Ricardo you need some quality regs on the dac!
The level of detail, timing and air is lifted to amazingly new heights. The first rail to do would be the dac analogue.
Brent
The level of detail, timing and air is lifted to amazingly new heights. The first rail to do would be the dac analogue.
Brent
balance problem
Hi fellows,
I've noticed a slightly unbalanced sound when playing voices which should be in center. Giving a scale of -10/0/+10 from left/center/right voices and test CDs with dedicated tracks are at +1.
First I've moved furnitures and speakers stand for hours, wasting time. I've listened with headphones to discard the amp and speakers: the same, and when playing a test CD with a test "this is the center channel" it is at +1 or -1, if turn the headphones on my head -in case it is my ears- it moves with the right speaker to the left.
Switched cables of my CableTalk Boradcast3 inteconnect: does nothing.
It is in the CDP! What can make the sound slightly more on one channel? The RCA's resistors? ( 2 bundles of 4 resistors just at the RCA? http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/4200/img0105dz0.jpg ).
It is slight but real! And as usual it obsesses me! If you have any clue or way to check this...
Matthieu
(ps I don't know if I'm always clear as my english is all but perfect...)
Hi fellows,
I've noticed a slightly unbalanced sound when playing voices which should be in center. Giving a scale of -10/0/+10 from left/center/right voices and test CDs with dedicated tracks are at +1.
First I've moved furnitures and speakers stand for hours, wasting time. I've listened with headphones to discard the amp and speakers: the same, and when playing a test CD with a test "this is the center channel" it is at +1 or -1, if turn the headphones on my head -in case it is my ears- it moves with the right speaker to the left.
Switched cables of my CableTalk Boradcast3 inteconnect: does nothing.
It is in the CDP! What can make the sound slightly more on one channel? The RCA's resistors? ( 2 bundles of 4 resistors just at the RCA? http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/4200/img0105dz0.jpg ).
It is slight but real! And as usual it obsesses me! If you have any clue or way to check this...
Matthieu
(ps I don't know if I'm always clear as my english is all but perfect...)