while we are "off topic" again..... lmao!!!!
I think someone mentioned something about gold sockets last week. Something about the contact area. I meant to post at the time but couldn't find what I was looking for. Anyway the point was about the large contact area for the gnd connection and small (poss even not gold) connection for the pos.
On my better leads, I have Eichmann bullets. They have a very small effective contact area for the gnd connection in an attempt to reduce eddie currents in the path. Just sort of went against the grain a little. Interesting stuff reading if you fancy it.
Eichmann BULLET PLUG - First Review of Keith Eichmann's RCA Bullet Plug Online
I think someone mentioned something about gold sockets last week. Something about the contact area. I meant to post at the time but couldn't find what I was looking for. Anyway the point was about the large contact area for the gnd connection and small (poss even not gold) connection for the pos.
On my better leads, I have Eichmann bullets. They have a very small effective contact area for the gnd connection in an attempt to reduce eddie currents in the path. Just sort of went against the grain a little. Interesting stuff reading if you fancy it.
Eichmann BULLET PLUG - First Review of Keith Eichmann's RCA Bullet Plug Online
I knew I had heard this story somewhere! Would actually be interesting to agree with this guy to pick up the chip at his address. See what happens.
while we are "off topic" again..... lmao!!!!
I think someone mentioned something about gold sockets last week. Something about the contact area. I meant to post at the time but couldn't find what I was looking for. Anyway the point was about the large contact area for the gnd connection and small (poss even not gold) connection for the pos.
On my better leads, I have Eichmann bullets. They have a very small effective contact area for the gnd connection in an attempt to reduce eddie currents in the path. Just sort of went against the grain a little. Interesting stuff reading if you fancy it.
Eichmann BULLET PLUG - First Review of Keith Eichmann's RCA Bullet Plug Online
I'm allways wittering on about those sockets. Another strange thing about Marantz that get's up my nose is why they still fit those remote sockets. Does anyone use them?
And of course upmarket connector-maker WBT have now copied the idea with their Nextgen range of plugs and sockets. I suppose less material could be a good thing... much like a thong on a nice woman 😉
Those remote sockets were good if you had a complete system! I remember selling them back in the days of the CD50 when bitstream was but a twinkle!!!!!
Picked up a question about a squeezebox being fitted into a tuner case on another forum and it got me thinking. Apart from the fact that tuner's are going obsolete and can be picked up for not a lot, there is a Marantz tuner that matches the 63! Its the ST-63.
Could be used to house PSU's or maybe an offboard DAC? Might look quite cool!
Picked up a question about a squeezebox being fitted into a tuner case on another forum and it got me thinking. Apart from the fact that tuner's are going obsolete and can be picked up for not a lot, there is a Marantz tuner that matches the 63! Its the ST-63.
An externally hosted image should be here but it was not working when we last tested it.
Could be used to house PSU's or maybe an offboard DAC? Might look quite cool!
Very cool idea. Never saw one of these. There was a serious black and gold fetish thing at Marantz back then. Yuck
...And a hoarding fetish.
My first hi-fi was a Sherwood receiver and cd player. Terrible really, but I did operate it with one remote using the wire linking system at the back. I dare say a few people did this back in the 90s.
My first hi-fi was a Sherwood receiver and cd player. Terrible really, but I did operate it with one remote using the wire linking system at the back. I dare say a few people did this back in the 90s.
Is there an alternative for X7R caps? I want to order from a store which doesn't have X7R's, but they do have cheap Tantalum and Multilayer Ceramic caps.
Surface mount PPS are also ace.
Personally i'd not use ceramic. Tants might be ok but I've not tried em. On paper they are very low noise I believe but I'm sure I've heard that they are not great in audio???
Personally i'd not use ceramic. Tants might be ok but I've not tried em. On paper they are very low noise I believe but I'm sure I've heard that they are not great in audio???
...And a hoarding fetish.
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hence the name....that'll come in .....Andy
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The question was asked as to where my 67' is going this time: This is hot off the computer;
" I have had a look at your cd player today.....
I have sorted the hissing out, it was what I thought it was! The combination of the wideband DOS circuit and the SPowers switching speed we needed to fit a 100nF across the feedback resistor on both SPowers. The noise is now gone, any hissing you hear now is generated by the dac chip and this is normal.
I have ordered 2 transformers as I am going to improve the small psu already fitted internally. The VA will raise from 2x 0.8VA to 2x 7VA, larger SI capacitors will be fitted too. This dual 9.6V psu will supply the Dac SPower and the new Servo SPowers. We will also fit a Spower to supply the clock for even greater improvement there too. " There will also be the all-important fuse-holder by-pass tweakeroo and new rca jacks. Oh yes and resistor changes. Now you know the down and dirty of it!
" I have had a look at your cd player today.....
I have sorted the hissing out, it was what I thought it was! The combination of the wideband DOS circuit and the SPowers switching speed we needed to fit a 100nF across the feedback resistor on both SPowers. The noise is now gone, any hissing you hear now is generated by the dac chip and this is normal.
I have ordered 2 transformers as I am going to improve the small psu already fitted internally. The VA will raise from 2x 0.8VA to 2x 7VA, larger SI capacitors will be fitted too. This dual 9.6V psu will supply the Dac SPower and the new Servo SPowers. We will also fit a Spower to supply the clock for even greater improvement there too. " There will also be the all-important fuse-holder by-pass tweakeroo and new rca jacks. Oh yes and resistor changes. Now you know the down and dirty of it!