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Two stupid comments, one bumping a 6 month old thread? methinks

I've used these Erse caps before in a preamp, and liked them. Probably not the last word in anything, but 22uf caps will get quite pricey. Not sure what kind of footprint you have available on the board, if they are board mounted as well. I would think these would be better sounding than any electro. I know Nelson likes Elna Silmic IIs for electros. For the PSU, I would probably use Panasonic; FMs if possible, or TSHAs if you need a snap in. [url=http://www.diycable.com/main/product_info.php?cPath=35_145&products_id=647&Cid=aa9bf221a3528444387ec8299c2ded15]DIYCable.com : Intro

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Whoa.... that makes Dakiom look pretty normal

^ god are there some fucking douches in that thread... HF is anymore. And I can hardly understand what Sovshiller writes.

You can just turn it off and wait a minute or so before putting the resistors in. There is live AC back around the IEC, and also a pair of jumpers on the left side of the board back by the transformer, so stay away from there (or unplug it). Those shouldn't be a problem with the switch off though. It does have a bleeder resistor, so the caps etc. are drained pretty quickly.

I'll try to make it, would be good to see you peeps again!

Craig, I'll give you a call. How do your impressions stack up if you use the GCD-575 by itself? This is modified with a cetoole discrete I/V stage. I would think it at least has a decent chance of bettering the Pedja Rogic NOS TDA-1541a DAC that I built (and that he is listening to). Not sure about dynamics. The amp is probably going to require a decent amount of pot rotation with anything save Grados. Not sure if there is much at all that can be done about that, but I don't see anything wrong with turning it up that much. Also, did you try the higher bias on the CCS? Interested in what your take is on that as well. I could also lend you my Gilmore Dynalo to see what your thoughts are in comparison, but I know you like your toobies. EDIT: Also, how do the dynamics compare to your Apogees? If they are similar, then that is probably about all that you can ask for with your source, etc.

PSUs though can and do weigh a bit, or at least the transformers for said PSUs. The DAC chip itself may not need much current, but a good discrete output stage can. Switching PSUs tend to be pretty light; hope that isn't what is being used here, or if it is, that it is well designed to deal with noise. Oven controlled clocks are useless for jitter as the temp control is for long term stability; jitter is short term stability.

Just give Laura a call, or send her an email. She has always been very helpful. I've never had any luck with their online site, particularly searching

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happy birthday dood!

Good first post

The digital in (coaxial or optical S/PDIF) has both channel's information in a single bitstream, so the cable could not possibly be the problem. It could be a problem in the DAC (output stage?). Or possibly in the transport (not sure what you are using).

Did some listening tonight, first with the CCS's at 56 ohm, then at 75. Same material, AKG K601s as cans as these are the closest to the 501s my brother uses. Used a Bernstein/CSO Shostakovitch recording, which my brother thinks is one of the most realistic CSO recordings he has heard. I preferred the 75 ohm setting by a pretty significant margin. The 56 ohm setting resulted in much more steeliness to the strings, etc. The 75 ohm setting tamed this for the most part (maybe all of it) and fleshed out the mids much more convincingly. I also thought the bass was better. Not sure as to which impedance switch setting I liked better though. The 601s are 120 ohm (IIRC). Would conventional wisdom or experience tend towards one or the other setting? Time to let my brother listen to it and I'll see what he thinks.

Nate, Are you asking him to ohm these out? Steve, I believe Nate means to use the ohms function on your DMM to measure the resistances between the points indicated. This should (may?) show you what area is shorted.

Happy Birthday Matt!

Just looks like some flux in the last picture. You've been given good advice... disconnect the amp boards from the PSUs (the red/blue/black groups in pic 3) and see if the PSU comes up with no load. Does this B22 have a single sigma22 or two? If so, disconnect them both. The wires I pointed to go to the amp boards, so you won't have any loose wires with voltage on them floating around doing it this way. If you were to disconnect them at the amp boards, then you have to worry about that. If you have a DMM and the PSU comes up, connect the black lead to one of the sigma22 terminals marked G. Set the DMM to DC volts (and if not autoranging, to greater than 30), then take the red lead and touch the V+ (terminal that a red wire is going to now), and then the red to V- (where the black wire is going). You should see +30 for the first and -30 for the second.

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday!

Sorry if there is already a topic on this, but I couldn't find it. Anyhow, a woman robs a bank and not only leaves her debit card, but writes the note on the back of a prescription... in her name FBI: Bank robber leaves debit card behind - Chicago Breaking News

Step away from the crack pipe dude! These idjits commenting on things they don't have a clue about drives me nuts on hf anymore. If I wasn't selling a couple things I'd have no reason to even go there anymore. At least he admitted he was wrong, instead of the usual misdirection...

Holy fucking sheet Birgir! You're a beast! Can I have the spare aluminum?

She's a doll Naaman! Congrats to you and your wife! Beautiful name as well!