RE: About modifying units (dacs and preamps).

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Posted by jedrider (A) on July 5, 2015 at 22:10:36

In Reply to: About modifying units (dacs and preamps). posted by beppe61 on July 4, 2015 at 02:26:28:

Well, I had a tube preamp kit that I bought. I assembled it and it was OK sounding. Then I bought some upgrade capacitors and got hold of some black gate electrolytics and just redid the preamp without really knowing what I was doing (you really just need to know how not to electrocute oneself, basically). It turned out really good sounding.

However, as it was a circuit board kit, I found the chassis work really hard to do, and so it sits in a cardboard box, to be resurrected when I really get the time (and don't neglect the space a project requires).

Doing power supplies and changing capacitors is probably a worthwhile thing to try. It does save a lot of money if you get the upgrade bug.

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Topic - About modifying units (dacs and preamps). - beppe61 02:26:28 07/04/15 (15)

RE: About modifying units (dacs and preamps). - Lew 07:51:44 07/21/15 (1)

RE: About modifying units (dacs and preamps). - beppe61 04:28:55 07/23/15 (0)

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RE: My personal experience - FrankC 18:20:19 07/11/15 (1)

RE: My personal experience - beppe61 11:44:36 07/15/15 (0)

Re modifying units (dacs and preamps) - unclestu 22:32:09 07/05/15 (1)

RE: Re modifying units (dacs and preamps) - beppe61 08:43:15 07/06/15 (0)

RE: About modifying units (dacs and preamps). - jedrider 22:10:36 07/05/15 (1)

RE: About modifying units (dacs and preamps). - beppe61 22:26:34 07/05/15 (0)

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RE: About modifying units (dacs and preamps). - jedrider 22:10:36 07/05/15 (1)

RE: About modifying units (dacs and preamps). - beppe61 22:26:34 07/05/15 (0)

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