RE: Mounting diodes

Posted by Lew (A) on March 15, 2016 at 14:51:53

In Reply to: RE: Mounting diodes posted by Tweaker456 on March 15, 2016 at 12:24:09:

I did not mean to be understood that way. I have no way of knowing whether upgrading the diodes in your PS will actually constitute an audible improvement. There is nothing wrong with trying it. However, what I did mean to say was that your angst over what audio quality diode to use was not worth it. You've changed your mind repeatedly which is a sign of anxiety over a trivial issue. (I know from personal experience.) UF or Schottky or fred should be fine. But since you asked, I would choose UF or Schottky over fred. Is this full-wave rectification or half-wave? If its currently half-wave, there might be something to be gained by going to full wave. (How many diodes are in the circuit?) Are there bypass capacitors across each of the OEM diodes (usually .01uF ceramic capacitors)? If you go Schottky, you don't need the bypass capacitors.

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Topic - IXYS DSEI HFA series freds or?? - Tweaker456 11:29:50 03/14/16 (19)

RE: IXYS DSEI HFA series freds or?? - sayntjack 23:24:04 03/14/16 (4)

Mounting diodes - Ric Schultz 00:03:58 03/15/16 (3)

RE: Mounting diodes - Tweaker456 12:24:09 03/15/16 (1)

RE: Mounting diodes - Lew 14:51:53 03/15/16 (0)

RE: Mounting diodes - Tweaker456 11:42:20 03/15/16 (0)

RE: IXYS DSEI HFA series freds or?? - Ric Schultz 20:34:08 03/14/16 (1)

RE: IXYS DSEI HFA series freds or?? - Tweaker456 11:57:24 03/15/16 (0)

I thought you'd made your choice, ... - Lew 14:41:28 03/14/16 (8)

RE: I thought you'd made your choice, ... - Tweaker456 11:51:44 03/15/16 (7)

You need to try some different types of diodes that you have... - Cougar 20:00:51 03/15/16 (6)

Reporting back on the IXYS diodes in the dac PS - Tweaker456 20:45:26 04/01/16 (0)

RE: You need to try some different types of diodes that you have... - Tweaker456 01:14:36 03/16/16 (4)

You can normally see noise with a..... - Cougar 07:35:34 03/16/16 (3)

RE: You can normally see noise with a..... - Tweaker456 10:55:45 03/16/16 (2)

RE: You can normally see noise with a..... - Lew 18:59:39 03/16/16 (0)

You should see it... - Cougar 13:18:17 03/16/16 (0)

RE: IXYS DSEI HFA series freds or?? - beautox 13:41:54 03/14/16 (2)

Just what this forum needs another diode thread - Tweaker456 11:29:41 03/15/16 (0)

RE: IXYS DSEI HFA series freds or?? - Ric Schultz 20:39:23 03/14/16 (0)

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