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In Reply to: RE: Once again the lower end offering sounds better than their premium piece posted by airtime on August 16, 2015 at 08:41:09
Looking at the schematic I noticed that amp board cap C111 is the first components and an electroylytic in the audio path. Also noting that it is the same series as all the others. So my little pea brain said HEY - why not replace that with an Audio grade electrolytic cap. So I cut away the outside casing of the cap, removed the "inners" and exposed the pin leads. To that I soldered on a Nichicon FW series lytic cap of the same value.The BEAN counters at NAD should be fired, beaten, shot, refired and then rebeaten and refired! For the lousy FRIGGIN 23 cents would it have killed them to put a damn decent cap IN THE FRIGGIN AUDIO PATH!!!!!!!!
Now I know where the midrange and midrange dynamics went to. The FRIGGIN bean counters at NAD put one cheap ass 16 cent cap in place of a 23 cent cap. I won't even mention the work non polar film WIMA. Lordy that would be an entire BUCK!!!!!
Edits: 08/20/15Follow Ups:
I can understand the build.. by some Low bid maker in the East, fitting the cheapest parts he could sneak by.
But then You also retro fiited a Sub 25 Cent cap.. Why??
The Nichicon FW series is a good audio grade electrolytic cap. The original point was whey didn't THEY put that cap in. For the lousy 10 cent difference????
I will try a film cap next week after I check to make sure it is not filtering DC or something like that.
Which likely contributes to their dark house sound. Forgiving but somewhat opaque.
Mind you, I think they offer good value for the money although your observations suggest that a relatively modest boost in parts quality shouldn't cost that much more while improving its character.
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