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In Reply to: 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: 08/20/15
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Follow Ups
- Did some surgery on the C275BEE - NAD should be ashamed - airtime 06:06:12 08/20/15 (3)
- so why did YOU cheap out as well :-) - bare 19:26:59 08/21/15 (1)
- RE: so why did YOU cheap out as well :-) - airtime 08:00:00 08/22/15 (0)
- I've noticed that with two NAD components I've owned - E-Stat 15:42:54 08/20/15 (0)
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