Welborne Labs

Posted by 4season (A) on July 26, 2005 at 20:21:24

In Reply to: Re: You are correct... this is the wrong place posted by chopper87@aol.com on July 26, 2005 at 09:41:21:

You were correct the first time: Black Gate "Heart of Muse" capacitors were once available in the power supply: This is the $500 option that Ron alluded to. I don't believe he ever made any bones about the fact that any sonic improvement it made in this particular application was going to be very subtle (in a cathode bypass situation, it's a whole 'nother story!) And yet, it totally made sense to offer this option because unfortunately, sometimes you gotta offer pricey options to be taken seriously by audiophiles.

That's probably a moot point now because I believe Rubycon discontinued all Black Gate production, so any you find left are from dwindling supplies of old stock.

IMO? Even if you had a setup that wasn't quite optimum for 45 amps, one that sent the amp into clipping on middling to loud music, you'd probably still want to own a set, because what they do well, they do DAMNED well.

Here's how I'd option mine:

Base DRD w/solid state rectification
Bird's eye maple bases @ $60
Silver hookup wire option @ $75
Maybe the Caddock resistors @ $22
TJ Meshplate 45

That's all!

• Wow, 4 Season, I've got a DRD45 kit as described - Ron W 08:34:03 07/27/05 (2)
  • Re: Wow, 4 Season, I've got a DRD45 kit as described - 4season 10:45:40 07/27/05 (1)
    • ahem... I can take a hint (nt) - Ron W 13:25:44 07/27/05 (0)
• Re: You are correct... this is the wrong place - drsx 00:02:41 07/27/05 (0)

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