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In Reply to: RE: Thumbs-up Schottky Diode Audiolab 6000cdt Transport Upgrade posted by fastcat on September 23, 2021 at 16:24:43
Before the Schottky diodes I found that certain passages of music had a harshness or smear inherent in the recording.
But now the sound is more focused across and depthwise in the soundstage. It wasn't the recording.
I think that smear is more "obvious" or "bright" with high frequencies and less so as you go down through the midrange and bass tones. So when people say "bright", they may not realize all tones may possibly be suffering. Either way, the diodes are an improvement.
Over the years I have found that I prefer certain cables over others in my set up. The cables did help with the overall brightness right from the start.
Jonesy
"I know just enough to get into trouble. But not enough to get out of it."
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If the diodes made a difference in the sound, it had something to do with the reduced switching noise that they have. Given that, it would not be out of place to assume that high performance & very low noise regulators and better power noise filtering would help the sound of the transport.
Triode Kingdom at DIY Tube thinks you are imagining the Schottky performance. He prefers the 1N4007.
The Schottkys replaced a couple of bridge rectifiers for the power supply on the servo board for the transport. It's possible 1N4007s could have worked just as well or even better in this particular application.
Really happy with the results though.
With Covid-19 restrictions changing all the time, I sure miss being able to get together with others for evaluations.
Though a couple of loonies might skew results even more so, LOL!
Jonesy
"I know just enough to get into trouble. But not enough to get out of it."
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