In Reply to: Address the sound quality of ELECTROLYTICS on every Rk in the amp. posted by drlowmu on March 25, 2014 at 08:53:23:
...decoupling, and 'EM7-powersupply caps in my Franks with BlackGates. The latter caps will be VK-series 150/350s, bypassed with 0.47 SoniCap Platinums.
For main-PS caps, I'm now leaning toward the WIMA 600VDC caps that Mike Samra mentioned in the linked thread...but I'm a relatively long way away from that as that will be probably the 2nd part of my parts-upgrade project.
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- I certainly agree with that and had already planned to replace the cathode-bypass... - jeffreybehr 03/25/1417:33:36 03/25/14 (8)
- RE: I certainly agree with that and had already planned to replace the cathode-bypass... - drlowmu 10:37:52 03/26/14 (4)
- Well, Jeff, I'm glad I'm not that golden-eared. What I'll end up with... - jeffreybehr 17:12:09 03/26/14 (0)
- I suppose 'Rk' is used somewhere, but pls save me time and tell me what it means. (NT) - jeffreybehr 14:43:43 03/26/14 (2)
- C2, C3 and C6 on the schematic you posted (nt) - JJ Triode 14:07:03 03/27/14 (0)
- RESISTOR, Kathode. ( nt ) - drlowmu 08:58:10 03/27/14 (0)
- RE: I certainly agree with that and had already planned to replace the cathode-bypass... - Michael Samra 20:37:40 03/25/14 (2)
- Mike, these are BlackGates, the best-sounding "'lytics" man has ever made. - jeffreybehr 14:40:37 03/26/14 (1)
- RE: Mike, these are BlackGates, the best-sounding "'lytics" man has ever made. - Michael Samra 19:35:29 03/27/14 (0)