make my life easier.....

[proud indian]

Ok. The SEX amp and the quickie are making music in my room. As things settle down, I am looking at threads relating to upgrades. As I am in India, buying the stuff in one shot helps in shipping etc. So can you help me with....

1. which cap brand should I use on the quickie? ( I like a warm sound with a good stage)

2) Which pot would you suggest ( for both, the SEX and the quickie)

My SEX amp is running with OIMP V Caps that I had lying around. I am aware that there are a lot of expensive stuff around, but I would like something reasonable, even though I am not on a budget.

Thanks

shreekant

[Wanderer]

Have you done the PJCCS?

If not - do that first. 

[proud indian]

Done. Bought it with the kit.

shreekant

[coca]

You are already using an excellent cap. It does take a long time to burn in though. I believe you can inprove things by bypassing it with a 0.1 V cap copper or original one. A second choice I recomend would be a Mundorf silver and oil cap with no bypass.

Bernie.

[proud indian]

Thanks Bernie, but the Vcap is in the SEX and not on the quickie. Need one for the quickie.

shreekant

[coca]

I would go with the mundorf.

Bernie.

[earwaxxer]

welcome shreekant! - where in India do you live? I have been to India. Curious if I have been to your area. -

There are quite a few posts on Quickie mods etc. If you have V-caps, it sounds like you know what you are doing! Pricey stuff.

I completely modded the Quickie. Tants for resistors, mostly Mundorf caps - replaced the electrolytic with film. TKD pot. Only limited by your pocketbook and your sanity! I would be curious to know how a V-cap modded Quickie would sound. Take a $99 kit and put $1K worth of parts in it. Sure why not!

IMO you should also try not only the PJCCS, but also the choke option. I personally like the chokes in my system. Tubey!

cheers - Eric

[proud indian]

Thanks!!!

[proud indian]

Hi Eric,
You slipped in between Bernie and me unnoticed.......the thanks was for him, in case you were wondering if that is the place I live in India
I am in Chennai ( new name for Madras) on the south east cost. Just had a strom pass by yesterday at 100Km and the cops looked the other way.
Which part of India did you visit?
I was looking at the TKD option, and now that you mentioned it, think Iwill  go with it.
Yes I have a Decware amp which also has the teflon V cap, which drives my Lowthers. So many caps, so little time!!!

shreekant

[proud indian]

Eric, can you lead me on the choke option? I am unaware about it.

Thanks

shreekant

[earwaxxer]

Hey shreekant - Yes I have been to Madras. Was there for a Yoga pilgrimage to Haridwar in the 1986. Quite a trip!

Yes, agreed, so many caps so little time! I'm kind of a cap freak myself. Cap experiments with my MMG crossover have the been the most interesting.

For the choke - here is where you can order one.
http://angela.com/hammondchoke156c.aspx

I dont know, some debate here on PJCCS vs. choke. For me, the PJCCS 'cleans' things up a bit too much. My system can tend to be a bit on the sterile side. SS amp, lots of silver wire. JPS labs wire tend to show it all. YMMV on that one.

[proud indian]

Thats great....let me know if you are passing by again......my other hobby, which goes with music very well is sipping single malts....improves the soundstage.
Silver wire is a pain. For years I had it in almost everywhere, until I learnt that it does not burn in unless you use a cooker. I have moved quite a bit to copper, and I find it to be better. Most of the "lean" stuff about sillver is lack of burn in which tends to up the mids, which many feel sound better. Silver with teflon....you may have to be born again before it settles in.

shreekant

[tuffy_puppy]

hi there,  i know you from another forum.  it's better here, isn't it?  don

[proud indian]

Hi Don,

over 40 views in a short time, that too early in the morning. Makes me feel that audiophiles never sleep!!! Yes it is fun here, though I have been traveling and hence have not posted much.
BTW, I am in Dubai next week. does anybody have an idea of diy audio shopping there.

shreekant

[earwaxxer]

Thats great....let me know if you are passing by again......my other hobby, which goes with music very well is sipping single malts....improves the soundstage.
Silver wire is a pain. For years I had it in almost everywhere, until I learnt that it does not burn in unless you use a cooker. I have moved quite a bit to copper, and I find it to be better. Most of the "lean" stuff about sillver is lack of burn in which tends to up the mids, which many feel sound better. Silver with teflon....you may have to be born again before it settles in.

shreekant

+1 on the single malt! - I'm also a home brewer myself. Kind of got away from it, the home brewing that is, still drinking like a fish!

I know the arguments for and against silver. In my comparisons with interconnects, now I'm talking about affordable stuff here, I prefer good silver to good copper, but above them both, I like the aluminum alloy that JPS makes. What i noticed with back to back comparisons is that copper lends a 'bigger' and 'plumper' sound than silver, but with the side effect of some additional 'smear'. That smear gets worse at higher volumes. I can hear cap differences much better with silver in the stream. So, I tune accordingly. The JPS alloy has the best of both IMO. It's like the wire is air.

Fun stuff! - Enjoy Dubai