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Moreplay Upgrade / Re: Check the power supply voltage by measuring DC voltage between the chassis plate

« Last post by AG on Today at 05:06:54 PM »

Hello, I am on page 25 of the Moreplay Upgrade manual. I am confused by the instruction "Check the power supply voltage by measuring DC voltage between the chassis plate and terminal 21." One of my test meter leads goes to terminal 21. Where do I clip the other?

This is to be sure the filters are not charged.
If you can discharge the filters safely you will save 15 min or so.
Andre.

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Eros Phono / Re: Eros 2 capacitor minimum voltage rating?

« Last post by Paul Birkeland on Today at 03:46:17 PM »

The soft-start parts could be added to the D socket C4S to keep the voltage seen at that capacitor pretty low.  The problem is that if you run the Eros with no tubes in it, you'll cause big problems. 

While there is a lot of room in the Eros chassis for caps, there might not be that much room for the teflon Vcaps.  The ODAM is certainly viable though.

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General Discussion / Re: Doc B selling large (classical) portion of LP and tape collection

« Last post by Doc B. on Today at 03:36:42 PM »

As much as I would love spending hours and hours looking up the price for each and every album and spending the next 15 years listing these on ebay,  finding packing material and going to the post office, I've decided to just give this pile of classical recordings away.

Come and get it gang. ping me at [email protected]
We need to be out of our space soon, so this goes up on FB marketplace tomorrow if I don't get a solid "yes I will be there to pick it all up at ____"

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Eros Phono / Re: Eros 2 capacitor minimum voltage rating?

« Last post by Paul Joppa on Today at 03:22:47 PM »

It's a near-run thing - the operating voltages are less than 300 volts, but just barely. However, the startup transient voltage spike can be as much as 350v, and the TFTF manufacturer specifically warns against voltage spikes exceeding the rated voltage. For that reason, I can't recommend it. (Film and foil capacitors do not self-repair in the way that metalized-film capacitors do.)

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Moreplay Upgrade / Re: Check the power supply voltage by measuring DC voltage between the chassis plate

« Last post by Paul Birkeland on Today at 02:50:50 PM »

Any metal on or touching the chassis plate. Any of the RCA jack ground tabs, any of the center lugs of any of the terminal strips, the IEC power entry module earth lug, stuff like that.

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Moreplay Upgrade / Check the power supply voltage by measuring DC voltage between the chassis plate

« Last post by Colman on Today at 02:36:37 PM »

Hello, I am on page 25 of the Moreplay Upgrade manual. I am confused by the instruction "Check the power supply voltage by measuring DC voltage between the chassis plate and terminal 21." One of my test meter leads goes to terminal 21. Where do I clip the other?

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Eros Phono / Eros 2 capacitor minimum voltage rating?

« Last post by hmbscott on Today at 11:34:50 AM »

Can I get away with a 300V rating for the output capacitor on an Eros 2? I"m thinking about V-Cap TFTF 2uF 300V.

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Stereomour II / Re: Another failed voltage check

« Last post by SamJ on Today at 04:20:39 AM »

On it!  Will report back. 

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Kaiju Stereo 300B amp / Re: Adding more speaker binding posts and wiring for more than 1 speaker ohm out?

« Last post by 2wo on July 12, 2025, 04:41:05 PM »

You might try Wiring the amp for either 4 or 16 Whichever seems more appropriate for your speaker collection And give it a try. There is a good chance that you might only need 2 settings. Depending on the speaker it might be more about more efficient power transfer than real sound quality.
And sometimes they sound better on a different tap then what the label says. You can't hurt anything by trying

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Stereomour II / Re: Another failed voltage check

« Last post by Paul Birkeland on July 12, 2025, 03:03:16 PM »

I don't see anything obvious.  I'd snag some replacement 130 ohm 2W resistors from us or online, then attempt to fire up the amp again once that open resistor is replaced.