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Online Paul Birkeland

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Reply #15 on: November 07, 2013, 05:57:25 AM
No wires move. Remove the old pot, install the new pot, reattach things the way they were...

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Reply #16 on: November 14, 2013, 02:52:14 AM
wow!! this is good !! thank you  i am just waiting for an ALPS RK27  , when it will be on place i will say if something has changed in the sound

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Reply #17 on: November 20, 2013, 05:04:22 AM
so finally i did it , what a great improvement!! more dynamic more balance less distortion, now what's the next upgrade?

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Reply #18 on: November 20, 2013, 05:56:22 AM
Quote from: charger on November 20, 2013, 05:04:22 AM
so finally i did it , what a great improvement!! more dynamic more balance less distortion, now what's the next upgrade?

2.2uF output caps.  Consider Clarity Cap MR series, Mundorf, Obligatto, Russian PIO, V-Cap, etc.  Read up on people's impressions of each brand and see if it may compliment the rest of your system.

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Reply #19 on: November 20, 2013, 05:57:48 AM
IMHO the best two upgrades for the Quickie are; Khozmo Stereo Stepped Attenuator (even get to choose the resistor type and brand), and second a pair of 2.2uf Rike Audio S-Cap Aluminum foil, PIO (or if one is just slumming then a pair of MCap Supreme Silver/Oil).

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Reply #20 on: November 20, 2013, 06:12:39 AM
allready mounted Mundorf Supreme 2,2 uf bypassed by two Supreme 0,22 uf

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Reply #21 on: November 20, 2013, 06:22:43 AM
You guys should try a Submissive as the volume control for a Quickie. It should make for a sort of poor man's BeePre/BeeQuiet. Just replace the stock Quickie pot with a 100K resistor across each input jack.

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Reply #22 on: November 20, 2013, 06:42:27 AM
Quote from: Doc B. on November 20, 2013, 06:22:43 AM
You guys should try a Submissive as the volume control for a Quickie. It should make for a sort of poor man's BeePre/BeeQuiet. Just replace the stock Quickie pot with a 100K resistor across each input jack.

can't understand how you can adjust the volume then

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Reply #23 on: November 20, 2013, 06:58:53 AM
The Submissive is a multifunction stepped attenuator.


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Reply #24 on: November 20, 2013, 07:24:43 AM
Quote from: Grainger49 on November 20, 2013, 06:58:53 AM
The Submissive is a multifunction stepped attenuator.

wow it's more expensive than the Q !!

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Reply #25 on: November 20, 2013, 08:54:47 AM
And now you know why the inexpensive pot is used in the Q!

Yes, Submissive costs a bit more than the Khozmo but includes the chassis, source selector, and RCA jacks.

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Reply #26 on: November 20, 2013, 09:11:43 AM
Yeah, doesn't make any sense. But I've seen enough guys blow $1500 on Quickie mods when they could just have bought a BeePre that I thought I would give them some love too.

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Reply #27 on: November 20, 2013, 09:49:58 AM
Dan, I am saving my BeeQuiet for Quickie number 2, there wasn't enough room in "my" Quickie to install the BeeQuiet attenuator.
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