Eros Phono kit is in transit - any capacitor upgrades?

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Offline Paul Birkeland

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Reply #30 on: June 27, 2016, 05:32:46 PM
The tubes get nice and toasty, especially the 12BH7, as does the transformer.  Consequently, the plate will be quite warm to the touch after it's been on for a while.

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Offline JamieMcC

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Reply #31 on: August 20, 2016, 12:58:04 PM
I'm looking ahead a bit here and am after a few pointers on favourite resistor brands for maybe later swapping out the stock 75K 1/2W and 47K 2W resistors  ::)

I have liked the results of using the Vishay Dale RN series in the past for building attenuators but wondered what other makes you guys have been using.

TIA
 

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Reply #32 on: December 28, 2016, 05:48:07 AM
Hello people :)
Here goes my first post.....reviving a cold topic  ::)

I am waiting for my Eros phono and I read about the 0,47 uF cap, but I can't find it in the manual (parts list).
I find 0,01 and 0,03 uF for RIAA correction, 0,1 uF.....1,0uF.....1,5uF......10uF and so on.

What am I missing?

Greetings from Amsterdam



Offline Tom-s

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Reply #33 on: December 28, 2016, 06:30:44 AM
See post #2 in this thread for the answer. Nice to see more Dutch Bottlehead fanatics.



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Reply #34 on: December 28, 2016, 11:43:07 AM
Thanx Tom! Very kind of you.

That would be the three 1uF ceramic capacitors of 50V used at the C socket.
I Can't see other 1uF capacitors used.

Am I right?




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Reply #35 on: December 28, 2016, 11:53:31 AM
Ah...there is some difference between parts list (1,5uF 630V film cap) and the manual (picture) with 1,0uF MKP film cap....



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Reply #36 on: December 29, 2016, 09:32:39 AM
Ah...there is some difference between parts list (1,5uF 630V film cap) and the manual (picture) with 1,0uF MKP film cap....
Yes, we consolidated and send the kit with a 1.5uF cap instead of the 1.0uF cap.  There is electrically no difference in the Eros circuit between the parts.

Paul "PB" Birkeland

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