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Offline bjorgens

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on: March 03, 2013, 07:13:23 PM
First attempt at a post failed, so here goes again...Left channel done, hope to have the right one completed soon.  Many thanks to the bottlehead folks for providing me with such fun and distraction :)

Apologies for the poor quality phone pics...

Bryan
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Bryan Jorgensen

VPI Traveler (Ortofon 2M Bronze)
Coffman Labs G1A preamp/phono/ headphone amp
Paramount 300B monoblocks
First Watt F4 clone
Blumenstein Orca Deluxe speakers and subwoofer
Cardas cabled Sennheiser 600s

Offline Maxwell_E

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Reply #1 on: March 03, 2013, 07:30:30 PM
Absolutely beautiful. Wardsweb would approve of those top plates. And I'm really digging the bamboo bases from Blumenstein, very understated and classy.

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Reply #2 on: March 03, 2013, 07:35:50 PM
Thanks... I must admit that I cheated a bit and had top plates fab'd from 304 #8 finish stainless. :)

The blumenstein bases really are pretty... Kudos to Molly and Clark for their work !

Bryan

Bryan Jorgensen

VPI Traveler (Ortofon 2M Bronze)
Coffman Labs G1A preamp/phono/ headphone amp
Paramount 300B monoblocks
First Watt F4 clone
Blumenstein Orca Deluxe speakers and subwoofer
Cardas cabled Sennheiser 600s

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Reply #3 on: March 04, 2013, 05:42:31 AM
Very nice lookin'.  What kind of cap do you have there hovering over the 4-pin socket?

Kerry Sherwin

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Reply #4 on: March 04, 2013, 06:20:24 AM
thanks.

It's a Duelund CAST...0.1uF/ 630V.

b

Bryan Jorgensen

VPI Traveler (Ortofon 2M Bronze)
Coffman Labs G1A preamp/phono/ headphone amp
Paramount 300B monoblocks
First Watt F4 clone
Blumenstein Orca Deluxe speakers and subwoofer
Cardas cabled Sennheiser 600s

Offline Jim R.

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Reply #5 on: March 04, 2013, 10:08:11 AM
Hey Bryan,

You saw the sale on the duelunds too, eh? ;-)

I just ordered a pair of 1.0 uF cast pios for my new preamp.  Thought about the Eros output caps too, but I don't want too many pios in the system and I'm going to stick with the vcap CuTFs there.

-- Jim

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Reply #6 on: March 04, 2013, 10:14:13 AM
yep...  now they're only crazy expensive instead of utterly ludicrous  :)

Bryan Jorgensen

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Coffman Labs G1A preamp/phono/ headphone amp
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Blumenstein Orca Deluxe speakers and subwoofer
Cardas cabled Sennheiser 600s

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Reply #7 on: March 05, 2013, 06:00:01 PM
Wow!  Beautiful work, thanks for sharing!


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Reply #8 on: March 06, 2013, 06:04:12 AM
Quote from: Jim R. on March 04, 2013, 10:08:11 AM
I'm going to stick with the vcap CuTFs there.

-- Jim

Good decision Jim, I have them in the Eros phonostage PB built for me and love them.

Cheers, Hank


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Reply #9 on: March 06, 2013, 06:53:51 AM
I also think that PJ calculated that you could use as low as .22 uF there with no sonic penalty, and I also think Grainger connfirmed this.

I'm also thinking about the tftf .01 and .015s for the RIAA caps, but I'm a sickey.

-- Jim


Jim Rebman -- recovering audiophile

Equitech balanced power; uRendu, USB processor -> Musette DAC -> 5670 tube buffer -> Finale Audio F138 FFX -> Cain and Cain Abbys near-field).

s.e.x. 2.1 under construction.  Want list: Stereomour II

All ICs homemade (speaker and power next)

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