wow hot topic,, everyone has some experiences/ideas/opinions/philosophy
imput.
1) employed new M SGO caps on my Cayin cd17 mark1 player,
cost of,,ohh 400, worth it?
i'd say the sonic gains may some difference,,thats all i wanted, some fq pop. not much, but enough to make me hear more of the classical orchestra.
aded kt150's over the kt88's, worth it?
again, some gain, worth the $800 mod?,, yeah, miniscle gain over the 88's. but thats all i hoped for anyway.
where my gaisn really poped were getting rid of all 12AU7's in my system and using the incredible E80 tube, Now here is my bigges mod of all. HUGE sound stage gain/sonic pop.
Will mod all caps in preamp and amp to Mundorf SGO EVO.
cabels. nota believer,, a cabel is a cabel,, Rat Shark's $5 is equal to snakeoil's $$$$$$$$ interconnects.
Cones??? not a believer
Tele 12AX7's, yeah now thats a solid bonifide mod gain.
Speaker placement? Never beena believer, never will.
after some 40+ yrs around this business, i pretty much know whats snakeoil and not.
Just auditioned a new preamp,,,,incredible gorgeous design,,but sadly, not for my system/my preference in my Jadis Defy system, i returned it.
will take some time to read through the posts
also will upgrade my caps in my near 20 yr old speakers to Mundorf caps.
Mods are for real, just know which is for real, which are snakeoil. and don't expect night/day out some mods.
All we can hope for are ~~~ Miniscle~~ gains.
Take a paper $2 cap, vs Mundorf's Silver Gold EVO non oil at $50 .
a tech guy puts both on his testing equipment,,and can not see any great dif's.
But in a real live operating amp, here is where that tiny gain is noted in the sonics.
Tell you what, i have locked in memory exactly how my preamp sounds pre cap mod,,,after 8 new M caps are installed i will report back on my topic. Mundorf caps.
I want to get to the bottom of this cap mod.
Caps are $300, tech fees?
So in a time like this(post CV19 epoch), we have to count our audio budget carefully.
Was the mod ~~well worth it~~ is the K$ Q.
imput.
1) employed new M SGO caps on my Cayin cd17 mark1 player,
cost of,,ohh 400, worth it?
i'd say the sonic gains may some difference,,thats all i wanted, some fq pop. not much, but enough to make me hear more of the classical orchestra.
aded kt150's over the kt88's, worth it?
again, some gain, worth the $800 mod?,, yeah, miniscle gain over the 88's. but thats all i hoped for anyway.
where my gaisn really poped were getting rid of all 12AU7's in my system and using the incredible E80 tube, Now here is my bigges mod of all. HUGE sound stage gain/sonic pop.
Will mod all caps in preamp and amp to Mundorf SGO EVO.
cabels. nota believer,, a cabel is a cabel,, Rat Shark's $5 is equal to snakeoil's $$$$$$$$ interconnects.
Cones??? not a believer
Tele 12AX7's, yeah now thats a solid bonifide mod gain.
Speaker placement? Never beena believer, never will.
after some 40+ yrs around this business, i pretty much know whats snakeoil and not.
Just auditioned a new preamp,,,,incredible gorgeous design,,but sadly, not for my system/my preference in my Jadis Defy system, i returned it.
will take some time to read through the posts
also will upgrade my caps in my near 20 yr old speakers to Mundorf caps.
Mods are for real, just know which is for real, which are snakeoil. and don't expect night/day out some mods.
All we can hope for are ~~~ Miniscle~~ gains.
Take a paper $2 cap, vs Mundorf's Silver Gold EVO non oil at $50 .
a tech guy puts both on his testing equipment,,and can not see any great dif's.
But in a real live operating amp, here is where that tiny gain is noted in the sonics.
Tell you what, i have locked in memory exactly how my preamp sounds pre cap mod,,,after 8 new M caps are installed i will report back on my topic. Mundorf caps.
I want to get to the bottom of this cap mod.
Caps are $300, tech fees?
So in a time like this(post CV19 epoch), we have to count our audio budget carefully.
Was the mod ~~well worth it~~ is the K$ Q.