@glupson4 what was your experience placing a ac filter in place of the metal top plate?
To the person who mentioned that chassis are made/built specifically for an amp, this is not one of those. While it was ordered from Italy, it is not machined from billet to snugly fit the parts
I got a 3M filter but it doesn’t pass the heat as much as I would like and after being on for awhile, it smelled from a reaction to the heat. I need to try a plain fiberglass filter, which I know has considerably more air space. Worst case I only put the filter on at night
Back to what Im hearing: one of my torture cds is Jennifer Nettles Playing With Fire. Some of the cuts are downright brutal, to listen to, that is until last night. Though the terrible cuts still sounded bad, her voice and the instruments did a much better job of separating, which allows subtle ques to be easily heard.
So far, every disc Ive played has brought me much closer to the actual recording event. For those who are motivated, feel free to add your comments, pro or con
Geoff, As you know I have New Dark Matter in my Oppo tray and it sits on your springs, but if you know that removing its top cover will release a bunch of nasty stuff scattering around inside, I will do that today. Emailing me would be faster, but you could reply in both places so others might follow suit