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What have you been working on in 2020?

New system? Getting into DIY? New bands?

I’d love to know what you’ve been doing that is audio-related this year. Dare I hope some of you have gotten soldering guns? Heat guns? Cables or caps?
For me, I’ve gotten into Roon and the Pi 4. Finally set up my combined 2-ch/HT set up with a new HT processor, and done a little blogging on Roon and subwoofers.  Last night I took my Pi 4 apart and added tiny little heat sinks to the RAM, USB and Ethernet chips.
erik_squires
masi61
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I would like to learn to solder and do little audio projects. That is cool that you added little heat sinks.

I'm getting back into analog and actively setting up my old Linn Sondek LP 12 turntable and trying to identify the source of hum from my old Linn K9 cartridge.

My all Bryston system is getting tweaked with upgraded power cords. I am still actively "auditioning" my new Bryston MM 1/3 phono stage which I have running into the same outboard power supply as my BP-26 preamp. I was considering special ordering some upgraded umbilical cords for the MM stage and the preamp from a place in Canada called Take 5 audio.

My Linn turntable is about the get the new Karousel bearing, a Green Street audio CNC aluminum subchassis, a Trampolin subbase, a Radiakal power supply upgrade and a new tonearm cable. So a lot is happening all at once that is quite exciting.

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millercarbon
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What have I been working on? Well, let's see....  

Sold a bunch of stuff, used the proceeds to buy Tekton Moabs, which I promptly tore apart and tweaked with Mats and Taytrow TDF. Coated all the system AC wire from the panel to the room, and parts of the meter box. Used almost a full sheet of fO.q tape on the Herron phono stage, inside and out, circuit boards and chassis, then coated all the tape and caps and tube holders with TDF. Taped a couple eCards in there as well.  

Some more Mats were cut up and shaped into tubes. These now cover all power cords, interconnects, and speaker cables.

Pulled the Conqueror tone arm, put a strip of fO.q tape running along the underside of the arm tube, counterweight, and a number of areas along the base of the arm. Coated the phono leads with TC, slid them inside battery grounding strap, connected that to a Michael Spallone modified MPC, and created my own Active Shielding.

Wrapped the Teres Verus motor pod (already previously modified) with TDF coated fO.q tape. Experimented with different materials under the Pits under the motor. And table.

Planning on opening the Moabs for a lot more, including adding fO.q tape speaker gaskets, basically a lot more of what has already been proven to work so well.

Now working with Rick on suspending my system on springs. We'll take a proof of concept graduated approach testing them first under subs, then Moabs, and we will just have to see how far it goes.

Eventually will take some new system pics, as these are getting a bit out of date. https://systems.audiogon.com/systems/8367
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mapman
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Mostly just enjoying the music but upgraded the computer I run my music servers on a few months ago. 
Also adjusted placement of the kef ls50s a tad and adjusted bass levels on Ohm F5s. 
Everything else is locked in so I leave it alone.   
wolf_garcia
6,686 posts
 
I dust everything relatively frequently. I started using an old but unused set of Sovtek KT88s in my single ended amp...great sounding tubes...put better footers under my Heresy IIIs (Vibrapods on top of perfectly matched for size rubber/thick felt sliders...look great, work great). I took a fuse out of my amp, looked at it, and put it back. Not sure why.
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