Modwright PH 9.0x upgrades?

@armstrod Thanks! Perfect. I agree re: the stock umbilical. It's not really fitting of a piece of gear at this price point. IMO the upgraded one should just be the standard for something like this, but alas.

@theflattire thanks for your insight! I tested a few rectifiers on my SET amp and saw pretty big changes in sound quality overall, so I would be surprised if I didn't hear any difference with doing it with the pre-amp. However, it may be less of a difference between tube types versus the non-upgraded power supply & the tube rectified in general. I guess I will find out!

@mmcgill829 

You gotta find that thread.  Come to think about it, I'm not sure if the folks who reported good results also had the X upgrade done.  Possible they were reporting only on the T upgrade.

You already did the X so the T will just max it out!

BTW, there's another company that does a Modwright umbilical, Triode Wire or something or other.  I saw a used one go for a couple of hunski on another forum, can't remember which one.  It was shorter though, less than a meter.  I think they custom make them.

@theflattire I'll see if I can track it down! Will be good to get some input into what rectifiers people prefer anyway.

I bought the unit as a 9.0x from the factory last year (well, through a dealer). If the T upgrade would have been available at that time, I would have done that too upfront! It's a little more of a pain to ship it back and forth (and does introduce some risk of damage, etc) but worthwhile if it makes a nice improvement in the sound. The cost is pretty minimal for a good step-up in performance.

Wywires also does ModWright umbilicals, though they aren't really much cheaper. I may hold off on the umbilical right away though to do some research on alternatives first.