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AES Six Pacs

I'm planning on picking up a pair of Six Pacs soon. The amps can be ordered with the following options and I'm wondering which would be worthwhile:

- Oil filled capactiors (Audio 1 or Jensen)
- xStream power cord
- WBT silver solder used throughout

I would be using the AE-3 MKII preamp and MiniMax phono upstream of the Six Pacs with a turntable being my primary source.
roblanger
jalapenos
81 posts
 
Jensen oil filled caps are a fantastic upgrade, and the wbt solder would be logical to add to the build as well. Skip the power cord, and upgrade a little later if needed. Shunyata and Cary are a great synergy in my book!
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nrenter
766 posts
 
I loved my SixPacs. I agree with Jalapenos regarding the upgrades. I'm interested in how the AE-3 MKII preamp performs. I had the AE-3 DJH and really liked it. I wanted to replace some caps in it, but overall thought it was a great piece of equipment.
mijknarf
266 posts
 
Add in some high quality binding posts while you're at it. The ones that come stock (at least when I owned my Sixpacs) were very cheap plastic. Mine were done at Cary with a pair of WBT Gold posts and they were very nice.
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