Tweaking my Plinius SA-201...


Weekends are great, eh?

I just placed Furutech fuses on the rails on my Plinius SA201 and am looking forward to hearing what they do. I was also looking at the AMR fuses and the Isocleans.....

Any thoughts on replacing the Mains fuse?

While it was sitting on my bench, I thought:
Why not exchange the IEC inlet, too? There is a drop in Furutech replacement, the FI-03 in both gold and rhodium plating.

Anybody with any experience with that tweak?

Thanks!
budburma
Art,

Personally, I use Audio Points, the original ones from Star Sound Technologies: http://www.starsoundtechnologies.com/shopping.html

There's some listed on Audiogon right now: http://www.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?accstwek&1328452012&/Star-Sound-Tech.-Audio-Points-

I'd place those on the bottom of your rack. There's those on Audiogon and I personally have some extras that I'm getting ready to list myself.

The 2" points are for heavy items like big power amps, speakers or racks. These 2" points have posts screwed into them that are 1/4 20 thread, so you can use them like that, take the posts out and use them without, or take them out and screw them into the bottom of the rack or anything that has a 1/4 20 threaded post.

For the equipment sitting on the shelves, I'd use the smaller Audio Points, either the 1" or 1 1/2".

Building your own rack may be a smart idea and economical idea.

You can see on my system page that I have a Star Sound Technologies Stage rack. I actually have one more shelf now in my rack where the power supply for my Wadia S7i sits. I'll get the new pictures up as soon as I can.

The equipment on my shelves sit on Audio Points that face upwards and sit on the point instead of the flat top part of the Audio Points, but that's part of the Stage rack's design. Each shelf it a bit over $3,000.00, but for anyone considering a Harmonic Resolution, Silent Running or Grand Prix rack, the price is extremely fair and right in line with those other racks.

Chuck
Thanks, those look perfect for the rack. I will take a closer look at work tonight and get back with more info. Thanks for your help!
Hey Chuck-
I picked up the Audio Points for the rack, and ended up ordering a number of brass for my speaker stands, speakers and gear from Eden Sound. He is also sending along some mytle blocks. Nice guy passionate about audio and small business....I also picked up some of his TerraStone hybrid cones here. So I will try the three isolation methods and pick the best combo for my liking.

My Plinius now has Furutech fuses and FP901 gold plated chassis mounts along with the FI03 gold plated IEc inlet! Very sweet. More details about the outcome of the tweaks later.

I also ordered several different decorative metal meshes for the door panel inserts on the cabinet being designed to be sure they are IR transparent.....and to see how they look of course!

Pictures to be posted as things move along.....

Thanks for your help and suggestions.
Art,

You're welcome. Let me know how you like the different pieces that you bought.

Chuck