Post by Monarchy Audio on Jun 10, 2013 11:55:41 GMT -5
Hi Mr. Poon,
Thanks very much for your quick reply.
(I tested the preamp for about 5 seconds and then turned it off until I had gotten assurance from you that it won't harm the preamp.) I have one of the 10,000pf Polystyrene caps connected and the other has a broken lead as I mentioned. What I will do is just listen to the preamp for the next couple of weeks and see if I can hear a better sounding channel. Initially I installed some Solen Silver capacitors which seem to just give a bit more detail to the music over the Wima's. The Wima's are a very good cap for the money but you can squeeze even more information with the boutique caps. The Mundorfs so far really take the unit into the exceptional sound level. They really do separate the instruments from 'sounds layered together' to individual instruments and add a blackness and silence to the background which allows you to hear the subtle details like reverb trails and echo on the vocals you didn't even know were there. And quality vocals on a Diana Krall cd are just breathing and life like in your room. It's not in-your-face noticeable like turning up the bass and treble. I would say it's akin to adding your AC regenerator or DIP Combo unit or using a really good AC Power Cord or using a really good NOS tube. It's very subtle. Like lowering the noise floor, blacker background and finer detail which is very minute sonically, but the effect is to enhance the musical experience making it sound ever-so-slightly more 'real' or 'organic' and '3 Dimensional' separation of the soundstage. Again, it's subtle. I would not describe it as the 'Holy Grail' or 'transform my system' completely. I also wouldn't recommend it to anyone who isn't really competent with soldering in tight places. This is something people who are experienced kit builders and modifiers should be doing. I wouldn't recommend a beginner just giving it a try. You could easily end up breaking or burning another component. But for someone skilled it could be a nice upgrade.
If I find it's better with the bypass cap I'll get some more of these from you down the road. If I don't need them I will just uninstall the one I have.
Thanks again,
Jason
Thanks very much for your quick reply.
(I tested the preamp for about 5 seconds and then turned it off until I had gotten assurance from you that it won't harm the preamp.) I have one of the 10,000pf Polystyrene caps connected and the other has a broken lead as I mentioned. What I will do is just listen to the preamp for the next couple of weeks and see if I can hear a better sounding channel. Initially I installed some Solen Silver capacitors which seem to just give a bit more detail to the music over the Wima's. The Wima's are a very good cap for the money but you can squeeze even more information with the boutique caps. The Mundorfs so far really take the unit into the exceptional sound level. They really do separate the instruments from 'sounds layered together' to individual instruments and add a blackness and silence to the background which allows you to hear the subtle details like reverb trails and echo on the vocals you didn't even know were there. And quality vocals on a Diana Krall cd are just breathing and life like in your room. It's not in-your-face noticeable like turning up the bass and treble. I would say it's akin to adding your AC regenerator or DIP Combo unit or using a really good AC Power Cord or using a really good NOS tube. It's very subtle. Like lowering the noise floor, blacker background and finer detail which is very minute sonically, but the effect is to enhance the musical experience making it sound ever-so-slightly more 'real' or 'organic' and '3 Dimensional' separation of the soundstage. Again, it's subtle. I would not describe it as the 'Holy Grail' or 'transform my system' completely. I also wouldn't recommend it to anyone who isn't really competent with soldering in tight places. This is something people who are experienced kit builders and modifiers should be doing. I wouldn't recommend a beginner just giving it a try. You could easily end up breaking or burning another component. But for someone skilled it could be a nice upgrade.
If I find it's better with the bypass cap I'll get some more of these from you down the road. If I don't need them I will just uninstall the one I have.
Thanks again,
Jason