hei mullman
i was looking at an olf thread and there was a picture of your modded SE84 that just could not get around, PLEASE tell us more

this is the thread

http://www.decware.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=zen;action=display;num=111520...

i mean the cerafine, fine, but two atoms disappeared, what is that black cap next to the elna cerafine?

and also the configuration, ground wire seems going differently, to ground mains? and the power switch, i always tought if changig that would make a difference? can you tell us more about what you did?

francesco

a lot of response, that's nice

these are some of the questions that still did not receive an answer, any one has experience with those:

1 did anyone try to substitute the two atoms caps with black gate 47+47uf 500v? they are said to be spectacular, is it true?

2 coupling caps, it seems mundorf silver gold are the rage, any one tried them in a se84c/s?

3 and what about RCA plugs, power switch, speakers posts? what about an all silver Audio Note rca and speaker posts make over?  

4 ohhh what about the silver fuse? if it's worth paying for same good power cable (and it is! i have tried it diy cheap and with good results) might be the fuse has an influence too

soon I will open the new thread with some of the suggestions received, any other suggestions more then welcomed naturally

francesco

P.S. on  BIAS SWITCH
i have seen a mod where the resistors seem to be bypassed by two Caps????? anyone knows anything about this? or am i ¤"¤%"% my brain


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well said dave
any one has a link to a thread where these different caps are discussed compared whatever?

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I am curious to know if a css such as the one on Garry Pimm's site (http://home.pacifier.com/~gpimm/) would work in the zen select.  I also wonder if it would work in the CSP.  If so I think this would be a possible upgrade that would have a lot of bennifits.

hei by the way someone does get close, or better definitely matche Heinz customer care, and you know who i am talking about right!!!


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I don’t know you guys but whenever I visit the forums and look for what’s new I always make sure to check what two special guys have to say one is Steve and the other one is Eddie ; their post never go unread:-)

And when Steve acknowledges the existence of a thread with a contribution, its sure that I’ll get there to read it, needless to say this thread had hundreds of hits in two days so many of you think the same way don’t you  it’s always quite an honour (especially if it’s a thread that you started )

So I humbly offer my view on the subject of power mains conditioning power cords.

The power cord in my experience DOES make a difference, according to the power cord that difference might be marginal or significant.

Now from what I know there is no doubt that the power cord that Steve sells should actually make the difference it promises, although I haven’t tried Steve’s I have tried a few and the one that I am using now is based on the same design , I think?, of the one that you can buy assembled by mac.

The power cord from what I can see, AND PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG i am only judging from the picture, is based on a design similar to the one described in this article:


http://www.tnt-audio.com/clinica/ttse.html


the “trick” is made by the selection of quality material, but MOSTLY, according to the article’s author from the braiding of the cable. Impressed by my first attempt at the design with some cheap cable I went all the way and made an all silver braided power cord with significant results (on the scale i would say 4).

Now two things, I am keen to think that a power conditioner is a MUST! Steve suggests the use of a power conditioner in several of his papers, somewhere he even suggests one model, I looked for it and was not available in Europe so dropped it (do you know where that subject was mentioned?) and still do not have one.

In the meanwhile I happened to stumble in this:

http://www.m5abv.com/4.html

bought the first one sceptically, but was “only” 30 pounds 50 dollars including Free shipping and 30 days money back guarantee.

When I got the filter in the power line of the amp I was mesmerised! It did indeed made a difference, and what a difference! (on the scale i would say 5.5 or 6) just read what others say about it and belive it! (bought a second one within a week for my dac, same results). NO MORE guys. Just try for yourself. 30 days money back on both steve’s power cord and the mains filter (or diy:-).

But I am still thinking what the power conditioner will do. At the very end all these seem to address the issue of clear power or not?)  you lucky ones in the states can have the power conditioner that steve suggested for around 70 dollars if I recall correctly.

So it seems life is good in audio paradise

Happy listening

francesco