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Jennie & I with Buddy and Barney.
After a recap on my 2325 changed the sound in a way i didn't care for, i decided to start over again.
Something i did sorta scooped the midrange warmth out of the unit. I did too many things at the same time. Big mistake. I thought pulling the brown and grey films out of the pre amp and mains were the main reason. The receiver sounds very good, but not at all as nice as it used to.
Since i cannot put into words the missing parts, i can only reverse engineer the sound i want back into it, so, just for the heck of it, i build this capacitor checker.
I soldered the thing in between the removed input cap connections.
It has a two pole /three throw switch. I figured i would place the stock grey 1uf in the center detent, giving me the ability to compare two different films against it.
Unfortunately i only have 4 or five different films to try and do not have any of the oils or caps Patfont recommended. But i have this thing set up with the ability to bypass it also with a dual rocker switch to compare bypass films.
I have some russian k40's k77's and a few other .01uf and smaller bypasses
For 1uf films i just have the panasonic and vishay 1822 and 1840
Disclaimer:
I understand that this experiment is just that. an experiment. Its just one part of a huge puzzle and i understand that altering something down the pike can totally screw up what i am "thinking" i am learning here.
sometime this week i'll plug this concoction in and have a few neighbors come over and vote on the best sounding unit.
For now i am going to tag it into the unit without pulling the pe01 out of the unit, and give each cap a day or two to break in, burn in or whatever the heck they need to do.
I am going to be doing a few tests on this 2325.
The next test is to lay to rest whether the capacitors used in a Power Supply will alter the sound. I have PW's in this unit, and the p/s i pulled out during its mid warmth loss alteration had Elna silmic 2 units
It is what it is. I will lay this question to rest as far as I am concerned. If someone is in doubt of my opinion of the results, i will send you my phone number and you can listen to what happens when i flip the switch. I myself will not believe it until i hear and see it.
Something i did sorta scooped the midrange warmth out of the unit. I did too many things at the same time. Big mistake. I thought pulling the brown and grey films out of the pre amp and mains were the main reason. The receiver sounds very good, but not at all as nice as it used to.
Since i cannot put into words the missing parts, i can only reverse engineer the sound i want back into it, so, just for the heck of it, i build this capacitor checker.
I soldered the thing in between the removed input cap connections.
It has a two pole /three throw switch. I figured i would place the stock grey 1uf in the center detent, giving me the ability to compare two different films against it.
Unfortunately i only have 4 or five different films to try and do not have any of the oils or caps Patfont recommended. But i have this thing set up with the ability to bypass it also with a dual rocker switch to compare bypass films.
I have some russian k40's k77's and a few other .01uf and smaller bypasses
For 1uf films i just have the panasonic and vishay 1822 and 1840
Disclaimer:
I understand that this experiment is just that. an experiment. Its just one part of a huge puzzle and i understand that altering something down the pike can totally screw up what i am "thinking" i am learning here.
sometime this week i'll plug this concoction in and have a few neighbors come over and vote on the best sounding unit.
For now i am going to tag it into the unit without pulling the pe01 out of the unit, and give each cap a day or two to break in, burn in or whatever the heck they need to do.
I am going to be doing a few tests on this 2325.
The next test is to lay to rest whether the capacitors used in a Power Supply will alter the sound. I have PW's in this unit, and the p/s i pulled out during its mid warmth loss alteration had Elna silmic 2 units
It is what it is. I will lay this question to rest as far as I am concerned. If someone is in doubt of my opinion of the results, i will send you my phone number and you can listen to what happens when i flip the switch. I myself will not believe it until i hear and see it.
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