SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).Grannyring,I don`t prefer or want artificial warmth. Acoustic instruments and human voices have enough without need for 'addition'. If resolution is indeed true then I`ll simply hear more of th... posted over 13 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).Grannyring,Shigeki Yamamoto sent an email this morning.The two output caps are 1uF/250v. Grannyring I trust your opinion.Before I place an order I want to be sure these are the right caps to re... posted over 13 years ago | View comment | |
Booboo's DenHi Doug,Thanks for your reply.Paul certainly seems to have the right design priciples intact for better sound. My 8 watt SET monoblock pair weigh 70 pounds(good transformers will add the pounds... posted over 13 years ago | View comment | |
Booboo's DenDo these TRL GT series amplifiers have custom or over spec`d output transformer? I find it interesting that they out drive presumably more powerful amps(ASR and Krell).These GT amps must have e... posted over 13 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).Hi Brett,I`ve determined that the Duelund CAST if used in the right situations is a no brainer improvement.The CAST in my speaker is really something. In theory the impact in my source(DAC)... posted over 13 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).Grannyring,I wonder if the tube and SS versions use the same output capacitor of 1uf. Where did you get this information? Thanks. posted over 13 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).Grannyring,Thanks for the vital information.If those two output caps are the most significant ones to replace I`ll have to get their correct values.In this DAC would I need the high(630... posted over 13 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews/yamamoto7/5_big.jpg This is a link to the picture that I wanted to send you. posted over 13 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).Hi Grannyring,The 2nd picture is my DAC(I have the solid state version). There are several pictures in the 6 moons review of the Yamamoto YDA-01A. The YDA-01B is the tube version(the first pict... posted over 13 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).Grannyring,I took my Yamamoto DAC to a trusted technician yesterday to identify the signal caps! There`re 6 of them and they were small. The question is would the Duelunds be too large for the ... posted over 13 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).The Duelund CAST capacitors are continuing to improve with additional hours.This is simply a fabulous capacitor and it`s presence in my system is undeniably an improvement. This system excels with ... posted over 13 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).Hi Metralla,The Total Eclipse have only 1 pair of Solen caps(tweeter) and that`s it. I`d check with Israel to be certain the Super Eclipse crossover configuration is the same.Someone once poste... posted over 13 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).Hi Grannyring,You make some very good points.I have a lot of respect for Israel`s talent and achievements, but in the end I always make my own decisions and follow my own path.The D... posted over 13 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).Brf,When I first got the idea to try the Duelund caps israel was`nt enthusiastic. He felt the change would minimal and the caps much too expensive to bother with.To his credit he made an except... posted over 13 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).Brf,If I misidentified your amplifier my apologies.I think I confused you with someone else`s system(Canary amplifier and T. Eclipse).Regards, posted over 13 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).Brf, You`ll be impressed with these CAST in your speakers. You have a Canary 300b amp I believe. The true quality and potential of a top amp will shine with these open window caps in the Total Ecli... posted over 13 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).Irish65,Thanks for your comments.If I were ever to change my inductors I`d likely go all the way and do the CAST( and not 2nd guess my decision).The silver CAST products are outstanding... posted over 13 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).Grannyring,There`re no resistors in the crossover. There is one inductor in each speaker and they`re quite large!I`ll have to think about it. For now I`ll let the CAST caps accumulate some ... posted over 13 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).Brf,Hope the pictures above (system tweaks) help. Not a difficult job(easier than we both estimated) in one speaker the CAST fits on the floor of the cabinet in front of the large coil inductor... posted over 13 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).Well,the Duelund CAST capacitors are installed.Thanks to the help of my friend Jwm(jeff). He will post some pictures of the installation on the thread titled"Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in oil".Th... posted over 13 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).Brf,I`ll do my best but I`m no photographer.Regards, posted over 13 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemMicrostrip,Thanks for the explanation. My low power amp(8 watts) will play for about 50-60 seconds after it`s turned off.Regards, posted over 13 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).Grannyring,Huge may be an understatement.I`m a patient sort of fellow,I`ll give the CAST plenty of time to burn-in.Regards posted over 13 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemI never knew the Dartzeel had such a simple straight forward circuit design, that explains a lot. I find it to be very pure and natural in character similar to a good SET tube design. It lacks the ... posted over 13 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).Hi Brf, 5.6 micro farads.I got them today,they`re huge!6 1/2 " diameter and stout.There`s just enough space on the floor of the cabinet to place them. I will install them later this week with a... posted over 13 years ago | View comment |