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When you desolder the Z caps, you bring wires from there to the dock, which is done by removing the L2 and L3 inductors and soldering the wires there. The Black Gates go into the dock connector, and from there it goes to your amp.
edit: To actually answer the question, no you don't need any more capacitors after getting the Black Gates.
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When you desolder the Z caps, you bring wires from there to the dock, which is done by removing the L2 and L3 inductors and soldering the wires there. The Black Gates go into the dock connector, and from there it goes to your amp.
edit: To actually answer the question, no you don't need any more capacitors after getting the Black Gates.
Sorry, I was being vague. I actually meant if I drill a hole in the side of my iPod and put the bg caps on the outside. Like the RWA special:
I wouldnt mind the "tail" at all.
edit: Great thread btw
Last edited by Johannes Freed; 12-26-2007 at 07:42 AM.
So you want to have a pigtail on the 5.5G? Sure, that works. From Z caps to BGs to plug. My only caution is that you ground your plug/jack before calling it finished. That's me, ishtob and CAvanessia bringing you this checkpoint
If you pigtail your diyMod, you may want to keep with a small line of capacitors. We are especially fortunate with the NX Hi-Q series because they are nonpolar and sound film-like; and they're small to boot. You can use pretty much any capacitor you want, but the NX Hi-Q is a very good candidate. I'm still waiting on my Vitamin Qs, and we're still waiting for vvs_75's report on his Auricaps. Plus you could check out what ALO is doing with the VCaps, Auricaps, and what EFN did with his iMod.
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So you want to have a pigtail on the 5.5G? Sure, that works. From Z caps to BGs to plug. My only caution is that you ground your plug/jack before calling it finished. That's me, ishtob and CAvanessia bringing you this checkpoint
If you pigtail your diyMod, you may want to keep with a small line of capacitors. We are especially fortunate with the NX Hi-Q series because they are nonpolar and sound film-like; and they're small to boot. You can use pretty much any capacitor you want, but the NX Hi-Q is a very good candidate. I'm still waiting on my Vitamin Qs, and we're still waiting for vvs_75's report on his Auricaps. Plus you could check out what ALO is doing with the VCaps, Auricaps, and what EFN did with his iMod.
Great, thanks. I've read everything on iMod incl V-Caps and Auricaps, I will look into EFN now.
edit: Holy sh*t, he's got a rocket attached to his iPod *drool*
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Isn't the sound signal compromised going through the dock?
I highly doubt so(there are some Apple's internal wiring that the signal has to pass through though, what do you guys think?), but I might want to wire it to the headphone out of mine sometime soon... but that's gonna make my ultimate link silver reference redundant... nvm, should be able to sell it off. Still jonee, where do wire it if we're going for the headphone out???
Last edited by KoKoKrunch; 12-26-2007 at 08:41 AM.
I highly doubt so(there are some Apple's internal wiring that the signal has to pass through though, what do you guys think?), but I might want to wire it to the headphone out of mine sometime soon... but that's gonna make my ultimate link silver reference redundant... nvm, should be able to sell it off. Still jonee, where do wire it if we're going for the headphone out???
That depends on which model you're talking about. I believe you can just cut the traces leading up to the headphone outs and solder straight to the solder pads for the headphone outs for most. For the 4G, that should be fairly obvious, as it would also be for the nano 1G, I imagine. The 5G is a bit different, as you have to route the wires past the metal frame, which will undoubtedly mess with the final closure of the iPod. You may be able to hack away at the iPod's board, but that's up to you as it's multilayered and you can't always see what you're sawing away. I assume you're talking about the 4G, since I think I've seen pictures of you having one. Just cut the traces leading up to the headphone jack route wires back from the BGs up to the headphone jack. Good news is it's already grounded for you. How thoughtful of Apple.
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the seller em self got not too good feedback, maybe i search for another seller to bought from...