The Apple diyMod: My Take on the Famous iMod [56k killer] Featuring 3G, 4G, 5G and nano 1G! - Page 85 - Head-Fi: Covering Headphones, Earphones and Portable Audio

vvs_75 · 02-03-2008, 03:22 AM

Originally Posted by slwiser

What can I say Vlad...WOW!

What do you think about it's sound?

You know I don't have golden years, but for sure it noticeably better than Black Gates right away.
I am more curious how does it stand against ALO V-Cap dock, so I am thinking to send it to one of the our reviewers who have one, to see what he think about Sonicap Dock.

CAvanessia · 02-03-2008, 07:56 AM

VVS_75, always unbelievable work

I ordered some Obbligato caps last week. We'll see how they compare to my fully burned in Sonicaps (over 300 hours already).

iQEM · 02-03-2008, 09:06 AM

Originally Posted by vvs_75

Finally finished my ultimate Sonicap dock. Now the 5gen imod can be charged while listening and music can be transferred to the player without removing the dock connector.

awesome rig...way to go, vvs_75...

Originally Posted by CAvanessia

VVS_75, always unbelievable work I ordered some Obbligato caps last week. We'll see how they compare to my fully burned in Sonicaps (over 300 hours already).

dont forget to report here, sis...

joneeboi · 02-03-2008, 04:26 PM

Fantastic build, vvs_75. You gotta slow down so the rest of us can catch up!

wgr73 · 02-03-2008, 06:51 PM

Yeah, vvs_75 that is amazing! Where do you get all of the enclosures from? That build quality is great! Very professional.

vvs_75 · 02-03-2008, 08:35 PM

Originally Posted by wgr73

Yeah, vvs_75 that is amazing! Where do you get all of the enclosures from? That build quality is great! Very professional.

Thanks!
It a hammond 1455C... enclosure. You can get it from Mouser or DigiKey. The same case as mini^3 .

wgr73 · 02-03-2008, 10:26 PM

Thanks

Gnoshroom · 02-03-2008, 11:37 PM

Vlad, what are specs on that dock? What is the uF of both the main and bypass caps if you don't mind disclosing that information? Also, did you machine the Hammond case ends for the USB and Phone jack?

Thanks

vvs_75 · 02-04-2008, 03:22 AM

Originally Posted by Gnoshroom

Vlad, what are specs on that dock? What is the uF of both the main and bypass caps if you don't mind disclosing that information? Also, did you machine the Hammond case ends for the USB and Phone jack?

Thanks

The big cap - 4.7mF Sonicap Gen I and small - 0.047mF Gen II

Sonicap Capacitors

The end plates were machined but not by professional. I got them long time ago thinking to use them with my mini^3 but I preferred aluminum stock ends in the end. They made from very hard SS and I decided to use them only because I screwed up original plates that came with the enclosure.

gueri_fr · 02-04-2008, 09:36 AM

Hello!
This is my first post in this great discussion. Congralutations for all your imod work!
I recently purchase a new 5.5G 30gb ipod and I would like to imod it. If i understand well the 5G imod, the headphone jack is disabled. Why ? I would like to keep the headphone jack functional like the RWA mod. Is it possible ???
Do you think the caps could fit into the ipod if the hard drive is remplaced by a compact flash using tarkan's adapter ?

PS: I hope my english is not too bad :-) I'm french!