Pricklely Peete

Headphoneus Supremus

Last Activity: Today 01:45 AM

Head-Fi Gear

Headphone Inventory: AKG 240M 600 ohm (1984) still going great for what they are, soon to be replaced by K701's.
Sennheiser HD650 with aftermarket silver plated OFC cable
Headphone Amp Inventory: LD MK III, FrankenZERO, Jaycar KHA II rev D DIY kit amp, Audio-gd Compass,C-2C and coming soon balanced Audio-gd Phoenix
Source Inventory: Vanguard CDM12 Pro Transport, HK HD720 CDP (modified heavily with new clock, dual power supplies etc), Computer using Auzen Prelude PCI SC as transport COAX/Optical outs, Ah Njoe Tjoeb 4000 CDP with all upgrades plus some DIY additions. Audio gd CD7 Transport
Cable Inventory: MIT, Nordost, Better Cables, AR, DIY types, all manner of from digital to mains cables to speaker cables, AudioQuest, YYW, Canare, Monster.
Power-Related Components: Monster HT 2500 + HT 3500 MK II line conditioners, Dedicated mains lines (2 x 20 Amp) ACME cryo duplex outlets x 4, APC UPS line conditioners 1500W x 2 for Comp based system and Head Fi system.
Other Audio Equipment: List is too dang long
Audio-Related Tweaks: Lots of DIY mods to the gear itself from tube amps to SS, from CDP's to digital EQ and crossovers. Too many mods and tweaks to list.
Gear-Fi (Favorite Non-Audio Gear & Gadgets): Gibson Custom Shop Les Pauls and Fender Custom Shop Strats, winding my own pickups, tweaking tube amps (Marshall and Fender), Tweaking modding analog effects pedals.

Visitor Messages

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11-05-2009 03:51 PM - permalink
valeri

Hi Peete , many thanks for your reply . I have FT-2 0.039 . All FT1/FT-3 on e-bay at least
0.1 value . I am worried that bypassing 0.47 with 0.1 could be to much "teflon sound " -
that do you think ? Is FT-2 not as good in comparison to FT-1/FT-3 ? And last question -
is soundstage of teflon caps much smaller in comparison to teflons - that was i understand from asylum posts . Once again many thanks in advance - really appreciated your help . Best wishes . Val
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11-01-2009 01:31 AM - permalink
Pricklely Peete

K75-10's on their own are OK it's when you combine them with the Teflon bypass cap that the pairing becomes special. I don't know what the AA guys are talking about. I've had no deviations in SQ or build quality. Make sure you are getting K75-10 and not KT75 (if there is such a thing).
10-31-2009 12:17 PM - permalink
valeri

Hi Peete , thank you for your reply . I have FT-2 - are they not as good as FT1/FT3 ?
Thank you in advance . I read on audioasylum that people don't like KT75 - is it because
different versions /batches ? Best regards , Val
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10-29-2009 02:27 AM - permalink
Pricklely Peete

Any value T1 or T3 Russian Teflon is fine with the K75-10 caps. I much prefer the Teflon/K75-10 combo over anything else for two reasons, first and foremost cost vs the boutique stuff and secondly and most importantly ...the SQ is outstanding making that pairing an unbeatable value.

Peete.
10-28-2009 10:24 AM - permalink
valeri

Hi Peete , hope you are well . I read your post and would be very grateful if you can advice me on the values of bypassing 0.47 k75-10: would be 0.047 teflon or slightly bigger to get more details ? I also have copper amphoms - do you think that k75 better ?
I have impression that Jon likes k75 more ... Thank you in advance . Best regards . Val
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01-23-2009 09:17 PM - permalink
tarsik

Hello,

Do you still sell kits for ZERO DAC mod?

Thank you,
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10-16-2008 12:03 AM - permalink
bundee1

hi peete the iron is a 70watt unit with a temperature control in celsius. its preset to 350c but can go as high as 500 I think. the reason I ask is because I was trying to desolder parts from a digital amp board and nothing would melt.
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09-30-2008 02:07 AM - permalink
Pricklely Peete

Hi

Is this Kingwa ? How are you doing ?

Sure I'll give them a test for you. What do you need to know ?

Best Regards,

Brad G.

PS I bought some Earth and V1 SUN modules from you guys back in August..!!!
09-29-2008 04:52 AM - permalink
audio-gd

Hi!Peete:
I hope to send you 2 OPA-SUNV2 and 2OPA-Moon to test,
Do you have interest and can you help me to test?
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About Me

About Pricklely Peete

Biography

Semi retarded (wife says) audio nut

Location

GreaterTorontoArea in Sub-Urbaine hell

Interests

wasting electricity via tubes

Occupation

Full time tweak/DIY Junkie

Music Preferences

Anything except gansta rap and disco......no cookie monster metal appreciated either.

Interests (non-headphone)

Computers, Music production and song writing, Guitar and related tube amps, Electronics study, 2 channel traditional stereo systems.
Head-Fi Gear

Headphone Inventory

AKG 240M 600 ohm (1984) still going great for what they are, soon to be replaced by K701's.
Sennheiser HD650 with aftermarket silver plated OFC cable

Headphone Amp Inventory

LD MK III, FrankenZERO, Jaycar KHA II rev D DIY kit amp, Audio-gd Compass,C-2C and coming soon balanced Audio-gd Phoenix

Source Inventory

Vanguard CDM12 Pro Transport, HK HD720 CDP (modified heavily with new clock, dual power supplies etc), Computer using Auzen Prelude PCI SC as transport COAX/Optical outs, Ah Njoe Tjoeb 4000 CDP with all upgrades plus some DIY additions. Audio gd CD7 Transport

Cable Inventory

MIT, Nordost, Better Cables, AR, DIY types, all manner of from digital to mains cables to speaker cables, AudioQuest, YYW, Canare, Monster.

Power-Related Components

Monster HT 2500 + HT 3500 MK II line conditioners, Dedicated mains lines (2 x 20 Amp) ACME cryo duplex outlets x 4, APC UPS line conditioners 1500W x 2 for Comp based system and Head Fi system.

Other Audio Equipment

List is too dang long

Audio-Related Tweaks

Lots of DIY mods to the gear itself from tube amps to SS, from CDP's to digital EQ and crossovers. Too many mods and tweaks to list.

Gear-Fi (Favorite Non-Audio Gear & Gadgets)

Gibson Custom Shop Les Pauls and Fender Custom Shop Strats, winding my own pickups, tweaking tube amps (Marshall and Fender), Tweaking modding analog effects pedals.
Signature
Cans :HD650, AKG 240M (HD650 DIY cables SE and Balanced)
Desktop amps : LD MK III (6H30P-i DR's + DIY mods, Jaycar DIY kit amp (major DIY mods), 2 X Audio-gd Compass (test prototype,final version), Audio-gd C-2C W/ Stepped pot Upgrade, Audio-gd Phoenix SS balanced preamp/headamp.
Transports: Auzen Prelude PCI 7.1 SC/ASIO native driver using Media Monkey (all EAC ripped FLAC/Wav), Vanguard CDM12 Pro (BNC mod), HK HD720 (completely upgraded), Audio-gd CD7 Transport.
Sources: FrankenDAC DIY 24/192 dac (HDAMs/Teflon/PIO cap mod), Compass DAC, See Corp Vintage UK TT(Mission arm/Ortofon OM20S MM cart), Yaqin MS12B tube phono preamp, TEAC V530X Tape deck, Audio-gd Reference 1 DAC. C2C DIY pot mod http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f6/ste...1/#post5846722