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post #256 of 338
2/25/07 at 1:28pm
Hmm...it's snowing like hell in North-East cost of US now...nothing to do so I rigged up a simple power line with inline 2.5amp fuse and hooked it up to 12vDC SLA battery. I will report back when I have about 100 hours of burn-in on the unit
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post #257 of 338
2/25/07 at 8:01pm

Hi From Windy Wellington

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Lol good to see people are buying them. I'd rather let other people be guinea pigs for this DAC, than buy one myself and find that I don't like it
Hi, I like your signature. I concur, NZ is SUCK for headphone.
Having said that, my AKG K340 was local ...
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post #258 of 338
2/25/07 at 11:23pm
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Hi, I like your signature. I concur, NZ is SUCK for headphone.
Having said that, my AKG K340 was local ...
WOW! How'd you get them LOCAL? Trademe?
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post #259 of 338
2/25/07 at 11:46pm
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WOW! How'd you get them LOCAL? Trademe?
AKG K340? Yes, TradeMe. once in awhile, there is a gem.
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post #260 of 338
2/25/07 at 11:48pm
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AKG K340? Yes, TradeMe. once in awhile, there is a gem.
Theres a set of K141M's on there right now... Too bad I don't have an amp to drive them.
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post #261 of 338
2/26/07 at 12:05am
I have nothing but good things to say about phonopreamps.com. My TC-7510 arrived quickly and the staff were knowledgeable and helpful. Nothing in my experience suggested mere "box shifters". Their 99.7 percent positive ebay rating would indicate I'm not alone in my opinions or experience!

Russell

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Sorry to hear about the US seller. But things like a DAC require a different level of understanding of music and the support customers seek. Box shifting alone is not good enough for this type of product.
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post #262 of 338
2/26/07 at 2:15am
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I have nothing but good things to say about phonopreamps.com. My TC-7510 arrived quickly and the staff were knowledgeable and helpful. Nothing in my experience suggested mere "box shifters". Their 99.7 percent positive ebay rating would indicate I'm not alone in my opinions or experience!

Russell

Ed was very helpful and friendly for me as well. He gave me the contact info for TEC so I could check if my opamp choice would be compatible. I didn't even buy from Ed. I got mine used indirectly via ebay. Parts are on the way. We'll see what happens.
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post #263 of 338
3/6/07 at 9:34pm
The MkIII arrived today. It's an immediate improvement over the MkII. Line output is now at acceptable volume levels, and bass is much more present but still tight and controlled. There's a bit of grain in the mids and some treble harshness, but burn-in corrected this on the MkII so I'll wait a while before making any judgments.
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post #264 of 338
3/6/07 at 10:59pm
Sounds good! I'm seriously considering buying one of these for a DAC. I'm still waiting for a review though
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post #265 of 338
3/6/07 at 11:02pm
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Sounds good! I'm seriously considering buying one of these for a DAC. I'm still waiting for a review though
I'll write one when I receive it in the next week and give it a good listen of course.
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post #266 of 338
3/7/07 at 10:49pm
I have been burning my TC7510 DAC over few weeks now. I installed one Panasonic 8200uF power cap. The bass is definitely tight and powerful to say the least. This DAC response very well to simple cap change. I did some other mods but that does not have greater influence than the power cap change.





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Can you post a picture of the cap mods when you get a chance. I would be curious to see what you used.
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post #267 of 338
3/8/07 at 3:53am

My mods

THanks for the pics. I also put a FC series 4700uf in the power supply. I also added silmics in the signal path. Finally I replaced the stock opamp with a socketed lm4562. I might also try 2107 and 2111 since I have a couple of those. I haven't had much time to listen to yet, but initial impressions are positive. Here is a pic.


http://photo.head-fi.org/showphoto.p...=14501&cat=913

I had to replace the 100uf caps with two 47uf caps in parallel because that is all digikey had. I also threw in a 330uf cap in place of 220u since digikey was out of those as well. As a result, I still need to do a better job of stabilizing the caps.
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post #268 of 338
3/8/07 at 4:05am
Oooh nice to see some mods coming in! If I do get this (over the Zhaolu) I probably won't end up modding it though... I have NO electronics knowledge so I probably wouldn't know how.
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post #269 of 338
3/8/07 at 5:34am
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Finally I replaced the stock opamp with a socketed lm4562. I might also try 2107 and 2111 since I have a couple of those. I haven't had much time to listen to yet, but initial impressions are positive.
Great job. Thumbs up from me. I am very much interested in your test results on how it sounds.

A friend of mine has wired his unit to a car battery, which is also connected to a solar panel charger. He posted pictures on the wigwam forum. I might ask him permission to post them here as well. His wiring looks better than mine.
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post #270 of 338
3/8/07 at 10:54am
I am also running it out of SLA battery with 2.5amp inline fuse. I am using this on my stero system with custom passive preamp, modded Trend TA-10 (in a Super T-amp case, SLA battery powered), along with nude & modded Musical Fidelity X10D tube buffer.





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Great job. Thumbs up from me. I am very much interested in your test results on how it sounds.

A friend of mine has wired his unit to a car battery, which is also connected to a solar panel charger. He posted pictures on the wigwam forum. I might ask him permission to post them here as well. His wiring looks better than mine.
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