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Very satisfied with my Bravo Audio Ocean, anyway to mod it to get away the pop when i turn it on/off`? Right now I just unplug my headphone before starting/turning off.

Mod the switch for soft start.

Hehe, quite noob in the modding world. The hardest ive done is to switch op-amps in the past. Can you explain it abit more?

Just saying, unplugging your headphones before switching the power is generally the best practice, safer for your headphones (and hearing).
I've read about time delay circuits (like used in HT receivers, y'know how you turn them on, and after 2 seconds you hear a click and then the speakers go live?) and fade-in/fade-out that eases the power draw as you switch the power on/off. I don't know if those are built-in to potentiometers (I bet it is in some) or a separate circuit onto the PCB board, but you'll probably figure it out if you look for them.

I had a similar problem and it was the power supply. Contact the seller; they're pretty good to deal with.

Just burned this in for 20+ hours.  Definitely helps to burn in your tube amp.

Definitely, especially for the tube let it heat up, longer is better as some of the NOS tubes haven't been in use for 40 years or so.

 

Hey Def,

 

When I'm tube rolling do I have to have music playing to warm up a Tube or can I just switch the Amp on and leave it on for like 15 minutes?

 

Thanks!

You can leave it on, though in my case it seems to warm up faster (the background buzz goes away faster anyway) when music is playing. I always turn my amp off before replacing a tube, turn it on and let it warm up (maybe eat a snack), then bias the tube. Correct biasing makes a huge difference compared to tuning it by ear.

No IRL510? 

The essential point of tube warmup is so the tube adjusts to it's nominal bias level before playing. If you haven't noticed if you turn on a tube amp and expect music to be instantly coming out, there isn't any music coming out till a few 10-15 seconds later, usually channel by channel slowly. It's like starting up your car in a cold morning and driving off instantly, instead of a good few minutes of combustion burn-in. The same goes if you wake up early for work and you don't drink coffee, you need that catalyst to get you started for the day.

 

15 minutes is a little too long, a minute or two for start up phase before playing music is about the right time.

Edited by DefQon - 2/10/13 at 4:19pm

Whats better as far as quality, and mod capabilities, Bravo Ocean, or Bravo V2?

Both should be about equal to amount of mods available but to be honest it's hard to say, dropping in a better tube is a bigger enhancement than anything else. Quality wise the Ocean is by far better, sound/performance ratio wise after mods the Bravo v2, but it's a hard one to decide.

Didn't find IRL510 anywhere just got the IRL510PBF from Mouser.

I am wondering if it is even compatible. Anyone?