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gumisb replied to the thread Schiit Mjolnir 2 Listening Impressions.There is no problem to run amp without heating connected. Regulators for tubes heating are marked in circles. If you remove them you...
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gumisb reacted to ShortBtwnHdset's post in the thread Schiit Mjolnir 2 Listening Impressions with Like.Hey All! Finally finished it up, got it put back together, and playing music! Now I've got a few hundred hours burn in needed for the...
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gumisb replied to the thread Schiit Mjolnir 2 Listening Impressions.You have full picture, you decide. According to some research lowering tube heater voltage from specified 6.3 V to 6V as we have extends...
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gumisb reacted to ShortBtwnHdset's post in the thread Schiit Mjolnir 2 Listening Impressions with Like.Hey Gang! In answer to all who may be wondering, no, I haven't burnt the house down!!! The project has been on standby, as I've been...
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gumisb replied to the thread Schiit Mjolnir 2 Listening Impressions.If you want to improve tube filament heating circuit before final closure the chassis there is way to do that by increasing capacity of...
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gumisb replied to the thread Show me your headphone measurement rig!.Look at the picture in second post. Eardrum is angled vs ear canal. From my perspective simplified model of human ear need to have cone...
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gumisb replied to the thread Show me your headphone measurement rig!.The measurement will be different so flip of microphone is needed. That's why my rig has two eyes and ears to made it easy :) In real...
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gumisb reacted to ShortBtwnHdset's post in the thread Schiit Mjolnir 2 Listening Impressions with Like.Hi All! Quick update, I've finally got everything ordered for my stage 2 mods. I'll be redoing the 1000uF w/bypass caps , using better...
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gumisb replied to the thread Schiit Mjolnir 2 Listening Impressions.All caps are film caps. You can use anything what suits you and fit small space (maybe WIMA would be better). Multicolor cap is 0.270uF...
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gumisb reacted to ShortBtwnHdset's post in the thread Schiit Mjolnir 2 Listening Impressions with Like.Now I did replace the Wima films with Mundorfs, Evo Supreme Silver/Golds, mainly because they were compact. Looking at the V-Cap site...
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gumisb replied to the thread Schiit Mjolnir 2 Listening Impressions.On this picture you can see heat sinks for all bridge rectifiers. I also use passive radiators on enclosure. Unfortunately I don't have...
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gumisb replied to the thread Schiit Mjolnir 2 Listening Impressions.Thanks. I was thinking about ODAMs only in signal path as replacement of 0.47uF Wimas because they are extremely expensive. 1000uF I...
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gumisb reacted to ShortBtwnHdset's post in the thread Schiit Mjolnir 2 Listening Impressions with Like.Hey Gumisb! Not yet! I've bought a pair of 10 uF's that will bypass the 1000uf caps, need to buy 2 more. And I still need to buy a...
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gumisb replied to the thread Schiit Mjolnir 2 Listening Impressions.@ShortBtwnHdset Did you installed ODAM capacitors? Can you compare them to original Wima or Mundorf?
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gumisb reacted to Ethereal Sound's post in the thread Schiit Freya Impressions and Tube Rolling Thread with Like.I recently received a Schiit Freya+ that I've been using in conjunction with my SuSy Dynahi. So far, I've only been using the stock...