[Guidostrunk]

I know that the LP on the used market is drying up fast due to the mod. I found this one on Canuck Auido Mart which comes out out to be $404 + shipping.
https://www.canuckaudiomart.com/details/649620965-monoprice-liquid-platinum-mint/

 

[Shane D]

I know that the LP on the used market is drying up fast due to the mod. I found this one on Canuck Auido Mart which comes out out to be $404 + shipping.
https://www.canuckaudiomart.com/details/649620965-monoprice-liquid-platinum-mint/

Wow, that is cheap! I paid over $1,000.00, landed, a few months ago (in Canada).

 

[ksorota]

Not sure how it happened...but I ended up with two LP's and now am trying to decide what to do with the second. If anyone is interested in purchasing my second one PM me. I can ship it off tomorrow. Otherwise, I might be able to loan it out to a few members who want to compare it to their stock version.

Best

 

[LCMusicLover]

Not sure how it happened...but I ended up with two LP's and now am trying to decide what to do with the second. If anyone is interested in purchasing my second one PM me. I can ship it off tomorrow. Otherwise, I might be able to loan it out to a few members who want to compare it to their stock version.

Best

Funny! I ended up with two LPs at one point as well ... but at least I know how it happened

 

[Sandifop]

Not sure how it happened...but I ended up with two LP's and now am trying to decide what to do with the second. If anyone is interested in purchasing my second one PM me. I can ship it off tomorrow. Otherwise, I might be able to loan it out to a few members who want to compare it to their stock version.

Best

I’d love two... but I’d love to stay married.

 

[CreditingKarma]

A little dust on the PCB. This is the Elna cap upgrade I did.
A BIG thank you to @ksoroto for coming up with this mod and choosing these Elna caps!!!!

What are the values of the caps that you replaced? I am thinking about trying this with mundorf caps?

 

[DowdyPrime]

Newbie question, with upfront apologies.
Why do the two XLR connections in the images look different? Both are from the liquid platinum, but there's a little bit of metal in one that's missing from the other. What's the purpose? Thanks!

 

[Clemmaster]

It locks the XLR male plug in place. It's not necessary.

 

[LCMusicLover]

Newbie question, with upfront apologies.
Why do the two XLR connections in the images look different? Both are from the liquid platinum, but there's a little bit of metal in one that's missing from the other. What's the purpose? Thanks!

These are two different LPs?

The picture on the left shows 'locking' XLR jacks/receptacles . When you insert the male XLR, there's a 'click' and then the cables won't come out unless you press the release (lever, tab, mechanism ... whatever you call it). Some equipment use them, others don't. For example, The Jot & Mjolnir from Schiit do not, nor do Cayin amps. My ECP DSHA-3F doesn't have them either. Conversely, Benchmark HPA4 does.

It's just a design choice. I skimmed through some images of the LP, and it appears that pictures of LPs in the wild do not have the locking/release mechanism. The pictures I see which do include them all appear to be drawn from the Monolith site, which had some 'pre-release' photos, presumably of a prototype. I'll have to go home and look at mine, as I honestly don't recall whether or not my has the locking/release thingees.

 

[DowdyPrime]

Thanks, @Clemmaster ! [Not sure I follow the spoiler, ?] But that makes sense. Thanks.

@LCMusicLover, you are right. One is from the website, the other (without the locking) is from real life. I thought I'd seen the locking ones IRL picture too, but I was probably mistaken. Thanks, both.

 

[Wes S]

Thanks, @Clemmaster ! [Not sure I follow the spoiler, ?] But that makes sense. Thanks.

@LCMusicLover, you are right. One is from the website, the other (without the locking) is from real life. I thought I'd seen the locking ones IRL picture too, but I was probably mistaken. Thanks, both.

I asked the same question when I got mine. I imagine it had something to do with cost savings. As far as I know, the locking XLR inputs never actually made it's way out in the wild.

 

[LCMusicLover]

... the locking XLR inputs never actually made it's way out in the wild.

Sort of like adjustable gain

 

[Shane D]

I asked the same question when I got mine. I imagine it had something to do with cost savings. As far as I know, the locking XLR inputs never actually made it's way out in the wild.

I was about to write and state that mine has those. Then I looked and it was the Violectric that has them.
Always look before you speak.

 

[Wes S]

Sort of like adjustable gain

Exactly!

 

[Wes S]

So this cap mod, and the LP going to another level of performance is really getting to me. I can't stop thinking about how freaking amazing it sounds, and it is making my days at work seem even longer. I start thinking about the LP pretty much the second I wake up, and then every couple of minutes throughout the day. I just want to get home and fire that thing up! Is it 5:00 pm yet?