New from Garage1217, the solid-state Project Polaris!

[vapman]

Anyone else tried upgrading their AC cables?
 
I replaced the stock AC cable  that comes with the DC power supply with a Power Punch a few months back and it's like night and day difference with all my G1217 amps. So much more detail and depth.

 

[CanadianMaestro]

  Anyone else tried upgrading their AC cables?
 
I replaced the stock AC cable  that comes with the DC power supply with a Power Punch a few months back and it's like night and day difference with all my G1217 amps. So much more detail and depth.

Made no difference for me. The bottleneck is still that thin fixed cable that plugs into the Polaris from the DC box.

 

[vapman]

Made no difference for me. The bottleneck is still that thin fixed cable that plugs into the Polaris from the DC box.

Interesting - did you get a Mean Well brand psu with your Polaris? I find all my Mean Wells work very well.

One day I hope to try it with a true linear bench supply but first I need the space for one.

 

[CanadianMaestro]

Interesting - did you get a Mean Well brand psu with your Polaris? I find all my Mean Wells work very well.

One day I hope to try it with a true linear bench supply but first I need the space for one.

No, just use the stock psu from Jeremy. It's a good-sounding  amp as it is. No tweaking for me. I may tweak my HPs instead and my main floor rig.

 

[vapman]

 
No, just use the stock psu from Jeremy. It's a good-sounding  amp as it is. No tweaking for me. I may tweak my HPs instead and my main floor rig.

I meant is the stock PSU from Jeremy a MW branded one. Both the PSU's i got for my G1217's were.

 

[CanadianMaestro]

 
I meant is the stock PSU from Jeremy a MW branded one. Both the PSU's i got for my G1217's were.

Don't know. Is it really superior to a "non-MW"?

 

[CanadianMaestro]

 
I meant is the stock PSU from Jeremy a MW branded one. Both the PSU's i got for my G1217's were.

I just looked. It is "MW".

 

[vapman]

 
Don't know. Is it really superior to a "non-MW"?

No idea! I was more curious than anything else, honestly.

 

[NoahDalal]

i get today the polaris and there are no huge diffrence between the stx amp...
i connect the rca to the input that ok? 
what the output connection used for? its just not work with the headphones and speakers so what the use of this?
additionally the gain switch need to change somthing apart the volume power? 
there is little change between the polaris and the stx In the meantime but nothing special... 
burn in will improve the amp?
i also meant to connect the speakers but i thought you could connect them to the amplifier but its not work

 

[oldson]

output is for use as pre-amp!

 

[CobraTaco]

Speakers go into the output RCA jacks of polaris
 
The STX has a headphone amp built into the headphone jack, so make sure to plug the polaris input into the STX's (L R) RCA jacks
 
But Speakers are muted when you plug in headphones to the Polaris
 
On a basic level, yes Gain changes volume power. For high Ohm headphones you usually want high gain

 

[NoahDalal]

  Speakers go into the output RCA jacks of polaris
 
The STX has a headphone amp built into the headphone jack, so make sure to plug the polaris input into the STX's (L R) RCA jacks

i connected the speakers in the output on the polaris and its not work.
stx is setting the speakers in settings with the headphones so i dont know how to turn on the speakers also.
about the gain its need to be on the mid? i dont understood it becus i see posts about the gain everyone there that another quantity and i just hear differences in volume and not somthing else
 
sorry about my english i hope its understandable

 

[oldson]

have you tried unplugging the headphones? 
i believe when headphones are in , it disables the "line-out". though i could be wrong.

 

[oldson]

try looking here.
 
Frans (Solderdude) is the designer and very helpful. as are all the guys !!
 
http://diyah.boards.net/thread/681/project-polaris

 

[NoahDalal]

yes now its work but very quiet not like with the stx