Patrick82
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I waited a whole week before continuing my daily mods, my previous mod (1 conductor Valhalla interconnect) gave so big improvement...
I replaced fuses inside the amp and I found a way to mess up that simple job. Amp wouldn't start because there was a piece of solder making a short again. I removed it and no sound came out, I automatically assumed amp was the problem and then 5 hours of testing begins... Problem wasn't amp at all, my computer didn't output audio anymore, I never had that problem before. It worked again when I restored windows. At least I got some good exercise from all that.
After 7 hours of tweaking I moved on to my Cary transport and it took only 15 minutes to replace those two fuses without problems.
Instead of spending $30 for a frail fuse that breaks when feeding it too much voltage I'm using my Valkyrja speaker wiring (I use it for everything). It has no protection but I don't care because I tweak too extreme anyways.
First impressions hardwired homemade Valkyrja "fuse": More vocal information! With frail fuses I couldn't hear what vocalists where singing, now I can hear new words! Bass is more solid and faster. Everything sounds louder. There is some "solder sibilance" that needs to burn-in...
Edit: I have loaned out my camera and can't take pictures yet. So I made this drawing instead:
This made a bigger improvement than Valhalla digital, that's why I'm posting here. $0 VS $2000, bang for buck!
I replaced fuses inside the amp and I found a way to mess up that simple job. Amp wouldn't start because there was a piece of solder making a short again. I removed it and no sound came out, I automatically assumed amp was the problem and then 5 hours of testing begins... Problem wasn't amp at all, my computer didn't output audio anymore, I never had that problem before. It worked again when I restored windows. At least I got some good exercise from all that.
After 7 hours of tweaking I moved on to my Cary transport and it took only 15 minutes to replace those two fuses without problems.
Instead of spending $30 for a frail fuse that breaks when feeding it too much voltage I'm using my Valkyrja speaker wiring (I use it for everything). It has no protection but I don't care because I tweak too extreme anyways.
First impressions hardwired homemade Valkyrja "fuse": More vocal information! With frail fuses I couldn't hear what vocalists where singing, now I can hear new words! Bass is more solid and faster. Everything sounds louder. There is some "solder sibilance" that needs to burn-in...
Edit: I have loaned out my camera and can't take pictures yet. So I made this drawing instead:
This made a bigger improvement than Valhalla digital, that's why I'm posting here. $0 VS $2000, bang for buck!