[jERiCOh]

There is a little excel file I made to match caps to your amp. I dunno if it's gonna be useful to someone but I found it useful in my research of "boutique" caps. Enjoy!

 

[ishtob]

would 0.47uF be enough for output cap?

 

[jERiCOh]

According to the formula if your amplifier has an impedance around 10k or higher = yes.

I'll post some pics and results when i'll be done with my setup. I'm waiting for a pair of those 3.3ufthat I got for cheap on ebay and a pair of Vitamin Q 1uf is on its way too.
BTW thanks so much joneeboi for that gr8 thread !

 

[joneeboi]

It's all good, Jericho, I'm just glad to help. Meanwhile, if anyone wants to loan me an iPod nano 2G for testing...

 

[ishtob]

sweet... let me see if i can find place to fit in the 0.47uF caps in a 1gen nano

 

[dcc84]

good luck ishtob. I tried and tried, but if you find something let me know. Someone suggested earlier that you could drill a whole the width of the cap, and it would be poking out a the ipod casing by just a couple mils. I'm still workign on a better solution. There must be a way!

 

[jERiCOh]

Waiting for the caps now ... I tested it directly on the stock apple dock and it still works (nothing is ruined

).
BTW, I own a nano 2nd gen too ... Maybe I'll open it when I'll be done with his big brother.

 

[wgr73]

What did you do? Short the caps to the dock?

 

[jERiCOh]

Yes, I did something wrong !?

 

[joneeboi]

No, jERiCOh, that's perfect. It looks almost exactly like mine, except I used blue wire. Great picture too. I put it up on the OP.

 

[wgr73]

Lol, nah I was just wondering! Im happy your not done with your mod though

 

[ishtob]

just finished my 1gen mod, i decided to use the 47uF blackgate NX hi-Q so made a cut on the side of the case and lest them stick out

the caps are connected to the headphone jack out, I pulled out the original ribbon on the jack and soldered on my own 28awg SPC wires

here's a shot of it in the case:

 

[ishtob]

as you can see, I was studing last night.. havent cleaned up my notes and textbooks

 

[joneeboi]

Nifty stuff, ishtob! Not only is the mod very inventive and creative, but that's a flippin' sweet case you have there.

And is that some sort of organic chemistry you're studying? What program are you in?

 

[ishtob]

i picked up those case for 2 bucks from a local radioshack here in boston. I did not believe the tag the first time I was there, but since it was still there I asked for the price, and yup, 2 bucks it is. It's made for the 2nd Gen nano, but the extra tightness helps keep those caps in place better anyways

and yes, that's my textbook for organic chemsitry, i'm in a 6-year pharmacy program