groucho69
Headphoneus Supremus
Damn I had to spend most of the day at the hospital and missed the window for CKLewis.
Sorry for the massive link, but that's what I got.
Just installed the Alps volume pot, power cap, and the LM4562NA opamp. Love the results. The Bass is faster and a bit tighter over the NE5532 without loosing the spaciousness.
Someone warned me away from them, can't remember who (vapman?), but was advised to wait for CKLewis.
It was Princess Dress Store I was advising people not buy from, but that said, the walnut from them did eventaully show up before the guarenteed delivery by 60 days from purchase. So, you could order with them right now, worst case scenario you dont get a walnut and get a full refund from Aliexpress. Second worst scenario, you get your walnut 59 days from purchase like me
I love to see how many people are going all out on modding their walnuts. @Dark Helmet 's volume knob choice looks sick too. I will have to look for a cool enough knob to make mine stand out. One of my 3 walnuts has a very rough feeling volume knob whereas the other 2 travel very freely. That will be the first to get the Alps treatment
Ha ha I ordered mine from Princess Dress Store and got it faster than I expected.
I have a couple more of those knobs, but it will only fit the Alps pot, It's a push on. If you would like one and are in the states I would send you one however there may be a mark on the top of it. I took one of them and polished just the top and it came out cool.
Vapman one more thing. The stock pot is a bear to remove. Mine would not come out, so I took it to my employees dad, who repairs and manufacturers electronic components. We got the pot off, but it took off a couple of the pads on top. I'm sure it was my fault to begin with, but he made it as good as new. Use the nut from the existing pot on the alps as it is not as wide and allows this volume knob (should you want one) to be sunk further down on the shaft go all the way down with out rubbing on the nut (insert Beavis and Butthead laughs here).
Thanks for the heads up man. How were you delsoldering it? I have a hakko 808, so hopefully it's tolerable and I don't rip any traces. If i do, i'll have to wire the knob up haha.
I was using a generic solder sucker and then tried using copper braid. Let me know how the 808 works, I may have to get one. When I took it to my employees dads house he used a high end solder sucker. That didn't help, probably cause I made it worse using my methods.