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Post by noah shain on Jul 16, 2015 15:02:14 GMT -6
Mr Steiger
If you had a new 1608 would you mod it with Litz Wire transformers?
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Post by Johnkenn on Jul 16, 2015 16:29:55 GMT -6
Why don't you mod it with Litz Wire VP28's  You could part all those pres out and still have enough left over to buy a car. |
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Post by unit7 on Jul 16, 2015 16:58:12 GMT -6
FYI, I just got a couple to test in my VP28s and then a couple for my eq's. Swamped with other stuff, but will report back in a week or so |
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Post by Johnkenn on Jul 16, 2015 17:01:24 GMT -6
Heck yeah! I'm thinking about buy some too. Jeff has said they make everything a little bigger...Maybe he can speak to it. jsteiger |
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Post by jeromemason on Jul 16, 2015 21:17:13 GMT -6
I'm interested in this as well, thinking about putting some in my VP 28's.
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Post by noah shain on Jul 17, 2015 3:29:09 GMT -6
Why don't you mod it with Litz Wire VP28's You could part all those pres out and still have enough left over to buy a car. If I could do it myself I would. Maybe I can? Where's JS? |
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Post by unit7 on Jul 17, 2015 4:05:24 GMT -6
Why don't you mod it with Litz Wire VP28's You could part all those pres out and still have enough left over to buy a car. If I could do it myself I would. Maybe I can? Where's JS? If you are average handy and handle a soldering iron, with the help from Chunger's guide at GDIY you should be able to do it groupdiy.com/index.php?topic=48610.0The guide is good to see the stuff involved in getting the PCB free from the faceplate and L-bracket. You need to remove the knobs, the nuts holding the pots (switches really), the screw on the faceplate (for the small HPF board, and dont drop that little star washer!), and then the four points holding the PCB to the L-bracket. You have to do this to be able to unscew the old xformers, and then also desolder the xformer cables. After that it's just 'backwards' again, and again Chunger's guide is there for you. edit: when getting the PCB loose on this build a little extra care should be taken to not bend the legs of that flimsy little LED |
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Post by mulmany on Jul 17, 2015 4:54:01 GMT -6
Just built 2 vp312's with these. Excited to try them out.
I then proceeded to get a head of myself and soldered the new pcb mounted t-pad flush to the board. Screwed them up trying to desolder. Got to love a $60 preventable mistake!
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Post by Johnkenn on Jul 17, 2015 11:13:22 GMT -6
Just shot Jeff a text.
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Post by jsteiger on Jul 17, 2015 14:39:37 GMT -6
Sorry guys, I have been swamped with things.
It would be interesting to see what a difference changing the 2 outputs would make. I am sure it would add up but not sure how much. I don't know exactly how the current outputs they use would compare. If you want to really change something, I would swap the opamps to red dots, the input iron to a EA2622 and then do the Litz outputs. It's not something I would normally offer, but in the case of experimentation, I will make the changes on a pair of channels if you want?
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Post by Guitar on Jul 17, 2015 15:06:53 GMT -6
op amp swaps are a quick, easy and drastic way to modify API circuits without any soldering...like Jeff said
I personally love the GAR op amps GAR2520 and GAR1731, you can get those at classicapi too. I have not yet tried a red dot.
I would be interested in buying a pair of the API 2520 if you decided to sell any. Or I could trade you two GAR of your choice in the mail if you're curious about them. PM me if you're interested.
-Dan
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Post by noah shain on Jul 17, 2015 15:16:36 GMT -6
Sorry guys, I have been swamped with things. It would be interesting to see what a difference changing the 2 outputs would make. I am sure it would add up but not sure how much. I don't know exactly how the current outputs they use would compare. If you want to really change something, I would swap the opamps to red dots, the input iron to a EA2622 and then do the Litz outputs. It's not something I would normally offer, but in the case of experimentation, I will make the changes on a pair of channels if you want? Amazing. Thank you for the generous offer Jeff! Seems too cool an opportunity to pass up. How do we go about it? Pull a couple channels and send them to you? Make purchases in the CAPI store? |
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Post by jsteiger on Jul 17, 2015 15:49:26 GMT -6
Sorry guys, I have been swamped with things. It would be interesting to see what a difference changing the 2 outputs would make. I am sure it would add up but not sure how much. I don't know exactly how the current outputs they use would compare. If you want to really change something, I would swap the opamps to red dots, the input iron to a EA2622 and then do the Litz outputs. It's not something I would normally offer, but in the case of experimentation, I will make the changes on a pair of channels if you want? Amazing. Thank you for the generous offer Jeff! Seems too cool an opportunity to pass up. How do we go about it? Pull a couple channels and send them to you? Make purchases in the CAPI store? Shoot me an email Noah and we'll get it worked out. I am super low on the 2623-1-Litz at the moment (with more on order). I will pull 4 of them from the store stock right now if you want them. jsteiger1965 at yahoo |
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Post by Johnkenn on Jul 17, 2015 15:56:06 GMT -6
Damnit...I missed the Litz wire VP28's...0 available.
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Post by jsteiger on Jul 17, 2015 16:02:28 GMT -6
Damnit...I missed the Litz wire VP28's...0 available. Not exactly Johnkenn. I have 17 of the Litz 2623-1's on the shelf. I have zero stock on VP28 kits but will be adding another 50 over the next few hours. |
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Post by odyssey76 on Jul 17, 2015 16:09:38 GMT -6
Sorry guys, I have been swamped with things. It would be interesting to see what a difference changing the 2 outputs would make. I am sure it would add up but not sure how much. I don't know exactly how the current outputs they use would compare. If you want to really change something, I would swap the opamps to red dots, the input iron to a EA2622 and then do the Litz outputs. It's not something I would normally offer, but in the case of experimentation, I will make the changes on a pair of channels if you want? Amazing. Thank you for the generous offer Jeff! Seems too cool an opportunity to pass up. How do we go about it? Pull a couple channels and send them to you? Make purchases in the CAPI store? Noah - can we get a before and after sound file(s)? This is pretty exciting for gear dorks. What a cool opportunity! |
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Post by odyssey76 on Jul 17, 2015 16:11:14 GMT -6
Damnit...I missed the Litz wire VP28's...0 available. Not exactly Johnkenn. I have 17 of the Litz 2623-1's on the shelf. I have zero stock on VP28 kits but will be adding another 50 over the next few hours. Jeff - anyone that you know have both Litz and red dots in their FC526's? |
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Post by jsteiger on Jul 17, 2015 16:20:21 GMT -6
Not exactly Johnkenn. I have 17 of the Litz 2623-1's on the shelf. I have zero stock on VP28 kits but will be adding another 50 over the next few hours. Jeff - anyone that you know have both Litz and red dots in their FC526's? Hmm, its hard to keep track. I have sold a good amount of FC526-Litz but most folks have been buying opamp kits with them not Red's. My guess tells me that noah shain will have 14 or 30 unmodded channels to compare to  |
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Post by odyssey76 on Jul 17, 2015 16:28:25 GMT -6
Jeff - anyone that you know have both Litz and red dots in their FC526's? Hmm, its hard to keep track. I have sold a good amount of FC526-Litz but most folks have been buying opamp kits with them not Red's. My guess tells me that noah shain will have 14 or 30 unmodded channels to compare to Yup - good point! Glad to see stuff flying off the shelf, good times...... |
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Post by Johnkenn on Jul 17, 2015 16:38:49 GMT -6
Sweet...
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Post by noah shain on Jul 17, 2015 16:56:56 GMT -6
Amazing. Thank you for the generous offer Jeff! Seems too cool an opportunity to pass up. How do we go about it? Pull a couple channels and send them to you? Make purchases in the CAPI store? Shoot me an email Noah and we'll get it worked out. I am super low on the 2623-1-Litz at the moment (with more on order). I will pull 4 of them from the store stock right now if you want them. jsteiger1965 at yahoo Great Jeff! Thank you! Please do hold them! I'll email you in just a couple hours but I'm 100% in!! Yes!! |
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Post by jsteiger on Jul 17, 2015 17:02:26 GMT -6
Shoot me an email Noah and we'll get it worked out. I am super low on the 2623-1-Litz at the moment (with more on order). I will pull 4 of them from the store stock right now if you want them. jsteiger1965 at yahoo Great Jeff! Thank you! Please do hold them! I'll email you in just a couple hours but I'm 100% in!! Yes!! Done! |
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Post by noah shain on Jul 17, 2015 18:09:37 GMT -6
Amazing. Thank you for the generous offer Jeff! Seems too cool an opportunity to pass up. How do we go about it? Pull a couple channels and send them to you? Make purchases in the CAPI store? Noah - can we get a before and after sound file(s)? This is pretty exciting for gear dorks. What a cool opportunity! For sure!!! |
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Post by Johnkenn on Jul 17, 2015 18:13:30 GMT -6
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Post by Guitar on Jul 17, 2015 18:16:18 GMT -6
RGO: Bringing Addicts and Pushers Together Since 2013 I noticed that maybe 30% of the threads on the first page here interest me, vs 5% on the purple site... RGO keeping post quality alive |
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You could part all those pres out and still have enough left over to buy a car. 
