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Post by creative34 on Aug 9, 2011 6:08:27 GMT
Anyone could help me? What classical iPod would be best to modify/upgrade.
Thanks for help.
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Post by pcourtney1 on Aug 9, 2011 9:25:06 GMT
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Post by mrarroyo on Aug 9, 2011 10:15:52 GMT
I agree, I installed a 240 GB HD in a 5.5 iPod. You could then do the DIY-iMod.
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Post by pcourtney1 on Aug 9, 2011 12:09:44 GMT
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Post by pcourtney1 on Aug 11, 2011 19:33:43 GMT
the alternative to the Black Gate caps (they are NOS and only come up very rarely on ebay) are the cheaper and more durable alternative from Vishay BCcomponents 128 SAL-RPM: export.farnell.com (just paste MAL212853479E3 in the search field) and Digikey in the UK www.vishay.com/docs/28354/128salrpm.pdf Lars Clausen of Dexa Technologies stated: Much to our surprise we found a new type that not only is built partly the same way a Black Gate cap is, but also has better technical and sonic qualities. This series like Black gate caps has an isolator that is chemically bonded to the conductor plate, and a solid conductive compound to hold the plates together in a close proximity to give a high capacitance. In a black Gate capacitor the isolator was alumina dioxide, also known as a common anodization. The SAL-RPM from Vishay has the exact same isolator. In the black Gate's the plates are connected with a paper impregnated with conductive graphite, to give a close connection. However this power has been known to fall out of the paper when high temperatures start to dry out the liquid the paper was originally soaked in. That is why as you may have seen various places that the Black Gate caps do not have a very long lifespan. In the SAL-RPM caps however a conductive compound is potted between the isolated plates, and this will not fall out, or dry up. The lifespan of a SAL cap is an impressive 20,000 hours at load. And with a maximum temperature of 175 degrees C, it shows we are dealing with a radically different type of capacitor. And electrolytic cap would dry out in hours at this high temperature! What makes the SAL caps sound better is the fact that the plates are held in place with a solid potting compound that prevents any kind of micro-vibration when currents run through the capacitor. |
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Post by XTRProf on Aug 12, 2011 11:38:19 GMT
the alternative to the Black Gate caps (they are NOS and only come up very rarely on ebay) are the cheaper and more durable alternative from Vishay BCcomponents 128 SAL-RPM: export.farnell.com (just paste MAL212853479E3 in the search field) and Digikey in the UK www.vishay.com/docs/28354/128salrpm.pdf Lars Clausen of Dexa Technologies stated: Much to our surprise we found a new type that not only is built partly the same way a Black Gate cap is, but also has better technical and sonic qualities. This series like Black gate caps has an isolator that is chemically bonded to the conductor plate, and a solid conductive compound to hold the plates together in a close proximity to give a high capacitance. In a black Gate capacitor the isolator was alumina dioxide, also known as a common anodization. The SAL-RPM from Vishay has the exact same isolator. In the black Gate's the plates are connected with a paper impregnated with conductive graphite, to give a close connection. However this power has been known to fall out of the paper when high temperatures start to dry out the liquid the paper was originally soaked in. That is why as you may have seen various places that the Black Gate caps do not have a very long lifespan. In the SAL-RPM caps however a conductive compound is potted between the isolated plates, and this will not fall out, or dry up. The lifespan of a SAL cap is an impressive 20,000 hours at load. And with a maximum temperature of 175 degrees C, it shows we are dealing with a radically different type of capacitor. And electrolytic cap would dry out in hours at this high temperature! What makes the SAL caps sound better is the fact that the plates are held in place with a solid potting compound that prevents any kind of micro-vibration when currents run through the capacitor. It looks like a solid Al e-cap. Try some and report back. You can also compare it to another reference e-cap the Elna Cerafine (brighter) or Silmic (mellower) to see which suits you best. All the technicality don't tell you any thing on the sound quality until you compare, IMVHO.  |
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Post by pcourtney1 on Aug 12, 2011 12:03:51 GMT
good to know, on my next iPod I will try all three, thanks for the heads up !
size of cap is important, not too much room in those 5th gen pods though.
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