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Post by nonameleft on Nov 6, 2012 15:26:17 GMT
Hello,
just a question: why did MF fit 10uF input caps with a voltage rating of 63v in the x-can v3. No source has such a high output. Or did I get sth wrong and it`s 6.3v as the output caps are rated?
cheers
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Post by nonameleft on Nov 7, 2012 15:35:00 GMT
maybe the MF engineers took them, because caps with a higher voltage rating perform better than those with lower voltage?
Or did they at least want to protect the source from dc?
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Post by PinkFloyd on Nov 7, 2012 21:43:02 GMT
The 10uF input caps MF use can be "any" voltage value they have on the shelf and they use standard electrolytics. Best thing is to remove them and jumper over the pads with wire links (they are not necessary) or at least fit 10uF NON POLAR caps instead.....
Mike.
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Post by nonameleft on Dec 29, 2012 16:58:48 GMT
how about increasing their capacitance, let´s say 22uF
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Post by wadiaman on Dec 30, 2012 11:03:05 GMT
I' d take Mike' s (the expert) advice on this and fit jumpers,provided of course there is no DC on the source you are using which is pretty unlikely.MF probably used 63v because that' s what they had most of at the time !
I' ve recently completed a V3 upgrade using the Rock Grotto capacitor kit (available from Mike of course) plus a couple of my own tweaks and with a pair of Siemens ECC88 valves it sounds superb.
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Post by PinkFloyd on Dec 30, 2012 12:29:43 GMT
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Post by nonameleft on Jan 15, 2013 13:07:57 GMT
ok, i´ve now fitted some silver wires instead of the input-caps, the result is awesome... I think it has brought a huge improvement to the bass register. This is great especially with my AKG K701...  |
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