lengcm 0 Report post Posted August 30, 2003 Stage 1 of the mods: Open the darn thing... Looks nice and clean inside.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lengcm 0 Report post Posted August 30, 2003 Stage2: Change caps for the power supply Change caps for the output signal side Firefox: need your help to describe what are the things you do and the value of the caps you have added Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lengcm 0 Report post Posted August 30, 2003 More pics of Stage 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lengcm 0 Report post Posted August 30, 2003 More Pics of Stage 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lengcm 0 Report post Posted August 30, 2003 Coming soon: Stage 3 and Stage 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ablaze 0 Report post Posted August 30, 2003 what stages are this? is it outlined somewhere? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Firefox 0 Report post Posted August 30, 2003 (edited) what stages are this? is it outlined somewhere? It's just the breaking down of the entire mod into multiple stages so that we could evaluate the improvements brought about by different component replacements in various sections of the amp. ie. Input section, output section, power side. It's not outlined anywhere. It's my own mod for the Sugden after evaluating the amp. Edited August 31, 2003 by Firefox Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jasonhanjk 0 Report post Posted August 30, 2003 (edited) Nice... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . hand... Edited August 30, 2003 by jasonhanjk Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ting 0 Report post Posted August 30, 2003 And, the effect? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
matbon0013 0 Report post Posted August 30, 2003 I'm very much interested in the sonic benefits too Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lengcm 0 Report post Posted August 31, 2003 I'm very much interested in the sonic benefits too Well, it is still burning in after the addition of 2 blackgates. Anyway on your next trip to sg, you can always pop over for a listen. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rameish 0 Report post Posted September 1, 2003 All I can say is it is a good improvement over stock - however, as always, I reserve comment till after the unit has burnt in. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rameish 0 Report post Posted September 1, 2003 Actually Leng, Stage 1 was the Power Supply Cap lying on the side and 2 of the black caps. You then listen to this remember. Firefox then added: Stage 2 the other 4 smaller fast caps to the front of the panel. More listening was done then Stage 3 was the addition of Black Gates. There only Stage 4 left - a mod to the mod - yeah that big power supply cap is gonna go and in will come a S$180 plus Black Gate - Muhahaha!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Firefox 0 Report post Posted September 1, 2003 (edited) Looks like I gotta clear up some stuff here. Attached is the image with the various stages marked out. With the exception of Stage 3, Part 2 where the electrolytic caps were replaced with Blackgates. That is not reflected in the picture. Also not in the picture is the wiring of the RCA jacks with individual ground wires to the PCB rather than a common ground wire looping over all of them and then with an individual wire to the PCB ground. Edited September 1, 2003 by Firefox Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rameish 0 Report post Posted September 1, 2003 Hey nice Firefox. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
