Trends TA-10.1 optnions/input

thanks larryrx7, i just upgraded mine to "mardis status," although i use the trends configured as a power amp. yes, the concensus (and my experience as well) seems to be that it is indeed sensitive to speaker cables, certainly benefitting from higher-quality. i use solid core acrotec (sadly no longer made) to very good effect.

adamj, do take the plunge and do the mods. audiomagus (no affiliation other than highly satisfied customer) offers great support, plus we on audiogon who have done them can help as well. you are correct in there being more performance "locked up in there."

larryrx7, i have no good explanation why an upgraded amp that gives a clean 6 wpc before distortion (at 8 ohms) shoots up can sound so good with your speakers. the upgrade gives larger tank caps but the same value input caps, albeit auricap. listening to the stock amp was serious cognitive dissonance for me. now that i've upgraded i don't question it anymore. i recall from my days in the military if an instructor couldn't answer a question as to how something worked it was written off to "PFM" (pure f*@#ing magic). my trends has some serious PFM.