bryoncunningham
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| Help me mod my tube amp Hi Tablejockey, Yes, I have considered adding a preamp. I know some folks have much better results with a preamp compared to running a source directly to their amp. In this particular system, it's unclear to me what benefit a preamp might add. He... | |
| Help me mod my tube amp Hi baaach, Thanks for asking for an update. I've been listening pretty much daily since the upgrade (2-3 hour per day), so the caps and NOS tubes (Amperex, Brimar) are nicely burned in. The sound is pleasing to my ears. I know it's an overused de... | |
| Capacitor upgrade for prima Luna dialogue premium HP Hi Richard, I recently upgrading some of the caps in my Prima Luna Dialogue 4 amp. If you're interested, you can find the thread here. I upgraded the capacitors on the input stage with Dueland CAST-PIO Hybrid copper/silver foil caps. I also upgr... | |
| Help me mod my tube amp Some additional tweaks for this amp... I added Herbie's HAL-O III tube dampers to the Brimar 12AU7's. I placed 4 Mapleshade Heavyhat brass weights on the amp. Here is a pic. I replaced the stock feet with 3 IsoAcoustics OREA isolators. Here is a... | |
| Help me mod my tube amp Thanks, wharfy! | |
| Help me mod my tube amp Let us know how it turns out, Jeff. | |
| Help me mod my tube amp Hi Jeff, Yes, I did listen to the amp with the upgraded caps and the original tubes for a couple weeks. The most audible improvements were more organic midrange and sweeter high frequencies. I was happy with the changes. Bryon | |
| Help me mod my tube amp Hi sns, Can you educate me... What benefits do people typically experience when they upgrade the bypass caps in the power supply? | |
| Help me mod my tube amp Hi tablejockey, Here is the parts/labor cost rounded a little: 2 Dueland caps: $150 4 V-Cap ODAMs: $300 Labor for caps install by Blackie Pagano: $200 2 NOS Brimar 12AU7: $300 2 NOS Amperex 12AX7: $300 1 Synergistic Research Blue fuse: $60 ... | |
| Help me mod my tube amp Thanks, SNS. For the bypass cap, I think you're talking about the yellow cap marked "Swellong MPT 630V" in my photo. Is that right? | |
| Help me mod my tube amp Thanks SNS. I read above that you upgraded the resistors in your PL amp. I bought this amp new around 2012. Can you tell from looking at the picture I attached whether the resistors are Takman or something else? Bryon | |
| Help me mod my tube amp Update on this little project on my Prima Luna Dialogue 4 amp... I upgraded the capacitors on the input stage with Dueland CAST-PIO Hybrid copper/silver foil caps. I also upgraded the capacitors on the autobias board with V-CAP ODAM caps (see att... | |
| Help me mod my tube amp Hi John-- Several people suggested replacing the resistors, which I am open to, but have no experience with. Forgive the naive question, but do you know what parameters are important to match when replacing resistors? Obviously the resistance in o... | |
| Help me mod my tube amp Hi all-- Update on this project... My tech replaced the stock capacitors on the input stage of my Prima Luna Dialouge 4 amp with Dueland CAST PIO Hybrid copper/silver foil caps (matched pair). He also replaced the stock capacitors on the PCB boar... | |
| Help me mod my tube amp Thanks, nlitworld, for those additional suggestions. I will check out the binding posts and wire you mentioned. Mike B-- Thanks for your observation about the different directions this thread has taken. Both kinds of input are valuable to me. ... |