Big Thanks to VR3!

agfrost
agfrost Posts: 2,428
edited January 2013 in The Clubhouse
I'd like to say thanks to Trey (VR3) who very generously helped me this week--While placing parts on my Gimpod board for my 2BTL recap one of the leads of a 0.40mH inductor snapped off right at the bobbin where I couldn't do anything to salvage it.

I PM'd VR3 for some advice in shopping for a replacement, and he recalled that he had the exact coil I'd just ruined in a drawer; he sent it out to me gratis. Two minutes with my Weller and my crossover is finished!

So thanks a bunch, Trey for going above & beyond to help out a Polkie in need.

Jay
Jay
SDA 2BTL * Musical Fidelity A5cr amp * Oppo BDP-93 * Modded Adcom GDA-600 DAC * Rythmik F8 (x2)
Micro Seiki DQ-50 * Hagerman Cornet 2 Phono * A hodgepodge of cabling * Belkin PF60
Preamp rotation: Krell KSL (SCompRacer recapped) * Manley Shrimp * PS Audio 5.0
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  • disneyjoe7
    disneyjoe7 Posts: 11,435
    edited January 2013
    Polkie helping another Polkie :smile:

    Stuff like that makes this board what it is.

    Speakers
    Carver Amazing Fronts
    CS400i Center
    RT800i's Rears
    Sub Paradigm Servo 15

    Electronics
    Conrad Johnson PV-5 pre-amp
    Parasound Halo A23
    Pioneer 84TXSi AVR
    Pioneer 79Avi DVD
    Sony CX400 CD changer
    Panasonic 42-PX60U Plasma
    WMC Win7 32bit HD DVR


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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,617
    edited January 2013
    No problem Jay!

    ROCK OUT! :)
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,517
    edited January 2013
    FYI, you could have simply unwound the wire a turn to get enough lead to solder it after scraping away a bit of the varnish. So, don't throw that inductor away.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

    President of Club Polk

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  • agfrost
    agfrost Posts: 2,428
    edited January 2013
    That was Trey's thought too--IMO it wouldn't have been possible: The lead was the inner one, which exits through the plastic of the bobbin/spool via a hole near the center of the spool. It broke off flush with the plastic, so I'd have had to unwind the entire thing in order to access the end of the thing. I'll post a picture when I do a thread in the mods section shortly and you can see if you guys agree with my diagnosis.
    Jay
    SDA 2BTL * Musical Fidelity A5cr amp * Oppo BDP-93 * Modded Adcom GDA-600 DAC * Rythmik F8 (x2)
    Micro Seiki DQ-50 * Hagerman Cornet 2 Phono * A hodgepodge of cabling * Belkin PF60
    Preamp rotation: Krell KSL (SCompRacer recapped) * Manley Shrimp * PS Audio 5.0
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  • Systems
    Systems Posts: 14,873
    edited January 2013
    Who?:redface:
    Testing
    Testing
    Testing
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,517
    edited January 2013
    agfrost wrote: »
    That was Trey's thought too--IMO it wouldn't have been possible: The lead was the inner one, which exits through the plastic of the bobbin/spool via a hole near the center of the spool. It broke off flush with the plastic, so I'd have had to unwind the entire thing in order to access the end of the thing. I'll post a picture when I do a thread in the mods section shortly and you can see if you guys agree with my diagnosis.

    Ah, you've got one of those. You're right, it's pretty much toast.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

    President of Club Polk

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  • agfrost
    agfrost Posts: 2,428
    edited January 2013
    Bump for the day/evening crowd.

    I'm excited to have the end of this project in sight, I've been dragging my feet since summer. Bought the full complement of Sonicaps and Mills on the board here from someone who abandoned his 4.1TL project about two days after the 2B's fell into my lap & wanted to listen to them stock for a while for a baseline. Then...life got in the way as it tends to do.
    Jay
    SDA 2BTL * Musical Fidelity A5cr amp * Oppo BDP-93 * Modded Adcom GDA-600 DAC * Rythmik F8 (x2)
    Micro Seiki DQ-50 * Hagerman Cornet 2 Phono * A hodgepodge of cabling * Belkin PF60
    Preamp rotation: Krell KSL (SCompRacer recapped) * Manley Shrimp * PS Audio 5.0
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited January 2013
    One of club polks finest!
    Vinyl, the final frontier...

    Avantgarde horns, 300b tubes, thats the kinda crap I want... :D
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  • tophatjohnny
    tophatjohnny Posts: 4,182
    edited January 2013
    Trey is great! A lot of the people on the forum are too. glad the worked out for ya! Congrats
    "if it's not fun, it's not worth it & remember folks, "It's All About The Music"!!
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