Symphonic Line RG3 MK5 up to bat

ALL212
ALL212 Posts: 1,577
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Did some trading with the Klausinator at Odyssey Audio and the Symphonic Line RG3 came in today.

Got ‘er hooked up and scared myself - it’s dead quiet! I had the volume up a bit and hit the go button in Roon - wow!

Selling off the Rogue 99 (too late @msg ). Excellent pre but I don’t need two of em at this level.

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Don’t ask me to explain the guts.
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Comes with a moose external power supply. 70,000 mf caps in there.
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I preferred the Tempest over Candela but Klaus didn’t want to build a Tempest and appears to have used gear for sale so I opted for the RG3.

She’s nice!!



Aaron
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 25,549
    I hope you've got enough joules in your incoming power lines....for the dishwasher too.....
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  • msg
    msg Posts: 10,111
    DANGit! I anoozeded and loozeded - aGAIN!
    ALL212 wrote: »
    Don’t ask me to explain the guts.
    Hey, so what are thoses cassette tape things in the guts?
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    I disabled signatures.
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 25,549
    Heat sinks for the opamps.
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  • ALL212
    ALL212 Posts: 1,577
    msg wrote: »
    DANGit! I anoozeded and loozeded - aGAIN!
    ALL212 wrote: »
    Don’t ask me to explain the guts.
    Hey, so what are thoses cassette tape things in the guts?
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    Those are cassette tapes. Since I only listen to 3 songs I had them build a cassette player into this. It auto rewinds so I never have to touch the remote,
    I had the option of an 8 track player but after reviewing it found the track change to be a bit annoying.
    The vinyl option didn’t fit in this chassis and would have required the auto changer as AC/DC “Best Polka’s known to Mankind” has two of the tracks I listen to and the other is the “Theme from Romper Room” by Pink Floyd.

    Life is tough and decisions had to be made.
    Aaron
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  • billbillw
    billbillw Posts: 6,803
    edited June 13
    pitdogg2 wrote: »
    Heat sinks for the opamps.

    Those ain't op-amps. Those are FETs of some type. AKA a transistor for old school low level amplification/buffering/impedance matching. Looks like a matched pair for each channel.
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  • ALL212
    ALL212 Posts: 1,577
    edited June 13
    C2238 and T968, one for each board on each channel

    You trying to tell me those aren’t cassettes? DANG NABBIT!!!
    Aaron
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  • billbillw
    billbillw Posts: 6,803
    edited June 13
    ALL212 wrote: »
    C2238 and T968, one for each board on each channel

    Sounds like a common 2SA968/2SC2238 pairing. (originally a Toshiba part number, which is what the big T is for)
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 25,549
    billbillw wrote: »
    pitdogg2 wrote: »
    Heat sinks for the opamps.

    Those ain't op-amps. Those are FETs of some type. AKA a transistor for old school low level amplification/buffering/impedance matching. Looks like a matched pair for each channel.

    Yeah, you're correct I couldn't come up with the correct word last night. It had been a long day in the outside heat....
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,729
    I really enjoyed my time with my symphonic line CD player. It was extremely quiet, low noise. Nice snag!
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • SCompRacer
    SCompRacer Posts: 8,504
    Nice! I'm a have to scoot up North to hear em!
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