Capacitor identification
heiney9
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Anybody know which caps are pictured? They look like Solen MKP. What about the "quality" of the point to point wiring/soldering? Quality overall? I know it's hard to tell by a couple pics.....but any input would be helpful.
This is a tube pre-amp.
H9
This is a tube pre-amp.
H9
"Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Puritan Audio PSM136 Pwr Condtioner & Classic PC's | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node3 - Tubes add soul!
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I believe those are Solens also."He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." Friedrich Nietzsche
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Solens. The layout and soldering looks top notch, but I don't see any tubes.Political Correctness'.........defined
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Look at the picture on the right, there are 3 sockets."He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." Friedrich Nietzsche
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Is that an AES? Still have some allowance money left????
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Is that an AES? Still have some allowance money left????
Stay away Ricardo............it's all mine!!!!!!! All mine I say!!!!!!!!. Just something I'm considering. I have bought waaaaayyyyyy too much stuff lately and I really need to have my IP block all the audio FS sites
H9"Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Puritan Audio PSM136 Pwr Condtioner & Classic PC's | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node3 - Tubes add soul! -
But...is it an AES? I ask because I had one (The signature AE-3 version) and compared to other tubed preamps I've had it gets very low ratings....no, I don't want to step in your toes
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I kid Ricardo, no it's not an AES. It's a Ming Da at a pretty good price. Don't need it, but it be a good way to enjoy a nice tubed pre-amp occasionally. My brother (blakeh) just bought Doug's Dodd ELP which used to be Noel's and he might get tired of that and sell it to me...............but since he really likes it; it could be awhile.
I also just bought another one of those HCT HMS100 (rebadged Dared MP5; Fatman, etc.) iPod kits. Too good of a deal to pass up. It has the iPod dock (I don't own an iPod) and the speakers new in the box. My other HCT sounds so good I wanted a back-up to mess around with.
I want to upgrade some caps, resistors and I found a site that has a DIY to attach jumpers in a few places and make one of the inputs an output so I could use it as a pre-amp too!
BUY IT NOW is dangerous!!!!!
H9"Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Puritan Audio PSM136 Pwr Condtioner & Classic PC's | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node3 - Tubes add soul! -
That is a neat little preamp. The soldering and component layout is neat and seems well thought out too. But certainly things could be improved a bit here and there.
But since you said it's Ming Da, I think it's more than better for cost / build ratio.Trying out Different Audio Cables is a Religious Affair. You don't discuss it with anyone. :redface::biggrin: -
The caps are SCR's whom I believe is also Solen's source.Testing
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"Solen is the private brand of major Canadian distributor SolenPolitical 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."
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