arrival at shangri-laI love this amp. Scott Frankland gave me a few extra goodies inside to make it even better. I also changed the output caps to multicaps and audiocap theta's in parallel. quiet as the grave. and the... posted almost 11 years ago | View comment | |
arrival at shangri-laSystem edited: new amp, Wells Audio Innamorata. This thing is a giant killer. None of the big boys are going to be happy about this one. Look out pass labs, lamm, martin logan, krell, even the tube... posted almost 12 years ago | View comment | |
arrival at shangri-laI changed out 2 wima mkp 1.0 mF signal caps out of my nuforce amps. I put in a v-cap oimp and bypassed it with a audiocap exotica tft .01 mF . Sounded like crap at first and then after 2 days wow! ... posted over 12 years ago | View comment | |
arrival at shangri-laI have now changed caps in the speaker crossover network and the signal coupling caps for the amps. I found that the speaker crossover had a major defect. The treble was reverse phase in relation t... posted over 12 years ago | View comment | |
arrival at shangri-laI changed 7 more caps , removing the stock jolida caps and replacing them with mundorf silver/oil and mundorf zn. This is a major upgrade. the hard part is figuring out where to put the new caps. t... posted over 12 years ago | View comment | |
arrival at shangri-laII was given a good idea to change the caps for my Jolida preamp. Which I did and I removed the clarity caps and installed the Duelund alexander copper foil paper in oil caps. Making room for the c... posted over 12 years ago | View comment | |
arrival at shangri-laSystem edited: not so done for now. continuing to improve the system as time and money allows. posted over 12 years ago | View comment | |
arrival at shangri-laI picked up an electric bamboo power conditioner and 2 high end audio grade power strips and made a significant improvement in the entire music presentation of my system. The clearaudio stradivari ... posted almost 14 years ago | View comment | |
arrival at shangri-laI started hearing a hum in the right speaker that I had never heard before. I decided to change out my 12at7 tubes that were in there due to the hum to see if that was the problem. I put in a new s... posted about 14 years ago | View comment | |
arrival at shangri-laI have found a wonderful power strip that is dirt cheap and works better than the mega buck units that I used to use, I picked them up from audible arts in campbell, ca. I'll put some pictures of t... posted about 14 years ago | View comment | |
arrival at shangri-laI auditioned a pair of nuforce se v3 amps like mine but with bybee rails installed inside. All I have to say is WOW!!! The difference was not subtle.I immediately took mine in for the upgrade. The ... posted about 14 years ago | View comment | |
arrival at shangri-laI wanted to make a correction on the maker ofthe Momentum Monoblocks, Dan D'Agostino is the maker not Tim Paravincini. Dan D'Agostino is the original founder of Krell but was pushed out in 2009. It... posted about 14 years ago | View comment | |
arrival at shangri-laWell after going to the northern california audio show, It takes a while to process everything you see and hear. my pick for the best sound of the show goes to the Wells Audio room. Hands down it d... posted about 14 years ago | View comment | |
arrival at shangri-lagoing to the california audio show Ya!!! posted about 14 years ago | View comment | |
arrival at shangri-lahey desalvo,sounds like you hit the nail on the head. All of that equipment starts working the way it should when it gets the power it needs. congrats!!! posted over 14 years ago | View comment | |
arrival at shangri-laHey Desalvo,This is my favorite preamp. A friend of mine with a very nice system heard mine and sold his preamp and bought one and is very happy with his. He has a pricier system than mine with... posted over 14 years ago | View comment | |
arrival at shangri-laHey Ray,they'll catch on eventually. Dick Olsher has a pair of omegas. He talks about them every once in a while in absolute sound. posted over 14 years ago | View comment | |
arrival at shangri-laHey Ray,Its good to hear from you. Its nice to finally hear everything living up to its full capability, now that my system has the power it needs to drive my speakers. posted over 14 years ago | View comment | |
arrival at shangri-laSolid core 12 gauge romex. I would like to have used the JPS romex but its pricey. I think its 65/ft which puts that bill at just under four grand. posted over 14 years ago | View comment | |
CuongPham's SystemsThis is definitely the most over the top, outrageous, extravagant collection of the world's best equipment I've ever seen. I'll bet this would be nice to sit down with a good 30 year old scotch and... posted over 14 years ago | View comment | |
arrival at shangri-laWell , I finally got myself to install the dedicated circuit for the system. It was tough, but worth it. I am finally hearing the true capabilities of the system,. unrestrained dynamics and bass li... posted over 14 years ago | View comment | |
arrival at shangri-laI am planning a dedicated run using 12 gauge romex from my circuit breaker panel to the outlet my system comes off of. The plug supplying my system is the last in a daisy chain of 7 outlets. I have... posted over 14 years ago | View comment | |
arrival at shangri-laWell in the last 3 -4 months, The subwoofers have done a good bit of breaking in and the dynamic attack, clarity, and transparency have greatly improved. I've never had this much fun listening to a... posted over 14 years ago | View comment | |
arrival at shangri-laCorrection Make that one balanced input. posted almost 15 years ago | View comment | |
arrival at shangri-laHey Roxy,I know A.E. made a supposed better pre but from what I remember is it only has 2 balanced inputs. My pre has a balanced input and single ended for every input. that enabled me to go si... posted almost 15 years ago | View comment |