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Which is why the job should only be carried out by someone with the necessary electrical competence!
I'd never be tempted to try and do that stuff myself, which is why I let others with the necessary skills carry out the work on my behalf. The only folk who get near the innards of my precious Techy are professionals!
Marco.
Main System
Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & reg mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat/Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight/Isonoe feet & boots/Ortofon RS-212D/Denon DL-103GL in Denon PCL-300 headshell with Funk Firm Houdini/Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.
Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp/Denon AU-310 SUT.
Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.
CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.
Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new, by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.
Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. LDR Stereo Coffee. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.
Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.
Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.
Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.
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I'm Allen.
If you dont have enoughOriginally Posted by Andrei
You could use some Sliksuper dooper silver wire that was mined from Mt Ararat
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I'm Paul.
Hi Marco,
Yep, very busy at present. I am still behind schedule with the custom build stuff. It is surprising how long it takes to catch up when you get behind schedule. I am also getting ready to transfer some more power supplies and the fet head amp and fet phono stage over to PHA Ltd this Autumn. Then I am going to delete the custom build operation. This will then free up much more time for product development.
Back on track, regarding Kevin’s tip. I can see no harm in trying it.
Andy,
Have you got a decent soldering iron yet? You could practice soldering and de-soldering on some old scrap circuit boards from dead equipment.
Regards
Paul
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I'm Andrew.
Paul,
I can solder but look what happened last time, my deck had a nice holiday on your island for a few weeks!I'll wait and see exactly how this mod pans out before I have a crack.
Andy
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CD Teac VRDS25X(Audiotuned) DECK 1210 Mat Crystal Audio Mods MN Base/Bearing/Platter+Ebony armboard Feet Isonoe PSU Paul Hynes SR7EHD-27XL/DCSXL Ag DC lead/3 Stage Regs/Recap PCB+No Pitch/Strobe/Light ARM SME V(Kondo Ag Rewire&Tags) MC Cadenza Black FGS CABLES Arm Yannis SPD-4 IC Yannis 222 Litz+Ag bullets Power WAR PRE ATC SCA2 SPEAKERS ATC 50ASL STANDS Atacama PHONO Sugden Masterclass PA4 SUT Ortofon ST80SE POWER PSAudio P10
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PRE Croft Epoch(Modded) AMP Sondex S100 (Modded) SPEAKERS Tannoy 15"MG+RFC Warwick cabs+ Ref XO + Batpure supertweeters DECK Garrard 301 Mat Teunto Bearings 401(Bastin) Plinth Bamboo Arms 3009/3012 PSU Eagle+Tachometer MC Ag Meister II/FGS + Ortofon SPU MONO CABLES Arm Yannis 420.5 Litz+ SpeakerPC Tripple C+WBT-0681 Ag IC Oyaide FTVS-510 AgWBT 0110Ag Phonostages Paradise(4 Box Mega-Modded) / Croft Musicmaker
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I'm Nigel.
Couldn't it be successfully tried out by simply carefully attaching the wire around the legs of the components, without soldering?
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I'm Robert.
Interesting thread Marco, thanks for posting. I'm looking to hopefully do open heart surgery on my techie this Saturday with install of bearing base plate. I'd love to try this earthing mod at the same time, while she's on the operating tableIs there anyway you could ask Kevin to send over some very simple step by step pics of what to do as the two pics supplied are not obvious to me in terms of what exactly needs to be done. Would be a great help if pos - please
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I'm Nigel.
Any more news / thoughts on this tweak?
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I’ve not had a chance to contact Kevin yet, as requested by Rob, but will be doing so later today. When he replies, I will post his response here
Marco.
Main System
Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & reg mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat/Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight/Isonoe feet & boots/Ortofon RS-212D/Denon DL-103GL in Denon PCL-300 headshell with Funk Firm Houdini/Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.
Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp/Denon AU-310 SUT.
Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.
CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.
Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new, by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.
Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. LDR Stereo Coffee. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.
Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.
Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.
Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.
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I'm Nigel.
Many thanks. Yeah, it's that other wire from the resistor that's confusing.
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I'm Robert.
Thanks Marco, Much appreciated - ATB.I’ve not had a chance to contact Kevin yet, as requested by Rob, but will be doing so later today. When he replies, I will post his response here
Marco.
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