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    Quote Originally Posted by walpurgis View Post
    Not my work Oliver. I bought a completed board, as it's not that much dearer than a self assembly item.

    Whole thing will stand me in a little over fifty quid. Ther Sjostrom board is very nice quality.
    That's a great price! Mine was a bit more than that.

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    A question on this whilst it’s on topic chaps. I’m playing with a new power amp that apparently passes dc through to the pre. Interested to know if it’s causihg some noise, so was looking at dc blocking rca devices to put between pre and power. Are they any good? Or is the sense more that you’re better blocking the dc at source ie the mains ?

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    Quote Originally Posted by lordmortlock View Post
    A question on this whilst it’s on topic chaps. I’m playing with a new power amp that apparently passes dc through to the pre. Interested to know if it’s causihg some noise, so was looking at dc blocking rca devices to put between pre and power. Are they any good? Or is the sense more that you’re better blocking the dc at source ie the mains ?
    These DC Blockers are for the mains, not for low level signals. Jake, do you mean the pre is direct coupled? if so then any dc would be amplified by the power amp and eventually fry your tweeters if your are lucky of both units if not. I'm never trust direct coupled unless via a transformer, so have always had a decoupling cap in there somewhere prior to the power amp
    Cheers Lee

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    Ah ok, thanks Lee, that’s helpful. The comment re the power amp suggested avoiding pres that could pass dc on, so I guess they meant direct coupled units.

    The pre is an eastern electric minimax pre or a nelson pass b1 buffer clone. I’ll read up on these, try to understand what the designs do.

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    Quote Originally Posted by montesquieu View Post
    Er, it's a mains issue. Plenty of info why needed in the links above or here
    Thank you sir, I have been schooled!


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    Jack, just to clarify, if your power amp has a cap blocking DC you would be ok. I see you have a 300b amp so I know that they have coupling caps between the 6sn7 and 300b so no worries, even with a direct coupled pre.
    Cheers Lee

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    I am using two ATL units: https://www.atlhifi.com/shop/fully-a...mbled-in-case/
    Excellent VFM and fast delivery

    They work very well with my V20 and WA22
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    Hi Tom,
    This one works great as well:
    http://www.lcaudio.com/index.php?page=316

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    Thanks for this thread, the result of which was that I bought the ATL unit which arrived yesterday.
    Would have done it years ago if only I had known - background silence - bliss.

    JDA99

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