Ive been naughty again.....

[Wakefield Turntables]

And bought a TEAC VRDS 25x, fully hot rodded.....:eek: Pics to follow.

[synsei]

T'is mine I tell ye, t'is mine... :lol:

Congratulations Andy, a lovely player which I'm certain will give you many years of pleasure ;)

[Reffc]

And bought a TEAC VRDS 25x, fully hot rodded.....:eek: Pics to follow.

Good player Andy and shares a lot in common with the Copland players which I think share the same transports. The bits and pieces should all still be available for them too. Heard one at the Bristol show and was impressed.

[jon1]

And bought a TEAC VRDS 25x, fully hot rodded.....:eek: Pics to follow.


Nice one enjoy:eyebrows:






jon

[Wakefield Turntables]

As promised

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:drool:

[nat8808]

Nice, I do like a proper VRDS.

Are the caps moded too, those Oscons or are they as original?

[Wakefield Turntables]

Yep all new caps. I'm not sure of the spec. I will look tonight when I get back.

[Audio Al]

Naughty boys get a good bum smacking :spank:

Certainly looks impressive , The CD player that is :D

[bigmarty]

OOH nice Andy :stalks:
google this and they also did them with a silver facia too, very jealous.

Marty :D

[vouk]

Nice one Andy!
The VRDS, in my humble opinion, has one of the best transports ever made; there is a good reason why so many high end CD players used it, including the likes of Wadia, Copland and Audio Aero. What sort of mods does this baby have on it?

[Wakefield Turntables]

Will be posting some mods later.

[Wakefield Turntables]

mods with this unit are



Both original Oscillator Circuits are replaced with XO Clock3 SE Oscillator Modules
Sample Rate Converter and Digital Filter IC's replaced with our superior Upgrade Boards
Additional Toroidal Transformer is installed for Analog Power Supply
All Op Amps are exchanged for better Types
I / V Conversion Stage: 2x D-DIP with two OPA627 mounted
Analog Filters and Output Stages: 4x T-SIL with one OPA627 mounted
Analog Filters changed to Bessel Characteristic and realized with Polystyrene Capacitors
All Resistors in Analog Signal Chain replaced with Welwyn RC55/0,1%
Differential Amplifier realized with Vishay S102 High Precision (0,01%) Resistors
Power Supply Capacitors for Digital Part replaced with Oscon Capacitors
Power Supply Capacitors for Analog Part replaced with ELNA Silmic II
Bypass Capacitors replaced with Wima MKP02

[Yomanze]

Interesting unit you don't see many AD1862 DAC chips around. True multibit reputed to be AD's best ever.

[Yomanze]

Very sensible and logical mods too!

[brian2957]

Flippin eck Andrew . I don't know much about electronics but I have used the OPA 627s and they're very good indeed , excellent sound :) . Also quite expensive as opamps go.

[Wakefield Turntables]

Well I live down the road from Fidelity Audio who also specialise in modding CDP :mad:

I'm going to send a list of stuff thats been done to this unit and see what else they recommend. Hopefully it will then really......:fingers:

[Yomanze]

Brenton knows his stuff to say the least... I expect given your mods he'll move to some dedicated power supplies for the DAC and output stage.

[Wakefield Turntables]

I'm about to send an email now. I post my findings tomorrow if he replies.

[samurasa]

Hi

Did you get any recommendations for further mods?

I have a unmodded 25 that I´m planning to mod and it would be interesting to hear what else beside Audio Tuning upgrades are recommended.

[Wakefield Turntables]

Blimey I forgt about this thread! Er, I deleted the email like a nkob :doh:! I should prolly email hi again but I have a feeling the mods will prolly cost 1k and that's money I would sooner spend on valves or vinyl. :)

[samurasa]

Ok, thanks anyway.

It sure gets expensive when upping something that´s already great. My nude 25 is really enjoyable and undoubtedly your hot rodded one is even more so:)

[Wakefield Turntables]

Time for some upgrade-itis. I'm having a word with paul hynes to see what he can do with regards discrete power regs. :cool: