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    Quote Originally Posted by AJSki2fly View Post
    Well I think that will be extremely good! I would recommend you hunt down some Pirate stands for them like these https://picclick.co.uk/Snell-Type-K-...449476671.html or similar, Audio Note sell them but I suspect they will be pricey. They are very heavy and really make a difference to the focus and depth of the sound stage, mine were filled with kiln dried sand. I used to have my Snells sat on them on 4 blobs of blue-tack as recommended by the HiFi dealer in Farnham where I got them from in 1987.
    I have stand very similar, got them from Bourney when he sold the Ks. Have to wait a month to hear them, though I might try them with my JVC beastie sometime.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mikeandvan View Post
    I have stand very similar, got them from Bourney when he sold the Ks. Have to wait a month to hear them, though I might try them with my JVC beastie sometime.
    Great, if there not that heavy and you can fill the legs with kiln dried sand, they will then be virtually immobile and you will get a 6 pack if you move them about much or a hernia


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    AI S500 coming tomorrow thanks to nice man at AOS bringing it all the way from Cornwall to Littlehampton for me. Earlier version with Hinkley transformers, hope I like it with the AN Ks, they weren't great with the JVC amp which will soon be on its way to its new owner, fabulous looking amp, but not right for me at this moment. I'll see how I get on with valves, the s500 has its own phono stage, wonder whether i'll use that or stick my Slee through a line input. If the sound grows on me then i'll look to get the amp modded to get the most out of it. Still got my 909/croft 25|Chario set up, which I've started leaving on when I go out, return 4 hours later, and I swear it sounds a fair bit better after being left on. Though as someone said on an earlier thread Quad is pipe and slippers, which I've come to realise now, after extensive listening, there are times to want the sound to blast out and no matter how high you turn the volume it just doesn't do it, still, quite pleasant for normal listening volumes.
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    Why get it modded? The 500 was voiced to sound a certain charming way. Just a clean level headed service, is all it needs.

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    Quote Originally Posted by southall-1998_mk2 View Post
    Why get it modded? The 500 was voiced to sound a certain charming way. Just a clean level headed service, is all it needs.

    S.
    To improve the sound and listening
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    Quote Originally Posted by Audio Al View Post
    To improve the sound and listening
    Should be left well alone, IMO. But as always, each to their own.

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    My 500 needed

    New higher quality on off switch

    New highar quality volume control , noisey / crackley

    Remove the balance control , noise / crackley with drop out

    5 new gold plated valve sockets , Original coroded and very loose

    Replace aged caps and some transistors

    I could go on , I think you get the idea
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    Quote Originally Posted by Audio Al View Post
    My 500 needed

    New higher quality on off switch

    New highar quality volume control , noisey / crackley

    Remove the balance control , noise / crackley with drop out

    5 new gold plated valve sockets , Original coroded and very loose

    Replace aged caps and some transistors

    I could go on , I think you get the idea

    That sounds like a good decent service. Not one of those silly upgrade jobs. As long it's close as possible to original spec. I understand the 500 had some reliability issues?

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    Quote Originally Posted by southall-1998_mk2 View Post
    That sounds like a good decent service. Not one of those silly upgrade jobs. As long it's close as possible to original spec. I understand the 500 had some reliability issues?

    S.
    And you could add to that my choke conversion which removes a major heat source from inside the amp, and improves overall SQ adding to the charm of the amp with no downside.....

    There's not many reliability issues frankly. The screen resistors can be increased for a bit more reliability or one can add in separate cathode resistors to the shared version but they're pretty sturdy overall

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mikeandvan View Post
    AI S500 coming tomorrow thanks to nice man at AOS bringing it all the way from Cornwall to Littlehampton for me. Earlier version with Hinkley transformers, hope I like it with the AN Ks, they weren't great with the JVC amp which will soon be on its way to its new owner, fabulous looking amp, but not right for me at this moment. I'll see how I get on with valves, the s500 has its own phono stage, wonder whether i'll use that or stick my Slee through a line input. If the sound grows on me then i'll look to get the amp modded to get the most out of it. Still got my 909/croft 25|Chario set up, which I've started leaving on when I go out, return 4 hours later, and I swear it sounds a fair bit better after being left on. Though as someone said on an earlier thread Quad is pipe and slippers, which I've come to realise now, after extensive listening, there are times to want the sound to blast out and no matter how high you turn the volume it just doesn't do it, still, quite pleasant for normal listening volumes.
    Lovely amp, just replace volume pot with silent one and get it tri-wired and possibly replace main caps. I think you will love it, I hope so.


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    Digital:- Marantz SA-KI Pearl CD player, RaspberryPi/HifiBerry Digi+ Pro, Buffalo NAS Drive

    Amplification:- AudioValve Sunilda phono stage, Krell KSP-7B pre-amp, Krell KSA-80 power amp

    Output: Wilson Benesch Vector speakers, KLH Ultimate One Headphones

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