Neurochrome Modulus 86 amps

[hornucopia]

Anyone explain WHY they sound 'better' than most? As in, circuit/layout etc.. Am intrigued.

[CageyH]

No idea. The claim is of really low distortion levels, so it may all be down to the circuit.
Mine should be delivered in the next few days, so I will have a weekend of seeing what amps suit my system and personal taste best.

[Firebottle]

The low distortion figures are down to the clever circuit implementation.

[CageyH]

They have arrived....
They are plugged in, and some vinyl is spinning away.

Mote thoughts at the weekend when the new cable (phono to XLR) has had time to settle in.

[wee tee cee]

ran my frugels with 4 temple audio mono blocks on battery power at one point=loved what they did.

look forward to your impressions.....

[CageyH]

I have swapped the cable out, for an MC5000 based cable, as it was too bright.

[CageyH]

And now I have fitted one of my copper OCC cables with a silver plated Neutrik plug.
I am streaming from Tidal HiFi and the system sounds superb.

[Firebottle]

Yhay, excellent stuff.

[CageyH]

I need to wait until the weekend before I can crank the volume up a bit and get the FH3s working properly before I pass final judgement.

[Roger Hardcastle]

Hello,

The sockets shown on the 686 board. Are matching plugs supplied when you order the boards ?
Another thought is that the job of drilling and tapping the mounting holes on the heatsinks is pretty scary if you want to avoid drilling all the way through.

If you look at the Conrad Double Flange heatsinks it would be a nice thought if the modules are mounted on one of the flanges. The holes can then drilled and tapped right through. In fact the mounting plate supplied with the modules can be discarded. There is a 70mm gap between the flanges and the modules are 60mm. The problem is that the sockets on the modules are 90 degree mounted which means that the mating plugs will make the modules not fit the gap.

I’ve considered that removing one flange would get around these issues but having two flanges would mean fitting a front and rear panel with right angled bracket would be more straightforward.

It’s a shame the flanges aren’t further apart to leave a bigger gap.

Edit:

It’s funny how you can have an Einstein moment. The answer could be to unsolder the sockets and solder the wires directly on to the pcb.