The end of the (upgrade) road?

[Tim]

Personally, when the deck is stripped down, I would do it, and fit a long lead between the power supply and the TT.

I knew you were going to say that . . . .

[CageyH]

Well, you have bought all of the bits to do it, so as the expression goes, JFDI.

To give you an idea, the top of my TT shelf is 1.2m above the floor level. My LDA/MCRU PSU has the voltage regulator in the SL1200.
The PSU is on the floor, behind the rack.

Back on to the BB3, still have not heard the slightest bit of hum since fitting the aluminium foil capacitors, and the "avalanche" diodes.
It certainly sounds better than it did before, so I am happy.

It does make me wonder what some "really good" (i.e. audiophile cost) capacitors would sound like.
Oli also mentioned that the V-cap ODAM are supposed to be very good.
I am going to wait and see how the new capacitors bed in before I do anything else.

Now it is time to go and work on the garden before it warms up too much.

[Macca]

Going to speculate that you must have had some issue with that BB3 whether a cable was running too close to something and causing hum or something else. I don't see how just changing the brand of component would fix it. I think you might have inadvertently fixed the issue.

[Tim]

Well, you have bought all of the bits to do it, so as the expression goes, JFDI

Ahh, there's the rub, I rarely do what people tell me to

The thing is, I'm not an audiophile, I just enjoy playing music. An improvement over a stock 1210MK2 is going to keep me happy, TBH a stock 1210MK2 would be fine as well. When I listen to music I'm not listening to the fidelity of sound reproduction, I'm listening to the musical content and the lyrics. I don't listen or view my system the same way an audiophile would, or at least that's my impression from hanging around audio forums. I'm a bit of an impostor really.

I'll get my coat . . .

[Macca]

Ahh, there's the rub, I rarely do what people tell me to

The thing is, I'm not an audiophile, I just enjoy playing music. An improvement over a stock 1210MK2 is going to keep me happy, TBH a stock 1210MK2 would be fine as well. When I listen to music I'm not listening to the fidelity of sound reproduction, I'm listening to the musical content and the lyrics. I don't listen or view my system the same way an audiophile would, or at least that's my impression from hanging around audio forums. I'm a bit of an impostor really.

I'll get my coat . . .

That's how it should be. I still have a bit of a kit fetish, I'll admit, but I regard myself as a music lover who necessarily maintains a decent stereo system as a means to an end, not an audiophile who occasionally listens to music when he's not comparing the sound of different bits of kit.

[CageyH]

Going to speculate that you must have had some issue with that BB3 whether a cable was running too close to something and causing hum or something else. I don't see how just changing the brand of component would fix it. I think you might have inadvertently fixed the issue.

You are forgetting that I changed the type of diode as well, for a faster acting type. When I replaced the capacitors, I did it with the board Insitu.
Nothing else was touched.

Just because I have not heard the hum does not mean it if fixed. It could just be an issue on the power network when everybody in the area has their heating switched on, polluting the mains. There are a lot of heat pumps in the area.

[Macca]

Have to see if it comes back then. Whatever the reason at least it's positive for now.

[mikeyb]

Well, you have bought all of the bits to do it, so as the expression goes, JFDI. [emoji38]

To give you an idea, the top of my TT shelf is 1.2m above the floor level. My LDA/MCRU PSU has the voltage regulator in the SL1200.
The PSU is on the floor, behind the rack.

Back on to the BB3, still have not heard the slightest bit of hum since fitting the aluminium foil capacitors, and the "avalanche" diodes.
It certainly sounds better than it did before, so I am happy.

It does make me wonder what some "really good" (i.e. audiophile cost) capacitors would sound like.
Oli also mentioned that the V-cap ODAM are supposed to be very good.
I am going to wait and see how the new capacitors bed in before I do anything else.

Now it is time to go and work on the garden before it warms up too much.

That's how I ran mine, Paul Hynes PSU 1.2m to the PSU on the 1210 and placed on a lower shelf.

TT long gone but I still have one of Paul's bits for the inside of the deck but can't remember what it's called, I do remember you needed a pair of them and this was a replacement after one was defective when it was installed.

Also have a couple of other internal parts that were removed when doing the PSU upgrade. I'll be honest if you want to save money and effort just buy an SP10, it'll be better too [emoji16]

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[Tim]

I'll be honest if you want to save money and effort just buy an SP10, it'll be better too

I'm not sure if spending over a grand, when you're happy with what you've got is saving money

[CageyH]

I'll be honest if you want to save money and effort just buy an SP10, it'll be better too [emoji16]

Are you still running the original bearing?


The bearing in my SL1200 probably makes less noise.