That has to be a gut churning feeling

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1973shovel

In Reply to: What have I done? posted by nightdoggy on June 26, 2007 at 19:15:05:

I always have that sense of hesitation when diving in with my soldering iron, ever since reading Laura Dearborn's "Good Sound" book. She describes a friend who had a Marantz 8B upgraded with caps, resistors and wire. It sounded awful.

I got the bright idea the other day to tear into my McCormack phono, even though I thought the Black Gates I bought might not fit. Sure enough, they won't, and this is after I unsoldered a few off the board. I ordered Panasonic FM's and FC's, which WILL fit. Now to find where to cram in the Hovland coupling caps. Meanwhile I'm "stuck" listening to CD's, since I disabled my phono stage. Oh well, it gives me a chance to burn in the Black Gate coupling caps in my JVC 1050, which DID fit, and did make an improvement.

I guess one consolation is to think how you'd feel if you were one of those audiophiles who sell their gear and buy something new based on a great review, only to discover they hate the new stuff.

I think the burn in advice you've received is wise. Let it cook for a while. And see what happens. Hopefully things will improve.

Good luck!

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Topic - What have I done? - nightdoggy 19:15:05 06/26/07 (9)

Feel for you...you know how they say to make one change at a time... - Steve Parry 21:45:03 06/27/07 (0)

That has to be a gut churning feeling - 1973shovel 08:23:43 06/27/07 (0)

Allow for burn-in - Jon Risch 20:04:29 06/26/07 (3)

JEEZ(, ND, I thought you'd been on a 3 day bender and woken up in Mexico. - dave c 20:21:25 06/26/07 (2)

I like your kitties better than mine - nightdoggy 20:37:16 06/26/07 (1)

Now that is a good idea - dave c 22:29:02 06/26/07 (0)

RE: What have I done? - sherod 19:54:14 06/26/07 (1)

RE: What have I done? - nightdoggy 22:54:20 06/26/07 (0)

RE: What have I done? - kenster 19:41:35 06/26/07 (0)

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That has to be a gut churning feeling - 1973shovel 08:23:43 06/27/07 (0)

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