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RE: 10 Upgrades for M3 Preamp

Posted by driguy (A) on May 22, 2008 at 01:00:47

In Reply to: RE: 10 Upgrades for M3 Preamp posted by Response34 on May 21, 2008 at 16:03:10:

Thanks Bill,
I have at least 1000 hours on the V-Caps in the DAC and the Preamp. The latest changes other than the M TubeCaps also have at least 200 hours on them. The TubeCaps have about 150 hours now. Even right out of the box they were better but after 75 hours they were pretty close and after 125 most of the improvement seems to be there. Not too bad of a break in compared to V-Caps!
Yesterday I ordered another pair of TubeCaps for the DAC. Currently Parts Connection has a sale on everything. I ordered a pair of Deuland crossover caps for my speakers. I have had the Deulands in for about 25 hours and they are a definite improvement over the Jupiter caps I had in but for the money, well I will have to reserve judgment on that until I get about 100 hours on them. I hope that when the caps for the DAC arrive I get even half of the improvement I experienced with the M3.
I like your motto, "Build your system for yourself not the critics". Unfortunately the most popular issues of Stereophile are the "recommended components" compilations. Personally I think it says a lot about how choices are made, but hey, that's a whole different subject. BTW, thanks for your response to my query about the TubeCaps that I posted not too long ago. It helped me get enough info to give them a try.
Regards,
Tony

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