The fruits of labor

JohnR · « **on:** 23 Jun 2003, 03:54 pm »

Finally, I got some DIY happening again. I modded one of my DIOs, amazing how much difference a few bucks in parts makes. Haven't done the output filters yet, that should smooth things out a bit more.

Then I'll Nirvana the AKSA and convert everything to 240V and I'll have something I can talk about at least

My back is killing me though. I really need to get a table, sitting on the floor is not good...

beat · « **Reply #1 on:** 23 Jun 2003, 05:41 pm »

240v??? I take it you are not in berkeley any more

nature boy · « **Reply #2 on:** 24 Jun 2003, 12:05 am »

John,

A little off topic but since you are down under you might want to check out the Supratek amps and preamps. I have heard a lot of raves about Mick Maloney's preamps in particular. These are custom built with as much as a one year wait for his products. His craftsmanship is simply top of the line. His products seem to represent a great value for high end gear. Audiogon discussion forums are literally gushing about his Syrah preamp.

Here's a link if you are interested in contacting Mick.

http://www.supratek.biz/default.asp

NB

Rocket · « **Reply #3 on:** 24 Jun 2003, 01:27 am »

hi john,

i've had my aksa nirvana completed for one week and i can easily hear the difference. it is probably about 15-20% better than stock. i was going to try and tackle the upgrade myself but i attempted to replace a cable from the amp board to the rca out in the amp with cat 5 and i accidently broke the post on the amp board

. needless to say i organised for my techie friend to fix my stuff up and do the nirvana for me.

are you enjoying living in sydney? it's a lot faster than here in perth, a great place to bring up my kids though.

hi nature boy,

i've heard that the supratek products are very good, actually for once i can actually say that i live very close to a manufacturer, about 20 minutes driving from my house.

his products are a bit out of my range price wise and it doesn't helpwhen he sells his products in $us which puts me at a disadvantage.

regards

rod

JohnR · « **Reply #4 on:** 24 Jun 2003, 02:06 am »

beat, nope

I thought Mick Maloney was out in the bush somewhere? Heh, just the impression I got from his website a while back. Who knows, one day I might be able to make something that looks like one of his creations

Rod,

JohnR · « **Reply #5 on:** 24 Jun 2003, 09:41 am »

I spoke too soon. Tonight the damn thing won't sync

Larry · « **Reply #6 on:** 24 Jun 2003, 12:09 pm »

Quote from: JohnR

I spoke too soon. Tonight the damn thing won't sync

Earth the DIO and transport cases. It helps on my DIO.

JohnR · « **Reply #7 on:** 24 Jun 2003, 05:13 pm »

Cool, thanks for the tip, I'll try it. Darn thing decided to behave itself after I left it turned on for an hour...

I think the filter I put in was a step backwards. Oh well, I have another, I'll mod that and give it the other filter.

Glad I finally got to this, been sitting on it over a year

Time to stuff this puppy back in its box.

TG · « **Reply #8 on:** 29 Jun 2003, 01:38 am »

Quote from: JohnR

I spoke too soon. Tonight the damn thing won't sync

Hi John, a mate of mine who has modded several DI/Os tells me that the old production run from Taiwan frequently had sync problems on some units

. The new units being made in China apparently don't have the problem. There are some small changes to the circuit in the new production units, too.

Cheers
TG

PS - what suburb are you in?

JohnR · « **Reply #9 on:** 29 Jun 2003, 01:53 am »

Hi Tony, I'm in Newport. Almost off the end of the map

I realized that it depends on the time of day! Early evenings are particularly bad.. so it must be a power problem.

JohnR · « **Reply #10 on:** 1 Jul 2003, 08:39 am »

Holy cow!! I just measured my wall voltage... 207V

This is not good...

6:30 PM on Tuesday...

JohnR · « **Reply #11 on:** 1 Jul 2003, 11:35 am »

9:30 PM on Tuesday.... 225V

TG · « **Reply #12 on:** 1 Jul 2003, 01:18 pm »

The delights of Pittwater's electricity supply - I think it's related to the tides

. My mains is about 250V - hot, but at least it's consistant.

Cheers

JohnR · « **Reply #13 on:** 1 Jul 2003, 01:46 pm »

Eesh. Where do you live?

11:30 PM: 234V...

Man, first it was the ticks and termites, then the darn spiders... and now I discover I've got SOGGY POWER!! I wanna refund

Well, at least they'll never put a freeway or flight path through here

Oh, I was able to use a variac to up the juice to the transport and DAC, the sync problem went away...

TG · « **Reply #14 on:** 1 Jul 2003, 03:20 pm »

Quote from: JohnR

Eesh. Where do you live?

Gladesville, just near a substation

Quote from: JohnR

11:30 PM: 234V...

Wow, your power really swings with demand

Quote from: JohnR

Man, first it was the ticks and termites, then the darn spiders... and now I discover I've got SOGGY POWER!! I wanna refund

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