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The units I have are 240V units or they say at the rear panels of the amps. The repaired unit is past the 100+ hours mark. Total time on the repaired unit is around 360+ hours & so far no issue. The failure came from C5, one of the caps. This caused a loss of bias resulting in orange glowing light bulb like tubes on one bank. Of course a whole bunch of resistors were also affected etc. While this first breakdown occurred, the monos were attached to my big Torus which has voltage regulation.
I have since changed to Shunyata passive conditioners when the second unit failed. Symptoms of failure was slightly different but the cause was the same - loss of bias. So, parts were sent & amp was hauled away for repairs. Expect to receive it back today. Fingers crossed. In the meantime, at 360+ hrs the first pair i starting to sing nicely . 100+ to 300+ hrs were dark days of doubt & anguish Regards, Joe Ling
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Source 1 - Bergmann Sleipner + Benz Micro LP-S + ARC ref phono 10 (should have done this ages ago) Source 2 - Avid Acutus SP reference + Thales Reference tone arm + Benz Micro LPS (DS Audio Master 1 broken tip repaired but cost me USD2k. Still having issues - channel imbalance - back to dealer. However, channel issues not withstanding, sounded very very nice. Need to get it back soonest) Source 3 - DCS Vivaldi + Antelope reference clock or Cybershaft Op18 (not floating my boat so far) Source 5 - ROON ROCK with Aurender W20 as NAS & 2 units of SOTM switch with 10M input (the new frontier but still cannot beat CD for now) - ROON endpoint - Vivaldi upsampler Amplification - Naim Statement Speakers - ProAc Carbon 8 + JL FM113 x2 (replacement purchased - Stella Utopia EVO but due to lockdown, could be a year's wait) Purepower 2000 x 2 (&$@#% but sounds nice) Shunyata Denali X 2 |
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Good to hear.
I bought a second pair so that I have 100% redundancy. The second unit has been repaired & delivered to me last night.
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Source 1 - Bergmann Sleipner + Benz Micro LP-S + ARC ref phono 10 (should have done this ages ago) Source 2 - Avid Acutus SP reference + Thales Reference tone arm + Benz Micro LPS (DS Audio Master 1 broken tip repaired but cost me USD2k. Still having issues - channel imbalance - back to dealer. However, channel issues not withstanding, sounded very very nice. Need to get it back soonest) Source 3 - DCS Vivaldi + Antelope reference clock or Cybershaft Op18 (not floating my boat so far) Source 5 - ROON ROCK with Aurender W20 as NAS & 2 units of SOTM switch with 10M input (the new frontier but still cannot beat CD for now) - ROON endpoint - Vivaldi upsampler Amplification - Naim Statement Speakers - ProAc Carbon 8 + JL FM113 x2 (replacement purchased - Stella Utopia EVO but due to lockdown, could be a year's wait) Purepower 2000 x 2 (&$@#% but sounds nice) Shunyata Denali X 2 |
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