Recent content by Phase Linear Phanatic

Lee is correct. Used ones go for a LOT of $$ now. They were expensive even new. But WORTH the cost. I paid roughly $1,200-$1,300 when NEW. The latter UDP knowing they were on the verge of going defunct and they wouldn't sell direct-to-consumer anymore. There was a wait list even for existing...

Make sure you teach your kids the right way to solder those WOPL boards fellas! Proper dexterity is everything.

My apologies for the very late post. PLP as in “ME”? I didn’t think my ears were THAT critical? Well maybe. I can hear the buzzing of a gnat from 20 ft away……………….

I mentioned in the March 26th post, that particular day was my fathers Birthday. I took him out to breakfast this last Saturday to celebrate it. (He had some other things going on the previous week that took precedence). He showed up with a traditional St. Louis style gooey butter cake he said...

Hi Glenn. I don’t know if you got the chance to view this specific thread recently, but it’s the one Joe’s referring to above. https://forums.phxaudiotape.com/threads/my-fathers-continuing-saga.4575/page-15#post-302769 -Dave

Sharing Joe’s data (numbers) below. Again to help those suffering from the same condition I did. (Joe, feel free to chime in here so I’m not putting it wrong.) I didn’t know some amps had self-shorting jacks? Glad to know it’s not only the PL’s that suffer from the dreaded hum either. Joe’s SNR...

Good eye. Yes that was in the middle of adding new RCA wires. Obviously work in progress. I can assure you everything got blown out again with and air compressor to ensure nothing like that stays in there. (OCD wouldn’t allow it.) Probably spent ten minutes cleaning it back up again after making...

YES. NO RCA's were hooked up whatsoever. Just the bookshelf speakers to the binding posts. Same when I moved it inside to the Acurus system and the Giant Speakers. Same result at my fathers house as well.

I lied about not touching the amps again. I still just couldn't shake the irritating low-hum the two amps kept exhibiting. After a LOT of back and forth with Mark and trying some things like internal shielded cable from the RCA's to the driver board, nothing seemed to alleviate the problem...

Better question is what WILL I be? I have not built the system that these guys will drive yet. That project starts this year. My aim is to mimic what I built 20 years ago. But on a larger scale. Initially, the hardest part was getting the amps and I knew that. The speaker components and...

I second that on the Acurus RL-11. I bought one for my system as well upon Lee's recommendation and I had Mondialfan (Kevin) hot-rod mine as well. The best pre-amp I have ever used. (Shown in the center top stack). I don't have a need for a phono stage so it's perfect for my set-up. Some don't...

Yup. We had the same results here after the re-routing. So we are good. I think what I meant by the backplanes being rewired was the one amp I used a longer yellow wire from the left backplane board and went behind the control board to keep it away from the AC going to the thermal switch. The...

Got Joe's wiring kits in. Had my father return today with both amps in tow. I made matching modifications to both. Following Joe's wiring path instructions, I re-routed my AC and DC the best I could. Some Consideration given to the two facts that A.) I already had the backplanes in and wires...

That's very close to how I built my first huge set of speakers. (Talked about on this forum over the years and in my photos). In using MDF back in the 90's, I'd take wood putty to the grain end that butted up against each other and in the cracks and crevices, the wood screw counter-sinks and use...