New PL400 Full WOPL Build

George S. said:
Only advantage I know of is needed clearance between the meter stud and copper buss bar. You can lower the buss bar by moving the caps further apart using the original holes on the original buss bar, or craft a new bus bar with the holes closer together.
Easiest and cheapest to just get the old tape off the cradle, and watch clearance during assembly. The 400 and 700 Series 2 have no tape, they used a clamp attached to the rectifier stud.
Wish I had a photo of a original 400 S2, but here's a photo of the copper strap/clamp I made for my 700 Pro build. Those caps are right against the aluminum cradle, no padding.
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Al, excellent! The final rendition of the PL400, the Series 2 showing the factory clamp, caps tight against the cradle, no tape or padding. Thank you!
 
George S. said:
Only advantage I know of is needed clearance between the meter stud and copper buss bar. You can lower the buss bar by moving the caps further apart using the original holes on the original buss bar, or craft a new bus bar with the holes closer together.
Easiest and cheapest to just get the old tape off the cradle, and watch clearance during assembly. The 400 and 700 Series 2 have no tape, they used a clamp attached to the rectifier stud.
Wish I had a photo of a original 400 S2, but here's a photo of the copper strap/clamp I made for my 700 Pro build. Those caps are right against the aluminum cradle, no padding.
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looks really classy mr. george...
 
Ok, that was a pain in the ass after the fact. lots of IPA (both kinds) and a plastic scraper…

Lesson learned, I needed the clearance between the busbar and meter stud.

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Hexis22 said:
This method for un-weaving the RCA input coax shield strands has been posted before, but given it worked so well I thought I would post it again.

Using a soft wire brush to separate the coax shield worked amazingly well!

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Is that RG316?
I have the green/black twisted pair on my 400 and I’d like to change to coax.
 
laatsch55 said:
Should be VERY revealing of the good, the bad and the ugly of every recording. That's the curse of really good gear...
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So true... The source material now becomes increasingly important.

Initial listening sessions using Spotify music streaming with my iPhone through the 24K into a Bryston 4BSST amp (a brutally neutral and accurate pairing) driving B&W 802's speakers was horrifically flat and divoid of detail as compared to CDs.

I suspect a good streaming DAC and high res music service will be in my future...
 
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