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Hello folks, my name is Mike and I’m new here. Well not really, but made it official today. It’s time to update my PL 400 (ser# 13866) as it’s been getting rather noisy as of late. I acquired this amp when it was about five years old along with a pair of Klipsch LaScala’s. I did some remodeling for a friend and he gave me this gear as payment. The speakers had the crossovers and tweeters replaced with some Crites units this past summer so it was time to tune-up the amp.

The first task is installing the recently purchased 16.8K uf White Oak Cap Upgrade. Still researching the PL 14_20 kit but that’s coming in a week or so.This is all a bit intimidating since I’m a gearhead by trade and hope I can struggle thru this conversion. Installing the parts I can handle but some of the setup procedures are a bit daunting and getting access to some of the equipment you guys talk about might be a tall order. It looks like Joe King has taken a lot of the technical skills out of the process but it’s still black magic to me.

There is so much information here it is all hard to digest but can probably find answers to any questions that I might have. I promise not to make a pest of myself and want to thank you all for sharing your wealth of knowledge with those who, like me, are electronically challenged. Again, thanks for having me.

Mike
 
Hello folks, my name is Mike and I’m new here. Well not really, but made it official today. It’s time to update my PL 400 (ser# 13866) as it’s been getting rather noisy as of late. I acquired this amp when it was about five years old along with a pair of Klipsch LaScala’s. I did some remodeling for a friend and he gave me this gear as payment. The speakers had the crossovers and tweeters replaced with some Crites units this past summer so it was time to tune-up the amp.

The first task is installing the recently purchased 16.8K uf White Oak Cap Upgrade. Still researching the PL 14_20 kit but that’s coming in a week or so.This is all a bit intimidating since I’m a gearhead by trade and hope I can struggle thru this conversion. Installing the parts I can handle but some of the setup procedures are a bit daunting and getting access to some of the equipment you guys talk about might be a tall order. It looks like Joe King has taken a lot of the technical skills out of the process but it’s still black magic to me.

There is so much information here it is all hard to digest but can probably find answers to any questions that I might have. I promise not to make a pest of myself and want to thank you all for sharing your wealth of knowledge with those who, like me, are electronically challenged. Again, thanks for having me.

Mike

Welcome to the forum, Mike! Phase Linear and LaScalas, huh? Gonna fit in really well here and the vast array of audio ninjas on this site will have your amp running better- than- new in a jiff. As to being a pest, we always need a few more of these in the mix;-).

Have fun.
 
There is a lot of info in previous build threads, but sometimes ya gotta wade through the Nav Babes, the Joe sarcasm, the laatsch55 rants, but hey....it's who we are....remember...no thread is safe...
 
There is a lot of info in previous build threads, but sometimes ya gotta wade through the Nav Babes, the Joe sarcasm, the laatsch55 rants, but hey....it's who we are....remember...no thread is safe...

Welcome and as lee said no thread is safe:shaking2:
 
Welcome RH to Phoenix. Don't be afraid to ask questions - just be afraid of the answers. Bottoms up!
 

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Welcome Mike.

Wow - you got a full blown bare ass from Nav (and a very nice one I might add) - Cool!!
 
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