phase linear 400

[VSAT88]

All you gotta do is click on it Gene...HA

 

[gene french]

now..was that so hard???
lol

 

[gene french]

i need another modi 3...

 

[VSAT88]

I got another one. How much you wanna spend?

 

[gene french]

I got another one. How much you wanna spend?

as little as humanly possible...lol...

 

[VSAT88]

I think I have a cheap DAC from China floating around here somewhere. If I can find it, if I have not given it away I will let you know and we can work the same deal as last time. It's in my office now so we will see.

 

[VSAT88]

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[gene french]

i have a few of the chinese ones here too...
i really like that schiit i got from you last time..
i want seperate dacs and preamps...and not a y cable...i have a spare heresy preamp...but onlt one modi 3...i want another just like what i got from you...
i am using a chinese one now...
good morning by the way...lol
glad to see you on the 700 again...

 

[gene french]

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the eagle has landed...

 

[VSAT88]

Its a series II PL 400 I bought a few weeks ago I am foolin with right now. Glad to hear about the eagle Gene!

 

[gene french]

how many pls do you have??

 

[gene french]

the eagle is curious!!!

 

[VSAT88]

Two. A PL 700 and a PL 400II

 

[gene french]

is the 700 a lot stronger than the 400???

 

[MusicSteve]

is the 700 a lot stronger than the 400???

Yes and has a Bigger Heavier Transformer and more output Transistors so when you drop it on your foot the 400II hurts a lot but the 700II break your foot! LOL

 

[VSAT88]

Yep, it will even lift heavy speakers off the ground!

 

[wattsabundant]

I found a thread over at AK where some dude had put together all of the stock board upgraded / recommended parts. He said that some of the info came from Don himself but now I cant find the thread so I guess all back stock. I can tell you for a fact that R112 and R1 are toast. Hell R1 reads 7.82K ohms.

I put together a parts list a decade or so ago. I think I had a kit of caps. Not much demand for them since Joe did his magic and no complaints here. I'm not in favor of the massive parts change outs such as all of the transistors and diodes. It opens up the possibility of mistakes, lifted tracks etc.

If I was to repair a 400/700 the front end transistors (Q1-4) would get changed without question. I've seen a lot of those let go in the last 5 years or so. Great for DCP sales, after the fact. I recently got a thank you from a 400 owner with vintage Pioneers that installed the relay board a few years ago.

 

[VSAT88]

No doubt in my mind that your DCP should go in any build. I have one now for the 700 you sold me a good while back and I put one in the 1st. PL 400 I built. This one meh, I don't know yet. The speakers I am planning on using the amp with I don't care too much about. I will keep what you said in mind. Thanks Don.

 

[gene french]

well, i saw a picture of the chassis....
these people are slower than molasses at the south pole...
and the dc protect board is there somewhere too....
anyway....
both 400s are providing gene and maria with great listening pleasure....
take care guys...
may karma be on your side today....well, every day...

 

[J!m]

Only one thing slower than molasses- mole’s asses.