PL 700 II REPLACEMENT MAIN VOLUME POTS

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Sniff, think he's talking about bypassing the DCP rather than the attenuator pots. I may be mistaken.
 

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George, one time on Stephen's system in Phoenix he played his Sweet Thunder release of Crime of the Century on his Thoens TD 520 with an unpronounceable Japanese cartridge through a Walker Reference phono amp, Rowland Coherence preamp and the Silver Shadow 400 pushing some JBL L200'S. A very discerning system. I heard the difference without a DCP and with one. It was noticeable, but man, that was some expensive gear that was probably worth what he spent..

Sure miss that guy..
 

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Lee, I hear you. I appreciate it. It's tough losing a good friend. I remember you talking about him once, a forensic accountant I believe.
 

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Sometimes I think I can George and sometimes I just cant tell. On the better engineerd stuff yeah...
Imo , W the 700II and 400II you might hear a different if the POT are not turned all the way up. Ed said that their is distortion if the Pots are not turned up all the way.
I always had them turned up and I love the look of them.
also, what kind of cables you use can to the pots can make a huge different (never like the Phase linear Cables) and how you rout them also can make a different. (this is the most important cable in the amp - Low single level)
But I like to turn them all the way down for troubleshooting and if I'm removing RCA cables. like you said can make a high pitch noise which I don't like!
 

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Imo , W the 700II and 400II you might hear a different if the POT are not turned all the way up. Ed said that their is distortion if the Pots are not turned up all the way.
I always had them turned up and I love the look of them.
also, what kind of cables you use can to the pots can make a huge different (never like the Phase linear Cables) and how you rout them also can make a different. (this is the most important cable in the amp - Low single level)
But I like to turn them all the way down for troubleshooting and if I'm removing RCA cables. like you said can make a high pitch noise which I don't like!

For troubleshooting, the amp should be turned OFF before connecting and disconnecting anything.
 

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50% pot setting, 100K pot. Input impedance = 55.54K ohm at 100 Hz or greater, 220K at DC

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Thanks Joe
I like the charts, never really understand the circuit (Never like the Sw and I never thought it was Audio grade)
see pic What's the advances of the low pass capacitor filter can, is it also a dc coupler to the inputs?
I have my 400II wired like this and thinking the same w the 700 II w the pots all the way turned up.

I Don't Remember if the I have a 200k resistors hooked up and w this setup is their a reason to have the resistor installed?
w the low pass capacitor installed would give me more real power for the amp?
 

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