Przem's Phase Linear 700 Series II White Oak Conversion

P.L.F. said:
... Had a 'louder' session today, the power of sound becomes scary after 12... I bet a candle could be blown out within say 2m distance... It could be done namely with Metallica and they 'The day that never comes' drums intro.... Addicting feelings while going hard with WOPL1000.....

Then I changed to Marillion 'Script for a jester's tear' and 'Misplaced childhood' staying at 10 o'clock. Again - definition, speed, low end richness and so much effordless dynamics were immediate words to come up with..... !!!

Joe, Lee, if you reached already that level of driving emotions with the WO upgraded PL700 amps, what's next then ??? ;-) Thanks God Nav's avatars and his from time to time some more scientific pictures (I mean Mother Nature creativity 'deep analysis') will keep this forum members' constant attention... :toothy5::toothy5::toothy5:
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I can blow Bic lighters out from 6ft away from the back dual ports of the E-712's. In fact, I actually blew one of the port sleeves out once
 
P.L.F. said:
... Had a 'louder' session today, the power of sound becomes scary after 12... I bet a candle could be blown out within say 2m distance... It could be done namely with Metallica and they 'The day that never comes' drums intro.... Addicting feelings while going hard with WOPL1000.....

Then I changed to Marillion 'Script for a jester's tear' and 'Misplaced childhood' staying at 10 o'clock. Again - definition, speed, low end richness and so much effordless dynamics were immediate words to come up with..... !!!

Joe, Lee, if you reached already that level of driving emotions with the WO upgraded PL700 amps, what's next then ??? ;-) Thanks God Nav's avatars and his from time to time some more scientific pictures (I mean Mother Nature creativity 'deep analysis') will keep this forum members' constant attention... :toothy5::toothy5::toothy5:
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All I can say is......Joe is never satisfied....so stay tuned...
 
What do you know that we don't know, Lee?

Surely not...If they sound any better, I don't think mere humans can take it.

With the WOPL 500 that Jer did and the ALK'ed and Crited La Scalas, all I want now is a tricked out fully comp WOPL 1000 and some All'ed and Crited KHorns..

I think that will be the ultimate, and I will be done building speakers, and buying audio gear......for good....
 
Save a tuner for me...
 
Here ya go Przem...

The only change being 2-3.6uf caps in place of the 7.5 cap. I have used Solen for all caps with no problems. the 10 ohm resistor has been changed out for 2-20ohm Mills 12 watt ausio grade resistors.
 

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Yep....don't know about the transformer yet. Was looking at Al's site for a couple hours this morning and I see one listed for tweeter attenuation duties for 89.00. I don't know if that's the same one as the 3619 though...I'll e-mail him and Crites and see what's up...
 
I'm kinda curious myself Przem. You going to build a set of K's?
 
Przem, if you look to the bottom of the parts list you will see an address and phone number for Universal Transformer and the part number...
 
Welcome to the curse of REALLY GOOD amps. Przem there are some remastered vinyl to CD recordings I just can not listen to. It has to be a shitty vinyl recording to begin with usually, but there are exceptions to that also. Some old BTO is almost unlistenable, whereas some Floyd is excellent....go figure. Try some Shpongle--"Corridor of Mirrors" there is some Dynamic range in that stuff....

The farther up the fidelity ladder you go the more critical we can be of mastering, mixdown and compresswion/expansion techniques. As little as I know about them I feel being critical of some is still OK being there have been some EXCELLENT albums and CD's released.......Allen Parsons comes to mind....Dire Straits....so what's the poorly recordings excuse??
 
P.L.F. said:
Well, it's my dream, Lee...
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For a father of a couple youngsters it may be hard to justify. Have you put a pencil to the total costs yet?? And given a little time, those costs can be shaved quite a bit by bargain hunting....
 
I (being a NON-GIFTED carpenter) managed it so a real, live one should have no problem. Also, I have run both the BMS 4592's and the DCM-50's. I really can't tell a difference in the sound quality department. The DCM-50 is less efficient, but in this application that is a good thing in my book. But either sounds worlds better than the K-55, or the Atlas driver. I have tried both of those too, and they are 1" drivers, really no comparison to the 2" drivers.
 
If someone had a CNC machine, I'll bet we could arrange a group buy of pre cut knock down K enclosures. I'd be in for a pair.....ala SpeakerLab..
 
laatsch55 said:
Welcome to the curse of REALLY GOOD amps. Przem there are some remastered vinyl to CD recordings I just can not listen to. It has to be a shitty vinyl recording to begin with usually, but there are exceptions to that also. Some old BTO is almost unlistenable, whereas some Floyd is excellent....go figure. Try some Shpongle--"Corridor of Mirrors" there is some Dynamic range in that stuff....

The farther up the fidelity ladder you go the more critical we can be of mastering, mixdown and compresswion/expansion techniques. As little as I know about them I feel being critical of some is still OK being there have been some EXCELLENT albums and CD's released.......Allen Parsons comes to mind....Dire Straits....so what's the poorly recordings excuse??
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Slash's Snakepit - It's Five o'clock Somewhere is a prefect example of a horrible sounding CD. I played it for Debbie yesterday and could not get through two songs. Just NASTY
 
I have heard a lot of guitar guys say tube wattage is louder then SS wattage. To me, watts are watts. It's how amps are rated today that is a joke. I remember a certain SS amp I had as a young adult that was insanely loud. A Sunn Beta Lead 2x12 combo that could give a all tube Marshall Major a serious run for SPL's and still sound good. The deal is you don't have drums, bass and a vocalist adding to the mix through the same amp so of course a guitar amp sounds way louder then a stereo amp. Stereo amps have to replicate everything, not just one instrument

I agree totally with the headroom. I could be sitting here listening to something at above conversation level and yet the meters redline on some dynamic parts. That's headroom, having the power to be able to replicate a passage without clipping. WOPL's have this down pat better then any other amp I have owned and still sound pleasing. My old Mark Levinson 333 was a great amp but it sounded fatiguing after a bit of listening. Of course I never wanted to admit that... after all it was a Levinson
 
There is a certain something about a decent tube amp though. They have the magic ability to be musical without being fatiguing at all.
 
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