"jazzy"....oops...LAZY to solder the input cable...

jazzy,

You're supposed to be the moderator but as I observe, all questions and comments including those from me are all directed at you and you need to answer them one by one. Hmmm a thankless job indeed. Before I go offline, let me recommend you a great jazz album which I just discovered last weekend - Jane Monheit's Taking A Chance on Love album, her 4th released in 2004, with a duet number of I Won't Dance with Michael Bubble plus a bonus track of Over the Rainbow. Her style is really jazz, very refreshing and she has a powerful voice of a soprano singer. And through my system now with a solid state integrated amp, I'd say her voice sounded so liquid and enchanting! Check it out.

Ahhh.. That is always a problem eh? Me too sometimes! hahahaha..

Y.C.,
I normally would try to answer most if not ALL questions directed to me...
I think that would be normal, right? Part of net ettiquette?
BTW, I hope I DID addressed all your queries? If I don't, please, do remind me..

Yes, I have heard about Ms. Monheit voice. In fact I have heard one or two numbers..
Thanks for the recommendation! I would certainly give this album a closer look, a listen rather.. hehe.
Time to hit the sack for me too.. It had been a long day to me too.. long drive from the south..

This post has been edited by jazzy939: Aug 25 2008, 12:24 AM

yea why not, send you a pm then
im hopping the shipmetn will arrive around tuesday, hopefully no issue at all, will pm every1 once i got it

aiya i also forgotten edi..paiseh, yamcharlor next time u come..

yea hopefully i can 9tim this batch fast too
soundstage is a intergrated amp right? pre-amp is power by tube?

hahaha..u are miss here ongbs too....
hmmm something wrong with my setup then?

OMG, tht casing is nice, but too many holes for 1 of the side panel, but easily fix

secret project ah let us see too lah

wow amp1 kit, how was the sound? hmmm mayb we can have a tt at your house then, what you say guys?

eh, you dont lazy go tryler should sound betterlor....
and wah you are using headphone wire as interconnect edi sounding so good? put inlah some decent 1, i think even cat5e will sound alot better....

yea her voice is snice! hmm downloads....downloads....

sifu jazzy and bsl555, nice to have 2 good technical guy here to correct our mistake, i belive Y.C. is good too
btw i can get some 1 to wind those trans if there is enough quantity, say around 5 pieces, duno the price tho. 24v-0-24v 3amp cost around rm30 or so

xtrom,
whoa you came in and post to all issues..
'cutting cost' eh

yea just came back from my house and done everything then only i post...haha, done some changes to the t-amp

previously was a quick check at my pm and this thread

going to sleep, good night

wow bro..new mod!
Mind to share more huh?

yes! yes! DETAILS please!

haha nothing muchlah..

change those braided cat5e to QED wire and put some cheapo 1000uf and xtra power rail for the tweeter amp like my mid amp

some how the sound is not so exciting anymore.

the soundstage b4 i change sounded like some young happy guy playing all those instruments, very happening but its noisy at time and some details are not easily heard due to it, at some point i even feel tht the music is overpowering the singer.

after the mod, it sounded like some old mature guy playing all the instruments, really steady and slow, details can be heard easily cause its not so noisy anymore, ofcos its abit dull, but the background is really quiet, they behave themself nicely, and music are at no point over powering the singer.

some how i like the way it is before moding, but ill let it burn in for a week or so and see, like ongbs said, lazymah

This post has been edited by xtorm: Aug 25 2008, 09:49 AM

xtorm,

Thank you so much, I will pay for those resistors together with balance of my T-amps.

Second shipment of T-amps arriving Tuesday? Wow, that is tomorrow.

The AN kit 1 stereo amp's output is only 7.5W into 8Ω per channel; I already sold it off many years ago as I listen to my system practically everyday so it would be very costly to maintain 300B valves especially when I am not using any voltage regulator at home. The amp, no doubt excellent sounding in the midrange, is a lil' slow to me who is very much after the PRaT sound. Presently, I'm only using a integrated solid state amp and if that does not deter you to have tt at my house, I welcome you with opened arms.

I only realised her voice sounded so rich and powerful recently. And she looks awesome too.

bsl555 and jazzy939 are sifus with proper technical background. I am nowhere close and only approach music playback on follow my heart basis.




This post has been edited by Y.C.: Aug 25 2008, 10:51 AM

Y.C.,
Just curious. What integrated amp are you using now? You reckon the T-Amp gonna beat the daylights out of that amp, eh?

Anyway, following your recommendation, I did have another listen to Jane Monheit.. she's definitely will be in my collection, however I also found another vocalist; Renee Olstead! Jane is a bit laid back and mellower, Renee is more 'energetic'
I guess it's a matter of preferences.. Ithink I like Renee more...

Minor update:

After more than 35 hours of burn in, I thought I have heard the last of any improvements but I was wrong...
It was late last night and I wasn't even infront of the 'HiFi' which is in my main hall. I was in my dining room when I heard something 'different'.. I knew this song very very well.. I paused, listened and went back to the hall trying to pick up what I heard...

It was very subtle, but the mid-bass now has a fuller body and weight.. a test with another album verified this new improvement..
I am also running the T-Amp at a slightly higher voltage of 12.6VDC than my usual 12.0VDC...

There you go! I bet you're be counting by the hours now...

NB: bsl555 is our sifu esp. in TT.. me nothing ler.. just an audio/electronic nut

This post has been edited by jazzy939: Aug 25 2008, 12:20 PM

jazzy,

I hope not, else I would be in big problem. I only wanted the T-amp to sound as good or slightly better than the entry-level NAD C315BEE at RM990. Anything more is a bonus to me.

Good to hear of improvement to sonics of T-amps even after 35 hours of running-in.

Walau, really envy u guys all got "sensitive" ears!
My ears can't tell slightly improvement of SQ, like after burn in 30 hrs etc....

Anyways, I do impress by the SQ of this little amp!
What I can say now is I listen to music more then ever

update: I solder the input with RCA connectors and now hook up to my AudioSource pre-amp, the SQ just great like before.

No humming noise or hsss noise at all, even my ear touch the speakers

My setup:
Sony MD>Pre-amp>T-amp>FS Speakers

Thank god we are blessed with such an ear.. any more than that we're in trouble

ongbs, me be you need to 'burn in' your ears too.. or it has been (over) burnt? Can't help it, just a joke ler..

As I found out, a three inches of unshielded cable lenth is also responsible for introducing some humming noice in my system, but thank god not intrusive enough to affect the musical enjoyment. Will be improved when the whole kit is in a proper casing...

Whoa! MD as a source! Real rare like the dinosaur!

Heyy, any chance of seeing the pix of your set up?



This post has been edited by jazzy939: Aug 25 2008, 02:22 PM

hehe...later with T-amp located inside a casing

My ears over-burn many years back by those so call "Walkman"

Say, you got big plans for the casing? Ready made or fully customized?

Oh that evil audio thing! Yes, I was kinda fall under the same spell too.. only I cannot afford the real thing and bought a Sanyo equivalent,
cheaper and more features

I bought a smaller simple casing today, just for the T-amp board.
The big one I will keep for future if wanna put in pre-amp and power supply.

Will upload picture tonite

Hi, ong you find the casing that I mention? I think you should got it.

yup I saw it but didn't buy as the base can't be removed.
I buy from other shop instead.