I just received the power board and the crystal. I am ready to mod this weekend. I will buy the wooden board at jusco , cost RM 6.50. and the power supply at pasar road, cost rm 30.

I have finally got it opened. apparently the components used inside the player is quite good. smells new.

Added schematic and service manual of JVC in open post #1.

This post has been edited by ccschua: Nov 15 2008, 08:24 AM

Went down to pasar road this morning. Bought a 75VA 12-0-12 tranny and some accessories.

** Remember to bypass the power supply and ground to the analog section **

I have hooked up the Peter Daniel 8V DC regulated PS. Next on the list, modding the cap and remove parts on the CD mechanism. More photo to come.

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Added on November 16, 2008, 11:50 pmI am surprise at how good the Transport sounds, after I have the mechanism fix to the board and the huge 75VA tranny. What I found is better details especially the instruments. On certain tracks (Vivaldi 4 seasons) I can hear the background violin. Better transparency and coherency. I used mostly Sanyo Oscon, next upgrade is the audio-gd external clock.




This post has been edited by ccschua: Nov 16 2008, 11:50 PM

Refer page 1 for the pdf document. The components recommended are actually all Blackgate Std, but I manage Oscon cause it is available here.

The heatsink is on the way from Farnell, costs me RM 16 (and it is huge). The regulator runs hot actually.

Many trial has been made about the power supply, the best is still blackgate with the MSR 860 and 7808.

Now the shigaclone is rock solid, help by the weight of the tranny.

Can u see how simple it is to be done. Took me some time tough, cause i am noob here.

This post has been edited by ccschua: Nov 17 2008, 08:26 PM

If I measure DC I get 18V, If I measure AC I get 32V at the input to the unregulated channel.

suggest u get a boombox also. the stock is running out liao.

I am enjoying every second of the sound. hope to get blackgate.

Here come the shigaraki diy with my zero mod..

Notice I have switched to 75 ohm BNC only. Also time to bypass the cap with green sausage. [check at the zero dac there]





This post has been edited by ccschua: Nov 18 2008, 11:46 PM

Pls check my earlier post. I have mentioned the sound is very promising given the stability the unit offers.

completed acutally. but the bad news I burnt it accidentally. Now tough time to find IC replacement. if not, it is a good pair for my 16bit tda1541a