manthik
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| Do electrolytic caps need burn in? After sorting through all the choices, I finally settled on a huge pair of polypropylene 1000uF caps made for commercial power supply applications (solar power). I found them cheap on ebay. I got them custom mounted. All the highs and the detai... | |
| Do electrolytic caps need burn in? Sorry for the slow reply guys. I see there are differing viewpoints as to how to properly form an electrolytic capacitor. I have done some slow rate power cycling, but that didn't really help either. However, I didn't do much, and I'm not sure ... | |
| Do electrolytic caps need burn in? OK, per suggestions here, I let the amp run continuous for about 48hrs. If you add in my listening hours, the total time would be somewhere about 55hrs. There is very little change in the sound. The bass is still there, mids are nice, but the t... | |
| Do electrolytic caps need burn in? No update yet. I just plugged in the unit in the last hour. I'm going to keep it on. I'll recheck the sound this weekend. Should be a solid 48hrs. | |
| Do electrolytic caps need burn in? @roberjerman, I am using the stock value. There is nothing to second guess here. It is a simple high pass filter network with a primary function to block DC. The value could be changed according to the implementation, if desired. The designer'... | |
| Do electrolytic caps need burn in? @atmasphere , thanks for the tip. How many hours do you think it takes to form an electrolytic? Patience seems to be key..From Stevecham's comments, it looks like power cycling does the best job of forming the dielectric. I'll put some "don't c... | |
| Do electrolytic caps need burn in? @erik_squires , the preamp is also a 1W power amp, meant to drive 4ohm loads, thus the large cap value. It is the LTA MZ2. Since it was primarily designed as a smallish power amp or headphone amp, in preamp mode, it still likes to be loaded some... | |
| Review: Linear Tube Audio (LTA) "Ultralinear" Amplifier Hi All,This is a follow up on my listening impressions of the UL in comparison to David Berning Quadrature Z mono blocks (200W). I got through this testing a while back, but just never got around to posting my observations. Just to refresh, I pl... | |
| Review: Linear Tube Audio (LTA) "Ultralinear" Amplifier Hi Lance, yeah, I will keep this thread posted. I'm not much on posting very often, but I feel I should contribute/give back from time to time, since the internet rewards me with so much information when I need it.For others out there, I'm not pl... | |
| CDP or DAC with high end volume control Hi Charles,I totally lost track of this thread, and its been a while since I last posted. I did make a successful switch over from a passive preamp to the LTA MZ2-S with NOS rolled tubes. Huge difference over the passive. The sound stage opened... | |
| Review: Linear Tube Audio (LTA) "Ultralinear" Amplifier I just placed an order for this amp (in the pre-production ZOTL40 case). Offer was too good to refuse. Mine will be retrofitted with remote volume control, and supposedly works very well sans extra preamp. I only need 1 input anyways (from DAC)... | |
| CDP or DAC with high end volume control Hi Reverendo,I totally forgot about this thread, since I did not get any replies when I originally posted in 2014. Interesting this thread picked up a bit. In a round about way, a dealer sent me a PM this morning, and referenced this thread, whi... |