Thanks for the kind words! I'm afraid I won't be able to move forward on a more detailed walk-thru until/if I'm better able to post pics. But that aside this is not a complex or complicated conversion and all the pics required are already posted. Most anyone should be able to proceed from this initial series of posts comfortably and confidently. And as more & more people do it more will be able to add to it and answer questions about it. Only tool needed to gain entry thru the back cover is a Torx T10 bit and only 8 fasteners. Takes less than 5 minutes to gain entry if one just wants a close look before attempting any work inside or picture-taking. Closing it back up is a tit-for-tat reversal of the removal. Only additional thing I would mention is care should be taken when removing/replacing rear cover as there's lots of little pins that need to be aligned before rear cover snicks into place.
I opted for 0710's for only one reason; its was the only WBT 07 series silver post available in the US when I first did this conversion on an amp in 2008. Its remained my go-to post for one reason only; 'consistency/uniformity' across components. No other reason 'cept it sounds wonderful albeit not significantly different than the 0705 might. Tho I have learned to prefer the additional heft/mass of the larger 0710 and its accompanying damping enhancement with previous full-size amps. Knowing what I know today I would personally opt for the WBT 0703/0708 posts with the Devialet as I love the aesthetic and ergonomics and don't require the added mass and/or damping abilities of the 0705/0710 with the Devialet. Tho ALL of them, ie; 0703, 0705, 0708 & 0710 will require a similar shortening of the spade terminal to adapt to the Devialet. Reason being the Devialet terminals are ~20mm from Devialet rear mounting plate to female terminal clip and all of the WBT and most others like Furutech etc are ~30mm length.
I'm sorry I didn't take a close look at the RCA inner connections while inside as I don't use even a single one in my system... just a power cord, TosLink and speaker cables. I suspect they are soldered and overwhelming odds would agree but I wouldn't bet the farm.
I personally find speaker binding post conversions to be simpler/easier/faster than component post conversions primarily due to a dramatically larger area to work within and most speakers have access panels that binding posts are attached to and are easily removed which hugely simplifies things and offers GOBS of real estate to work in.
Good luck with the upcoming project and feel free to ask questions anywhere along the way.
By the way I'm ready to speak out a little about this conversion today. In a word... INCREDIBLE!!! Tho I'll likely get a little more long-winded/wordy sometime beyond the 96 hour mark.
I opted for 0710's for only one reason; its was the only WBT 07 series silver post available in the US when I first did this conversion on an amp in 2008. Its remained my go-to post for one reason only; 'consistency/uniformity' across components. No other reason 'cept it sounds wonderful albeit not significantly different than the 0705 might. Tho I have learned to prefer the additional heft/mass of the larger 0710 and its accompanying damping enhancement with previous full-size amps. Knowing what I know today I would personally opt for the WBT 0703/0708 posts with the Devialet as I love the aesthetic and ergonomics and don't require the added mass and/or damping abilities of the 0705/0710 with the Devialet. Tho ALL of them, ie; 0703, 0705, 0708 & 0710 will require a similar shortening of the spade terminal to adapt to the Devialet. Reason being the Devialet terminals are ~20mm from Devialet rear mounting plate to female terminal clip and all of the WBT and most others like Furutech etc are ~30mm length.
I'm sorry I didn't take a close look at the RCA inner connections while inside as I don't use even a single one in my system... just a power cord, TosLink and speaker cables. I suspect they are soldered and overwhelming odds would agree but I wouldn't bet the farm.
I personally find speaker binding post conversions to be simpler/easier/faster than component post conversions primarily due to a dramatically larger area to work within and most speakers have access panels that binding posts are attached to and are easily removed which hugely simplifies things and offers GOBS of real estate to work in.
Good luck with the upcoming project and feel free to ask questions anywhere along the way.
By the way I'm ready to speak out a little about this conversion today. In a word... INCREDIBLE!!! Tho I'll likely get a little more long-winded/wordy sometime beyond the 96 hour mark.
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