29-Jul-2015, 02:02
My primary interest is getting this thing up to a level of SQ I'm content with rather than puttering around with make-shift enclosures tho funny you mention a resin cutting board as I've actually had a go with one of those once with an external power supply. Worked too but didn't knock it outta the park and I ended up going another direction. Was over a year getting that PS back in-the-box so I could sell it!
I look forward to your endeavor adapting the F'tech 1501. With quality wire and a suitable thickness of 3M double-sided automotive tape underneath it should hold like it were welded! I firmly believe however if some things inside the Dev were different it would eliminate the need for any OEM EMI AC inlet filter altogether. An interesting snippet of trivia is that most current high-end aluminum enclosures don't use em yet most current high-end steel enclosures do. If the 'big tweak' pans out for me, the first thing that will fall out of the Devialet afterwards is that filter to be replaced with a F'tech FI-33 rhodium plated 20A inlet using short lengths of Crystal Cables high-current solid core silver wires soldered at the OEM PS inlet. My last three systems and current 2nd system have that tweak with "OMG-level" SQ enhancement! When things are incredibly right in that particular 2" rectangular patch of real estate the benefits are far, far greater than the sum total of parts used and much further-reaching than just the AC or power circuit! Always a good place to start.
I have all the Caig products in-house use them regularly but my stupid-spendy Walker kit dried up years ago and had to be tossed. Today I make due with just the full compliment of Caig products.
Wish we lived closer as I have ALL the F'tech CF terminations and you could try before-you-buy. Tho I guess with parts like those, we NEVER return em!
I'm unsure how my next adventure will unfold. I could go internal once or twice more and still opt out of Devialet altogether. Or I could go in again tomorrow and immediately begin disassembly. I try not to overthink things as less gets done around here when I do.
I look forward to your endeavor adapting the F'tech 1501. With quality wire and a suitable thickness of 3M double-sided automotive tape underneath it should hold like it were welded! I firmly believe however if some things inside the Dev were different it would eliminate the need for any OEM EMI AC inlet filter altogether. An interesting snippet of trivia is that most current high-end aluminum enclosures don't use em yet most current high-end steel enclosures do. If the 'big tweak' pans out for me, the first thing that will fall out of the Devialet afterwards is that filter to be replaced with a F'tech FI-33 rhodium plated 20A inlet using short lengths of Crystal Cables high-current solid core silver wires soldered at the OEM PS inlet. My last three systems and current 2nd system have that tweak with "OMG-level" SQ enhancement! When things are incredibly right in that particular 2" rectangular patch of real estate the benefits are far, far greater than the sum total of parts used and much further-reaching than just the AC or power circuit! Always a good place to start.
I have all the Caig products in-house use them regularly but my stupid-spendy Walker kit dried up years ago and had to be tossed. Today I make due with just the full compliment of Caig products.
Wish we lived closer as I have ALL the F'tech CF terminations and you could try before-you-buy. Tho I guess with parts like those, we NEVER return em!
I'm unsure how my next adventure will unfold. I could go internal once or twice more and still opt out of Devialet altogether. Or I could go in again tomorrow and immediately begin disassembly. I try not to overthink things as less gets done around here when I do.
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