aharder,
Ya, u can do bi-amp, 8000A drive HF & 8000P drive LF, then u won't waste the 60W of 8000A than if u use it for pre only.
whether Jensen gold is better than original Elna black negative? i'm not sure. Maybe other here like viewer can tell.
I can tell is that the charcteristic of most jensen is sweet sound and my 8000A almost 15yrs old, no matter how the big cap is going to die soon as i can feel the degrade of it's performance... my friend will help me buy from william. the price is ~HK210/pcs u can check the price in hififever.
Most probably i will receive the big cap during CNY, then i will able to tell u the performance. After CNY he will go HK again then back in May.
Since u no hurry on modify audiolab, i suggest let me test & see the result in CNY then only u decide whether to buy or not.
Another info, spend the same money on mod audiolab seems have better result than cdp.
for audiolab, u just need to replace the 3 cap (100uF/35v) near power supply already can see a lot improvement. Imagine ur 8000A is ~10yrs old, estimate it been use 3hr/day, 10yrs-->10,000hr so most ecap nearly die....
hey, if u change opamp can sell the old 2604 to me? as i'm not going to change to 637 or any upgrade... if i will do any upgrade in future i will try to bypass opa. |