Pre3 upgrade again

[Paul Stoneman]

Hi Folks,
Only posted once been a member for nearly a decade but visited many times prior to joining, anyway great information and fun so thank you all.
I had a noisy Alps 50k pot which was in a Pre3 XL version purchased from a friend, sold my Pre3 in 2012, basic version, which was stupid but the circle of life, The pot had the shunt mod with Carbon Amtrans 47K, sounded very very good but a tiny bit of glare. Anyway to lessen the gain I now have the 20K Alps pot shunted with the new Audio Note Niobium resistors, 68K, not the silver ones, I also have installed the 0.1uf Mojotone mineral T oil caps, sounds really musical, clear and detailed, not a hint of glare, much better than I was hoping for! they have all been in for two weeks now and sound a bit better for the time.
Just thought I would share this in case any one wondered what these caps and resistors were like.
Cheers

[bob orbell]

Hi Paul, nice to hear you like your mods, but if you can, try two Charcroft Z-Foil resistors in the shunt pot position, they are stunning resistors, I have them in my Phono III and my Akidio CF Pre, yes, they are very expensive but worth every penny. Bob

[Paul Stoneman]

Hi Bob, sorry for the late reply, I actually could not find my own post so thought I missed posted.
Thank you I will try them.

[A Stuart]

Originally Posted by Paul Stoneman

... could not find my own post ....

You can go to "Members List" at the top of the page,
find your own name,
go to "Statistics",
go to "Find all posts by" yourself, or "Find all threads started by" yourself.

Alternatively use Search if you can remember any words that might narrow the field- eg ""Amtrans" in this case.

There may well be simpler routes that I have not discovered.

[bob orbell]

Originally Posted by A Stuart

You can go to "Members List" at the top of the page,
find your own name,
go to "Statistics",
go to "Find all posts by" yourself, or "Find all threads started by" yourself.

Alternatively use Search if you can remember any words that might narrow the field- eg ""Amtrans" in this case.

There may well be simpler routes that I have not discovered.

Good advise from Allister, Paul, please post your findings if you buy the Charcrofts. Bob

[Paul Stoneman]

Good morning, Happy New year all and thank you Bob, used the Charcrofts in the shunted volume pot and on the board, can't remember the resistor now as did over New Year Holiday, have had a bit of running in time and the pre3 is fantastic, a friend had a listen and said he wishes he had heard it before he brought his Moon 740P but I expect he was being kind. LOL.

I still hanker after a Pre4 CF, was talking to Matthew about one pre Christmas, I love the look and the simplicity, will not get rid of the pre3 though, too good, using with Purifi Eigentakt and background is silent.

On a side note I have a WAD6550 kIt with Sowter UO82 transformers which I have just stripped down for a full rebuild and to KAT, spraying the chassis at present, it had blistered a bit, I have a 2003 6550 as well build for my brother in law, that may be next.

Thank you for for a great forum.