Recent content by texaslonghorn538

Yeah, if there was a distinct trace there, this would be pretty easy. But there isn't. Rather, there is a wide patch of copper that covers this entire area of the board. So that just makes it more confusing. I am confident Jim will clear this all up for me and I will feel really stupid (but...

Masking I meant the green coating that is actually on top of the copper traces that insulates the traces from unintended contacts. What happened is that the adhesive holding the cap pulled off a small amount of this green coating right around the holes in the PCB, so yes I can see a small spot...

Hi. I recently recapped the PS and XO of my Clarities, but I have run into a problem. In removing caps C3 and C4 of the PS (the one mounted to the base), some of the masking came off the PCB itself. What I am trying to determine is whether any of the legs on C3 and/or C4 are intended to make...

No - I am not familiar with that tweak. Where can I find info? THanks

Good idea on the ferrite - where is it on the stator wires? I assume inside the cabinet... is that correct?

What Jim Powers told me I asked him if I could get a schematic of the XO and he replied that because the Clarity is currently in production, he could do that but he did give me the following guidance for upgrading: I see two caps that are of some importance. One is a 10uf 100 volt. The other...

I am in the process of doing several internal upgrades to my Clarities. Replaced a couple key caps (as indicated by Jim Powers) with some high voltage PIOs. Upgraded the PS 'lytics with better 'lytics (including Rubycons). Am now replacing the XO resistors with Duelund XO resistors and the...

Silver can create problems especially in 'stats because both the speakers and the cables are so highly revealing and completely unveiled. My speaker cables came from a small company called Electrum Audio (www.electrumaudio.com). You may want to contact them. I have a bit of a hybrid they made...

I personally toured ML's manufacturing site in Lawrence a year or two ago, so I have seen firsthand what is actually produced there. Yes, the 'stat panels are all made there - completely by hand as a matter of fact. The curving of the perfed metal, the stretching and setting of the diaphragm...

Another idea I have the Clarities. I bought them when they first came out. I like them quite a bit and I only use them for 2-channel listening. However, I am in the midst of modding them a bit. The PS and XO caps, resistors and inductors are not as high quality as I had expected, so I am...

I have had a pair of Clarities for a couple years now and have run it exclusively off vintage Mac MC2100s (first two monoblocks, now a single stereo). I do a lot of DIY ICs and speaker cables and have found that the Clarities responded the best to a hybrid speaker cable. I use Cardas spades...