Dowser
Learning to bodge again..
Another tuner - I picked up a late model Quad FM4 recently for a decent price given its condition, and the fact that I love its looks and always wanted one. It came with original box and manual too, which is nice. Sound is good - it throws a very decent sound stage outside of speakers, and images well...but it somehow sounds fake. Candyfloss keeps coming to mind while I am listening, hard to explain; while it images well, the image seems lower resolution than the underlying lower registers which seem much better quality.
Has anyone tried recapping one? Any difference? I know about the bass issue into modern pre stages with lower impedance, but that really does not seem a problem into my Croft Micro II - bass is defined beautifully. Not sure whether to recap or not - if I still don't like it after, then it has to be resold - but if I recap it I will likely move away from the 200nF OP caps and fit 5-700nF Mullard Mustards...not sure if this will damage resale value? Not much modding information online on this tuner, outside of the lack of bass into lower impedance loads.
Photos;
The only small blemish - not noticeable in rack, but shame it is on front panel;
Seems very well engineered - first time I've seen a more recent Quad electronic unit;
Thanks, Richard
Has anyone tried recapping one? Any difference? I know about the bass issue into modern pre stages with lower impedance, but that really does not seem a problem into my Croft Micro II - bass is defined beautifully. Not sure whether to recap or not - if I still don't like it after, then it has to be resold - but if I recap it I will likely move away from the 200nF OP caps and fit 5-700nF Mullard Mustards...not sure if this will damage resale value? Not much modding information online on this tuner, outside of the lack of bass into lower impedance loads.
Photos;
The only small blemish - not noticeable in rack, but shame it is on front panel;
Seems very well engineered - first time I've seen a more recent Quad electronic unit;
Thanks, Richard