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#1 Posted : Sunday, November 10, 2013 7:38:40 PM(UTC)
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Hi guys

I have been living with my B-III for some time now, and it`s sounding great. I will try to upload some pictures if I can get it right.
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#2 Posted : Sunday, November 10, 2013 8:46:01 PM(UTC)
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My setup in my listening room.
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#3 Posted : Sunday, November 10, 2013 8:52:15 PM(UTC)
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B- III and Exa
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#4 Posted : Sunday, November 10, 2013 9:03:48 PM(UTC)
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2X Placid Bp, and 2x Placid Hd. One of the Placid Hd`s are feeding Exa on the Usb 5v in. The 5v from the Pc through the Usb-cable is removed before Exa Usb in. It you are watching closely, you can se the red cables going to Exa`s usb terminal from the Placid Hd on the right side.

It makes a guite remarkable improvement in sound quality when feeding Exa with clean Placid power.Dancing
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#5 Posted : Sunday, November 10, 2013 9:05:22 PM(UTC)
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Another one.
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#6 Posted : Sunday, November 10, 2013 9:11:29 PM(UTC)
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Big trafo`s. Drool

225 va-18v x 2 for the Placid Bp`s, and 250va-9v for the B-III and Exa.
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#7 Posted : Sunday, November 10, 2013 9:14:32 PM(UTC)
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Love it
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#8 Posted : Sunday, November 10, 2013 9:22:34 PM(UTC)
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The original caps is been replaced. Mundorf MLytic 22000uf on the Placid Bp`s , and 33000uf on the Placid Hd`s.

Overkill ? probably, but when I could hear the improvement with bigger trafo`s in place, I couldn`t resist replaceing the caps to.
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#9 Posted : Sunday, November 10, 2013 9:26:17 PM(UTC)
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Here is the last picture. B-III at the bottom in my self made Rack.
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#10 Posted : Sunday, November 24, 2013 2:15:11 PM(UTC)
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Hi musicman,

Nice setup ! Could you give more information about your 5V powering mod on the exaU2I ?
And by the way, how do you manage grounding in this box of wood ?

Thanks !
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#11 Posted : Sunday, November 24, 2013 8:45:25 PM(UTC)
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Hi neofeed

Here are two pictures. It shows the connection from Placid hd to Exa, and the other picture show the BIII.
If you look up in the left corner, you will see the grounding wire goes from the aluplate and over to the shield on the powercable. I just solder it to the shielding on this cable. On the other end it`s well connected to the aluplate.

Hope this will help
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#12 Posted : Sunday, November 24, 2013 10:32:53 PM(UTC)
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neofeed

I forgot to mention that the grounding wire also is soldered to gnd on the iec socket. I guess you have already figured this out.

( sorry for my bad english, hope you understand )
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#13 Posted : Monday, February 3, 2014 11:28:00 AM(UTC)
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Hi musicman!

Thanks for the details, I guess I understood yes ;)
By the way, could you tell me (here or PM) where did you find your big trafos ? I couldn't find this capacity with matching voltage nearby... d'oh!

Cheers
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#14 Posted : Friday, February 7, 2014 9:07:27 PM(UTC)
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Hi neofeed

Two of the trafo's ( 18vac) is from RS-components, and the 9vac come from Digikey ( not 100% shure, but do a search on google and you will find )

I have also tried smaller trafo's ( 160vac) and you don't need any bigger to feed Placid Bp and Hd. I know, becouse I have tried out both in two different Buffalo dac's.
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#15 Posted : Wednesday, February 26, 2014 8:50:09 PM(UTC)
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Well it was time to move on with my Buffalo IIIse.

Bought 2 metal cases from Hifi -2000 in Italy, and here they are in the rack. ( Hegel P-30 preamp on top )UserPostedImage
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#16 Posted : Wednesday, February 26, 2014 8:56:02 PM(UTC)
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75 ohm s/pdif connector. Switch ( on the left side ) for switching between I2S- s/pdif. XLR connectors from Neutrik.UserPostedImage


And the Powercase with Trafos and Placid BP`sUserPostedImage
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