Description
In addition to the improvements offered by the Stage 1 upgrade this maudifi upgrade adds more detail and delivers greater spaciousness / openness to the soundstage. The clarity of voices in particular will surprise you.
- DIY Upgrade Guide
- All components required for the upgrade provided.
- Pre-Amplifier
- 4 x Bridge Rectifier diodes replaced with ultrafast recovery types
- Noise snubbing capacitors added
- 2 x Reservoir capacitors upgraded
- 8 x Decoupling capacitors upgraded
- 12 x electrolytic capacitors removed from the signal lines
- 4 x Op-amp upgrades – performance audio monolithic
- Add gold-plated turned pin IC sockets for future op-amp upgrade potential.
- Input circuit refactored
- 2 x ClarityCap Polypropylene film capacitors for input coupling
- A further 6 electrolytic capacitors in the signal path are bypassed.
- Power Amplifier
- 8 x Rectifier diodes replaced with Ultrafast recovery types
- 8 x Reservoir capacitor upgrades
- 6 x Bipolar electrolytic capacitor upgrades
- 12 x polar electrolytic capacitor upgrades
- 2 x ClarityCap Polypropylene film capacitors for signal coupling bypass
- 2 x Polypropylene film capacitor upgrades
Logaraj Dorai Rajoo (verified owner) –
I loved my old CA, had no complaints and traipsed along merrily in life…until I decided to invest in a new R2R DAC. As is wont in most obsessions, one life-changing experience begs another, and I started thinking of how I could have my CAke and eat it too (figuratively speaking). A little online research and trawling through forums led me to Maudifi.
Scott promised improved detail, imaging and an expanded soundstage, and this kit delivered in spades! The amp still has that weighty feel, but I’m hearing things I never heard before, in places that they weren’t before (in an excellent way), and I’m a very very happy camper.
Yesterday my kid rocks up and says “Dad, how come your speakers sound better? I can hear the strumming of the guitars so clearly and they sound so BIG” … which reminded me to stop listening to my music for a bit and write a review for Scott. Well done, sir. Well done.