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
  • 4 x Noise snubbing capacitors added
  • 2 x Reservoir capacitors upgraded (audio grade)
  • 6 x Decoupling capacitors upgraded (audio grade)
  • 4 x Op-amp upgrades – performance audio monolithic
  • 4 x gold-plated turned pin IC sockets for future op-amp upgrade potential.
  • 2 x ClarityCap Polypropylene film capacitors for input coupling
    • replaces low quality electrolytic capacitors
    • 2 x maudifi CapAdapt70 modules added to enable this.
  • A further 4 electrolytic capacitors in the signal path are bypassed.
• Power Amplifier
  • 4 x Rectifier diodes replaced with Ultrafast recovery types
  • 4 x Noise snubbing capacitors added
  • 2 x snubbing capacitor upgrades
  • 8 x Reservoir capacitor upgrades
  • 6 x Bipolar electrolytic capacitor upgrades (audio grade)
  • 10 x polar electrolytic capacitor upgrades (audio grade)
  • 2 x ClarityCap Polypropylene film capacitors for signal coupling bypass
  • 2 x maudifi CapAdapt70 modules added to enable this
  • 6 x basic electrolytic capacitors in protection circuit upgraded for longevity.