Quickie mods

which resistor is better to replace with tantallium ?  the 1K close to the 150 uf capacitor or the ones 475K close to the coupling capacitors ?

thanx
 
charger said:
which resistor is better to replace with tantallium ?  the 1K close to the 150 uf capacitor or the ones 475K close to the coupling capacitors
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Neither.  The 4K plate loads would be well substituted by Tantalum resistors, or the 4K resistors on the PJCCS.
 
charger said:
I am just in a  mess now !! which manual ?  Quickie manual or PJCCS  ?  where  is this 4K resistor?
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The 4K resistor is in both. In the PJCCS manual, it is removed, and replaced with a constant current source that also uses a 4K resistor.
 
so i put 27 pf from pin3 to 5 and 56 pf from pin 5 to ground as suggested by Paul but noise from mobile is still here
but i found basses are more punchy and dynamic , I don't know it's a placebo effect but it seems so
 
after some hour of listening i can confirm sound has improved in all parameters, i don't know why but it's another sound i hear, everithing is more alive , sounds i never heard before in cds now are very audibles . May be Paul has an explanation for this
 
I am new to this forum, i have had my Quickie 1.1 for just under a year now and have been a very happy camper. I recently read this thread from start to finish and have damped the tubes, as was suggested, with great results. I am now in the process of ordering new caps and an Alps pot but would also like to upgrade the resistors to tantalum and understand that it really is only necesarry to change the 4k resistor on the PJCCS. I am ordering from parts connexion and they only have a 3k9 shinkoh. Will this do the job or does it need to be exactly 4k?

I live outside the USA and really do not want to purchase at separate stores as it increase shipping cost by a lot.

thanks a lot for this very informative and useful thread!!
 
Thanks for the response, I live in Chile South America, ordering from the USA is quite easy as i have a shipping address in Miami, but i can give the UK a try - this is not and expensive purchase as far as audio go - so if something happen the loss would not be to great. Will check the site mentioned.

Any knowledge on the resistor value, can I use the 3k9 instead of the 4k

Thanks once again
 
The 470 Ohm resistor in the PJCCS is the one to upgrade.

The 4K resistor used as a plate load in the stock kit would be an upgrade candidate, but it does not serve the same function in the PJCCS.

-PB
 
Thanks for the responses, As i have the PJCCS i will only replace the two 470 ohm resistor with tantalum, change the coupling caps to obligatto premium gold film and upgrade the pot with a TKD 2CP - 601. Anything else worth doing?

Thanks in advance
 
Bump for resurrection. Plan on upgrading and reviving my original quickie that already has pjccs and russian caps. Any chance the pictures can be reloaded?
 
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