Hi-B cut chokes for DIY power supplies - purchase details

[MarcelNL]

sure you can, plenty of slots left when I emailed with him recently! (may need two more myself)

 

[MarcelNL]

we're now approx 4 weeks later, any sight on a start date?

[MarcelNL]

Wooohaaaa! that means I can soon design the finished case for my project :-)

Currently only using 1 choke, where I want two in a  CLCLC configuration....

 

they look great (as usual) , I hope you guys are as stoked as I am with his work!

 

(I may commision some to put in the linear PSU for the network router and switch....call me crazy)

[MarcelNL]

BTW; did anyone notice a CPU needs breaking in? I'm beginning to think so....it's possible I missed it as I've been scrounging the gamers leftovers and have bought a brand new CPU for the first time....

[MarcelNL]

interested to hear more feedback on the SQ with these chokes, surely the first batch has gone out and is installed already?

 

 

[MarcelNL]

5 minutes ago, Gavin1977 said:

First batch (about 8 chokes) is now ready for dispatch - Martin is on course for completion of all chokes in about 2 weeks.  I’ll shortly be paying the remaining balance for mine.

 

@MarcelNL are you wishing to corroborate your own listening experiences?

 

 

mainly curious what others think and if there are new ideas rather than folks doing what others already did ;-)

 

[MarcelNL]

mine are on their way, others must have received them already ( I think I ordered the last pair)....any feedback?

(it's awfully silent here so I'm assuming everyone is sitting there listening with their jaws on the floor ;-)  )

[MarcelNL]

10 hours ago, Dev said:

No luck yet on the West coast side. There is no shipping update since June 6th. I am wondering what might have gone wrong.

try tracking them via 17track.net it's likely they are in pre customs hold, there is often a bit of a black box in that process between arrival and completing customs IME (also professionally when shipping stuff to the US). 

[MarcelNL]

9 hours ago, Todd H said:

I spoke to Martin recently. He didnt seem concerned about ship time, noting it always takes longer then expected. Not sure if that's the final word on the matter but glad to hear no issues on his end.

West Coast always takes a day or two three longer from over here IME.

[MarcelNL]

mine will arrive tomorrow, provided PostNL gets their act together....

Won't be using them straigh away, already have two in use..

[MarcelNL]

Left at the doorstep by PostNL like a foundling (already put in a complaint, it was package nr 27 or so where things went wrong)

 

 

 

[MarcelNL]

3 minutes ago, Gavin1977 said:

They’re massive!

they HAVE to be, 10 Amps @ 36 or so Volts DC is a lot of power...and that was the reason I was so sceptic about the Hammonds in the original design.

Sometimes specs mean 'the thing will not go up in smoke at this current' (just look power ratings for cheap speakers) but that is not what we need...

[MarcelNL]

so a good 2 weeks after most folks have been receiving theirs, how about some feedback ?

 

meanwhile I'm going in a different direction with a dual xeon build after some mishap with my new MB, I will likely keep the LPSU as is. and just splat the sage MB in place of the current one

[MarcelNL]

6 minutes ago, Exocer said:

My entire machine has mostly changed since installing the chokes but for the time that they were installed in the same exact system as the Mundorf inductors, I felt that the overall noise floor had dropped, the sound was more transparent and had more weight. There was a nice increase in bass articulation and control. In the end the sound was more dynamic in a good way. 

 

That being said, the difference going from Hammond 159zj to Mundorf VN180-10 was MUCH larger than going from Mundorf VN180-10 to Martin Mug choke.

thanks, sounds quite logical to me that going from an almost anemic choke to something better is larger jump!