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pcX is pleased to offer all our customers a further 15% off (our already low discounted prices) on any new order of Resistors*; Inductors; Damping Material & Isolation Feet. Sale ends August 31st, 2008 @ midnight. This discount only applies to all "in-stock" ALLEN-BRADLEY, CADDOCK, DUELUND, HOLCO, PRP, DRALORIC, SHINKOH, AUDIO-NOTE, KIWAME, MILLS, MUNDORF, VISHAY resistors; SOUNDCOAT, SPECTRA DYNAMICS, CARDAS, EAR VIBRAPOD damping material & isolation feet; and ALPHA-CORE, SOLEN, DUELUND inductors. *Note: Due to finite supply and no new production, RIKEN is not included in this sale. This also does not apply to matching fees on resistors or unwinding fees on inductors. |
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FEATURED ITEMS |
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These British-made precision "audio-grade" Metal Film Resistors (1 watt, 1/2 watt and 1/4 watt 1.0 %, -100ppm, axial leads) are now being phased out at pcX (after almost 20 years). As such, we are offering them on a going-forward basis at 40% off (no additional discounts for quantity). Get yours while they last. Note: Clearance discount has been increased from 30% to 40%. Please e-mail order@partsconnexion.com to place an order today! JUPITER Condenser beeswax paper-aluminium foil Caps - 30% Off JUPITER Caps are back ! After a move back east, and a lengthy process of re-qualifying new OEM vendors, Jupiter has re-launched their unique line of signal caps.....with a broader range, improved reliability and slightly improved technical and sonic performance, this product line is poised for a real resurgence in the DIY marketplace. These are large plate area capacitors (both 100V Loudspeaker and 600V signal coupling types) made of all natural materials,
most notably beeswax impregnated kraft paper dielectric. Available leads are standard OFHC copper leads or 4/9 silver leads.
Jupiter Condenser capacitors are hand made in the USA using the finest specially selected materials. For Jupiter, the dielectric was the first area to be addressed in the manufacture of their caps. From the early 1900's to the 1950's, the greatest paper capacitor research was in the area of dielectrics...with no mention of foils. Paper formulation and it's handling were key, though impregnants were deemed the most important area. Specifically, anti-oxidant characteristics of impregnants were prized. . With beeswax, there are small amounts of propolis, which is anti-bacterial, anti-fungal, anti-viral, and most importantly, a very powerful anti-oxidant. This protects the paper and foil from further oxidation, and keep microbes from eating/degrading the wax and paper Jupiter has also adopted manufacturing practices used by RCA and techniques developed by Bell Telephone which were also implemented in Western Electric paper capacitor manufacturing. These procedures combined with Jupiter's own proprietary techniques, yield an insulation resistance that averages 50K megohm. Check Them OutPlease e-mail order@partsconnexion.com to place an order today! HFT Power AC Cords - Now 40% off ! From Hi-Fi Tuning (Germany), makers of our successful line of silver fuses, comes a range of AC HFT-70234 Please e-mail order@partsconnexion.com to place an order today! |
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NEW PRODUCT INTRODUCTIONS |
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GOLD LION - KT66 & KT77 TUNG-SOL- EL34B TUBEGL-71496 Please e-mail order@partsconnexion.com to place an order today! BURSON Discrete OP AMP Modules IC-based op amps are used in audio for several reasons...ease of design;
ease of assembly; and their low cost....but not sound quality. IC-based op amps suffer
from EMI noise, inconsistent quality and were NEVER designed for audio. However, the "discrete" op amp modules from BURSON AUDIO are ! Featuring: ....these modules dramatically exceed the subjective (sound quality) and objective (test measurement) performance of any IC-based op amp. Simply the best op amp in the world ! For More Info Click Here Please e-mail order@partsconnexion.com to place an order today!
Please e-mail order@partsconnexion.com to place an order today! FURUTECH Select Series Pure Transmission Fuses 20mm and 32mm Nonmagnetic Time-lag Fuses pcX Audio connoisseurs know that all links in the signal path are as important as the next. Furutech engineers solutions that optimize every pathway and junction; any unaccounted for characteristic weakness (i.e., contact resistance, EMI-radiating junctions, RFI) diminishes performance as noise and distortion builds. Using the best materials and processes available along with meticulous attention to build quality is a large part of the Pure Transmission engineering equation: The fuse is equipped with rhodium-plated OFC copper caps and a special low-inductance copper alloy conductor, ceramic body with special damping filler. All metal parts treated with Furutech’s patented Alpha Super Cryogenic and Demagnetizing process. These beautifully made audiophile fuses are engineered to withstand 1 nanosecond at a full 1500 watts, and rated at 125mA/6.3A. Plug a Furutech power cord into one of their high performance outlets covered with the exquisite resonance-damped carbon fiber-over-stainless outlet cover to an e-TP609 power distributor or e-TP80 filtered AC distributor, equip your front-end components with high performance fuses and power cords, and you’ve gone a long way towards a powerful, satisfying musical experience. 5 X 20mm Slow Blow Rhodium Plated Cap w/Copper Alloy Filament
FTECH-71450 1A 6.3 X 32mm Slow Blow Rhodium Plated Cap w/Copper Alloy Filament FTECH-71457 1A Please e-mail order@partsconnexion.com to place an order today! TKD 2CP-2508 Stereo 100K Potentiometer pcX is please to now offer a "special" TKD volume potentiometer, not offered by any other DIY hobbyist source. A consistent comment about TKD's popular 2CP-2511 control is it's pro-style "fader-like" taper....which is not always desired by HiFi hobbyists.
What pcX has chosen (with the assistance with TKD's technical support engineers) is TKD's 2CP2508 part.....a stereo 100K pot, with a 300 degree rotational angle, and most importantly, with TKD's A taper...which mimic's the familiar "audio/log" taper offered by long-time industry leaders for HiFi audio potentiometers, ALPS and NOBLE. If you want the best sub-$100 "audio taper" potentiometer on the planet, this is the part to choose ! TKD-70897 Please e-mail order@partsconnexion.com to place an order today! GOLDEN DRAGON Tube Rings (by Duende Criatura) GOLDEN DRAGON Tube Rings by Duende Criatura considerably reduce distortion and self-oscillation from audio tubes. They have to be slid around the top part of the tube and where they reduce mechanical vibrations in the tube. The listener will notice improvement of three dimensional picture, a more controlled bass and cleaner sound stage. The before mentioned effects are at their best when the tube ring is sitting around the top part of the tube. The tube’s ability to radiate heat will be unaffected. The base ring has been manufactured of pure grade Teflon because Teflon has a high specific weight and good dampening characteristics. Teflon can handle temperatures up to 260 degrees C., considerably above the typical tube working temperature of 160 to 220 degrees C. The titanium clamp insures an intense contact between Teflon ring and glass tube. Titanium has been used because tube circuitry are normally high-impedance designs and therefore sensitive to eddy-currents. Titanium, unlike other kinds of metal, does not carry eddy-currents. Duende Criatura tube rings are the result of years of design and experimentation and can be used in pre stages, phase splitters and output stages. Improvement is recognizable in non-amplifying and high feedback stages, but sound improvement is at its optimum in amplifying and low feedback stages. The Duende Criatura tube rings are available in different sizes for most tube types. Non standard ring sizes can be manufactured on request. Tube rings can be easily cleaned in either a dishwasher or with degreasing soap and hot water. DUENDE-71367 Please e-mail order@partsconnexion.com to place an order today! QQQ Tube Sockets pcX is pleased to now be carrying a new range of sockets favoured in the Japanese DIY audio scene - the brand is QQQ (aka 3Q).
Both the 8-pin Octal and 9-pin types are chassis mount, with a nickel-plated brass frame, black phenolic socket material; and tin-plated phosphorus bronze contact material. The contact integrity is exceptional with these sockets. SOCKET-71375 Please e-mail order@partsconnexion.com to place an order today! Please e-mail order@partsconnexion.com to place an order today! |
6C33C-B CUSTOM TUBE TESTER & TUBES |
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pcX has recently received delivery of the custom tube tester we had commissioned to be built for the 6C33C-B Russian power triode tube. Using this tester (4 tubes at a time):
TUBEORT-64640 Please e-mail order@partsconnexion.com to place an order today! |
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NEW MODIFICATION UPGRADES - RECENTLY DEVELOPED |
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SHANLING PCD-3000A CD Player **NEW** SHANLING HP-3000A Headphone Amplifier **NEW** SHANLING MC-30 Music Center **NEW** MARANTZ SA-11S2 CD/SACD Player **NEW** MARANTZ SA-7S1 CD/SACD Player **NEW** RAYSONIC 168 CD Player RAYSONIC 128 CD Player MUSIC HALL A-25.2 Integrated Amp MUSIC HALL CD Player ORIGINAL 2008 MKII CD Player BEL CANTO DAC-3 D/A Converter SHANLING CD-3000 CD Player Please e-mail Chris Johnson at info@partsconnexion.com if you are interested in more information (pricing and mod details) on any of these mod packages on either an aftermarket basis, or, contained within a pre-modified unit....directly from pcX. |
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EXTRA-SPECIAL SALE PRICING |
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Promotional discount of 25% on all regular priced items below... VTV-68432 Please e-mail order@partsconnexion.com to place an order today! ELECTRO-HARMONIX 300B & 300B Gold Grid TUBEEH-60258 300B Please e-mail order@partsconnexion.com to place an order today! |
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OVER-STOCK SALE |
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PEARL Tube Coolers
From Bill Perkins of Perkins Electro-Acoustic Research Laboratory! pcX now has in stock, "new" updated PEARL TUBE COOLERS - without a doubt, one of the most
useful accessories in tube audio. Use of these devices result in reduced tube microphony for noticeably improved sonics; and longer tube life (conservatively triple) due to the cooler "heatsinking' the heat away from the glass enveloped, via the thermally conductive copper-finned cooler material. PEARL has converted (since October 2005) cooler manufacturing over to a new fin design, which provides over 60% more contact area with the tube's glass bulb/envelope. As such, the carbon fibre sleeve is no longer required for the cooler to work, as intended. As we sell out of the older design (which include the sleeve) coolers, customers will receive new stock, without the carbon fibre sleeve. WHICH
COOLER FOR WHICH TUBE? |
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BENCHMARK DAC-1 / DAC-1 USB Upgrade MODIFICATIONS |
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pcX is very pleased to continue to offer, on an aftermarket basis only, our modification service for this award winning D/A Converter. NOTE: Benchmark Media no longer allows it's retailers (those who sell the DAC-1 itself) to also offer upgrade mods....thus, pcX resigned the product line, but we continue to enthusiastically recommend the DAC-1, and perform our DAC-1 mods. S/E Output Mod: $495 USD aftermarket NOTE: Stereophile Magazine's 2004 EDITOR's CHOICE Award Winner. Please email info@partsconnexion.com if you are interested in making a purchase of one of these fine DAC's, with or without our Performance Upgrade Mods. Details of the Mods are available upon request. |
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SONIC FRONTIERS SFCD-1/SFT-1
Please e-mail order@partsconnexion.com to enquire about these today! |
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ANNOUNCEMENTS |
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CONNEX BL-Ag Interconnect Cable (2x 23awg solid-silver with teflon tape wrap dielectric, drain wire, and foil shield) is finally back in stock, after a 16 week wait ! This is pcX's most popular interconnect cable (custom made for us by DH LABS), and probably the cheapest pure silver "balanced configurable" interconnect available today. This is like a junior version of DH LABS' Revelation Interconnect Cable. CARDAS We at pcX have recently made substantial investments in large roll lengths of the majority of CARDAS hook-up wires, which entitled us to additional wholesale discounts. This has enabled pcX to pass on these savings to it's customers...thus, we are able to minimize the effect of Cardas' upcoming July 1st 2008 factory price increase ! Also, Cardas has announced new pricing for their DIY connectors effective September 1st, 2008. PEARL TUBE COOLERS Bill Perkins of PEARL has effectively suspended operations on the production of both Tube Coolers and Cryotubes. pcX has concluded after months of unproductive discussions with Bill, that PEARL is no longer a reliable vendor, or a "going concern"....and it appears that he is unable to fulfill his legal and financial obligations to his "retail distributors" such as pcX. Until such time that Mr. Perkins can sort out a number of personal and business issues, pcX will no longer actively market his product. We at pcX regret that we cannot guarantee fulfillment of any existing PEARL back-orders due to these circumstances, which are well beyond our control. DUELUND We at pcX are now pleased to have listed on our website, the complete range of DUELUND Hook-up Wire, Graphite Resistors, VSF Caps, CAST-PIO caps, WPIO Inductors and CAST Inductors. We also need to announce that a large number of DUELUND cap and inductor types under went a large price increase in July, due to the continuing increase in the commodity cost of copper. Lastly, we have now listed the VSF-400V and CAST-PIO 630V caps (both in Cu) - made specifically for electronics. |
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