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Behringer EP1500 mods part deux

post #1 of 50
9/25/06 at 8:17am
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A new way to mods the EP1500.

http://www.agoraquest.com/viewtopic....d2=electronics
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post #2 of 50
9/25/06 at 8:40am
Looks cool, but may be in wrong forum.
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post #3 of 50
9/25/06 at 8:55am
Great find ............. *laughs*

Maybe we can help people here......don't do these silly mods... I only see one
useful mod out of many.....

Just think, all that amp goodness going through some low grade tinned wire, circuit board traces and cheapie nickel-plated binding posts (shudder).

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Now the audio signal goes from the circuit board through solid core copper wire right to the gold plated binding posts.
The internal power wiring appears to be the same cheap grade of wiring.

*I guess they don't know that the tinned wire is copper wire, and tinned copper reduces copper oxidation.... lol

*Replacing it with solid wire is not better than the same gauge stranded wire,
stranded wire gives you flexibility to route the wires easier. lol

*What is the problem with circuit board traces? none.

*What is the problem with nickel plated binding posts ? none really.

*Rewiring will do nothing, did his tech guy not take electronics 101 class?

Ribbon cable comments? ->

Gold plated 120 VAC plug ->

The only good mod is the cardboard tube to force the airflow into the
heatsinks, this is a great mod. Save your money and don't bother doing the rest.
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post #4 of 50
9/25/06 at 9:19am
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Could a Admin move this to the right place.

Sorry.
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post #5 of 50
9/25/06 at 10:06am
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Originally Posted by soloxp View Post

Could a Admin move this to the right place.

Sorry.


Maybe the forum needs a renaming.

DIY speakers and electroncs.

DIY speakers and subs is silly because subs are speakers.
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post #6 of 50
9/25/06 at 10:24am
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Originally Posted by thylantyr View Post

Great find ............. *laughs*

Maybe we can help people here......don't do these silly mods... I only see one
useful mod out of many.....

Just think, all that amp goodness going through some low grade tinned wire, circuit board traces and cheapie nickel-plated binding posts (shudder).

and

Now the audio signal goes from the circuit board through solid core copper wire right to the gold plated binding posts.
The internal power wiring appears to be the same cheap grade of wiring.

*I guess they don't know that the tinned wire is copper wire, and tinned copper reduces copper oxidation.... lol

*Replacing it with solid wire is not better than the same gauge stranded wire,
stranded wire gives you flexibility to route the wires easier. lol

*What is the problem with circuit board traces? none.

*What is the problem with nickel plated binding posts ? none really.

*Rewiring will do nothing, did his tech guy not take electronics 101 class?

Ribbon cable comments? ->

Gold plated 120 VAC plug ->

The only good mod is the cardboard tube to force the airflow into the
heatsinks, this is a great mod. Save your money and don't bother doing the rest.


It's always interesting to see the extents that some will go to to "improve" a product.
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post #7 of 50
9/25/06 at 10:57am
Good 'sanity check' Thy... I hope this thread stays in one piece to show people what *not* to do.

Best,
Mark
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post #8 of 50
9/25/06 at 11:28am
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Originally Posted by mrogowski View Post

Good 'sanity check' Thy... I hope this thread stays in one piece to show people what *not* to do.

Best,
Mark

Sorry guys. I just put this up just for the fan part or this mod. Is there a way for me to rename the (Title).
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post #9 of 50
9/25/06 at 12:12pm
I got really bored today...and as a result of reading this thread I dug up some colored 80mm fans from my PC overclocking days.


Much quiter than the stock fan
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post #10 of 50
9/25/06 at 12:18pm
What model is that and it has to be 80mm? Correct?
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post #11 of 50
9/25/06 at 12:38pm
Model: Ep1500
The stock fan is 80mm. So this one was a drop-in replacement.
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post #12 of 50
9/25/06 at 1:02pm
Looks sweet even though the fan is on the back side of the amp.
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post #13 of 50
9/25/06 at 1:20pm
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Originally Posted by crackyflipside View Post

Looks sweet even though the fan is on the back side of the amp.

Lol I didn't intentionally mount my fan like his. I just wanted a quiter, cooler looking drop-in replacement fan
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post #14 of 50
9/25/06 at 2:28pm
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Hey Exocer, that look good. I'm a big timer o/cer with water cooling in my pc. I going to do 2 80mm fans....but the quiter ones. I might cut a 120mm fan on top and just replace the 1 80mm fan with a quiter one.
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post #15 of 50
9/25/06 at 2:35pm
Im an Ex-Oc-er

I pretty much leave my computer at the default speeds...even playing games. Remember the celeron 300a?

That water cooling does some amazing things...I've always been a fan of fans and aluminum cases(well this doesn't really count) and copper heatsinks to drop temps
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post #16 of 50
9/25/06 at 3:08pm
Ah yes, overclocking. About a year ago I brought a 1.8ghz p4 to 3ghz on air cooling and stock heatsinks.





And to Soloxp: Would a 120mm fan fit on the top???
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post #17 of 50
9/25/06 at 3:16pm
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Originally Posted by soloxp View Post

Hey Exocer, that look good. I'm a big timer o/cer with water cooling in my pc. I going to do 2 80mm fans....but the quiter ones. I might cut a 120mm fan on top and just replace the 1 80mm fan with a quiter one.

Sounds like a plan. My last case was so cheap I don't even remember the brand...Anyway, I ended up cutting two 80mm holes on the top with a dremel right behind my Dvd-rom drive. Be careful you have enough clearence for those drives.


My current case costs way too much to cut
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post #18 of 50
9/25/06 at 4:56pm
Remember the celeron 300a?

lol...........
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post #19 of 50
9/26/06 at 7:01pm
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Originally Posted by thylantyr View Post

Remember the celeron 300a?

lol...........

I had one of those....
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post #20 of 50
9/26/06 at 7:04pm
Also an ex OCer here. I've gravitated towards audio over the past year, so my money supports that instead of computer parts/hardware.
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post #21 of 50
9/26/06 at 10:06pm
Exocer did you have to change that 4 pin plug on that 80mm fan in anyway to get it to fit with the ep1500?

thx
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post #22 of 50
9/26/06 at 10:08pm
Its actually a 3-pin connector for this Antec fan. The stock Ep1500 fan has a 2-pin connector, so what I did was test which of the three holes on the Antec fan worked. It turns out the two working pins were right next to eachother (which is normal) so I just connected it that way, with the two working pins. No modifications necessary.
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post #23 of 50
9/26/06 at 10:10pm
rgr thx
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post #24 of 50
9/26/06 at 10:11pm
np
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post #25 of 50
9/27/06 at 8:13am
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Originally Posted by Exocer View Post

Sounds like a plan. My last case was so cheap I don't even remember the brand...Anyway, I ended up cutting two 80mm holes on the top with a dremel right behind my Dvd-rom drive. Be careful you have enough clearence for those drives.


My current case costs way too much to cut

Gayest thing I've ever seen is case modding.

Where's the taste?
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post #26 of 50
9/27/06 at 10:12am
You obviously haven't involved yourself in a good game of Half Life in the dark have you?
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post #27 of 50
9/27/06 at 11:57am
I'm confused, are you saying that involving yourself in a good game of half life in the dark is gayer than case modding?
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post #28 of 50
9/27/06 at 12:36pm
My computer is now under the desk because of my interest in audio (no space for the case and bookshelf speakers on my computer desk). At the time I modded my last case (2 80mm holes pictured above) I was in posession of a pesky P4 processor that didn't overclock as well as I would have liked. Adding the top two fans actually helped in getting me closer to whatever my goal was at the time...but that was years ago
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post #29 of 50
9/27/06 at 3:44pm
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What did I start here.
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post #30 of 50
9/27/06 at 4:10pm
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Originally Posted by soloxp View Post

What did I start here.

You started a thread that got me interested in switching out my stock Ep-1500 fan I can tell you that much thanks
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