Re-wiring an RB250/300

[Gromit]

Anyone tried this? I'm after giving my RB300 the Incognito treatment but am more than a little concerned at doing so - has anyone here fitted it themselves?

Was it especially tricky or just a case of 'take it nice and slowly and don't do it when suffering with the DT's??'

Thanks for any advice

 

[penance]

Theres a thing, did mine 2 nights ago.
fairly easy to do so long as you are carful, very very thin wires.
A worthwhile improvement aswell

 

[Gromit]

Cool - thanks

Just done a search for Incognito on this forum and found a wealth of really useful info, save repeating stuff here

 

[Bob McC]

Dealt with in the latest HiFi+

Bob

 

[Gromit]

Dealt with in the latest HiFi+

Bob

Thanks Bob - I'll check it out.

(B*gger - this means I'm going to actually have to buy a hifi mag)

 

[penance]

Gromit,
I noticed better seperation and better low end control.
Go on you know it makes sense!!


oh yae, you get 2 allen keys in the kit, Bargain!!

 

[Gromit]

Gromit,
I noticed better seperation and better low end control.
Go on you know it makes sense!!
oh yae, you get 2 allen keys in the kit, Bargain!!

Just got back from Walrus about an hour or so ago - had a good chat with Pete, reckoned the job wasn't too bad.

Sat here now...pondering. Only real concern is that I've a really crap soldering iron - nearly as crap as its owner in fact.

Think this'll be a wet sunday afternoon job.

 

[soundzandpower]

Did mine a few years back, made a great improvement.

The mechanical part of removing the old cable and inserting the new was very straight forward. HOWEVER, soldering the tiny little cartridge clips was V. fiddly and I almost came unstuck! It would be very easy to burn the ends away and potentialy bugger up the new wire. Careful does it!

Still, very worthwhile upgrade.

Best Regards.

 

[Gromit]

Well...the job's done.

Took all of an our and a half - the soldering could be neater but I'll probably re-do it some time in the near future, smarten it up a bit.

Improvement in sound quality is marked to say the least. There's less flabby bass and more of the important stuff - seems to have gained something in terms of real low-end heft aswell, especially pleasing bearing in mind my dinky speakers.

Music's faster and has a touch more drive - reckon it's down to the cable cleaning up the leading edge of sounds.

All in all, and as folk have already said, a very worthwhile upgrade indeed. If you haven't done it already, do it soon - your RB's will love you for it.