APUTIS ELA M251 capsule holders

[Andriejus]

Another option would be to use plastic covered with black but white inside, so that laser engraving becomes white.

Best,
Andrew

 

[Andriejus]

Hi All,

Just wanted to post some good news. Plated headgrilles will be finished this week. I will start shipping polished nickel headgrilles first. Satin headgrilles are being plated in another country so it will take a little bit longer, but shoud be ready soon also.

I am also running out of aluminium parts for the bodies, so next version will be fully from brass- this will make plating easier and decrease an ability of bad parts. However it will influence the price a little bit, but the whole product will be and feel more high quality.

Thanks for the patience for all. I will post some news soon.

Kind regards,
Andrew

 

[stelin]

Hi Andrew,

I can't find your M49 thread any more. Do you have any news about the M49 bodies?
I paid for two M49 bodies last november, if I remember correctly. 
Any and all news would be welcome!

- Stefan

 

[JessJackson]

Any luck Andrew? I still haven't taken delivery of anything

Cheers

Jess

 

[Andriejus]

Jess, please check your email for info about your order.

M49 and ELA M251 mount thread will be redirected here.

Kind regards,
Andrew

 

[Andriejus]

Hey All,

Updated info at the beginning of the thread.

Kind regards,
Andrew

 

[Murdock]

Thanks for the Info! Looks great.
It's now 4 weeks after you said it will take 3 to 4 weeks. Any news?

 

[tonzauber]

you may not take him literally....  I've been hearing 3-4 weeks since July 2015....

Just use my zen approach:  It will arrive when it arrives...

 

[Andriejus]

Hey All,


Status :

M49 - brass parts are almost finished and I will take some pictures for you as a proof;
U47 - chrome headgrilles are plated and will be here soon, satin headgrilles are in Denmark for satin plating. Their lead time 7-10 working days, so hope to receive soon.

I am about to lounch my e-shop with the stock, so you will be able to purchase the kits with lead time of max. 1 week.
You will find there some other interesting stuff here

Thank you All for your patience and understanding!

Kind regards,
Andrew

 

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YES!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks for the update!

 

[Pip]

So the first of two of Aputis' bodies has been built up.

Thierch-Elektroakustic Red Line M7 capsule
AMI BV8R Transformer
NOS PIO Russian Caps
NOS Tesla Glass 1G resistors
Phaedrus Audio VF14M tube
All PTP

 

[Winetree]

Great build.

 

[DjaiTeam]

@ Pip, great build for sure, what is your experience with the VF14M tube and what are the approximate cost

Best Regards,
Iwan

 

[Pip]

@ Pip, great build for sure, what is your experience with the VF14M tube and what are the approximate cost

Best Regards,
Iwan

The Phaedrus-Audio VF14M is wonderful it sounds really good. I will not get into whether or not it is as good or whatever. This to me is a useless debate as a real VF14M is unobtainium and an absurd risk. That being said this is as close as I will ever get to an actual U47.

It is by no means the only FET based plug and play solution out there I am aware of two others. Both of which are more expensive. Read the information on the web-site it is quite thorough.

Go to the Phaedrus Audio website there is a price list there. I will also add that they sent it straight away and it all was without incident.

http://phaedrus-audio.com/

 

[useme2305]

ever thought about making a swivel mount for your bodies?

 

[tonzauber]

the anounced 3-4 Weeks have become 8 weeks already, and it is soon time to celebrate the anniversary of my order and payment.

So may I kindly ask for a quick update?

 

[Zottel]

Hey pip!

Is there something special behind the "plasic" screws you use for fixing the ground plates inside the body?

 

[Pip]

Hey pip!

Is there something special behind the "plasic" screws you use for fixing the ground plates inside the body?

They are nylon. They are used where I don't want conductivity like the High Impedance section at the top and where there is the possibility of a short like the resistor network below the tube and above the capacitor bay. That is all. The next version will probably use rivets instead of screws anyway.

 

[Zottel]

Cool Could you do some more pictures from you high impedance section? I kinda like to know whats going on there  ;D
Are these Keystone PTFE turrets?

 

[flatresponse]

ever thought about making a swivel mount for your bodies?

Could someody tell me the difference between a yoke mount and a swivel mount, please ?
I always thought, they´re 2 names for the same thing  ???

Manfred.