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RE: boomerang
Hey
mic,
Indeed this will work. (I'm planning on doing it
myself when I get around to it.)
Without bothering you with the how and why, suffice to
say if you went to a radio shack or went online to www.digikey.com you can get the said
capacitors. It isn't difficult to do. You can't really roach
anything until you try and resolder them back. If you've got a local
electronics guy pay him $10 and $10-$15 in materials and you'll be ready to
go.
~peace~
Michael
i just read this in a rang review at
harmony-central.com
<< As to the sound quality, let me add that there is an
option from the factory to upgrade the 'chip'. This is supposed to improve the
bit level from 8 bit to 16 bit - I think. This would be identified as the
newer Boomerang, labeled the 'Boomerang+'. By all means, I suppose, get the
newer one for the bit rate increase. However, as I was about to do this - get
the upgrade - I considered instead replacing every electrolytic cap on the
circuit board with polyester instead. Trust me, there are maybe 10 1uf caps
onboard the PCB that can be replaced with amazing sonic results! After
replacing these I plugged the Boomerang in and realized that this was a very
smart thing to do. The sound quality improved greatly - to the point that I
honestly couldn't imagine things getting any better. Yeah, I know, seems
unlikely, but that's my story - I'm sticking to it.>>
i wouldn't
know an elecrolytic cap from a baseball cap but perhaps one of you electro
gurus out there may have an idea if this be so or not.....rangers want to
know!.....tanks.....mic