Excellent write up and pics Damien.
Nice work.

Don't forget graphene treatment for all those contacts.

Well l was going to but.... Looks like Puritan have already put a nice big square of Dodomat underneath already. l'll know for certain, when l open the other one up.

Part 2 .. Puritan PSM156 Mod

So the good news... Unit is complete.

Firstly although the Furutech FI-33 Gold socket is no doubt a excellent socket, l will not be using another one, l will be trying a Viborg VI20G socket instead.

It really is a pain fitting the Furutech, also it physically longer, and as mentioned about 2 to 3mm bigger in socket size, so forget grinding wheels on a Dremel,you looking at Metal Burr tools, then the hole spacings are different, so get your drill out ,and drill some new 4mm holes..It really is a faff.. Due to the socket being longer,l've have also added some insulation, anyway..l'm hoping the Viborg will be easier to fit. l will edit this guide,once l move on to the next unit.

l should also mention l added Gold terminal connectors to the end of the wires that run into the Furutech.

Update... l added the a Viborg Copper Gold input socket, although this still needs modding, overall length is the same as Furutech, you still need to drill new mounting holes for the socket, so that also means making sure you have nuts
Lastly and you still have to use a Burr tool,as the Viborg is about 0.5mm to big, so thankfully your not,using the Dremel as long as time period,the Furutech must have taken 30 minutes, the Viborg 10 minutes.


link below

www.hblabs.co.uk/product-page/hb-labs-spade-crimping-connector-copper-gold-plated

20241005_083215 by Damien Read, on Flickr

20241005_083618 by Damien Read, on Flickr

Quick photo for John 🤣 Damping underneath the lid

20241005_083912 by Damien Read, on Flickr

And finally the finished unit... Ready for tomorrow, due to work. So thats lots of Schuko plugs to be fitted. And BTW the unit has had it's contact pins treated with Graphene.
l will report back hopefully tomorrow, l'm hoping it was worth the effort.

20241005_084842 by Damien Read, on Flickr

Whatever its like to start with I bet it will improve with use, maybe a lot

Fantastic result. I am glad all the effort has paid off.

So finally managed to get to second modded Puritan PSM156 working, it's surprisingly how time consuming all those plugs can be.
The second Puritan powers my NUC Server,SSD drive and two FMC units, but in all reality it's powering 4 Farad Super 3 PSU units that power those components. Something else that needed my attention, was l had fitted two SR Purple fuses to two of my Farads, however l was unaware that the fuses are directional, and yes... l had fitted them the wrong way around.. so l sorted that as well. There is also the possibility l've done this as well to my R26,so l will checkout that next week.

Now... How does the setup sound now.... Well lt's everything I wanted, clarity, big soundstage... and totally non fatiguing. l have been enjoying a good four hours of random music, and it sounds awesome.

I still have more jobs to complete, l should get my Oyaide Vondita cable for the Puritan,so that's another test. l will also revisit to my Tannoy VS10BP subs, l have some massive Clarity Capacitors to fit, hopefully they won't hold my Monitor Audio midrange back when used, l really like the combo, but using the MA on their own sounds better, but l'm putting that down to the cheap bypass cap used in the Tannoy crossover. This is a big deal breaker for myself, as it will determine if I upgrade my speakers,as they only seem to be missing 70hz and below.

Okay that's it for now... Have a good week chaps

Thanks Matt, l'm pretty pleased, it's taken some time to put everything in place,but l'm finally seem to getting near my end goal. That's until the next mod 🤣, but in all honesty, l'm kind of looking forward to a period of stability, and simply just listen 🎶.

Many hours work but many years listening with a big smile on your face Damien.