A trick to make the Voyager sound better
A trick to make the Voyager sound better
Hello all moog people
Just want to share a little trick to make your Voyager sound better..
recently i had to change the OP Amps for the Headphone and main
outputs.. I changed the "cheap" one with a better and more expensive one
(i can post the name of the OP amp .. if needed)
this Little change made a "HUGE difference" at least in my own ears"
I always thought that the Voyager sounded a little " how can i explain it .. Hard/edgy..
but now it got a more mellow and varm sound..
this is really worth trying..
best regard
Morten
Just want to share a little trick to make your Voyager sound better..
recently i had to change the OP Amps for the Headphone and main
outputs.. I changed the "cheap" one with a better and more expensive one
(i can post the name of the OP amp .. if needed)
this Little change made a "HUGE difference" at least in my own ears"
I always thought that the Voyager sounded a little " how can i explain it .. Hard/edgy..
but now it got a more mellow and varm sound..
this is really worth trying..
best regard
Morten
Re: A trick to make the Voyager sound better
MotneN wrote: recently i had to change the OP Amps for the Headphone and main
outputs.. I changed the "cheap" one with a better and more expensive one
(i can post the name of the OP amp .. if needed)
HAD to change? Why?
Re: A trick to make the Voyager sound better
well ...its a long story ..
but when i bought my Voyager and played on for a while. i noticed that when i turned up the volume to .. lets say
about 12 o' clock.. on the headphones, it would cut the signal.. I then had to re-plug the headphones and turn the
volume down... in the beginning i thought that it had to be this way.... ( so that you dont blow your ears of
But as the years went by ...it began to make some strange things.. ( display would start to blink shortly.. and
that kind of stuff.. thougt i could be the software... BUT NO
And then one day the headphone output went completly silent..
and just before that ..the display was acting strange again.. Hmmmmm :/
I then took it to my friend, who is a very skilled tech. nerd
he then changed the Headphone jack with a much better one, and
he also changed the OP AMP for the OUTPUTS with a much better one..
AND "VUPTI" the problem was gone ..
there'es really a big change in the sound..
everything sonds much more ballanced now.. with no sharp edges..
the Only thing i had to do afterwards... was to dial thru all my presets, turn up the main volume...
and save them again..
but when i bought my Voyager and played on for a while. i noticed that when i turned up the volume to .. lets say
about 12 o' clock.. on the headphones, it would cut the signal.. I then had to re-plug the headphones and turn the
volume down... in the beginning i thought that it had to be this way.... ( so that you dont blow your ears of
But as the years went by ...it began to make some strange things.. ( display would start to blink shortly.. and
that kind of stuff.. thougt i could be the software... BUT NO
And then one day the headphone output went completly silent..
and just before that ..the display was acting strange again.. Hmmmmm :/
I then took it to my friend, who is a very skilled tech. nerd
he then changed the Headphone jack with a much better one, and
he also changed the OP AMP for the OUTPUTS with a much better one..
AND "VUPTI" the problem was gone ..
there'es really a big change in the sound..
everything sonds much more ballanced now.. with no sharp edges..
the Only thing i had to do afterwards... was to dial thru all my presets, turn up the main volume...
and save them again..
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Re: A trick to make the Voyager sound better
That's nice if your Voyager sounds now as you like. My Voyager's in original condition, and what can I say: It doesn't sounds great, it sounds amazing
Taste is different I think. But it's interesting what people do to perfect their gear, I always like to read about. Thanks for sharing your modification
Taste is different I think. But it's interesting what people do to perfect their gear, I always like to read about. Thanks for sharing your modification
kind regards
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Re: A trick to make the Voyager sound better
And so the replacement OpAmp was... what?MotneN wrote:
I then took it to my friend, who is a very skilled tech. nerd
he then changed the Headphone jack with a much better one, and
he also changed the OP AMP for the OUTPUTS with a much better one..
AND "VUPTI" the problem was gone ..
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Re: A trick to make the Voyager sound better
^ Yeah! What is that magical opamp? Inquiring minds want to know.
But besides that, yours must have had a flaky chip. Sound quality on my OS is just as good as can be , both on main output and headphones.
But besides that, yours must have had a flaky chip. Sound quality on my OS is just as good as can be , both on main output and headphones.
Re: A trick to make the Voyager sound better
There is nothing magical about it really..
its just an OP AMP called "TL 074"
... nothing fancy...
its just an OP AMP called "TL 074"
... nothing fancy...
Re: A trick to make the Voyager sound better
Yeah... this is really i nice synth ...Fooger_;-) wrote:That's nice if your Voyager sounds now as you like. My Voyager's in original condition, and what can I say: It doesn't sounds great, it sounds amazing
Taste is different I think. But it's interesting what people do to perfect their gear, I always like to read about. Thanks for sharing your modification
and yes your right.. it sounded allso nice before .. when it was'nt modified..
But there's a bit more "cream" now.. ) and i like it ))
Re: A trick to make the Voyager sound better
It could be that changing the op amps for the headphone output results in an improvement in the stock sound of the phones but that shouldn't affect the normal outs of the voyager, right?
Also it sounds like your headphone outs may not have worked correctly to begin with. It's entirely possible that fixing the issue simply made the phones sound the way they are suppoosed to.
Also it sounds like your headphone outs may not have worked correctly to begin with. It's entirely possible that fixing the issue simply made the phones sound the way they are suppoosed to.
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Re: A trick to make the Voyager sound better
metron wrote:It could be that changing the op amps for the headphone output results in an improvement in the stock sound of the phones but that shouldn't affect the normal outs of the voyager, right?
Also it sounds like your headphone outs may not have worked correctly to begin with. It's entirely possible that fixing the issue simply made the phones sound the way they are suppoosed to.
The op amp for the headphones is the same as for the main outputs..
The problem with the headphones output ( on my voyager) in combination with the headphones i use, was " WAY TO MUCH OUTPUT" ..
So when we changed the headphone jack.. to a better one.. we also put in a 200 Ohm resistor.. to solve that problem.
Re: A trick to make the Voyager sound better
You disappoint me. I was expecting a pentode EF86 tube shoehorned into a 16 pin DIP socketMotneN wrote:There is nothing magical about it really..
its just an OP AMP called "TL 074"
... nothing fancy...
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Re: A trick to make the Voyager sound better
Just curious, what was the original opamp that you replaced with the TL074?
Re: A trick to make the Voyager sound better
I can't remember the name of the original one.. but i will talk to my techniciandr_floyd wrote:Just curious, what was the original opamp that you replaced with the TL074?
i think he kept the old one.. i write back to you soon..
best regards
morten
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Re: A trick to make the Voyager sound better
I wonder if harmonic distortion has anything to do with it
Re: A trick to make the Voyager sound better
That would be interesting, but would an EF 86 be short enough to fit in a Voyager? And I'm sure it would put a drain on the power supply...MC wrote:You disappoint me. I was expecting a pentode EF86 tube shoehorned into a 16 pin DIP socketMotneN wrote:There is nothing magical about it really..
its just an OP AMP called "TL 074"
... nothing fancy...
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