Been some time since replacing the original backlit lamps on my Audiolab(s).
Must admit - I really missed the original green glow of backlit(s). Currently the available replacements does not produce the original green glow.
As I had open up the 8000CDM (awaiting replacement tray gear parts), decided to experiment with alternatives - drawing inspirations from my Sansui TU-9900 eg using a coloured filter of sorts.
I decided to try using coloured drinking straws.
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| Sections of drinking straws for the experiment |
After cutting them to a suitable length (and trimming the larger straw), I inserted the "candidate(s)" into the lamp holder areas to test, a set at a time - as per below.
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| With coloured straws inserted |
Thickness of the thinner straws were simply too much for the lamps. Hence the results made the display hardly legible - must be within a meter???
Results from the larger straw were most pleasing but dimmer than the original. Definite improvement over the ugly yellow-ish alternative.
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| 8000CDM display after adding filters |
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| 8000T display after adding filters |
Will continue to search for a better alternative in the future ... until then, these will do just fine!
