being a SuperT thread, i hesitate to discuss in depth, but i'd say this ELA is on that high level of mechanical. Haven't had to take mine apart yet... thank goodness
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I say the downfall of the Poldiac is/are the silver plated contacts.... How asinine! 
Other than that, its a pretty looking mod. 
Other than that, its a pretty looking mod.
IF it was a silver based alloy that wa harder, more tarnish-resistant, and a better conductor than plain silver I could understand but I don't know what that alloy would be.
Honestly I never gave much thought to the switch/contact plating until I started looking at Super T mods a year or two back.
Silver in an almost perfect conductor, in has almost no resistance. It also tarnishes very fast.
The regular extensions tubes are done. I am now machining the optional extended length extension tubes, so far, so good (got 6 done so far, many more to go
Is this the last piece to be machined?
Silver, as the guy in the vid mentioned, is highly conductive. BUT... it tarnishes/oxidizes very fast. So while it might be a great, hard hitting device, it will have to undergo constant maintenance to keep it performing well. With all the parts in that mod that are silver.... that's a LOT of polishing to do!!! No thanks, I'll enjoy the Poldiac vicariously through others.
Poldiac is beautiful, but I have to agree, I couldn't put the money out for it.
Silver: High performance, high maintenance. If you keep up with the maintenance you'll have a very hard-hitting PV, but if you don't regularly clean it (which involves disassembling the Poldiac), you'll get average, or even sub-par performance.
Rhodium: Does not tarnish, which means you never have to clean it - short of getting some eliquid on the contacts and then a simple dab or wipe with a soft cloth. It's good, CONSISTENT performance with almost zero maintenance.
Personally, I like as little maintenance as possible...
Rhodium: Does not tarnish, which means you never have to clean it - short of getting some eliquid on the contacts and then a simple dab or wipe with a soft cloth. It's good, CONSISTENT performance with almost zero maintenance.
Personally, I like as little maintenance as possible...
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I tend to break things when I have to maintenance them. Okay I tend to break things just using them also. Though if I have to take it apart... Just forget about it!
Thanks guys I'm getting the picture. this all really makes sense! As time goes by i can only say that i'm getting more and more impressed by the ELA.
Don't remember having read yet where the name ELA comes from. Anyone knows?
Don't remember having read yet where the name ELA comes from. Anyone knows?
Ela is Dave's daughter. If you look back in this thread you will see a picture of her slaving away in his shop. Also in this thread is an indepth discussion of the name.
Dave's daughter's name is Ella. Dave's mom named the mod after her but removed one of the "L"s so that it would be called "E L A" as opposed to "Ella"... Or at least that's what I took away from the explanation given somewhere in the middle of this thread.
Well, that makes since. I must have missed that discussion.
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I just sold my Poldiac. Gorgeous mod, but my P+ flat outperformed it. So well in fact that I vamped the Poldiac for about 30 minutes and back into its velvet bag it went. I didn't want to have to worry about wearing the silver contacts out either so I probably wouldn't have used it all that much.
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