Thanks, atagunov. Any and all leads at this point are worth following up on.
I order electronics bits from Ali all the time, so no, I don't have any problem waiting for that sort of shipping.[0] I read that review and build thread with great interest. Unfortunately, when following the link to the seller, the page now states (emphasis mine):
Kindly reminder:
Usually the led panel we send will be a compatible model number, it might not exactly the same as model of HV150UX1-100 .
But we can make sure it will fit for the model of HV150UX1-100 100%.
Well, at least they are honest.
I am well aware how nice the Xiphmont mods were/are, being lucky enough to own one myself. He was an extremely detail oriented and knowledgeable person who went to great lengths to engineer, source, assemble and sell an excellent product. However, these have not been available for some time, and so "we take what we can get" nowadays.
In that spirit, I suppose I will investigate the group buy on the German forum, thank you for making me aware of it.
Simultaneously, I would also be interested in at least taking a look at whatever schematics you might have of the original Xiphmont mod. I know he had the boards made at Oshpark, but I could not find anything when searching over there recently. And all his pages by now have gone down (although I just now realized I have not checked archive.org, etc. yet). Of course, you are correct, a big part of it was the LEDs he went to so much trouble to source just the right color. That will be the problem to solve, and I can't help but wonder how the German group goes about deciding how and which LED kits to buy? I will try and contact this person you mentioned and ask them.
[0] In fact usually by the time the item arrives, I almost forgot I ordered it, so it's a bit like a surprise gift for myself!
