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Originally Posted by Penchum
For you guys who have done your FrankenZeros already:
PP and I both noticed that as the PIO caps mature, the soundstage can change drastically by going from narrow to super wide and back, and the upper highs and lower lows, can come and go as well. Since we had the exact same thing happen with our FrankenZero's, we consider these traits to be normal growing (maturing) pains. They will pass, the closer you get to 250 hours, and maybe a few more hours in some cases. 
Thanks for the kind words guys! I can't stop listening to my FrankenZero! Once it is completely matured, testing it in different situations is a great deal of fun, because of its superior SQ. It has turned all my headphone amps into super headphone amps! Its analog output is fantastic for speaker systems too!
All hail the FrankenZero! Just like Frankenstein, he is the sum of all his parts, ready to scare away unwanted audio properties! What a monster! Egor, hand me the last by-pass cap! OMG, It's alive, It's alive! Hide the women and children! Burn the village! |
I agree entirely! Almost entirely ..... my new tweeters haven't arrived yet from being rowed across the Pacific ..... waiting .. waiting ... so my main system is quiet at the moment.
As for Frankie plus KHA I.5 ... WOOHOO! I reckon the sound is basically up to new tricks nearly every day at the moment, today it's cooking on gas and rock music is an absolute blast! The midrange has completely lost an edge that was there yesterday (and had me just leaving it alone for the day) and sounds open and superbly alive and tangible, bass and drums are blindingly fast yet the deep bass has gone for a short holiday. At the 137 hour mark, you can't have it all!
This is the most excited I've ever been about audio in 35 years, what a hoot! And more to come too, with FranKHA I.5 cooking as well and KHA II in partial stages of construction. And then there's going to be both a Franked Plinius IIc pre-amp and a Franked Trevor Lees tube pre-amp, FrankenWorks southern hemisphere branch will be busy for a while to come!
Maybe the new company motto could be, "Hours to build her, months before you get to hear her properly."
S-Man