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Originally Posted by lextek
Any time frame?
It's sometime next year, at the moment. Probably mostly determined by when we can afford to put in the new inventory of parts---unlike the rest of our lines that share an awefull lot of parts, this one will put a lot of new parts in our inventory.
Note: Been watching the emails fly back ad forth and there's some interesting things going on. So please take all comments so far as pre-preliminary info. In other words, things are changing ... for the better, but still, don't make any assumptions.
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Originally Posted by plaidplatipus
Any future plans for the HA-1?
No, sorry. I thought it was a fun little amp, though.
Very cool! Any chance there will be a balanced version?
The HA-2 has always been a favourite of mine, though to be fair the one I heard had something like $1k worth of tubes in it.
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The HA-2 has always been a favourite of mine, though to be fair the one I heard had something like $1k worth of tubes in it.
Don't worry Jay, it sounds pretty darn good with $100 worth of tubes in it too.
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Originally Posted by evil man
Note: Been watching the emails fly back ad forth and there's some interesting things going on. So please take all comments so far as pre-preliminary info. In other words, things are changing ... for the better, but still, don't make any assumptions.
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Hmmmm....
I haven't had much interest in Headphone audio for a bit but I still listen to my HA2 when I have the time. It was actually the first Headamp I owned that I could effectively roll tubes through. I still have over 70 different tubes (including 6 rectifiers) I purchased specifically for that amp. I can't say that I really love any gear but I've owned a bunch and the HA2/HD 600 combo remains one of the all time great Headphone combos. That and the Blockhead/HD650 combo are the only headamp gear I haven't considered selling off...well perhaps I'll hold on to my K1000 and the Fisher amp I use to drive them
I would love to see what Pete and Headroom will do with an "updated" HA2.
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Originally Posted by The Monkey
Hi Tyll--any updates for this thread?
No, not really. We're still working on it and it's slated for the middle of next year sometime. One note: Pete decided not to go with the switchng supply. The inrush current to get the tube heaters to warm up was a bit too much to deal with efficiently. A side note is that Pete does have some tweaks for the amp that allows it to be used with lower impedance headphones, so it's possible that a Grado version will be available. But we'll just have to wait and see on that one.
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