Upon request, I've posted more photos for reference:     http://www.flickr.com/photos/oldking/sets/72157608008797293/   All metal work was with a bench-top drill press and a 'stepped' drill bit (works great). -- brian

My phones have been ath-m40fs and ath-m50   There is no real pop for me when power on/off. I leave the phones plugged in always.   The all-black one is the first one I built, and I used typical insulated straight-thru RCA jacks. I switch inputs from time to time, and those jacks have...

My SS amp in that photo has been used daily at work for about four years and is still working great. Luckily, I bought a few dozen 19j6 at the time, but none have gone bad so far.   Good Luck, Brian (oldking)

Quote: Originally Posted by Yaka oldking used them to build is, i think he posted pics of a few of his builds earlier in the thread Millett "Starving Student" hybrid headphone amplifier on Flickr - Photo Sharing! he has pics on his flickr page that shows the connector attached to the...

Quote: Originally Posted by Hayduke Ahhh that's how you got the sink to look like that. Very nice Did you use a dremel to polish, or?? I like the idea of giving a MHSS as a gift! I'm too late for xmas this year, but if I start now, I might have some ready for next year...

Heatsink is here BOM (more or less) is here except I changed caps and added the Neutrik jacks. The knob and heat sink are black anodized aluminum which I sanded and polished.

I built this one for a friend as a Christmas present.

(click for more) Thanks Pete 11:41pm ... added BOM

532-531202B00 is 2" with no pins

FWIW, it does say "High Sound Quality" on the KW data sheet itself (the graphic showing an improvement as compared to the FW)... but also says "standard" I had concluded pretty much the same, but I thought it possible the KW was a new product or something, so worth asking. Thanks for the...

I am yet another first timer. I have been reading and researching and re-reading for a few weeks. I am looking at all the Nichicon 470uF caps on Mouser, and looking at this Nichicon diagram of audio caps... (diagram is interactive, click on it for data sheets) which raises...