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May 21, 2007 at 5:04 PM Post #2,131 of 2,784
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so swapping them with other better caps don't make a difference?


As with any INPUT or OUTPUT DC Blocker caps, quality is hugely important since the audio signal travels directly thru these caps. I would ditch any electrolytic cap and put a good poly film cap in this position if space allows. If not, then BlackGate or RubyCon Z Series caps would do best IMO.
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Also, if an electrolytic cap is used then I wouldn't go any smaller than 22uF 16v. If poly then anything above 4uF is golden.
 
May 21, 2007 at 11:52 PM Post #2,133 of 2,784
Yo mateys, great news!
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Alpar has just sent out my Canamp! I'm so relieved to hear those words from him, been waiting for so long for it. I was rather unfortunate to catch him at the wrong time, as there was that 1 week holiday in Hungary that time, delayed shipment of Canamps and such which push the dates of me getting mine quite a ways back. None of which was his fault though, just circumstance. Mine was sent from Munich, when he went for the High End Show.

Will be getting it early next week i think, and will let it run for about 10 days to pass the 200 hr burn-in, then I will post my findings..a noob's take on the Canamp, for what it's worth, haha.
 
May 22, 2007 at 12:22 AM Post #2,134 of 2,784
Very cool news indeed, I share in your justified excietment!

Just in time to provide a bit of warmth downunder aye
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Originally Posted by jeremiah /img/forum/go_quote.gif
Yo mateys, great news!
smily_headphones1.gif
Alpar has just sent out my Canamp! I'm so relieved to hear those words from him, been waiting for so long for it. I was rather unfortunate to catch him at the wrong time, as there was that 1 week holiday in Hungary that time, delayed shipment of Canamps and such which push the dates of me getting mine quite a ways back. None of which was his fault though, just circumstance. Mine was sent from Munich, when he went for the High End Show.

Will be getting it early next week i think, and will let it run for about 10 days to pass the 200 hr burn-in, then I will post my findings..a noob's take on the Canamp, for what it's worth, haha.


 
May 22, 2007 at 1:40 AM Post #2,136 of 2,784
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Originally Posted by jeremiah /img/forum/go_quote.gif
Yo mateys, great news!
smily_headphones1.gif
Alpar has just sent out my Canamp! I'm so relieved to hear those words from him, been waiting for so long for it. I was rather unfortunate to catch him at the wrong time, as there was that 1 week holiday in Hungary that time, delayed shipment of Canamps and such which push the dates of me getting mine quite a ways back. None of which was his fault though, just circumstance. Mine was sent from Munich, when he went for the High End Show.

Will be getting it early next week i think, and will let it run for about 10 days to pass the 200 hr burn-in, then I will post my findings..a noob's take on the Canamp, for what it's worth, haha.


Congratulations and look forward to your impressions!
 
May 22, 2007 at 3:25 AM Post #2,137 of 2,784
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Originally Posted by jeremiah /img/forum/go_quote.gif
Yo mateys, great news!
smily_headphones1.gif
Alpar has just sent out my Canamp! I'm so relieved to hear those words from him, been waiting for so long for it. I was rather unfortunate to catch him at the wrong time, as there was that 1 week holiday in Hungary that time, delayed shipment of Canamps and such which push the dates of me getting mine quite a ways back. None of which was his fault though, just circumstance. Mine was sent from Munich, when he went for the High End Show.

Will be getting it early next week i think, and will let it run for about 10 days to pass the 200 hr burn-in, then I will post my findings..a noob's take on the Canamp, for what it's worth, haha.


congrats! another canamp downunder =D
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Originally Posted by Hi-Finthen /img/forum/go_quote.gif
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Just in time to provide a bit of warmth downunder aye
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you know it's funny you say that, it's winter here at the moment and my room doesn't require heating, i just leave a couple of amps on (all class-A amps) and it warms my room up nicely)
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Originally Posted by XENOPHOS /img/forum/go_quote.gif
is there a discount of some sort that you can get on the canamp? I thought I read it somewhere in this thread. or I might just be going crazy.


if you're outside of the zones of the distributors alpar will give you a discount if you ask him about it. but if there are distributors/dealers where you are then it's up to them to give you a discount
 
May 22, 2007 at 3:26 AM Post #2,138 of 2,784
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Originally Posted by yrh0413 /img/forum/go_quote.gif
so swapping them with other better caps don't make a difference?


if they are in fact input caps then yes, audio grade caps make a big difference

someone please verify as i'm pretty hopeless at reading the board
 
May 22, 2007 at 10:04 AM Post #2,139 of 2,784
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Very cool news indeed, I share in your justified excietment!
Just in time to provide a bit of warmth downunder aye
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@Hi-Finthen
Yeah! Exactly, it is getting quite cold here now actually (at least for me, since I wasn't born here), so your right on!

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Congratulations and look forward to your impressions!


@mrarroyo
Thanks, I'd be glad to share my experience with all you cool dudes here :p

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congrats! another canamp downunder =D
you know it's funny you say that, it's winter here at the moment and my room doesn't require heating, i just leave a couple of amps on (all class-A amps) and it warms my room up nicely)


@d-cee
Yeah mate, its quite fun to receive imported hardware from overseas, especially when its good and only a few have it, makes it all the more special :p Haha that's a great idea for heating, though I doubt my Canamp alone could raise the temperature of my room by a degree even, if it did then I'm in for trouble! Reverse mounted capacitors? Oh no! Haha..Well, better be safe and not laugh too much until I get it.

Thanks for sharing the joy guys, will check back here soon
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Cheers!
 
May 22, 2007 at 8:08 PM Post #2,140 of 2,784
how many versions of the heed canamp are there? I've heard of the one without the heed logo and a black knob, and then the one with the heed logo and silver knob. are there any others? and are they different?
 
May 22, 2007 at 9:21 PM Post #2,141 of 2,784
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Originally Posted by XENOPHOS /img/forum/go_quote.gif
how many versions of the heed canamp are there? I've heard of the one without the heed logo and a black knob, and then the one with the heed logo and silver knob. are there any others? and are they different?


There have been some slight cosmetic differences in CanAmps that we've seen here in the past year. But the great majority of the ones out there now are the current CanAmps with the Heed logo and the silver knob.

There have also been some cosmetic variations seen in the component parts, as explained by Heed Audio's Alpar Huszti in a message to Head-Fi that you can view one or two pages back.

But despite any such differences outlined above, performance should remain consistent between any two stock examples of the CanAmp.
 
May 22, 2007 at 9:32 PM Post #2,142 of 2,784
Hiya XENOPHOS,

Early model CanAmps and Heed components in general, were more "stealthy" in that they were plain black on black with no badging on the faceplate.
Most of the gear was like that but they decided it would be a nice touch to brand the components so now they carry the name Heed in white lettering along with the model name.
They went to a polished volume control as it brightens up the front of the component and on a side note, the black anodizing had a tendancy to flake off on some of them if the anodizer did not get a good bond on the metal. Internally, these products have remained the same.

Borrowing from Mr. Arroyo's first post:

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Borrowing from PinkFloyd's post on the first page:

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Quote:

Originally Posted by XENOPHOS /img/forum/go_quote.gif
how many versions of the heed canamp are there? I've heard of the one without the heed logo and a black knob, and then the one with the heed logo and silver knob. are there any others? and are they different?


 
May 23, 2007 at 5:48 AM Post #2,143 of 2,784
ill be getting my heed in a few days..cant wait..and of course ill post some impressions too
 
May 23, 2007 at 4:17 PM Post #2,144 of 2,784
I got my CanAmp few weeks ago from finnish dealer. It's leaps better than my old Pioneer amp (headphones bridged from speaker out). I have nothing else to compare it against at the moment, but I'm very pleased.
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Next item in my list is new headphones to replace my old HD515.. I listen to all kinds of music, but above else they should work with electro/industrial stuff. Maybe HD650, maybe AKG701, maybe something else.. too bad there's no place in here to try them out first.

If it wasn't for head-fi I wouldn't even be thinking these things now..
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May 23, 2007 at 4:21 PM Post #2,145 of 2,784
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Originally Posted by juhoke /img/forum/go_quote.gif
I got my CanAmp few weeks ago from finnish dealer. It's leaps better than my old Pioneer amp (headphones bridged from speaker out). I have nothing else to compare it against at the moment, but I'm very pleased.
580smile.gif


Next item in my list is new headphones to replace my old HD515.. I listen to all kinds of music, but above else they should work with electro/industrial stuff. Maybe HD650, maybe AKG701, maybe something else.. too bad there's no place in here to try them out first.

If it wasn't for head-fi I wouldn't even be thinking these things now..
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your 650 and 701 will be amazing with this amplifier... ahh the glory days
 
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