Skylab ranked Bijou higher than TU 882 so that's a general ballpark.

TU 882 is more suited to a wide range of impedances but the Bijou has a band-aid for its OTL nature with the negative feedback knob. I think, anyway.

Thanks the reply Skylab and for your excellent reviews.

I've decided to get the Bijou kit.. more work then the Elekit.. but sounds like its worth it.

I've been enjoying this amp for several months, but I admit that the gain on it is way out of whack. With my D7000s, I never have it past 9 o clock. Most of the time I have to very carefully fiddle with the dial to get it to a proper volume, because very small movements of the knob result in large changes in volume. I'm willing to modify my unit if anyone knows of a way to reduce the gain....

Any ideas?

I would like add my 2 cents to discussion too..
I listened to Elekit with HD 800 over couple month on stock tubes. Source is Electrocompaniet EMC 1UP with silver interconnects (Silver Audio Bullet 6.0, Kondo An-Vx), signal going through Audion Pre amp. I was amazed with the sound quality and particularly when I upgraded from Rotel RCD 990 CDP (really good rare one) to EMC 1UP. Elekit resolution jumped accordingly with ease when feeding far better source input. Now I finally got WE 396A (thanks Victor from vkmusic.ca!!!), it sounds even better.. I did not notice any warmth in the sound, I find it more comfortable, detailed, better bass articulation. All in all, I am very happy with Elekit and how it handles HD800, I just would find any flaws in the sound reproduction.. Of course everything learned through comparison, there might be a better amp....but for what cost

Is it that bad even when using low-impedance headphone output jack? At what point does the channel imbalance goes away with D7000?

This sucks even more for those of us to don't usually listen at loud volumes. Especially with powerful amps that don't sound their best when you use just ~10% of their power.

This is due to the specification of the volume used for TU-882R.
The solution is to exchange it with some other volume, and we recommend the following volume;
English site:
RK27 Series


Japanese site (seems to have more information than English site):
RK27 Series

The coverage for the current volume is -40dB, but the one above is -60dB.
The difference of -20dB affects the balance at low volume.

I haven't had any problems with my 35 ohm AD900. Totally smooth on the low impedance setting.

Has anybody tried RE0 with the amp?  I get hissing with the medium impedance plug.  

I wonder if this amp would be a good choice for any of the new Orthos out these days? Anybody tried it with the HE-5LE or LCD2 yet?

 

From the spec of LCD-2, this headphone will  match well with Elekit TU-882.  ie.  Impedance: 50 Ohms  

Elekit TU-882as with V-cap  is available soon.  This will improve TU-882 further.

Edited by vkung - 10/6/10 at 2:32pm

 

Any update about that?

This is an interesting unit.  What type of power connection does it have (IEC, etc.)?  Also, how good is the fit, especially regarding the interface between the faceplate and the front panel connections?

 

Thanks.

Edited by gtortorella - 11/4/10 at 7:51am

 

This link will answer your questions

http://mazdaluce3000.blog100.fc2.com/blog-entry-333.html 

 

Hi,

Is this a hybrid tube/FET amp or are the FET's for power regulation and the dual triodes used for driver then power?

Thanks,

Geary