Headamp Blue Hawaii Special Edition - Page 144

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Originally Posted by t1174 

Thanks Justin, the BHSE just arrived~ 

 

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Originally Posted by sridhar3 

Needs bigger feet IMO.

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Originally Posted by wink 

Beautiful amp and gear, shocking feet on the BHSE. Looks like they came out of a cheap Japanese cartoon. Think Astroboy vintage. What were you thinking...???

think Sasquatch/ Bigfoot, or for you basketball fans, think Shaq  .

If my $6k amplifier can't break a 50% free-throw average, I'm putting it up for sale immediately

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Originally Posted by daveDerek 

 

think Sasquatch/ Bigfoot, or for you basketball fans, think Shaq  .

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Originally Posted by wink 

Beautiful amp and gear, shocking feet on the BHSE. Looks like they came out of a cheap Japanese cartoon. Think Astroboy vintage. What were you thinking...???

LOL, I guess you missed the $2400 tag. Now look at them again,  sure they sound astounding!

 

I must have acute visual deafness.

Anyway, if the owner can put up with them, beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

He paid for them - he'd better like them..........

( I can see a For Sale ad in the appropriate thread soon. Transformer feet for your BHSE. Makes the amp sing like a Cmoy).

I didn't see a biasing tool or instructions in my BHSE box.  How do I bias it if I want to try out other tubes?

Lift up the left side of the amp with 3" blocks?

You need an alignment tool/screwdriver or something like this.

http://australia.rs-online.com/web/p/accessories/2508978721/

You don't need to lift anything or to buy any special tool, any small flat screwdriver will do. Also changing tubes will not affect the bias. What you need is to adjust DC V offset between "+" and "--" of each channel and  between L (+/-), R(+/-) and ground.

Sounds easy enough.

Unfortunately that sound like greek to me. I saw the instructions on page 95 and still wasnt entirely sure... yes, E&E subject has always been a problem for me.

Is there detailed instructions anywhere or better yet a YouTube video? One other question is that each matched pair of EL34 should be fitted left-front and left-back or left-front and right front? Haven't been able to get a response out of Headamp so any help will be much appreciated.

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Originally Posted by tiga3mata 

Unfortunately that sound like greek to me. I saw the instructions on page 95 and still wasnt entirely sure... yes, E&E subject has always been a problem for me.

 

Is there detailed instructions anywhere or better yet a YouTube video? One other question is that each matched pair of EL34 should be fitted left-front and left-back or left-front and right front? Haven't been able to get a response out of Headamp so any help will be much appreciated.

The left EL34 pair goes left-front and left-back. It looks complecated but ones you do it you will get it.

you absolutely do need an insulated screwdriver. Or the plastic alignment tool.

The adjustment tool should be in the box, mine came with a yellow Vishay branded one.  I would recommend using these only for the trimpots as normal screwdrivers and high voltage are never a good match. 

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Originally Posted by spritzer 

The adjustment tool should be in the box, mine came with a yellow Vishay branded one.  I would recommend using these only for the trimpots as normal screwdrivers and high voltage are never a good match. 

I didn't receive this adjustment tool with my BHSE, but written on the inside flap on each tube box was where to position the tube.

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Originally Posted by Elysian 

I didn't see a biasing tool or instructions in my BHSE box.  How do I bias it if I want to try out other tubes?

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Originally Posted by David1961 

I didn't receive this adjustment tool with my BHSE, but written on the inside flap on each tube box was where to position the tube.

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Originally Posted by vvs_75 

You don't need to lift anything or to buy any special tool, any small flat screwdriver will do.

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Originally Posted by kevin gilmore 

you absolutely do need an insulated screwdriver. Or the plastic alignment tool.

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Originally Posted by spritzer 

The adjustment tool should be in the box, mine came with a yellow Vishay branded one.  I would recommend using these only for the trimpots as normal screwdrivers and high voltage are never a good match. 

geez, that's ridiculous! given the care and the time it takes to build these things, this stuff should have been taken care of long before they were ever boxed up! this is a basic safety issue. it is also a strong recommendation for going with solid state products!  how about building the kgss hv commercially?

Bah, safety is overrated. Live on the edge!