[Beefy]

Great idea!

I really don't think that the loss of the active ground is particularly important for pre-amp duties. You'll never be moving large amounts of current or big voltage swings, and (just guessing) it probably isn't as reactive a load as headphones can be.

 

[linuxworks]

thanks beefy.

even for my hd650 use (!) I honestly can't tell that I'm 'missing' a ground channel. I hear all the fullness I used to hear in 3ch mode but using only 2 'normal' amp sections.

my preamp will be probably 3/4 used for speakers and the 1/4 time on phones duty but the times I use phones, I did want it to sound good - and it doesn't seem to have degraded at all, to my ears.

before I made the mod, I listened with the 3rd channel disabled and just could not hear any 'problems' so I decided to donate that channel to something more useful

I know it will annoy the purists but I really can't hear any improvement in 3ch 'active ground mode' vs old school 2ch mode.

 

[soloz2]

My latest creation:

Millet Hybrid Max, Can't Miss #1 with an OptiVol, pre-out and enclosure to accommodate future upgrades.

 

[rjkdivin]

I finished up this set of Gamma One DACs. Very nice SPDIF/USB 24/192 DAC using piggy-back DAC and USB boards.

 

[krmathis]

Quote:

Originally Posted by soloz2 /img/forum/go_quote.gif My latest creation: http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/5627/img4347ch7.jpg Millet Hybrid Max, Can't Miss #1 with an OptiVol, pre-out and enclosure to accommodate future upgrades.

Looks nice, from what I can see.
Do you have more pictures, in better lighting conditions?

 

[onform]

Quote:

Originally Posted by krmathis /img/forum/go_quote.gif Looks nice, from what I can see. Do you have more pictures, in better lighting conditions?

I was just about to ask that, then I scrolled down..lol

 

[soloz2]

Quote:

Originally Posted by krmathis /img/forum/go_quote.gif Looks nice, from what I can see. Do you have more pictures, in better lighting conditions?

Quote:

Originally Posted by onform /img/forum/go_quote.gif I was just about to ask that, then I scrolled down..lol

 

[rds]

Wow, that is one camera shy amp. But from what I can see of it lurking in the shadows it looks great!

 

[soloz2]

Quote:

Originally Posted by rds /img/forum/go_quote.gif Wow, that is one camera shy amp. But from what I can see of it lurking in the shadows it looks great!

LOL. My camera won't take picures w/o a flash unless I have it on a tripod otherwise they turn out blurry. I should really try no flash with the lights on though

 

[linuxworks]

Quote:

Originally Posted by soloz2 /img/forum/go_quote.gif LOL. My camera won't take picures w/o a flash unless I have it on a tripod otherwise they turn out blurry. I should really try no flash with the lights on though

you don't WANT flash. flash ruins photos most of the time (unless you diffuse or bounce it, which most seem to not do..)

you want a tripod and use the self-timer on the cam. they all have a self timer. get the lighting as close to what you want, press the shutter and stand back and let the camera fire itself. if you got anything usable in an exposure, you then go on to step 2.

step 2 is mostly the magic tool called 'shadow/highlight'. or its known as something similar in name. its purposes is to lower the overly bright areas (compress them down) and bring out detail in the darker 'shadow' areas (compress them 'up').

that's about 3/4 of what you need to know to get usable photos, even of dark objects. the shadow/highlight tool is your biggest bang for the buck after the tripod/selftimer bit.

HTH.

 

[krmathis]

Quote:

Originally Posted by soloz2 /img/forum/go_quote.gif LOL. My camera won't take picures w/o a flash unless I have it on a tripod otherwise they turn out blurry. I should really try no flash with the lights on though

How about sliding the red curtain aside?

Looks to be light outside

 

[Robin W.]

This is the first version of a small desktop amp, first try at cnc machining all of the panels, and first enclosure I designed from scratch. (the knob was bought instead of made though) More pictures to come when I get a chance.

 

[grawk]

Interesting heat sink design.

 

[chiefroastbeef]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Captain Ødegård /img/forum/go_quote.gif

Sort of an old post, but can't resist.

It looks as if the iTouch pooped its pants, and the poop is dripping down the stand.

 

[Ferrari]

Quote:

Originally Posted by rwaudio /img/forum/go_quote.gif This is the first version of a small desktop amp, first try at cnc machining all of the panels, and first enclosure I designed from scratch. (the knob was bought instead of made though) More pictures to come when I get a chance.

Nice little case, I like the originality! What kind of amp are you going to put in there?
If you get a chance, please post some larger pics.