To be continued…still time to come out today or tomorrow in the Chicago area! (Schaumburg, Renaissance Hotel)

CFA3 Standard edition all assembled in the production enclosure. Heatsink will be entirely black on the rest of them. secret vents were added on the base of the heatsink Size comparison with HIFIMAN Susvara (one of my favorite HPs with this amp) Just needs laser engraving

Two days ago we received the HP Protection PCBs for the CFA3, just one more piece we were waiting for. It's a miniaturized version of Kevin Gilmore's 'Balanced Headphone Protector' PCB with a few tweaks. The purpose of the Protection PCB is to disconnect the headphones from the amp if there is...

The plexiglass CFA3 actually had the latest version of the circuit boards that we just got put together the day before the show, didnt even have time to test the amp before driving to the show. All the production versions that we're building now will be with the same design/components

All the machining has been done, this was checking out a piece from the production lot.

Time to build!!!

Patiently waiting for a very important package related to the CFA3 today :grinning:

If someone wants to build it we'll buy it, contact us =D

I'm going to think about how this could work, maybe a 'quiet room' that could be sponsored and reserved in 15-30 minute time slots? Those noise isolation booths cost about $2500 to rent and can fit 1-2 people. If you put a few of these in a side room, it might cost $15k with the room fee. I...

Not sure what you were referring to, but it has a big heatsink and the temperature is typical for this type of amp with linear power supplies You can also use it vertically

on our way to NY soon! I just got these Western Electric 300B a few days ago and decided to make a few changes to the Grand Cayman to give them a try..a few broken parts later, its been running smoothly! Possibly we will make the amp available for either the 20B or 300B - each has pros/cons...

Just another necessary thing, some custom packaging showed up today. Pictured here with the clear bottom panel. Which will also be given away with pre-orders

We have 1x brand new Valkyria here..I'm tempted to open it up to try it out with the CFA3, or take it to the NY CanJam next week

watch out for those Jensen oil caps, I had some of the same bought about 9 years ago and they are leaking

Depends if we receive final boards before/after. the one we have now I think is the 4th version, final one is #5