Hello all. I've read this thread with great interest. I really want one of these amps, but don't have the skills to build it completely myself. I've only done passive circuits like crossovers and filters. It's hard to start with a 600V one! Anyone here interested in building a hybrid ExStatA...

Thanks to everyone here for your advice. It looks like there's no bad choice here. I'm going to go with the Mk1 for now. This way I can compare it to the Mk2 that I heard locally. Likely, I'll keep the Mk1, but if I happen to like the Mk2 that much better then I can sell and switch. Or become...

Hello all, I just joined and this is post #1. There is a lot of debate here between these two..."tastes great, less filling" sort of thing. After reading it all it's still not clear so I thought I'd ask the question.... I'm making the plunge into a headphone setup and have a chance to buy...