If you haven't read through this thread yet I would say read through it there is some info on tubes here I would also go to the bottlehead forum there is a thread on tube rolling in the crack area and read through it you'll get an idea on what tubes people like. I use ebay alot but I try to buy...

Took mine about 8 weeks but it was worth the wait!

I too just built a crack amp and it was a joy to build. Directions were easy to fallow. when you order the amp it does take a while to get mine took about 10 weeks.This gives you time to get tools and maybe practice soldering a little. Join the bottlehead forum and read up on the amp this helped...

those are solen 100uF  400v caps.  

Yes the hrt a great match with the crack best sounding setup I've had yet.

I didn't use the wood that came with the kit it's oak I had. I mixed dark walnut and mahogany stain to get the color and than put 6 coats of deft (lacquer) on it

Got mine soldered up today and alls I have to say is WOW it sounds good!! and I have the speedball upgrade to do yet .

yes I use that little fan alot so when I was making the stand I made the frame for the fan and it fit nicely behind the case.  

I ordered a Bottlehead Crack amp kit witch I'll be soldering up next weekend but I made a case for it out of oak and built a matching head stand for it  

use cheap home theater reciever and hook up to the sub woofer jack.

Just got my sr-34's in today hooked them up for a quick listen and wow they sound good! Compared them to my d5000's (which I love) and they were close the d5000's got the bass but the sr-34's got the clear realistic sound. My son even liked the sr-34's over the d5000's . I really just got these...

The Russian Groove Tubes! Especially considering that their 10 bucks for a matched set!

I agree with Macrog, I'm looking forward to your comments on this amp!

Switching the plastic on the pads wasn't a problem 5 min done and listening to the phones!

Dreamer by Supertramp, Walking Towards Paradise by Robert Plant,The End by the Doors, Gloria by Van Morrison,Mary Jane's last Dance by Tom Petty, These are the songs I use to test equipment or tweaks.

I tried stuffing the stock pads but that did not give me the same results I got with the j$'s. I've had they phones on for about 45 min. now and notice that my ears aren't as hot and sweety either they are a little warm but by now with the stock pads I'd be a little wet at the ears and i'm not.

Well about 2 weeks ago I got a set of well burned in d5000's and today i got J$ pads.The pads did make a difference the lows are nice and tight now the pads also opened up the soundestage abit enough to seperate the bass from the mids so the mids came forward alittle more.I thought the highs...

I 2nd the denon d5000's great sound and comfort!

Just brought sr-30's/ srd-4 from the forum here (thought I'd spend my money here instead of ebay) Can't wait to see what stax are like!

Thanks, i'm interested to hear what stax sound like but i'm on a tight budget and don't want to spend alot to start. I read I could use a stereo amp for these and have a mid 80's upper level denon 120 watt amp I thought I'd get some use out of. I'm looking at apair of sr-3 srd-5 or a pair of...

Thanks I'm looking at a sr-3 srd-5 stax set up and was wondering what to expect if I got it.

was wondering if any body has or heard a stax sr3/srd 5 and what they think of them how would they compare to my d5000's

I don't know if it's my favorite Yet but I'm about to open up a bottle of Gande Absente (138 proof) brought right here in pa.

I ran stock power tubes with the m8161s and had no problems.

I have all 3 and like the groove tubes or the m8100's the best( both of these are really close but the m8100 are burnt in and the groove tubes have only 10 hours on them) I don't think the m8161 are much better not to says they don't sound good but it's not worth switching jumpers around when...