Anticafé looks neat!   My Stax and amps are away with friends, but I have a scary prototype of a new amp on a plank of wood. I should have a proper, safer build ready in the next few weeks. :)    

Congrats, sounds like you got a pretty great setup there. :)

PrimeCables has some pretty OK ones and ships to Montreal metro station dépanneurs for free :) they stock monoprice stuff as well

Really super sorry, but it looks like I won't be able to head over to the station until 2:30ish, which means we'd be in Brossard by 3:15 or so. I'm guessing that's getting too late. :(   If you guys want to head over I can meet you there if the meet's still ongoing by then. Or maybe we could...

Maybe we could just set up our rigs in Lionel Groulx? :)   I could pick people up from Lionel Groulx, just not entirely sure when I'd be able to get there. If you guys wanna do that and 1:30-2:00 isn't too late, shoot me a pm and we can exchange numbers or whatever to figure out the rest.

Something came up last minute and I'm going to be a little tardy to the party-- probably going to make it closer to 1:30, if that's not too late. Happy to pick up other late people from Station Namur or Cote-des-Neiges.

Oh hey that's a good point-- all my DACs are S/PDIF only, and I have no laptop. I'll just bring the amps/cans and some cabling and use my phone as a source but everyone's welcome to use their on source on my stuff. I'll probably not bring the analog rig just because it's bulky-- it is working...

That's right next to me; I could pick you up. :)

I could probably make it either day with some funky amps and a pair of Stax or two :) Got a neat phono amp if anyone wants to try, but my table isn't working yet.

It's been a while! I'm interested as always. Got a prototype inverted triode amp and a few other projects that might be ready for show and tell, and a couple of finished amps.  

I'm still using a few HDCD DACs from the 90s. An Assemblage DAC-1.5 and DAC-2, and a Parasound 1600HD. They aren't as good as, say, a NAD M51 at its best, but they certainly hold their own for a fraction of the cost. Bits aren't really important for anything but digital controls, because the...

Cool, I'll give it a go! I already have a sense resistor to monitor plate current, I'll just move it closer to the socket. Thanks for the reply.

Hey Doug, I've seen you mention the stoppers in a few posts across the web. Grid stoppers are pretty routine, but I haven't seen much mention of plate stoppers elsewhere. Its the plate's capacitive coupling to the inputs more of an issue in high gm tubes, or is it something else entirely? How...

I'm always down :) Could also offer a ride to people who don't want to take their rigs on the bus. VincentC Mike_TNT Benjamin6264 JackTheRipper Kevin.T dleblanc343 PretrntiousFood

Late August isn't looking so great for me either, but I'm interested! We have another thread going here:   http://www.head-fi.org/t/719330/2014-montreal-head-fi-meet   I think it would be best if we found somewhere less expensive and more headphone-friendly than a restaurant, though. :)

Depends on the timing but I'm probably in! Working on a 4P1L single feed spud for dynamics, some 6E5P/GU50 monstrosity and a 6HV5 spud for Stax so with any luck I might have an amp or three to show off.        The 6688s were cute so I obviously had to stock up.

Hoping to join the leagues of DIY stats soon, just need to finish up my CNC. :) Why is it that Mylar's the polymer of choice here? Easier to tension?

Since the caps won't see much voltage, this would be a really good place to throw in some polymer caps instead of the usual electrolytics. Something like this would do nicely...

Neat design! The op amp gain stage probably makes it super inexpensive to build and still have reasonable distortion, but I haven't seen them used in Stax amps outside of servos before. Make sure that it's up to driving the tube you use.   The 6SN7 isn't a great choice here. It has a max plate...

Nah, they were in their carrying pouch and fell out of my pocket while I was crossing the street. Ironically enough a few months the cable got hard and started cracking, so I ended up replacing with another iem.

A car drove over my mk1 :)

That would make a killer office setup! How small can you get the power supply? I got the 2u chassis just to fit the transformer and cap bank, but I'm guessing it'll be tiiiny and run way cooler if you forgo the ccs and EL34s.

I don't want to speak on anyone else's behalf but I'm guessing he likes it sounds ~fabulous~ once it's properly built.   I've never heard a BHSE, but I just finished up my own variation on the ES-X and t's a huge step up from the SRD-7 and SRM-1 mk2. I also got to try it with the SR-007, and...

Glad to know it's not just mine that's cursed! I'll also be there  

I've been to Marc too when I got my customs, and his impressions were excellent. I'd definitely go back if ever I got customs again.     Almost done :)