If you ever buy it, Sean, please squeeze a couple for me :) Don't know what to do with them but they are one of the quad attenuators that I still haven't tried.

What? I thought the Rudistor thing is the best?

Just start with the T2. Live hard or die trying.

Resistance is futile. :)

So when are you building the T2, John? :)

Pics please. :)

Of course they do. Rare to see any ES9018 design that doesn't have I2S input.

Not built, just got my hands on the boards. The material they are using for the PCB (Rogers) is optimized for digital, which is pretty awesome.

Nope, not him. The guy who claimed changing Stax jacks makes difference in sound also thought that Rudistor made the best headamp ever. Seriously watching lolcats is more fun than reading those kinds of post.

Hard to believe there would be something more tedious to work with than the T2, especially when one has to do everything from scratch. Being able to get in KG's run of chassis is real bless.

:bigsmile_face:

Hmmm.. from my past experience, the Carrie a a much easier to build than the GrubDac. Those smd opamps are very easy to work with, comparing with the PCM and WM on the Grub.

Way to go, Chris. :)

Both have almost the same price but the board from Acko is made of higher quality. Plus they have a lot more accessories and quick to adapt new changes. Meanwhile TPA took more than 3 years (and still counting) to develop an USB board and keep in mind, this is not their main job so don't...

I doubt you could find a nice case with pre-cut holes for less than $40 these day. Maybe taking a look here would lead to something useful for your need: http://www.siliconray.com/audio-amateur/enclosure-chasis.html

I much prefer the stuff from Acko. https://sites.google.com/site/ackodac/

Something like this? http://www.ebay.com/itm/B-18-Aluminium-headphone-amp-case-amplifier-chassis-silver-front-/121087624633?pt=UK_Sound_Vision_Amplifier_Parts&hash=item1c316285b9

The build quality section from the press release above is so mouthwatering. Sennheiser do know how to make simple and popular things sound overcomplicated.

I have been waiting for the Bottlehead's DAC for quite a long time. Any more info about it, Doc?

Not sure if he has a stereo pot though, all of the Alphas I've seen so far is quad. The Alps RK40 is awesome if you have one but since you have 1" space to fool around, I don't think it would fit.

-d.p-

I would bet you could fit the TKD 2cp601 volume pot into that space. It's not as nice as its bigger brother 2cp2511 but still far superior to the Alps RK27. The BC caps are great but my favorite psu caps lately is the blue Cornell Dubilier.

Not a good idea to expect a detachable cable for 'stats headphones.

Grado or Sennheiser.

First we had Stax sockets sound differently, and now solder joints do the same thing. The level of cluelessness is just too amazing.