Happy Birthday!

If anyone from Sennheiser is reading this... I can't imagine there'd be any more deserving case for someone to receive a pair of HD800's - can you?

shame, but thanks for the quick reply.

I notice on the beezar website that only the black enclosure is listed Is this the end of the silver version or is there going to be another batch ordered?

I'm not entirely sure about buying Eagle, this is a bit like me buying my wife flowers... and a washing machine... As I understood it, the original intent was to show our gratitude and thank Alex for all his efforts but here we are discussing which headphone will allow him to design amps...

The headphone stand is a nice idea, perhaps a plaque could be added to commemorate the whole thing, not names per se but the community

Sorry, it's taken me while to get round to this. Have now sent a small contribution to the fund. Very happy to see Alex rewarded for his generosity and infinite patience UB

Quote: Originally Posted by Hayduke Maybe take not of which resistors you will be taking readings on and make sure there is a little extra leg on top to grab with your gripper probes. Seconded on that last point, if I were building another, I'd make sure that R6 on both channels...

Farnell and RS Components both sell the OPA2132PA as well as a good selection of other models and makes of OPAMP. Farnell have a minimum order of £20+vat for non-account customers but it's worthwhile seeing if you can make an order of £30+vat because then it's free delivery. RS have no...

Ferrari Thank you for your very kind offer. I do like the amp very much and a building a new one is a definite possibility. But I'm not going to give up on this one just yet. Besides if I do find the fault and fix it, it may give some clues as to the hiss problems reported by some IEM users.

Quote: Originally Posted by Ferrari Most likely it’s a mechanical issue caused by the fall. I’m not sure if it has been asked before (I do missed posts sometimes) but… are the tubes sitting properly in the sockets? Have you tried different tubes? It's depressing because the amp...

thanks for the suggestions, I'll keep you posted.

Quote: Originally Posted by Uncle Bob Did some checks on my problem SOHAII today. All voltages checked out OK but I went over all the solder joints in the left channel anyway. Still got that hiss problem in the left channel. But I've found that minor flexing of the PCB makes the hiss...

Quote: Originally Posted by Uncle Bob I'm still here, and unfortunately I still have the hiss problem - I just haven't had the opportunity to sit down and work on the board. I will keep you posted on progress - I still have to make an enclosure for it. I can't consider it a finished...

Quote: Originally Posted by runeight Uncle Bob you haven't said anything lately about your hiss problem. Is it still there? And have you had a chance to measure voltages? BTW, thanks for the request to put indicators on the e12. As you know I used them on the compact hybrid. It's a...

cool I'll keep an eye on developments UB

Has there been any further developments/thoughts on making a pre-drilled enclosure available?

Nice, they are a smart looking case. Is that case tall enough to enclose the valves or will you have to cut holes in the top do you think? Do they come with all any accessories - like feet? How was modushop to deal with?

Quote: Originally Posted by cakeman Do I PM him or something :O? Yeah I would do, he also quotes his email addy in the post so you might be able to use that. Also, JOSHATDOT was selling cmoy PCB's. Not sure if he has any left though but I don't suppose it would do any harm to...

I think the hardest part would be the small connectors Sennheiser use on their heaphones. They're quite hard to find and expensive to buy - and I would imagine they'd be quite hard to work with as they're so small. All of a sudden, those professionally made upgrade cables look like good...

Beat me to it! It's an old thread, but according to recent postings, Zigis still has some available.

It should be fairly obvious I would imagine. I've not done this, so I'm guessing but the cable into the jack will either be two conductors with an overall screen, or two individually screened conductors. In either case, the ground wire is the screen. If you cut off the old plug leaving a...

Quote: Originally Posted by onform Yep if I can find the time or should I say if the missus doesn't find something else for me to do!! Any more news on your build?? is it cased up yet? My build has been running for a few weeks but is not yet cased up. I'm still keen on the...

Be absolutely sure that the fault is at the jack connector, if it is you're lucky as replacing the jack plug is pretty easy to do. The usual place for the cable develop an intermittent connection is in the earpiece itself. Try flexing the cable at the strain relief whilst holding the cable...

Sweet, looks like you'll be busy