I listen daily to a pair of the original groupbuy Takets driven direct from a BHSE. I really like the detailed tacile sound. There is some minor bass resonance(something do with the square ear-pad shape - some damping foam in corners help).   Thanks Duggeh for the tip on Sennheiser...

Quote: Originally Posted by stevenkelby Maybe he changed a resistor value or something, there are 4 in the earcup. So far the earcups have resisted all my attempts to open them up - any hints?

I guess I missed out on that "crisp" feeling. Totally agree though on fluidity and air. My hearing aint as good as it woz - tails off around 13k. But with these cables I'd swear I'm hearing 16k and beyond. I look forward to your update.

The Zu's have burned for 60hours now. I upgraded from stock - so cant compare with Cardas, etc. Straight out the bag there was alot more detail, more solidity, but slightly cold and restrained, but not edgy like some silver I've heard. Now, the Zu's have taken my system up to another strata...

Excellent Review... I'm left staring into the smoking crater of my wallet.

Hmmm, my Castle Pembrokes mkII are standmounters... some 24inch tall. There was matching wooden stands sold separately. I bought mine (£400) after some extensive auditioning - I liked their slight withdrawn character(probably why I like HD600s too) that appeared to have more bass control than...

Quote: Zu Cable said they're not selling the connectors at the moment, but might in the future. I emailed them, a couple of weeks ago, asking them if they would sell these connectors but didnt get a reply. Presumably that "might in the future" could be when their email is flooded...

The advantage of hardwiring or replacing the connector is we should end up with a better connection. I recall a post on the subject on Headwize by Jan Meier some time ago. The downside is we lose the ability to compare with those 30day free trial yardsticks. And also may lose resale...

Hi Duke, I emailed RA re selling connectors separately but they refused. I want to DIY the cable, but like others the sticking point is that damn headphone connector. I had thought of fabricating the connectors out of teflon block and copper or hardwiring direct to the headphone. Your...

Hi GerG, I've had my eye on one of these when I rebuild my Hifi. It hadn't occurred to me that headphones would also benefit. What EQ did the Behringer decide the HD600s need?

Arzela Sorry, when I mentioned 60V I hadnt checked whot sizes were available. BTW. The PS schematics I have sez 5uF 200V/uS. I cant recall the part no.

Quote: PS: I should have mentioned this at the outset. I plan to order the 850 V cap. This is rather large: 38 X 55 mm (apr 1.5 X 2.126 in). Oh dear. I woz planning to bung these into an Antness V1. No room for nothing that size. Why the 850V cap? I would have thought a 60V rating...

I would be interested in a set of 4 for shipping to the UK

quote: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Originally posted by antness Tangent, you mean on your amps you don't bend the leads so the value label is always perfectly visible...

88Sound Thanks for the 100hr review - impressive and spurring me on the greater heights. Where to now - balanced bridged? Antness How is the BB upgrade kit coming on? You know, the piggyback board, a minor rerouting around the servo, a couple of mono headjacks and sockets, say $50 the lot...

Quote: "I hope it's not the reviewer's 1 head amp as people tend to get over excited about their 1st anything." Hi folks, this is my review of my first head amp, the Gilmore Kit and and I'm so over excited! This Amp Rocks! The amp has just had 10hours wunning, but I can no longer contain...

Thats why I asked if you had heard FRED, especially as that glowing quote came from a tuber, and you have sand. Perhaps you could modify your PS circuit board to plant sockets for mounting the diodes, and get samples of eight, samples of eight and do a review. I would like to know too. The...

boyElroy: Yes, but how are you going prevent your pedalling panda from eating the bike? Let me know if you hear from Fred erix: sorry, wong era

I had in mind (eventually) 2 PSs to one amp box with 4 boards ( or 2 boards + piggybacks) & a dual channel switched attentuator. I need the rubber band to drive the genny from the bike, and I've to build the std yet, so I've to walk before I can pedal.

BoyElroy: So did you hear FREDs improvements as per the VacuumTube quote. Antness: The BB can be implemented with 4 of your amp boards. Not having received the kit yet, I dunno if 4 boards would fit the std enclosure. But I would like to see a power socket per channel on the amp, and two...

Excellent material! Thanks for leading the way, and the review. This woz the direction I intended to go after building the std amp (currently awaiting delivery of kit from antness). So thanks for doing the pioneering. And thanks to Kevin for an excellent design. After building a bridged...

ppl - "I at first used Kevin's power supply but later changed to My Dual tracking Discreet component supply using LED's as Voltage references to obtain no Thermal Drift" ppl - "I did not like the sound of kevins Power supply made the sonys somewhat fat in the bass and this is not a good thing...

Possum - can you please let me have the schematic for your PS, or least the revised circuit/component values around the pre-regulators and regulators - I think I'm going to need to beef up the PS to cope with bridged and doubled output transistors. Thanks. Steve[not into water coolers... yet]

Hey Kevin, youre one cool dude with one cool amp! I dunno about you being nuts - I admire your refusal to bow to compromise.

Kevin - Now I see what you mean by HUGE But is that sink big enough to dissipate ~2kW?