https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/the-global-capacitor-crisis-unleashed-by-a-stolen-formula/ar-AA1lHP6v?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=LCTS&cvid=5e775b945a044b45a66690cba05bc7dc&ei=98 I remember getting an email about a class action suit against capacitor manufacturers. Now I know why.

I used two of these: https://www.decware.com/newsite/diy/decware/ZKIT4.html The unit is driven directly from the DAC chips in a Schiit Gungnir; balanced in/balanced out. It uses two tube regulated power supplies listed in the link. Power supply.

The amp is a clone of this: https://www.decwareproducts.com/se84ufo25 I used headphone output transformers from Transcendar, added a choke (behind the power tranny) to deal with hum. This is endgame for me, after many many builds.

Need new headband pad for your HD800? This is the one. Been using one for a few months. Works great. Just zip it over the stocker. Cheap too. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B2QSNYVJ

Testing my Gungnir with a Decware tube output stage in balanced mode.

It's been a loooooong time since I posted anything here, since DIY has more or less gone by the wayside. Hope you all enjoy this. This is an exact copy of the Decware SE84 circuit but uses Transcendar headphone output transformers. It also has what Decware calls anniversary mod's which consist...

Try not to laugh. I dare ya'. https://www.reddit.com/r/Jazz/comments/3rjsj6/found_it_hilarious_album_from_1970s_ophir_state/

I ran across an album with twelve songs; the first six are original tape versions, the last six are digital master versions of the first six. The album is by Charly Antolini, it's called 'Super Knock Out (Double Version)'. I found it on Spotify, but I'm sure it's on others.

As I get older (just turned 67), weird things start happening, like hair growing in inconvenient places, losing some high frequency hearing, forgetting why I went from one room to another, or what I did yesterday, looking for my glasses whilst wearing them, yadda yadda. For quite a while now, I...

I have decided to get a small, cheap laptop to use exclusively for music. My LG tablet will run Spotify to my Yggy via USB, but I need a Windows (or Mac) system for the driver for my M2Tech HiFace Evo, so I can run AES. I'm currently using a Dell laptop, but want a dedicated music computer. Any...

I was perusing Tubes USA and discovered that EML is coming out with a PX-4 mesh tube.    http://tubesusa.com/ELtubes.html

Jeremy at Garage 1217 hinted at this at our last Arizona meet. Looks interesting.   http://www.garage1217.com/garage1217_diy_tube_headphone_amplifiers_019.htm

I am hoping that someone here more computer literate can help. I tried my best over the last several months to avoid Windows 10, but the rat %#%^&$#s at Microsoft initiated the download for me. I knew these punks were up to no good, and my experience today proves it. It downloaded OK; slow...

Wondering if anyone knows who sells a good quality 2.5mm stereo plug. Thanks.

Anyone seen this yet? http://www.decware.com/newsite/ZDSD.html

This is weird. When I logged into Head-Fi through Google Chrome, I found that all of my ad's had been bumped. I didn't bump them.   When I logged in on my MSN Premium account, they hadn't been bumped. I went ahead and bumped them.   Does anyone have an idea what's going on? Has my account...

I just got an email from Mouser about:http://www.mouser.com/new/molex/molex-hozox-emi/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=june2014&utm_campaign=cm-molex-hozox-en&utm_content=cta

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Just saw this. Interesting. http://www.bottlehead.com/store.php/products/bottleheadphone-kit

The Taboo II amp has two pairs of inputs. The outer pair connect to the input on the volume pot. The inner pair connects to the output of the pot. That pair is to be used with a preamp, like the CSP. A 1KR resistor connects from the pot out to the input tube pin. It is supposed to bypass the...

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Here we go: http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/03/06/17212455-2-loud-crew-bloomberg-targets-nyc-teens-who-blast-music-through-their-ear-buds?lite

Looks like we're gonna have to find an alternate source for enclosures. http://www.par-metal.com/   Just as I was gonna start my next amp project. Phooey!

I just ran across this link in the Hagerman Audio Circle:http://www.buildanamp.com/Resistor-Replacer-RR.htm

Yesterday I turned on my EHHA Rev. A and left the room to let it warm up. After about 10 minutes I returned to a smell of something hot. I turned off the amp and found the case under the main tranny to be very hot. I discovered that some of the plastic covering the tranny, as well as some of...