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      bobkatz replied to the thread The Stax Thread III.
      Direct coupled versus transformer coupled: the sonics. I am sad to report that my Estat amp build using a Pascal 80 watt amp and a...
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      bobkatz replied to the thread The Stax Thread III.
      Dear Aokman: You're truly giving to the community! Many thanks. It's encouraging to learn that the XP power has output protection modes...
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      bobkatz replied to the thread The Stax Thread III.
      I agree that UHV has no experience dealing with English-speaking clients. But I've been down that road before and at least they give an...
    • bobkatz
      bobkatz replied to the thread The Stax Thread III.
      I've seen the video and thank WCGR for the leads! I bought the 600 volt regulated module that Kevin found. The overvoltage circuit that...
    • bobkatz
      bobkatz replied to the thread The Stax Thread III.
      Thanks, Kevin. It protects the phones, that's the cool thing. If you come up with something more complicated with, perhaps a warning...
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      bobkatz replied to the thread The Stax Thread III.
      I'm a big fan of using equalization to finalize or polish even an already-excellent headphone. I use the RME ADI-2 FS to accomplish...
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      bobkatz replied to the thread The Stax Thread III.
      Now for the sonics! With the 5k load, the sound is much less "transformery" and more transparent. It's a win win for me, the transformer...
    • bobkatz
      bobkatz replied to the thread The Stax Thread III.
      Bump. If anyone has a 600 V overvoltage protection circuit for bias I would love to see it.
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      bobkatz replied to the thread The Stax Thread III.
      Progress report on terminating the 15 watt transformer. I got some 5k 100 watt resistors from Digikey. These are designed to go on...
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      bobkatz reacted to aokman's post in the thread The Stax Thread III with Like Like.
      For everyone who asking about my pro bias design, here it is finally, sorry it took so long but I wanted to test the design for any...
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      bobkatz replied to the thread The Stax Thread III.
      Wow! Keep on keeping on, Kevin.
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      bobkatz reacted to TheAbyss2022's post in the thread The Stax Thread III with Like Like.
      The only E-stat that has monster bass slam is the HE1. I think the CRBN offers the best bass slam in the consumer market.
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      bobkatz replied to the thread The Stax Thread III.
      Good point about the lack of overvoltage protection in these modules. What would be a good overvoltage protection circuit for 580 V DC...
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      bobkatz replied to the thread The Stax Thread III.
      More discoveries: Linearity of frequency response of my transformer-based amp, which uses a 15 watt toroidal transformer. I have...
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      bobkatz reacted to kevin gilmore's post in the thread The Stax Thread III with Like Like.
      1) the bias supply on all my desktop headphone amplifiers is a voltage doubler from the + regulated supply which makes 700v-800v. don't...
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