around 5k yes! around 4k Here is a quick preview of some un-touched shots:

Very exciting news! A BIG thanks to HIFIMAN for shipping the only Susvara Unveiled in the USA to Lee Shelly Photography, who will start to shoot our HeadAmp CFA3 tomorrow! As far as I know, nobody in the world has listened to this combination yet! Many ppl here already know Lee from his other...

Update! We are waiting to receive more of the SRS-X1000 and SR-X1, which will be here around end of the month. We'll be able to fill all pre-orders, including new ones

What is the best measuring headphone according to ASR? So that I know which is the only one to listen to

Is this with an input cable plugged in and that source is selected? Though would be better to just short out the inputs for this test, would need shorting caps on the input jacks

Did they say why? Is the transformer vibrating and the tubes are picking it up microphonically? Or were you hearing 'transformer noise' because your head was close to the chassis? If possible please PM me the name/email of who you talked to

Is the channel imbalance at any particular point on the volume knob? The Atrium has a sensitivity of 96dB/mW, which is pretty high. For comparison the HIFIMAN Susvara is 83dB/mW. Possibly you could hear 0.0001 Volts of signal with the Atrium, but not with the Susvara at all It is also very...

I don't think that changing the power transformer would affect hum in the audio, mechanical hum yes Also, Upscale Audio is no longer the Feliks distributor. AFAIK there is no U.S. distributor anymore, only dealers. If it is the problem we'd be capable of replacing the power transformer.

Hi, I have actually been doing quite a bit of work trying to figure this out. I think the low level hum, in med/high gain, with sensitive headphones, might be partially resolvable, but at a minimum is going to require modifications to the design - that is where I'm at right now. Other than...

it depends what it is, if you had an older amp where you're running 115/230V to a power switch on the front panel, you'd want twisted wire. if you had AC heaters for all of the tubes, you'd want twisted wire and not to run the 50/60Hz on circuit board traces. We could wire some of the amp point...

What I've been working on: - Optimizing the Grand Cayman for both 20B and 300B - Improving all circuit boards and power supplies. Have gone from v1 to v4 of the tube output PCB in the past few months! V1 V2 V3 V4 And most exciting of all to announce..we have partnered with Kerry and...

It's been a while since I posted an update, but I have been working on quite a few things including 300B tubes in the Grand Cayman. Thought I had posted this here but guess not:

Yes

Yes, pre-orders can choose the standard or deluxe model - that email will be going out very soon. The standard models are going to be shipping first, followed by the Deluxe. There has been an added delay on getting the motorized stepped attenuators for the deluxe version but we should have it...

Been doing a lot of listening with serial #001 while we keep going on our assembly! This is, by far, the best amp we've ever made for any type of dynamic/planar even those that don't require tons of power (which it can also easily provide). I was also doing some A/B comparison with a Feliks Envy...

A lot, which is partly why it is taking a while. I didn't expect we would get nearly as many pre-orders as have come in, but ultimately a good thing! At this point, we're getting amps built up and ready to go. Not much time for anything else

The opening is about 1.5 x 2.5"

Today a lot of boxes of cfa3 packing foam arrived

No, but you can turn the stepped attenuator to max volume which is the same thing

I just unopened a SRS-X1000. Unboxing impressions: - The amp chassis is very sturdy, a smooth volume knob with a nice quality on/off switch - The headphones are smaller than I expected. They are also extremely light. Even though the ear pads are round, the opening on the inside is an elongated...

I haven't checked to see if there is really a difference..possibly the rest of the chassis runs 1-2 degrees warmer without the metal bottom panel.

Yes, see the champagne color for the Blue Hawaii SE, GS-X mini and GS-X mk2. We will do it

It is! We sent the green Blue Hawaii SE and ES Lab ES-1 Alpha to Zavalinka Records and the blue Blue Hawaii SE with STAX SR-X9000 to Mytek Digital

What i think is the final design.. I filled in the machined lettering with metallic paint and really like how it came out. I can do any color / combination someone wants, at least for now

A final piece - working on this design for a retro style transformer cover