I've been building and tweaking a millet for a year and half or so-its been a rewarding experience. I never would have been able to save 650 dollars just for an amplifier+power supply, but 35 bucks here and there (caps, pot, tube rolling, etc) has been feasable. Also, if you build up from a...

Got it! The polarity was reversed between the wall-wart and the STEPS. I re-soldered the line on the steps and it sounds great. I can't wait to put this thing in a decent box, thanks all! cheers, dan r.

Teerawit, I have a power cable with a plug on the end running from the STEPS to the millet. On the STEPS, the wire with the ------- mark on it is soldered to the ground on the board, the wire with the writing on it is soldered to the vout. The other end plugs into the stock connector on the...

Ok, I plugged the PS into the millet, and flipped the switch. the LED on the STEPS dimmed briefly, but the LED on the millet didn't come on! The tp's on the PS have much the same values as before, even with the milllet switched 'on.' I unplugged the millet and plugged it back into the...

Yep, it was the tantalum cap! I'd like to dedicate my first hour of listening (its connected to a millet and 125 grados) to Blueworm! Many thanks. 32v AC between tp 1 and 2 42v DC between tp 3 and 5 28v DC between tp 4 and 5 The amp was probably on for half an hour of testing before I...

Hi all, Here are my symptoms: 31v AC between tp 1 and 2 40v DC between tp 3 and 5 5.7v DC between tp 4 and 5 If I adjust vset, the output voltage varies very little and can go down to 5.6. The LED is glowing happily and the PS doesn't seem hot at all. Obviously its the 5.7v DC...

Hi all, I need a cloth wrapped power cord that can go from a tangentsoft power supply to a pete millet amp. The two will always be paired, so I'm going to hardwire a power cord between them. The box will look old fashioned (brass and walnut, with the tubes coming out the top) and i'd like...

I bought Grado 125's about two years ago now. I found them a little painful to listen to for extended times when they were new. So I burned them in for around 50 hours at slightly-higher-than-comfortable listening levels, the painful-listening went away and I enjoyed them for the next two...

I'm making a stand alone powersupply (TEPS) for my millet amp. What power cord should i use between the amp and the ps? What connector should i use to connect the cord to the amp itself? The ps/cord connection will be a soldered one. thanks!

Thanks for the response slinderman. May your designs be blessed with low distortion and your tubes with long life. Two clarifying questions: By 'heaters' you mean tubes, yes? The millet amp is already built, how would I measure the current draw? I have a meter. I'll order the +/-12v...

I finished a pete millet headphone amp, and am now working on upgrading the wall-wart to a 28v Tangent Easy Power Supply (TEPS). I don't have the know-how to decide which transformer to order. On Tanget's page he says "Multiply the current you will be drawing from the power supply by the...

Hi Vis, I got done with my P. Millet headphone amp a few days ago, and was also slightly disapointed with the amount of difference. It was there, but there was no doubt it wasn't as big as i expected. However, when I switched from the compressed mp3 files on my ipod to a CD coming out of my...