Why limit yourself to metal? I made a DAC and a source switch out of floor slate left over, a piece of plywood (for the bottom) and aluminium for the top. Make the holes you need at the top, through the aluminum cover, and glue the slates around in the shape of a box... All these parts I...

I guess I was not clear enough: I am doing the shigaclone, as a DIY projet. You are doing this other project which I am also very much interested in.

I have started to work on the shigaclone myself and looking forward to see how your project will go!

Quote: Originally Posted by Todd R Hey cool! I was beginning to think I was the only one here with a SEX amp. What did you finish the top with? It looks so smooth. I doubted my ability to get a nice smooth finish there so I chickened out and used the hammertone finish paint. TR...

I hope you all enjoy your setup! I am using mostly DIY stuff... I am using a powerbook as a source, with all the music froma separate drive, connected thru Firewire. The output goes through USB2 in a HagUSB (converting USB to S/PDIF), which is coupled to a DIY DAC. I also have a...

Either with the Grado sr225 or the ety er4p I get absolutely no hiss. Glad to have it.

Quote: Originally Posted by Pendergast My credit card has just been debited about $100 (Canadian). Delivery is still set for October 31st. I am in Quebec, Canada, and ordered the shuffle the day after the announcement. I got notice this morning that my shuffle 2g was sent to...

In order of acquisition: 1) Pa2v2 2) RA SR-71 3) 2 minified pints (1 desktop, 1 portable) 4) Bottlehead S.E.X. the first 2 I barely use anymore, and the portable pint I rarely use, as I do not travel these days. My prefered headphone amps are the S.E.X. and the pint. I use stock...

My credit card has just been debited about $100 (Canadian). Delivery is still set for October 31st. I am in Quebec, Canada, and ordered the shuffle the day after the announcement.

There is also Peter Daniel's DAC-1 from AudioSector at $230 US. NOt portable, but the title of this thread didn't mention it So I thought I could bring it here....

DrJon, I think that in matters of proficiency in building a kit, it comes down to time and personality. Taking time to do things one step after the other, and never rush into things... If I take the SEX kit, my first experience resulted in a power transformer blown up because I reversed...

I started with the portable ones: cmoy, MINT, PINT, then went bigger scale with the SEXperimenter from bottlehead. It was a good school; I knew how to use a soldering iron, but the PINT and the SEX forced me to use a voltmeter and check my circuit. I am very satisfied with both the PINT and...

Quote: Originally Posted by Saint_1 Bottlehead kits are very well regarded over at AudioAsylum. The Seduction phono stage especially gets a lot of talk in the VinylAsylum. What do you guys think of the S.E.X. headphone amp? Very happy with it. So happy I am giving the one I...

Man, I am sooo dumb. I forgot to check out the "Sound Check" from iTunes preferences... Thank you all anyway!

Hello, I have encoded all my music in the highest possible format in iTunes. Thaty being debatable, the actual reason of my posting this thread is that I found out that playing the CD straight from the cd-rom drive of my powerbook 12 (1GHz) and playing the files I imported from that CD to my...

Quote: Originally Posted by aaroncourt Sorry to be off topic but I was reading the link you had in the first post and noticed that they mentioned being around the Puget Sound which is where I am. Then I noticed that their contact number's area code was 360 which is my area code. I think...

Quote: Originally Posted by jarthel it's in the link you mentioned above This is new to me: that information was not there a few days ago. Thanks for pointing it out.

Quote: Originally Posted by dsavitsk It also contains a digital logic bug, It will still "work" but will not sound as good as it could, so the AN schematic is a better bet. Also, AD1865N's are getting tough to get in small quantities. I am curious: what would be the logic bug...

This sounds like the wisest suggestion. The retroDAC, as interesting as it seems, appears to be one rare project compared to the AudioNote. Thank you all.

I am tempted by the Audio Note kit 1.1 or the retro DAC, but I'd like to keep my options open. Suggestions?

Quote: Originally Posted by Pendergast Thank goodness some people live to tell the tale of the existence of that kit. The wait is excruciating: Ordered on May 2nd, and still waiting... All the pain... Just to make a quick closure: I received the kit on June 20. I started...

Thank goodness some people live to tell the tale of the existence of that kit. The wait is excruciating: Ordered on May 2nd, and still waiting... All the pain...

Quote: Originally Posted by iSleipnir Whoa, thread ressurection! Well, I ordered mine but I wont get it until I get back from vacation on the 20th at the earliest. I'm really excited. I want to start building now! How do you know it won't be delivered before the 20th?

Really looking forward to get the kit though...

Thank you all for the suggestions. mrarroyo, I am curious of the number of hours you gave the GS-1000. Some say they require 100 hours of break-in.