Received mine from Beach Audio too, nice packing. Great phones. By the way, I was also having concern regarding SA5000's magnetic field ever since I read backdrifter's post. So today I used my Gauss meter to compare SA5000 with HD650. Surprisingly at the same volume, HD650's reading is always...

Quote: Originally Posted by thatopampguy Does anyone find this odd or coincidental? Last night, when the SA5k showed up on beachaudio, there were exactly 12 in stock. Today, both etronics and trio stores claim to each have 12 in stock. Are all these people getting their stuff...

I have talked to the guy at Beachaudio.com. I asked him where did they get the SA5000, and he told me they got those from Sony USA. So I think the phones are officially released to the market now. There should be many stores selling them in a few days.

I placed my order on Friday late afternoon. On Sunday and this morning they told it is in stock and assured me that it will be shipped today. Since I didn't get track info yet, so I called them again this afternoon around 5PM. This time they told me it is in backorder and I have to wait for a...

sorry to have double posted.

I ordered one at $380 last Friday while it was still in stock. But after they raised the price, I am worrying if they will ship the phones to the customers who ordered at $450 first to ensure they won't cancel the order soon after other stores start selling SA5000.

Just wondering if the amp of O2 is on all the time?

I think Fisher 500C does not have AM function.

so there are no front and rear panels yet?

I finished replacing the caps in my Fisher 500c by Blackgates and Auricaps. After buring in for two weeks, the sound is very good . However, I still want to further improve the sound by replacing the 40 years old unpolarized power cable. I want to replace it by a three-way polarized power cable...

I finished replacing the caps in my Fisher 500c by Blackgates and Auricaps. After buring in for two weeks, the sound is very good . However, I still want to further improve the sound by replacing the 40 years old unpolarized power cable. I want to replace it by a three-way polarized power cable...

With a budget of $300, you should be able to get Fluke 189 on ebay. I got my brand new one for $269. Not a bad deal .

My Fisher 500C also had the reversed channel problem. Originally I just reversed the input to it to make the headphone sound right. However, I still feel a bit annoyed by the problem. So when I recapped my Fisher 500C, I wanted to get it fixed. I checked the circuit and I found that there are...

RKV is said to be a great tube amp, and I was curious if RKV is at the same league as Max? Does anyone have the experience of comparing these two amps? Which one sounds better with HD600?

I am not quite sure about the content of my friend's kit, I think it has more caps than that. As to the knob, you can ask Al (Fisher Doc). I think he also sells the brass knobs for Fisher machines.

Check http://www.partsconnexion.com/catalog/capacitors.html They sell caps of many different brands.

Most of the caps I used have exactly the same values. Very few of them have different values because I was not able to find caps with exactly the same values, yet they are still very close to the original cap values. For instance, I replaced one 2uf cap by 2.2 uf, 0.5 uf by 0.47 uf. Actually...

Congradulation!! Fisher X1000 is a great integrated amp . My friend got one several months ago and he also asked Fisher Doc to send him the kit. After he replaced the caps with the caps he got from Fisher Doc, the sound was better. However the caps from Fisher Doc are not the best quality caps...

Hi Chris, Actually, you can start building it even before you get the past issue. The part list of the amp is listed on Mr. Millett's site: http://www.pmillett.addr.com/images/hybrid_parts.PDF You can start ordering the parts now based on the part list. Besides those parts, you would also...

That is the volume control device. It is an adjustable resistor, and ususally called potentiometer or pot. It is the "Panasonic 50K horizontal mount (EVJ-C20)" shown in Tangent's part list.

This is my first DIY project. I am really happy to see the result. Thanks for all the nice words you gave me, they really meant a lot to me . I am reviewing circuit and electronic theory now . Hope I can design my own circuit soon in the future!! Hi Serow: In Mr. Millett's article, he said...

Since I haven't replaced my tip yet, I don't really know if Hakko tips are easy to get or not. However, I searched for "Hakko tips" on Google and I saw quite a few store selling the Hakko tips. I assume that it should not be a problem to get tip replacement for Hakko irons.

Hakko is also a good option for the soldering iron. I bought my Hakko 936-9 SOLDERING STATION (soldering iron included) from ebay for $80. It has temperature control and works really well. I just found some store is having it on sale for $79.95: http://www.aedwis.com/hakko.html. As to the...

Here are the photos of the inside: I feel a little ashamed to show these photos because the wires are not very well organized. Since I have to connect the pins of the tube socket mounted on the enclosure to the PCB, I need 7 wires for each socket. The total number of wires I used in...

I ordered the Hammond Aluminum Enclosure (1444 and 1434 series) with size of 10''x6''x2''. Originally I didn't want to paint the enclosure, I just wanted to leave the enclose in its aluminum color. However when I was drilling the screw holes for the Neutrik jack, the drill slipped and it left a...