Quote: With EAC no disc spinner can compete so I'm not sure I see the point in such a device.  In a couple yearswith USB 3 I am positive all disc spinning transports will be completely osolete.   Pure speculation but I bet the Legato outperforms any transport with a measured 3 ps...

Quote: Absolutely,  but reading about them is fun,  kind of like dear pen-house letters  

Peter Greens recording all seem to follow the old rock rule:  the greater the performance/talent the worse the recording.  I love his guitar tone but haven't found a very good recording of him at his prime. 

Like I said these R10 headphones are so obscure they aren't relavant ,  not only do you have to search for months,   spend several thousand dollars but also hope that you get a "bass heavy" pair?     I hope they bring them back into production 'cause they sound great but procuring them and...

Quote: These connectors are available from digikey and very reasonable I think I paid $15 for the set.  Quality seems good.  I think they are a newer offering as I didn't see them till recently   Made in the UK may be able to find them there:  ...

Quote: Brilliant.   Thankyou very much adamus

Quote: Thats great,  I swear a two chassis build makes the build time 4 times as long,  just getting over a bad case of bronchitis hope to have this thing wrapped up soon.  I ordered a pair of ebay WE 417A's at the height of my codeine delerium,  my confidence in them being good tubes...

I can't believe he is still selling the Dac19,  that is good news

Looks like he has grados according to his sig:     Tube - Soha II   Solid State : CKIII   Both will give you a single ended sound that is not found in this price range commercially,  unique great sounding all round amplifiers.  I think of the CKIII as a budget DIY luxman,  similiar...

Quote: Sure you got the polarity on the caps  right?   Its odd that your B+ is 255V and these blew up,  could it be heat?

Quote: The 6n6p is a great driver tube for this amp,  they are very undervalued in my opinion.     For the gain it would be worth trying something other than the 6DJ8 as the only ones that sound great are expensive holland tubes from the 60's and you have to buy several to find a good...

Adamus is the tl431  adjustble under the cathode,  could you set it for 10V's or higher for tubes that require a lot of bias?

Quote: It really is a personal thing,  everyone has different ear geometry.  I couldn't listen to the V2 Magnums or my MS-Pros with anything but flats,  but my ears are shaped close to my head.   You will want to experiement.  

Quote: I imagine that depends on the headphones,  my Grados pick up the slightest hum.  

Here is a shot of the overkill PS prefilter stage on the dirty shop floor with the umbilical cord that came out pretty nice for a decent price.  I got lucky and found a reasonable HV connector at digikey.   The two power transformers are the Hammond 300 series. The tube sockets are for JJ 5AR4...

Looks like the new batch shipped on Friday,   anyone know typical canadian post transist times to the USA?

Quote: We should start a thread on techniques to smuggle headphone gear into the houshold.

You bachelors get to have all the fun, whatever you do when you get hitched, do not tell your wife how much your headphone gear is worth.  Trust me.  And you better learn how to scrounge and build amps/DAC's now cause its the only way to sneak a $5k amp into your possesion,  one part at a time...

Quote:     Enjoy your freedom now my friend, enjoy

Where,  they aren't sold anymore? Quote:

Quote: I was commenting toward the general audience and not anyone specific.

The R10 is really a singularity and not relavent today.  They were built in a small volume probably at a loss and are now obsolete in that you can't buy them can't get them serviced,  really a novelty.   If you are independantly wealthy go for it and buy a couple (you will need parts)  otherwise...

Quote: The way it was explained to me by a very respected digital designer was to use the high performance shunt powersupplies (not the computers +5V)  but share the computers ground without trying to galvanically isolate it with the Adums,  then use the typical pulse transformer on the...

Quote: The designers I've spoken with have told me the Adum isolators add more noise than a computers ground and are detrimental to the sound.    Have you taken any measurements to show that this adum is worthwhile?  

Quote: All digital transports sound the same,  haven't you been reading the USB thread on the home page