Eddie Current Zana Deux owners

[Mikey01]

Just a teaser here. The Zana Deux is, in my mind, the finest headphone amp available. It plays everything on all frequencies at perfect levels and perfect intonations. The Zana Deux, again in my humble opinion, does not discriminate against high or low impedance headphones. It strives to give "equal opertunity listening pleasure" to all headphones. Is there a downside? Yes! I don't think it can walk on water.

 

[Mikey01]

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Originally Posted by purk Can anyone post pictures of this amp and why only 6 were availble to order?

That run of Zana's had special hand built Soybean oil jumbo caps in them requiring a special circuit design. The caps were leftovers from the "Moth" days and no longer available. Craig built enough Zana's for the Soy/oil caps he had left. To run another cap will require a redesign of the circuit and probably will not be as good.

 

[derekbmn]

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Originally Posted by ironbut " I'm trying to get together a production run of Zana Deux's most likely 10 units. End of October will be the cutoff date for deposits. If more than ten people want one, I can make that many, so you don't have to worry about being left out."

Does anyone know how much $$$ is required for deposit ?

 

[909]

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Originally Posted by Mikey01 To run another cap will require a redesign of the circuit and probably will not be as good.

Is this an assumption or has Craig told you this?


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Originally Posted by derekbmn Does anyone know how much $$$ is required for deposit ?

I suggest you get your information directly from the source. You can get Craig's contact details at www.eddiecurrent.com (he is good about responding to emails) or give him a call.

 

[granodemostasa]

my deposit was 800.
btw: when will my amp get here?

 

[ironbut]

He won't know the exact price for the next run until the last week of Oct. and the deposit will be half of the total.

 

[granodemostasa]

i got an email from craig, apparently they needed something that went with the power cords, but they are pretty much all done.
if someone could help me up with uploading pics to head-fi i could demonstrate the insides of the famed ZD.

 

[humanflyz]

Use ImageShack

 

[909]

or photobucket

 

[909]

 

[Solude]

Dang! That's a nice piece. Might have our first looker out of EC for the non retro lover

 

[909]

 

[augustwest]

Nice photos!

Thanks,
- augustwest

 

[granodemostasa]

this thing better be good... i've spent over 200 on tubes for it already.

also: all those wires inside it are making me doubt the ability of interconnects to make a difference with this amp...

sad part is that i'm gonna be away this weekend and not be around when it's delivered.

 

[909]

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Originally Posted by granodemostasa this thing better be good... i've spent over 200 on tubes for it already. also: all those wires inside it are making me doubt the ability of interconnects to make a difference with this amp... sad part is that i'm gonna be away this weekend and not be around when it's delivered.

Don't dismiss interconnects until you try.

Sample some, but doubt you'll have to spend a lot. M-Paths are a good option and seem to work well with the EC amps. Check the FS forum to see if they are still for sale, if you're interested that is.

Sorry to hear that you won't be around when it's delivered.