[vkung]

AN Silver..

 

[HiGHFLYiN9]

What's the cost of those?

...or should I even ask?

 

[vkung]

Email pls

 

[Maven86]

What silver caps do you recommend ?

There's also Duelund. I can vouch for those.

 

[jamato8]

What's the cost of those?



...or should I even ask?

You have answered yourself. :^)

 

[vkung]

Duelund is not the right size for TU-8900

 

[petewebb]

Duelund is not the right size for TU-8900

The Duelunds do fit with ample space below the pcb though.

 

[vkung]

The Duelunds do fit with ample space below the pcb though.

I try several silver caps . AN is easier to install. No need to do a lot of modifications

 

[JamieMcC]

Fwiw for those without deep pockets the Duelund JDM silver foil bypass caps are always a option I used them to bypass the V-Cap Cutf in my 8900 and have been very happy with the results.

 

[Whitigir]

Fwiw for those without deep pockets the Duelund JDM silver foil bypass caps are always a option I used them to bypass the V-Cap Cutf in my 8900 and have been very happy with the results.

Where do you buy the, from ? Just curious, Ty

 

[JamieMcC]

Where do you buy the, from ? Just curious, Ty

I brought mine from Hifi collective
Think they were about £30 each.

 

[Lickumms]

Anyone have a comparison of the Elekit TU-8900/8600 to the Bottlehead Kaiju?

 

[JamieMcC]

Anyone have a comparison of the Elekit TU-8900/8600 to the Bottlehead Kaiju?

There are some views of owners who have had both posted I can't remember if they were on this thread or another on headfi see if the the Search function turns up sometime.

 

[Lickumms]

There are some views of owners who have had both posted I can't remember if they were on this thread or another on headfi see if the the Search function turns up sometime.

I couldn't really find any comparisons. Just one person said they like the 8600.

 

[JamieMcC]

I couldn't really find any comparisons. Just one person said they like the 8600.

Maybe it was on another BB there are definitely some comments from owners of both Kaiju and 8600 out there.

I was looking for the same answers as well.
After building many of the different Bottlehead kits myself the Kaiju seemed the natural choice long before I had heard of Elekit.

Fwiw as a long time lurker on the Bottlehead forum the topic of the Kaiju for headphone use comes up quite regularly BH recommend the DC power upgrade supply option if using headphones.

One of Bottlehead designers also has commented

"If you aren't powering K-1000's, HE-6's, or a similar pair of headphones, I would take a more serious look at the Mainline."

As a Bottlehead Mainline builder/user for the last 7 years fwiw it's definitely my impression the 8900 brought a noticeable improvement over the Mainline imho

My cravat here would is that it required a Chord Dave for me to reach that conclusion. With my other DACs best of which currently is a Oppo 205 it's hard to notice the differences between them it's only when moving up to the Dave that the limitations of the Mainlines abilities become apparent and the Elekit 8900 pulls ahead particularly in transparency and 3D spaciality.