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His amps are made out of recycled beer cans
and his source from tomatos.
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Reality?
I received my BHSE around the same time as Anders and also have been very busy with work, so not much time on the tubes yet, about 20 hours at most. Justin noted that my GE Big Bottles are light on gain, but otherwise well matched. That seems certainly true, in that realistic listening levels require the attenuator to be set at least to the 4 o'clock position and up.
By the way, the BHSE gets hot (both main chassis and power supply), beyond Rappaport Amp1 hot. They need to be placed in well ventilated locations. That's as negative as I can get on this one so far.
JHellow
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The standard umbilical cable seems about 3.5 feet long.
Along with the Philips EL34 metal base, I also like the original made in England GEC KT77. The tubes don't look like much, quite ugly actually, but they have incredible liquidity, smoothness and refinement.
Metal base do look much better, though, especially with matching silver ring accents on the amp.
Hi elephas,
could you please comment on the HE90 + BHSE combo? are they a good match? is HE90 + Aristaeus a better match?
thanks,
dave
Does anyone know if there are board sets (or layout artwork) and schematics available for the BHSE?
I've seen the original BH pcb layout, but would rather build something
that does not utilize a gadzillion finicky transistors made out of unobtanium.
Or is my only recourse to cough up $5000+ and wait a year for it to be built?
The $1,000 upgrade to the RK50 is a very good price, considering the part itself costs around $1,000 when bought in small quantities.
By the way, for those waiting for signs of build activity on the BHSE, I just recently got an e-mail from Justin inquiring about the kind of casework I want for my BHSE. I am hoping this means that construction will be starting up soon on the next batch.