[deadlylover]

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If you use RCA you will probably ground the cold portion, which means there will be no signal from the cold. This leaves only the hot to provide the signal, therefore only have half the board pumping up the signal.

 
The amp is fully balanced like most stat amps, you will get a balanced output even with a single ended input, it doesn't matter.

 

[johnwmclean]

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Sad to hear there are more and more problems with the Khozmos... My friend just got one of his B22's channels burnt because of a short to ground in his Khozmo.

 
 
A short to ground from inputs shouldn’t cause this problem. The outputs on the other hand.....

 

[kevin gilmore]

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I'm pretty sure you get a balanced output no matter what input you use, using XLR just means double the output voltage, which doesn't really make a difference.

 
Not exactly.  Se input to balanced output causes a differential gain of about 2%.
 
Balanced input is much better for stax amps.

 

[sachu]

Highly recommend going either the TKD route or spring for the Penny and Giles RF15 or ALPS RK50.
 
There is the KG attenuator as well if you can lay your hands on one which would work out to about $220-250 i believe.

 

[sachu]

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Victor, did you use the DACT for your KGSSHV?
Anybody knows where to buy the quad penny & giles?

Call them.
 
http://www.manquen.net/

 

[spritzer]

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Not exactly.  Se input to balanced output causes a differential gain of about 2%.
 
Balanced input is much better for stax amps.

 
Just make sure that the source is actually balanced.  Way too many designers have used SE output stages with nasty opamp phase splitters to drive the balanced outputs.  This is also true of some very expensive gear... 

 

[HDMan]

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Just make sure that the source is actually balanced.  Way too many designers have used SE output stages with nasty opamp phase splitters to drive the balanced outputs.  This is also true of some very expensive gear... 

 
The Matrix uses a phase splitter, it's going up on ebay, ignorance was bliss.

 

[HDMan]

Got a refund on the Matrix, back to the original plan building the Buffalo Dac.
 
Anybody know how good the Joshua Tree is? http://www.twistedpearaudio.com/control/jt.aspx
 
And how well it would be with the KGSSHV.

 

[kevin gilmore]

joshua tree is very good.  Not constant impedance, which is just plain stupid.

 

[johnwmclean]

DACT installed, floors the Khozmo is every aspect.
 

 

[gilency]

Very nice. Would you mind posting a closer picture of the DACT connections and also the Stax jack?
I see you grounded your pot directly to the star ground.
Some people have recommended not to because the body is already grounded directly to the ground panel.

 

[J-Pak]

Nice clean build

 

[johnwmclean]

Thanks guys!
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Very nice. Would you mind posting a closer picture of the DACT connections and also the Stax jack?
I see you grounded your pot directly to the star ground.
Some people have recommended not to because the body is already grounded directly to the ground panel.

 
There’s really nothing in it, as both positions (star ground and the DACT body) have the same potential.
 

 

 

[HDMan]

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joshua tree is very good.  Not constant impedance, which is just plain stupid.

 
So it's still good although it doesn't have constant impedance?

 

[kevin gilmore]

I like amb's thing better.
Both are going to be too big for your chassis.