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ford2 posted:-
 
 
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 At my age it is best not to go to fast.

 

 
Wot, another old codger like me who is just a bit of flotsam on the jetstream of life....
 
The only thing I am fast at these days is - jumping to conclusions, and even then I debate with myself whether I SHOULD OR NOT......

 

[ford2]

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ford2 posted:-
 
 
 
Wot, another old codger like me who is just a bit of flotsam on the jetstream of life....
 
The only thing I am fast at these days is - jumping to conclusions, and even then I debate with myself whether I SHOULD OR NOT......

 
Living in Cabramatta it is a wonder you reached old age.

 

 

[jjinh]

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Living in Cabramatta it is a wonder you reached old age.

Hey, I use to live there too and I'm still alive!

 

[Don Quichotte]

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Yes, I agree that K1000 is damn fast. Stax 2020 combo sounds so muddy these days.

I guess it's a matter of tonal balance, raw energy of the transients, cup resonances, stuff like that. The Stax may sound muddier, but they are actually faster, not only theoretically but also audibly faster. IMO. I have the K1000 and the SR-303, I think SR-202 should be pretty much identical to the 303 in terms of speed.

 

[Fitz]

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Hahah.  Hey wink, I love these cans and can't possibly imagine how much they'd be if I'd had auditioned the K1000 bass heavy... I just wonder why the later one would be bass lite and the earlier one to be bass heavy - as improving the bass on these is a challenge due to more vibration energy needing controlling.  Or did AKG take the easy way out and simply reduced bass output to minimise vibration.  I wonder?

They changed the diaphragm doping at one point, which is not unusual for AKG to do.

 

[Mr.Sneis]

First Watt F1 has arrived! 

 
1) It's probably 2x the size I expected.  Currently it does not "fit" anywhere in my listening setup

2) My balanced cables are not long enough to reach where the amp *could* potentially go.  I currently don't have the jumpers for the balanced bypass to use RCA instead.
3) My stock k1000 pigtail does not have the "distance" between speaker wire ends required to connect it to the back of the amp
4) Plugged in I can hear the f1 humming ever so slightly, is this normal?

 
Triple facepalm, epic fail!!!!
 

 

[progo]

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First Watt F1 has arrived! 

 
1) It's probably 2x the size I expected.  Currently it does not "fit" anywhere in my listening setup

2) My balanced cables are not long enough to reach where the amp *could* potentially go.  I currently don't have the jumpers for the balanced bypass to use RCA instead.
3) My stock k1000 pigtail does not have the "distance" between speaker wire ends required to connect it to the back of the amp
4) Plugged in I can hear the f1 humming ever so slightly, is this normal?

 
Triple facepalm, epic fail!!!!
 

Grats on your buy! First of all: BREATHE!

You're so close by now. Can wait till a new set of XLR cables arrive. Breathe again

I want one so badly.

 

[Pyriel0]

Now I'm just waiting for the first time he uses it for a few hours and then puts his hand on it lol.
 
You mean a mechanical hum or you hooked the headphones up and heard noise through them?

 

[Mr.Sneis]

mechanical hum, I physically can't hook the k1k's up yet

 

[Pyriel0]

I've never heard mine humming. Hopefully it didn't get internal damage during shipping. I just bought some wire and a 4 pin xlr from parts express to make my adapter. I just leave the 4 pin coming from the F1 next to my pc monitor so I don't have to worry about connecting/disconnecting from the rear of the F1 all the time or the length of the stock wire.

 

[Mr.Sneis]

Argh, one thing I have not tried is to lift the ground pin on the power cable.  This helps with some amps in my exp.

 

[Fitz]

Just cut the outer jacket on the wire back some more, then you can connect it to the speaker amp.

 

[Mr.Sneis]

Ok I *think* the hum is all but gone now by lifting the ground via adapter.
 
I'm too much of a wuss to cut up the stock pigtail so I'll try to pick up some parts to build a new one myself at a reasonable price.  Will hit up my local guitar center to check for supplies tomorrow.  
 
Bad idea or bad idea to hide the damn thing tucked under my bed?  It's literally bigger than any other component I own, and I don't own any small gear!

 

[ford2]

 
When you run it for a few hours and feel how much heat it generates I do not think that you will be putting it under the bed.
 
It is the type of amp that needs a lot of cool air.
 
And not a good idea to run an amp without the ground,for that matter despite what you read in this forum it is not a good idea to run anything without a ground unless designed/built as such.

 

[Mr.Sneis]

Thanks Ford, I think I'm just going to have to leave it awkwardly in a corner of my room, maybe only take it out when getting used heh.
 
Today I ordered 15' XLR cables, 14' of canare quad cable, and a neutrik 4 pole male XLR connector.  Going to have to build a pigtail! 
 
For those who have gone this route, did you go with spades, bare wire, crimps, or soldered bare wire?