[Mr.Mantas]

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Originally Posted by donunus /img/forum/go_quote.gif I'm still waiting for him to send the Havana to me. he might still be deciding on the price or whether he should sell them or not

Please let me know about his decision

 

[donunus]

Ok Mr Mantas. You are first in line in case they are finally up for sale.

 

[Mr.Mantas]

OK,

Thanks.

 

[regal]

Anyone tried the Havana clone on ebay that you can build for a few hundred bucks?

 

[OutdoorXplorer]

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Originally Posted by regal /img/forum/go_quote.gif Anyone tried the Havana clone on ebay that you can build for a few hundred bucks?

Where is the link to the clone??

 

[regal]

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Originally Posted by OutdoorXplorer /img/forum/go_quote.gif Where is the link to the clone??

DAC kit AD1865N-K NOS 1.0 NOS w/ transformer - eBay (item 220496718285 end time Oct-27-09 19:41:43 PDT)


They sent me the schematics, well thought out. The tube buffer is bought separately.

 

[OutdoorXplorer]

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Originally Posted by regal /img/forum/go_quote.gif DAC kit AD1865N-K NOS 1.0 NOS w/ transformer - eBay (item 220496718285 end time Oct-27-09 19:41:43 PDT) They sent me the schematics, well thought out. The tube buffer is bought separately.

That looks interesting but I am a lousy DIYer...

 

[regal]

I'm not a fan of NOS so I doubt I would build this. An exact match could be made if we knew the tube topology of the Havana.

 

[Crassus]

That doesn't really look like a clone at all? The dac chips are different, caps are different etc. Just because it's NOS doesn't make it a clone. I'm having a hard time finding similarities let alone say that it's a clone.

 

[DarKu]

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Originally Posted by Crassus /img/forum/go_quote.gif That doesn't really look like a clone at all? The dac chips are different, caps are different etc. Just because it's NOS doesn't make it a clone. I'm having a hard time finding similarities let alone say that it's a clone.

X2

 

[regal]

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Originally Posted by DarKu /img/forum/go_quote.gif X2

youre right its an Audio Not clone, I mistakenly thought the Havana was based on the Audio Not Dac 1.x

 

[donunus]

My cousins modded havana finally arrived and is now up for sale. Its pretty darn smooth sounding and beefier sounding than I remember my stock havana.

Heres the FS link
http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f43/fs...6/#post6143746

 

[Landis]

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Originally Posted by donunus /img/forum/go_quote.gif My cousins modded havana finally arrived and is now up for sale. Its pretty darn smooth sounding and beefier sounding than I remember my stock havana. Heres the FS link http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f43/fs...6/#post6143746

And I was too slow!

I've pretty well decided that the Havana will be the first purchased part of my new rig.

Question; is the tube removable without opening it up? It looks quite well sunk into the enclosure!

 

[limpidglitch]

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Originally Posted by Landis /img/forum/go_quote.gif And I was too slow! I've pretty well decided that the Havana will be the first purchased part of my new rig. Question; is the tube removable without opening it up? It looks quite well sunk into the enclosure!

You need to remove the top by unscrewing four hex-screws.

 

[kostas]

in case no one noticed there is a new production tube for our beloved dac,
the JJ 6386.
Wondering how that new tube performs though I am extremely satisfied with WE jw 2c51... just rocks!
cheers,
K.

ps. when I ll have time to write, I will tell you about a super comparison we made between benchmark dac1, weiss minerva, an esoteric cd-player (5000 eur), dacmagic and the super Havana!!