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Thank you very much livewire. Nice pics!
You say that the KGSSHV sounds great, but that it doesn't have the rich presentation of the BHSE -- well don't forget that it also comes at half the price!
Dave, I am using to MK2 as well (currently with a Stax 323II!) and I feel very much like you do about tubes, but unlike you I wouldn't be able to build a KGSSHV myself. I will be watching the Liquid Lightning threads as well, but somehow I really would like to get one of those amp designed by Gilmore (heard so many good things about them).
I feel very much like you do about tubes
If you listen twice a week for five hours per day, tubes shoud last you ten years. If you use your amp everyday for five hours, which I doubt it, you still going to get three years out of them.
Also good tubes coud be bought for under $200, not a huge price to pay once per ten years to enjoy you music. I am just saying.
Thank you very much livewire. Nice pics!
You say that the KGSSHV sounds great, but that it doesn't have the rich presentation of the BHSE -- well don't forget that it also comes at half the price!
More like 1/5th the price as a KGSSHV can be built for 1000$ without skimping in any way. That's not bad for one of the best amps in the world.
I thought of it, but I forgot about Stax amps a little while ago. It seems that the KGSS was much better than the 727II, even more true for the HV I suppose. May I ask you how much you are being charged for you amp and how much you had to pay for the parts?
Well, 1/5th as a DIY, which is not an option for me! Do you know anyone Spritzer who might be interested in building this amp? Or are you aware of anyone who is planning to manufacture this any time soon? It is too bad that the KGSS is no longer produced (just when I was ready to buy it!). Incidentally, when I said “half the price of the BHSE” I meant with labor and the same box quality... That, of course, doesn't mean that I wouldn't be happy paying under 2000$ for such an amp.
One last thing, Spritzer, do you have any thoughts about the Cavalli Liquid Lightning?
Thanks in advance for you comments!
Spritzer could clarify, but I don't think the difference between the KGSS and the modded 727II was all that much. I'm paying parts at cost, plus $600 as a build fee. As I said the parts are all TOTL, so it's not going to be cheap. The Khozmo volume control was $500 by itself. A commercial amp with these parts in it would probably be some $6000 though, so I feel pretty good about it