[K3cT]

I hope not, I've just placed an order for a GSX mini from HeadAmp. Before placing the order, I asked Justin if there was a new headphone amp coming this year as I'd read on another forum but he assured me there wasn't. Hope I wasn't fed a line just to get me to place an order now !!!

I'm not even sure the CFA-3 is needed unless you plan to drive super hard headphones like the Susvara or Phi TC.

 

[nerone]

Any adwice how convert this cable to single 4 pins ?

Should I just twist the 2 cables together or put each side in sort of shield sleeve before twist together ?

You are already using them unshielded, so I wouldn't bother with that. I'd either just put some sleeve over them or maybe even cut close to the end of the current sleeve.

 

[Swisstoni]

Even if we were working on something for 'this year' everyone knows that means it would really be next year or after that so nothing to worry about here. We typically keep our amp models for about 10 years, with price increases along the way when necessary.

Right now we are reloading our GS-X mini inventory, which is almost complete, luckily we made it through ordering everything for this batch (which we do about once per year) without any major snags. Got lucky and found one of the integrated circuits from another company, and one of the tantalum capacitors arrived just in time with a 40 week wait for more. We have some transistors that have been on order for a year, and still haven't arrived with no real estimate in sight. Luckily, we still have enough for 1 more production run of boards. That assembly is going on right now and we'll be back to shipping soon.

Hope Justin reads this ! I've been waiting over 4 weeks for a GSX mini and, as yet, have had no replies to emails ! Please can you let me know when my order will be shipped ! Yours expectantly, Matthew Jones

 

[justin w.]

Hi, I replied to your online chat earlier today! Please check back there if you didn't leave an email. We are getting a partial shipment of the enclosures we are waiting on to go with a partial shipment of circuit boards so we can ship these. Lots of partial everything is how it's going lately. We will be able to ship next week

 

[paradoxper]

I'm not even sure the CFA-3 is needed unless you plan to drive super hard headphones like the Susvara or Phi TC.

Super necessary.

 

[Swisstoni]

Hi, I replied to your online chat earlier today! Please check back there if you didn't leave an email. We are getting a partial shipment of the enclosures we are waiting on to go with a partial shipment of circuit boards so we can ship these. Lots of partial everything is how it's going lately. We will be able to ship next week

Thanks Justin, I checked but didn't see that, my bad and no, I didn't leave my email so my mistake. Thank you for getting back to me. Sorry to bother you but I'm really looking forward to trying your amp !!! Being a little impatient I know !!

 

[justin w.]

Super necessary.

on that topic -- if you only want to drive *really sensitive* headphones like certain IEMs, we'd recommend either the Gilmore lite mk2 customized by us to have a gain of 1x (we can do this) and the Dedicated Power Supply or the GS-X mk2 in low gain.

Reason is this unity gain setting work best with the highest sensitivity plus those amps use the lowest noise JFET input devices while the GS-X mini (like the CFA-3) uses bipolar input devices. The GS-X mini is optimized for the range most over-the-ear dynamic and planar headphones fall into: moderately low sensitivity to moderately high sensitivity. impedance not really a factor

 

[elira]

Gilmore lite mk2 customized by us to have a gain of 1x

Can you customize a used one or new orders only?

 

[taillfeather]

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[K3cT]

on that topic -- if you only want to drive *really sensitive* headphones like certain IEMs, we'd recommend either the Gilmore lite mk2 customized by us to have a gain of 1x (we can do this) and the Dedicated Power Supply or the GS-X mk2 in low gain.

Reason is this unity gain setting work best with the highest sensitivity plus those amps use the lowest noise JFET input devices while the GS-X mini (like the CFA-3) uses bipolar input devices. The GS-X mini is optimized for the range most over-the-ear dynamic and planar headphones fall into: moderately low sensitivity to moderately high sensitivity. impedance not really a factor

Justin while you're here it would be nice if you can comment on how @Currawong and others seemed to comment that the GS-X Mini sounds different with different gain settings?

 

[justin w.]

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Hello, Justin.
Will my decision be stormy next week?
Tsubasa Honma

Yes it will

 

[justin w.]

Justin while you're here it would be nice if you can comment on how @Currawong and others seemed to comment that the GS-X Mini sounds different with different gain settings?

It's typical that the higher gain setting is believed to sound better. But if the gain is too high there won't be enough usable range on the volume control.

 

[chesebert]

It's typical that the higher gain setting is believed to sound better. But if the gain is too high there won't be enough usable range on the volume control.

Lol. are you saying it’s all in our heads and we are just imagining the difference

 

[thehutch]

It's typical that the higher gain setting is believed to sound better. But if the gain is too high there won't be enough usable range on the volume control.

Brilliant

 

[elira]

Lol. are you saying it’s all in our heads and we are just imagining the difference

Modifying the gain changes the operation parameters for that gain stage, it changes how the transistors (or opamps) operate. Usually the gain is adjusted by increasing or decreasing feedback, so audible differences exist in certain scenarios.