[Sathimas]

I finally finished my SOHA, took me about 3 weeks.
The casework started much earlier, since it was firstly meant to become the home of another amp.













Here's the real setup

Usually my TV blocks the space where I fotographed the SOHA.



Hope you like it.
The SOHA finally makes my totally happy with my DT880, I won't change anything here the next years (or months

)
Next step will be the acoustic optimization of my room, maybe some speaker upgrade ...

 

[KerryKing]

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Originally Posted by Sathimas /img/forum/go_quote.gif Hope you like it.

How could we not.
Wood is so lovely and when used as you do it is so beautiful....
These and the woodiefied HF1 above is what i want

/Erik

 

[Ech0]

Looks great Sathimas, the case is really nice.

 

[kklee]

Millet Max with MOSFET output stage.

 

[tomb]

Gorgeous, kklee - I'll post them on the website, first chance. Got more?

 

[M_Bipartitus]

Finally finished my first Tube (/ Hybrid) project. A p2p SOHA. The housing is wood (from an old Fourplay kit) and silver plated brass.

Nothing too special inside. Using Musicaps for coupling and OPA551 for the opamp. Also have an EMI filter.

After some short rolling, I'm using an RCA Cleartop 12AU7A

 

[n_maher]

My new DAC.

What is it? It's the world's only (for now?) stand alone Headroom Balanced MAX DAC. The name, "Hertsens Signature DAC" was my idea and is just meant to accomplish two goals, one to give a hint at what's in the box and two to pay a small tribute to a guy that bleeds the headphone hobby.

Now there's a bit of a story behind how this came to be and of course more pictures so bear with me. Around two years ago I started a campaign of giving Tyll a ration of crap every time I talked to him about not building a high-end DAC when they'd already done the hard work and designed one. His response was always the same, "We're not a DAC company" etc, etc. So this winter/spring Headroom announced their plans to build the Ultra Micro and I changed my tune slightly to say that if they'd only build a balanced MAX DAC my source search would be over. In an effort to shut me up Tyll concocted a plan to sell me a balanced MAX DAC module and I could do the rest which meant providing a power supply, wiring and casing it all up, etc. So I called up Jamey and we set the wheels in motion.

The DAC uses amb's sigma22 for the power supply pumping out a super clean +/- 12V, a custom daughter board (designed by me) and will eventually be configured with a front panel input switch allowing me to switch between two coax sources which are my DIY transport and my Squeezebox3. I was originally thinking of retaining the USB input but this thing sounds so good it's never coming out of my main rig. But enough of my blabbering, MORE PICS!

Those images were taken during construction and I've still got some details to wrap up before I take the final glamor shots. The parts necessary to take care of that should be in before the end of the week.

 

[swt61]

OK now I get it. Glad you explained things. I knew that was Tyll's last name, but couldn't figure out what the deal was. That is such a slick unit! I'm assuming Tyll hasn't heard it yet?

 

[amb]

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Originally Posted by n_maher /img/forum/go_quote.gif My new DAC. ...

Absolutely pegs the cool-factor meter!

 

[bperboy]

Is this a one time project, or possibility of pcbs being made?

 

[kvant]

This weekend I added discrete buffers to my Millett. I am somewhat behind schedule, I know, other Millett builders are in the MAX mode these days...

 

[n_maher]

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Originally Posted by bperboy /img/forum/go_quote.gif Is this a one time project, or possibility of pcbs being made?

As far as I've been told this is pretty much a one time thing. If your rig is single ended you certainly have the option of buying the Ultra Micro DAC, which is essentially half of the DAC circuit that I used and retains all 3 digital inputs. I can tell you that so far my hope that source search would end here is coming true. I listened to some pretty high-end rigs this past weekend and didn't find mine lacking in comparison.

 

[bperboy]

Quote:

Originally Posted by n_maher /img/forum/go_quote.gif As far as I've been told this is pretty much a one time thing. If your rig is single ended you certainly have the option of buying the Ultra Micro DAC, which is essentially half of the DAC circuit that I used and retains all 3 digital inputs. I can tell you that so far my hope that source search would end here is coming true. I listened to some pretty high-end rigs this past weekend and didn't find mine lacking in comparison.

Actually, I've got a balanced DAC in the works! Not my own design, but it hasn't been seen on this forum as of yet. I will post somewhat soon...

 

[n_maher]

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Originally Posted by bperboy /img/forum/go_quote.gif Actually, I've got a balanced DAC in the works! Not my own design, but it hasn't been seen on this forum as of yet. I will post somewhat soon...

Looking forward to it!

 

[bhjazz]

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Originally Posted by n_maher /img/forum/go_quote.gif My new DAC.

/bhjazz faints

Nate, what can I say...while I'm here fiddling with lighting design for my CK2III, you're doing some very serious heavy lifting for our community. Amazing.

/bows