[425455]

My end game for DAC/EQ/Amps for a long time to come.
Of course headphones are a whole different matter.

that's awesome

 

[Pharmaboy]

Pretty tortoise-shell kitty!!

 

[Roasty]

The RPi4 and display + OSMC remote have really transformed my listening experience.

I can now sit far back on the couch, get Roon radio going, and with the remote i can flip forwards and backwards on the songs, adjust the volume, and just really enjoy the music. The best part is i can do it all without having to unlock my phone to control Roon or get up to adjust the volume knob on the amp. i find the phone so distracting, as I always tend to end up surfing the web or facebook. The only time i really have to unlock my phone is to add the song as a favourite; i wish there was a way to program one of the buttons on the OSMC remote to automatically add the current song playing to my favourites list.

The rpi4 just serves mainly as a display for my SOTM Roon endpoint. I have a usb cable going out of the RPi4 when i want to run librespot for spotify.

i highly recommend this set up for couch listeners..!

 

[banda]

What amps are those?

 

[ThanatosVI]

The RPi4 and display + OSMC remote have really transformed my listening experience.

I can now sit far back on the couch, get Roon radio going, and with the remote i can flip forwards and backwards on the songs, adjust the volume, and just really enjoy the music. The best part is i can do it all without having to unlock my phone to control Roon or get up to adjust the volume knob on the amp. i find the phone so distracting, as I always tend to end up surfing the web or facebook. The only time i really have to unlock my phone is to add the song as a favourite; i wish there was a way to program one of the buttons on the OSMC remote to automatically add the current song playing to my favourites list.

The rpi4 just serves mainly as a display for my SOTM Roon endpoint. I have a usb cable going out of the RPi4 when i want to run librespot for spotify.

i highly recommend this set up for couch listeners..!

Pics of the wa33 are always nice

 

[Lord Rexter]

What amps are those?

These are Electrostatic AMPs which drive the Electrostatic Headphones like STAX, HiFiMAN Jade, Shangri-La Jr and Senior, Mr. speakers Voce, and many more electrostatic headphones.

To the left is a Tube AMP called Megatron build by a good friend An Thu wonderful DIY Electrostatic Tube and Solid State amplifier builder, configuration Power Tubes are two pairs of Quad Perfect paired KT77 Gold Loins and 2 x 12au7 and 2 x 12ax7 tubes, so total of 12 tubes.

Silver big AMP is a Solid state KGSSHV Carbon built by very famous builder John McLean from Australia.

Black AMP is again a Solid state KGSSHV custom built by Birgir Gudjonsson AKA spritzer (best DIY Electrostatic AMPs builder and a STAX historian, works very closely with Kevin Gilmore)

All the amplifiers are based on design by Kevin Gilmore.

 

[banda]

These are Electrostatic AMPs which drive the Electrostatic Headphones like STAX, HiFiMAN Jade, Shangri-La Jr and Senior, Mr. speakers Voce, and many more electrostatic headphones.

To the left is a Tube AMP called Megatron build by a good friend An Thu wonderful DIY Electrostatic Tube and Solid State amplifier builder, configuration Power Tubes are two pairs of Quad Perfect paired KT77 Gold Loins and 2 x 12au7 and 2 x 12ax7 tubes, so total of 12 tubes.

Silver big AMP is a Solid state KGSSHV Carbon built by very famous builder John McLean from Australia.

Black AMP is again a Solid state KGSSHV custom built by Birgir Gudjonsson AKA spritzer (best DIY Electrostatic AMPs builder and a STAX historian, works very closely with Kevin Gilmore)

All the amplifiers are based on design by Kevin Gilmore.

How old is your Megatron? Why do you still have a KGSSHV when you have a Carbon?

 

[Lord Rexter]

How old is your Megatron? Why do you still have a KGSSHV when you have a Carbon?

The Megatron is a couple of years old I am the second owner.

KGSSHV to my ears has better sub-bass than the Carbon besides it is a custom built one, having said that am known to be a hoarder actual truth

 

[banda]

The Megatron is a couple of years old I am the second owner.

KGSSHV to my ears has better sub-bass than the Carbon besides it is a custom built one, having said that am known to be a hoarder actual true

That's interesting that the KGSSHV has better sub-bass. I wonder why that is. I like how compact yours is in comparison to the Carbon.

 

[Lord Rexter]

That's interesting that the KGSSHV has better sub-bass. I wonder why that is. I like how compact yours is in comparison to the Carbon.

Yes it's pretty compact this unit that Birgir made, and his amps have better sub-bass widely reported in the other forum, besides my amp has 2 outputs which allows for A/B testing of different headphones (L700 Mk1 vs Mk2, L700 vs L300 LE vs L700 Mk2 etc.,).

 

[banda]

Yes it's pretty compact this unit that Birgir made, and his amps have better sub-bass widely reported in the other forum, besides my amp has 2 outputs which allows for A/B testing of different headphones (L700 Mk1 vs Mk2, L700 vs L300 LE vs L700 Mk2 etc.,).

That's another thing that I like about your amps. Two outputs is too uncommon for electrostatic builds, and I really don't know why that is.
Is there a difference in the sound of the L700 models?

 

[Lord Rexter]

Purpose built for A/B testing in short
These are my personal impressions so take them with a big grain of salt -
L700 Mk I has better top end performance (it's because my brain burn in), and sound stage is a tab wider
L700 Mk 2 has tighter bass and sounds more dynamic I oftentimes think is because of the better seal on them with metallic angled forks, also the marginal sound stage change.

 

[Roderick]

 

[bcowen]

Proof positive that there's no such thing as too many headphones. Damn. I like!!

 

[Terriero]

I will look at your pic when I'm thinking I have a lot of headphones and I'm trying to decide which to use... (I have just 4)

By the way, I will like to see you when you are looking for the correct cable for the headphones you decided to use