[UntilThen]

 

[alota]

may the force be with you

 

[MacedonianHero]

Jeff is a great guy to top it off - a blast to talk audio with. He used to be a dealer for several brands including Benchmark. Even it not in the market for an amp, I imagine you'd enjoy a visit. I'm pretty confident his amps wouldn't have stellar measurements, but they're off the charts subjectively. They really do take the best attributes of tube and SS. If you do swing by, tell him John said hi. Now I have my eyes on his new Cipher DAC, but I'm going to give my wallet some time to recover, see a couple of reviews first, and let him work out any final bugs. Sigh.

I absolutely love the HPA4 (listening to it right now with my Phi TC) and I am floored at what I'm hearing. That said, the HeadTrip costs significantly more and is one heck of an option. Jeff is one of the nicest people I've met in this hobby.

 

[JTori]

I completed building the stock Crackatwoa last night and have been enjoying listening to it. It's character with both the ZMF Auteur and HD800S ideally matches my preference. It's transparent in the presence region, noticeably tighter in the bottom end than my Crack/Speedball and delivers explosive dynamics. Truly a keeper! Over the next couple of days, I'll do some tube rolling. A few weeks from now (or when the spirit moves me), I'll build and install the Two Quiet upgrade. And, some time after that, I will probably install a pair of 100 uF Clarity CSAs I've got set aside.

Joe.

 

[gefski]

I completed building the stock Crackatwoa last night and have been enjoying listening to it. It's character with both the ZMF Auteur and HD800S ideally matches my preference. It's transparent in the presence region, noticeably tighter in the bottom end than my Crack/Speedball and delivers explosive dynamics. Truly a keeper! Over the next couple of days, I'll do some tube rolling. A few weeks from now (or when the spirit moves me), I'll build and install the Two Quiet upgrade. And, some time after that, I will probably install a pair of 100 uF Clarity CSAs I've got set aside.

Joe.

Wow, a Mainline also!!!

 

[KC2020]

It's transparent in the presence region, noticeably tighter in the bottom end than my Crack/Speedball and delivers explosive dynamics. Truly a keeper!

Word for word quoted from the website or are they quoting you ?

 

[kyotousa]

I completed building the stock Crackatwoa last night and have been enjoying listening to it. It's character with both the ZMF Auteur and HD800S ideally matches my preference. It's transparent in the presence region, noticeably tighter in the bottom end than my Crack/Speedball and delivers explosive dynamics. Truly a keeper! Over the next couple of days, I'll do some tube rolling. A few weeks from now (or when the spirit moves me), I'll build and install the Two Quiet upgrade. And, some time after that, I will probably install a pair of 100 uF Clarity CSAs I've got set aside.

Joe.

Where did you get the Tube Amp?

 

[JTori]

Word for word quoted from the website or are they quoting you ?

I posted to the Bottlehead forum. They quoted my post.

 

[JTori]

Where did you get the Tube Amp?

Both are from Bottlehead and are from kits I constructed.

 

[kyotousa]

Both are from Bottlehead and are from kits I constructed.

I see thanks, I can't DIY lol...the power supply looks buff

 

[KC2020]

I posted to the Bottlehead forum. They quoted my post.

Nice!

It looks like it would be fun to build a kit amp. As an audio engineer for 30+ years I've put in a lot of hours repairing vintage preamps so that satiates my need to breath flux and occasionally burn myself ;~)

 

[JTori]

I see thanks, I can't DIY lol...the power supply looks buff

Bottlehead will build one for you. The charge for this is quite modest.

 

[Swisshead]

Also a very nice combination!

 

[vmiguel]

System 2: Tidal or Tune Browser on Surface, AQ Jitterbug, BTR5, Little Dot Mk II, Beyerdynamic DT150 or Massdrop x Sennheiser 6xx

 

[kman1211]

Current system and my two most used headphones. Trying out the Magni Heresy to see what a $100 amp gets you nowadays.