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Headphoneus Supremus
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may the force be with you
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.
Wow, a Mainline also!!!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.
It's transparent in the presence region, noticeably tighter in the bottom end than my Crack/Speedball and delivers explosive dynamics. Truly a keeper!
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.
Word for word quoted from the website or are they quoting you ?
Where did you get the Tube Amp?
I see thanks, I can't DIY lol...the power supply looks buffBoth are from Bottlehead and are from kits I constructed.
I posted to the Bottlehead forum. They quoted my post.
I see thanks, I can't DIY lol...the power supply looks buff