[kevin gilmore]

There is no knob on the shaft, so i have no idea what the position is.​

This is all relative to the gain of the source anyway and the position​

of the gain switch.​

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http://gilmore.chem.northwestern.edu/gsx-1.jpg​

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Spent a couple of hours listening to LCD2R2 and this is one​

fantastic amplifier. No compression or clipping of any kind even​

at bleeding ear levels.​

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Frequency response well into 200khz, noise level absolutely​

silent (well i have not tried efficient iems yet)​

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Distortion and slew rate exceptional.​

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I don't think justin is getting this thing back. At least not any time soon.​

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I'm not sure the bench power supply i'm using is big enough.​

 

[MacedonianHero]

Quote:

There is no knob on the shaft, so i have no idea what the position is.​

This is all relative to the gain of the source anyway and the position​

of the gain switch.​

 ​

http://gilmore.chem.northwestern.edu/gsx-1.jpg​

 ​

Spent a couple of hours listening to LCD2R2 and this is one​

fantastic amplifier. No compression or clipping of any kind even​

at bleeding ear levels.​

 ​

Frequency response well into 200khz, noise level absolutely​

silent (well i have not tried efficient iems yet)​

 ​

Distortion and slew rate exceptional.​

 ​

I don't think justin is getting this thing back. At least not any time soon.​

 ​

I'm not sure the bench power supply i'm using is big enough.​

 

 

[preproman]

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[preproman]

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Hey Kevin,
 
You want to sell one of those Single Powers you have?

 

[kevin gilmore]

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Hey Kevin,
 
You want to sell one of those Single Powers you have?

Absolutely NOT.
 
But lets be serious, on my ES1, i put in $2k in parts and
about 55 hours of labor. Who in their right mind would pay me $7k for this.
But it does sound stunning, and has been absolutely consistent in sound
since i finished it.
 
But the ES2, i have over 30 hours into it already, and i still have to re-machine
the front panel. It will end up $3k in parts and well over 100 hours of labor.
This is the new amplifier panel. Finally ready to start the rewiring.
http://gilmore.chem.northwestern.edu/myes2-13.jpg

 

[preproman]

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Absolutely NOT.
 
But lets be serious, on my ES1, i put in $2k in parts and
about 55 hours of labor. Who in their right mind would pay me $7k for this.
But it does sound stunning, and has been absolutely consistent in sound
since i finished it.
 
But the ES2, i have over 30 hours into it already, and i still have to re-machine
the front panel. It will end up $3k in parts and well over 100 hours of labor.
This is the new amplifier panel. Finally ready to start the rewiring.
http://gilmore.chem.northwestern.edu/myes2-13.jpg

 
 
It was a rhetorical question - I already knew the answer.  Happy Camper has one as well.  He will not let that thing go.

 

[Solude]

Little birdie told me the new shipping power supply is going to be dual 35VA which is quite the jump from the original dual 15VA  Yay!

 

[Solude]

Justin, any assembled power supplies to show off?  Also for the Alpha pots, any testing being done to ensure they track reasonably?

 

[phunge]

Is the first batch sold out Justin?

 

[justin w.]

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Justin, any assembled power supplies to show off?  Also for the Alpha pots, any testing being done to ensure they track reasonably?

 
i'll post pics of the power supplies tomorrow.  yes, I do check the pots.  they're all good so far.

 

[justin w.]

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Is the first batch sold out Justin?

 
there's about 5 left

 

[Solude]

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 I do check the pots.  they're all good so far.

 
I guess the question now is what range falls into 'good'?  +-1dB, 3dB, .5dB?
 
And since that's unexpected good news... what's the cut-off for changing pot choice?  Also will emails be going out for colour choices when the panels comes back from the machine shop?  What's the process here on in?

 

[justin w.]

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I guess the question now is what range falls into 'good'?  +-1dB, 3dB, .5dB?
 
And since that's unexpected good news... what's the cut-off for changing pot choice?  Also will emails be going out for colour choices when the panels comes back from the machine shop?  What's the process here on in?

 
i typically reject anything worse than ~1dB from a range of -60dB to 0.  it's never a problem at anything but the quietest levels.
 
I will be sending out an email about the pot choice in the next week.  I will ask about the panel color in the same email

 

[Solude]

Thanks brother, not my first trip down HeadAmp lane but my first 'built to order' tour of duty

 

[Mr.Sneis]

Mind if I ask what are the pot choices and panel choices?  I guess I should wait for teh e-mails.