Rossliew
Headphoneus Supremus
- Joined
- Jul 23, 2012
- Posts
- 2,183
- Likes
- 148
There's Jose C here on the forums who can build one for u
Yup. Geoff is a great dude. I believe his KGSShv and KGST runs are over but he may be doing a Carbon run.
He wont be doing enough carbons other than for his friends and himself.
I've actually read those threads and was just making a point. Those people don't have a website like Mjolnir-audio and they probably don't have many already-built amps (even HeadAmp doesn't). Trying to purchase an amp from many other builders requires you to be well known on that forum or just PMing them at the right time (if you can guess when that is). Also paradoxper said "better pricing" than Birgir, but your statement of "5 grand and be done with it" contradicts that (every single amp on Mjolnir-audio.com is under $5k).
So the point I'm trying to make is that options are good, I do agree with paradoxper on that and so should everyone else (even Stax amps have a place) but most DIY builds aren't that easy to acquire. There's a big difference between a store versus a DIYer you have to stalk on forums and meet certain requirements in order to make a purchase.
so how much do you think an amp is worth then? parts for a carbon is probably 1 grant ... probably 2,5 grant for the BHSE(rk50/NOS)
so how much do you think an amp is worth then? parts for a carbon is probably 1 grant ... probably 2,5 grant for the BHSE(rk50/NOS)
This discussion devolved into convolution.
Birgir is a purveyor of these great designs, as such, we can all submit that the Carbon is worth up to $4600. Further, the point was
other builders can target in at an even lower price point and that would include more exotic parts and involved casing.
Again, this isn't to rail against Birgir, simple fact that he's in Iceland and has higher costs. It's all reasonable.
So let's drop the DIY BS and use our critical thinking skills.
Remember when Justin said he'd build T2's for $20k+ or that his HV would cost the difference of EL34's tubes.