New, Cheap Dynalo...

[Raez]

Found this lurking around the other place. I know nothing, just thought I'd share.

Lost link to a Dynalo amp? - Head-Fi: Covering Headphones, Earphones and Portable Audio

Acoustic-Fun

Kevin Gilmore backed it up in the Head-Fi thread.

[EdipisReks]

I find it unbelievably impressive that a businessman like Mr. Gilmore would comment on a product that is essentially a cheaper alternative to the same product he makes positively.

KG doesn't produce or sell dynalos, as far as i know.

The HA-006+ improves on the original version by finer tuning of the sound, with smoother sound, better soundstage and great decay.

what does that even mean?

[Raez]

KG doesn't produce or sell dynalos, as far as i know.



what does that even mean?

Ah, sorry I was mistaken on that bit. Whoops.

As far as the other part goes, I have no idea... But it doesn't really matter...

[guzziguy]

what does that even mean?

As far as the other part goes, I have no idea... But it doesn't really matter...

As I've recently learned, it's called "puffery".

[Fitz]

Is "puffery" a polite term for "bullshit"?

[guzziguy]

I think it's a legal term, so it's probably not polite.

[ecclesand]

Isn't puffery something from the porn industry?

[Hopstretch]

That's fluffery.

[ecclesand]

That's fluffery.

Shit...I was way off on that then.

[Dusty Chalk]

Is "puffery" a polite term for "bullshit"?

'Undisprovable bullshit'. But yes, bullshit all the same. I would call it axiomatic bullshit -- so many people know that it's bullshit, that one can't call someone else out on it, it's just assumed that everyone knows it's bullshit.

[luvdunhill]

lol at the silk screen text at the back at the amp

[deepak]

nicely done.

[purk]

Will this beat a Gilmore Lite?

[Hopstretch]

Will this beat a Gilmore Lite?

Happily.

[Salt Peanuts]

I'm tempted to get one just for that silk screening.

[purk]

Happily.

Wonder how it will compare with my Gilmore Ref. For that price then, it is very hard to beat.

[GPH]

I just ordered one, Christmas gift from me to me.

[luvdunhill]

Wonder how it will compare with my Gilmore Ref. For that price then, it is very hard to beat.

I'd rather have one that uses the dual packages... or at least, the singles closer together and somehow thermally coupled. I'm not sure which (if any) of Justin's use the singles, so I'm sure this statement is of little help..

[Pars]

Yeah, they made no attempt to put the singles next to each other, which really would have been pretty easy to do. The PSU in the Gilmore Ref is the original tracking design with the OPA548s, so would be better than what is in this. This appears to be a simple LM317/337 PSU.

These guys claim they switched transistors... wonder what they used and if it is an improvement over the Toshiba 2SA1015/2SC1815 used by the original design? Really can't think of many areas to "tweak" one of these designs. Certainly not to the level of "puffery" they allude to. Still, for the price, not bad. Hope the PCB doesn't suck like some "blue" boards I have worked on. Poor copper bonding to the substrate in those.

The HA-006+ improves on the original version by finer tuning of the sound, with smoother sound, better soundstage and great decay.

[Raez]

If this is better than a Glite I will be one happy SOB.