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Another round of Carbon etc. state your interest here When ever there are enough boards for ordering participants will be asked to pay estimated price. Shipping will be added whenever the cost is known. Boards from PCBNet. Distribution via @mwl168 in US/Canada, and from Denmark, Europe for the remainder. /S

How can I measure if my DAC puts out common mode DC from the balanced outputs?

Kevin did not show Forward Voltage of LEDs in his designe,and I think it will not be 1.5V . so I want to konw it's 1.7V or 1.8V?

I'm thinking of having some of the golden reference, dynalo, and alps quad pot boards made. The place I was thinking of using was seeedstudio.com Is there a better place for small runs? Their least expensive option is 1mm thickness, 1oz copper in green. Are those specs good enough?

Hello All... After realizing I missed out on the latest group buy I thought about having a run of boards made. I believe 3oz copper is recommended for the GRLV and in order to get the boards to an affordable price with that weight it looks like 20+ would do it. While I'm at it, is there any interest in ALPS quad pcbs as well?

LOW cost way to enhance/upgrade your Grado's...never understood why plastic is used on the stock ones. http://www.ebay.com/itm/322220921728?ssPageName=STRK:MESINDXX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1436.l2649 I also wish Grado's earpads and headband were more comfy. Oh well, I DO love the Grado house sound!!

Seems like there have been a few new issues with the shunt psu and wasn't known prior to the group buy going through so I am going to be ordering boards for the KGBH PSU (ordering from pcbnet.com). If you would like a PSU board please let me know and I will start a list. Files that will be submitted are below: KGBH PSU Board: http://gilmore.chem.northwestern.edu/boards/kgbhpsu2.zip LIST: jose: 2 psu JK47: 1 psu gwrskien: 2 psu n3rdling: 4 psu chiguy: 1 psu No_One411: 2 psu Knerian: 1 psu Arthrimus: 1 psu Wokstarr26: 2 psu VelvetX: 1 psu …

Dear HC crew, I'm getting desperate and could really use some input on troubleshooting... First off I've been plugging away at this old thing for a while now, was always afraid to post up here for various reasons but at this point I don't have much to lose anymore. I do recognize I am still relatively new to DIY but I've been doing what I can with what I've got. I have a long winding thread with chronicle of the madness while it was working great; more than happy to remove the link if the admins do mind. There are links somewhere in there to the original schematic but it won't be of much help. http://www.superbestaudiofriends.org/index.php?threads/melos-s…

Hi folks, my friend bought a power amp from a small manufacturer locally, it's single ended, non-feedback, discrete stuff, two big toroidal trannies inside (450W each), diamond output stage, using 6 pair of 2SC5200/2SA1943, output power is about 100w @ 8ohm, here's the FFT result they send us, gosh, there're lot of distortion between 90 - 900Hz compared with 1k - 20kHz (but, there's still a peak at 2kHz), what reasons do you guys think that may course these distortion? How do we tweak it to make it lower distorted in those area?

so yesterday this showed up quoting alex... "In a nutshell, the Liquid Carbon is a fully-discrete, fully-balanced, transportable solid-state headphone amplifier that is capable of driving all but the most demanding of headphones - delivering satisfying levels and offering superb driver control for exceptional detail and linearity." lets run that thru fact check for a second. yep... "Liar Liar Pants on Fire" fully balanced? nope, not in the way that any truly differential amplifier would be. (like any of the super symmetry variants) and absolutely no common mode rejection. fully-disc…

So over the past two weekends I re-cased my original Dynahi. It's always had a slight 60 Hz hum from the transformer (my best guess). The amp boards, psu and tranny are all in one 16" x 12" x 4" case from par-metal. This time I put the transformer in it's own aluminum project box with a cover and then put that in the case. Then I put an aluminum barrier plate that runs the length of the case in between the amp boards and the power side. I used unshield twisted pair wire to hookup the input and output of the amp. The hum is still there as it was before without any of that. My guess is that aluminum project box is not a good shield and I should use shielded twi…

"Description (Gerbers) copper/pcb thicknes": Everything is one channel, and two will be needed for stereo. As for the KGSShv PSU, only the Single Right Skinny is offered: containing one High Voltage rail and a BIAS supply. Those who needs a full supply will need two of those + the Golden Reference Low Voltage. Überamp (Uber1 + Uber2) 4oz/2mm Unbal2bal (Uber3) 3oz/1.6mm Golden Reference Low Voltage (GoldenReference6) 3oz/1.6mm Transconductance Amp (CurrentSourceAmp2) 1.6mm/3oz KGSShv PSU (kgsshvpssicfetsinglenewright), 1.6mm/3oz KGSShv Carbon Amp (Carbonv6), 1.6mm/3oz Grounded Grid (.........) , 1.6mm/3oz (as requested by JoeHpj …

I have decided to go ahead and build the SR-X for my 007 MK1 and am going to be ordering boards for both the amp and PSU (ordering from pcbnet.com). If you would like an amp and/or PSU board please let me know and I will start a list. Files that were submitted are below: SR-X Board: http://gilmore.chem.northwestern.edu/boards/srx6.zip JimL Shunt PSU (PLEASE NOTE: This is the revised board KG recently updated): http://gilmore.chem.northwestern.edu/boards/srxshunt3.zip LIST: Knerian: 1 amp/1 psu n3rdling: 2 amp/2 psu No_One: 2 amp/2 psu VelvetX: 1 amp/1 psu gwrskien: 2 amp/2 psu kingofsnake: 0 amp…

Given the outcry for some documentation on how to build some of these ESP amps I think it is time for a thread on the subject. Now the plan is to post here a summary of the parts needed to build a KGSS amp using the boards from Headamp.com plus what ever build/mods of Stax amps come to mind. KGSS Now for some time people have claimed that the KGSS is somehow hard to build when it really couldn't be further from the truth. My first DIY amp was a KGSS with those horrible old PCB's using offboard heatsinks and caps but after blowing up a couple of boards and PSU's (I really didn't have a clue as to what I was doing) I had two working amps. Now the new boards make …

I decided to recase my original dynahi. I wired the ac inlet, then hooked up the transformer primaries (Avel Lindberg transformer) gray and bown wires went to hot, blue and violet went to neutral. I got correct voltage on the primaries and secondaries when I threw the power switch. I mounted the original psu in the case. This is the board http://gilmore.chem.northwestern.edu/dynahipsbig.bmp I connected one pair of secondary wires to AC1 and the other pair to AC2. The order went 1 to orange, 2 to yellow, 3 to black, 4 to red. I threw the switch and the fuse blew. Now the transformer primaries and secondaries are shorted when checked with a meter out of the cir…

cable talk, how do we react when we facing cable?

Hi, everybody! I'm novice here and signup being impressed mister Kevin Gilmore designs. First of all - thanks to him for making designs opened! Now i'm thinking about building Dynahi at a different manner than author. The main concept is to put overall amp in a comparatively small case such 3209: http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/3209-class-A-Full-Aluminum-amplifier-Enclosure-AMP-case-both-side-heatsink-/271986781371?nav=SEARCH So, PCBs must be rerouted. Here i want to offer another building idea, best to understand by photo and renders (for understanding dimensions - caps are 18 mm diameter and 35 mm height): There are several benefits in such layout. 1.…

folks, if i wanna build a single ended amp (amp for headphones, but not electrostatic amp), which model(s) is the best choice?

Any progress?

First, sincere thanks to everyone who contributed in the forum.I cannot start the project without resources from here. Recently I have finished my KGBH build but it isn't working.The observable problems are the two LEDs connecting 2sa1968 and the one connecting 2sc3675 do not light up as well as those 1968s not heating.Curiously, the amp works for a second every time after i turn the power off,right after the extinguish of the leds connecting the + and - 15v supply. The PSU unit is measured of giving the right voltage. I once thought of giving up the project but before that I try my luck to see anyone who once encounter the same problem or know anything about it. Th…

Hello! I'm going to acquiere a stax srm-3 wired in 117v (originally 100v) Could you please tell me how can I switch it to 230v (France) ? Thanks you un advance!

Ever made something real quick, going against your feeling that it might be a bad idea? Here is one I did today. It isn't as bad as it could be - it was plugged into a fused variac - but still...

Hello My little amplifier for my Stax headphones. First stage is based on ECC82. One triode per channel as cathodyne phase inverter. The second stage is 6N1P-EW with CCS, and power stage is with E80CC with CCS too. It was designed to work with my PC to drive Lambda Pro. So output voltage is not so big 308 V peak-peak, but it is enough for Lambda Pro.

Please. Suggestions for a balanced SS amp to power LCD's. B22 seems to be the only one I can find. Thanks!

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