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Been doing some testing using the Audio-GD as the dac... I've tripped the protection circuit on the CarbonX and the CTH just died when plugging in headphones. Returns for Massdrop will be super fun on this one...

They are that, but they are available. DSHA3 and DSHA3F (specifically for Focals, picture below in walnut) are the current models, and Tom and I are very close to releasing the T5 which is effectively a DSHA output stage with tube gain. Indeed, I just received an updated T5 power transformer in the mail today that I soldered in not 10 minutes ago.

8significant areas on both units have circuit board heatsink area. Still you could easily attach real heatsinks to those areas and put more holes in the case to let the heat out. And then bias up the output a bit more. This one uses a 28V power supply. So output rails are +/-14v, pretty low voltage swing. Outputs are MJD243/MJD253 and are bipolar. tube is current source plate load, capacitor coupled to a virtually identical copy of the liquid carbon output stage (current feedback/bipolar) with a different servo.

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Dang, that's bad news for us, Brent! Hopefully, it's a great move for you, though! I was selfishly hoping for some more yo-yo lessons.

added my name, hope I'm not too late

HULK, Smash........

That's quite the move, but glad you found a new place. Hope the kids love the new city. I will call you in a day or two as I have an early meeting tomorrow.

I broke for a second If an alternative colour does end up happening, I'd be keen for Silver anodize on both. Otherwise black is fine too. Sent from my LG-H930 using Tapatalk

Speaking of which, the Voce will be at TSAV in the Bay Area for purchase this weekend

Ok I’ll break, apologies I’m so late to the party I’m up for 2 Alpha cases, I’ll update the spreadsheet tonight, if that’s ok.

If the new LCX sounds worse than the original, its probably because of the rail splitter, otherwise the circuitry and parts are identical. I have never seen a rail splitter test well. The original squarewaves all burned up due to heat and other stupidity, but otherwise sounded really nice, still the only headphone amp I know of that is both current feedback and all of the voltage gain in the output stage. The re-done version is still a sweet but low powered amp. dynalo and supersymmetry dynalo still out perform everything else in their power class and as far as I know, no one has ever been able to burn one up.

"Diet starts next week." Brent falls off a moving object. Discussion of sport coat sizes. Snaps of 20 Seattle appetizers all destined for a single ginger gullet. DIY chitchat in what appears to be a Balkan dialect. Something pretentious from that utter arsehole Stretch.

I should make a Head-Case version of this: [Picture of wine bottle] [Picture of HeadAmp product] [Picture of Apple product] [Picture of several beer bottles] [Picture of new Stax] [Picture of Nate-built amp] [Picture of modified older DAC] [Picture of old Stax] [Picture of other DIY audio project] [Picture of Sennheiser product] [Picture of so many whiskey bottles it's impossible to read the labels] [Picture of a "small" collection of 194 vacuum tubes] [Picture of another Apple product, only broken] [Picture of DSLR and seven prime lenses] [Picture of personal distillery] [Screenshot of Head-Fi with two different adblocks + a personal script running] [Picture of one's kids and/or pets] [Picture of something Kevin designed that weighs 472 lbs and is only half finished] [Rare "selfie" outside of a liquor store that is currently closed, but isn't supposed to be.]