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We’re launching a new company – Eksonic – along with our new amplifier called Aeras. Launching an audio company is something I’ve had in the back of my head for many years and I’m proud to be able to bring a passion to market. I've been building my own version of the DIY T2 for quite some time now and have long hoped to capture the spirit of the beast in a smaller single chassis design that's more accessible to many. We think we've accomplished that with the Aeras. Aeras is the result of endless hours of circuit design and analysis, brainstorming and many iterations of prototyping and testing. Our initial users have had great things to say about this new amp. We’re going to be launching the company formally at the NYC CanJam later this month. We’ll bring our DIY T2 along with the Aeras so people can hear them side by side. I hope to see some of you at the launch

First two banks of drawer boxes installed. Still need to install the faces. All this drawer space is going to be awesome.

Something nasty for you real freaks out there. You know who you are!

Thanks. The Aeras will sell for 5,995 Euro and $6,695 USD. The euro fluctuates against the dollar, but we'll keep the pricing as is, unless there are some larger swings. We're going to offer a show special of 10% off which I can extend here as well through mid-March

It's a dead cat to battle primary floor reflections.

Have a great one Steve -- it's gotta be better than last year, anyway! 🤢 Cheers! <---(frosty sugar-free root beers)

I'm launching a new company and this is our first product. Here's the announcement:

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Couple varied listens from Qobuz: First brought back many great memories from college.... Second is REALLY enjoyable for me, pretty chill without being boring - Trentemøller - Memoria

It is clearly playing

Happy Birthday, Steve! Al wins the Internet for the day with that cake. And here's to hoping I did my admin job correctly and merged the two threads.

Clickbait (Netflix) - a pretty decent drama/thriller about a guy who is kidnapped & accused of killing a woman. Eight eps & no unnecessary filler. We liked.

Going from a shared 110v 15amp for the whole garage to dedicated 220 or 110v 20 amp circuits per tool will be a game changer. I will be able to cut wood with the lights on again. 🙂 Trying to decide now if I just buy the 3.0 HP 220v motor from SawStop instead of doing the conversion on the 1.75. The SawStop guy said it was not necessary for most shops, but at just $500 more it seems worthy.

Upgrades have begun. New 100amp panel being installed and I get all the interior runs Monday when I get back from California. Saw Stop conversion ordered Band Saw converted

Happy Birthday Steve! I hope you have a great one!

Happy Birthday!

Cheers Steve. Happy Birthday. May all your wood be straight.

Happy Birthday Steve

Happy Birthday, Steve!

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Have a truly spectacular on Steve - happy birthday!!

Happy birthday!

Happy Birthday, Steve! Have a great one! and just in case you and Joanne don't get round to a taste test ...

Hope it's a wonderful, sunny day.

Happy birthday, Steve! Hope you and Suzy have a good one and get out for a nice walk in this lovely weather.

Happy Birthday, Steve!

Wow! Congrats! Any pricing available yet?

Happy Birthday, Steve!!! Have a great day and something meatier than a cake

Happy Birthday Steve! Sending birthday wishes from our house to yours...

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday Steve! Best wishes - Enjoy

Happy Birthday, Steve!

Happy Birthday, Steve! Have a wonderful day.

The channel also has a bunch of flagships coverage which are worth looking. The owner is also very willing to answer questions too. Very informative channel

Congratulations, Kerry and mucho success with your new venture!

Not Stax T2, but when I used to have a Counterpoint SA5.1 preamp which used 6922s, the favorites that I used in it were some Amperex PQ white label 6922s. I would guess these are a) hard to find and b) expensive as fuck now. I also used the EH 6922 gold pins and liked them as well, but not as good as the Amperex.

Everyone has their own tastes in sound. In my experience the manufacturer of the valves can radically change the sound of stax valve amps. I mostly listen to classical and jazz and want a warm detailed sound. I am very intolerant of hard bright metallic treble. I like dynamics - both micro and macro and am fairly tolerant of sound stage width, depth and imaging. I listen to many historic recordings and I don't like overly analytical sound balances that rip apart old recordings... but everyone has their own priorities and listening preferences.. So please don't spend money on 6922s just based on my experiences. I tried gold pin electro harmonix 6922. They sounded ok but I had one go noisy and the two triode halves on almost everyone of the 12 I purchased were very miss matched (the seller did not offer matched triodes) and they almost all tested very weak <50% on my avo IV valve tester and they quickly got weaker with use. I don't know if I hot a bad batch but the online shop only offered a 3 month warrantee. I have not tried buying any from another shop, until proven otherwise I consider them an unreliable waste of money. I wonder if they are actually 6922s and not something else. I tried some NOS philips e88cc - tested much stronger and better balanced triodes but I found them to not have a lot of bass and somewhat bright for my setup. At the moment I am using genalex gold lion 6922. Fairly well matched triodes and all tested close to 100% on the avo. They are quite dynamic and have good deep bass the treble is extended, but they are not cheap. for EL34s I tried electro harmonics - awful, transistor sounding hard bright metallic and ran very hot. cheap and useful for testing on initial start-up but not for listening. I tried grove tubes EL34s these sounded ok but the price recently went up by 25% turning them from a cheap bargain to more expensive then most other non nos options. currently I am running tung-sol el34s. In the uk they are cheaper than the groove tubes and have deeper better bass, more dynamics and imaging. However I did have one fail - the anode sparked fortunately no damage was done to the diy T2. Again the uk shop only offered a 3 month warrantee and the failure was after 3 months and two weeks... I now buy all my valves from partsconnexion - which even without sale prices and with fast including shipping it is still cheaper than buying in the uk, they offer 6 month warrantee and often have 20% off sales.... many transistors required for stax amp builds have been out of stock for 6 months or more and probably will be out of stock for another 6 months to a year.. its the great transistor and semiconductor shortage.... you just have to be patient or perhaps someone on the forum has spares they could sell you.

Thank you! As the boards were only 30EUR and only few parts needed, I thought that it should be able to run ASAP and will upgrade/change elements later. I'm working on both the KGLV and a Walton-Didden Supperregulator to be able to compare them.

Congratulations Kerry!

Just a couple of interesting diagrams for dialing in your brew. Brew: Web app to use it The Coffee Compass - Barista Hustle Pulled:

two chips?? do you mean the op-amps on the amplifier boards - they are for the dc servo and balance servo. The heaters will pull more current when you first switch on since the heaters resistance will be lowest when they are cold. As the heaters heat up the resistance of the heaters goes up and so they draw less current until they reach a stable current draw. or do you mean the chips on the golden reference low and high voltage boards? they are 10V high quality voltage references used as part of the voltage regulation and control circuits. The opamps on the golden reference lv boards are used to compare the voltage reference against the output voltage (divided down by a set of series resistors) and adjusts the output voltage accordingly. the other chips on the amplifier boards are also voltage references (the same as in the golden reference lv and hv boards) and are they are used to control the constant current anode/plate supplies to the el34s. The final chip on the amp boards is an opto coupler to provide high voltage isolation between the el34s and the Dc offset servo.

Grateful Dead 6-part series on Amazon: A Long Strange Trip. All of what one might imagine. I think it is well made and provides telling insights into how the broader group evolved into what they became. Jerry was something… HS

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Thanks guys! The "we" is my cousin in Greece. He's got a great manufacturing background, which is important since we're looking to do the primary manufacturing in Greece.

Craig Taborn - Light made lighter Yesterday I listened to a new album by a guitarist that was new to me. I found it really enjoyable: Oz Noy - Riverside Available at several different streamers https://album.link/i/1599699771 Qobuz included

Fried chicken hash from Hummingbird Cafe.

Just finished today with the raw version, case and final cables are left for later. Soekris PSU and buffer boards. The designed Amgis transformer was not on stock, so I had to replace it with a 2x6V Toroid. 'm using OPA1602 now, but will switch to OPA1612 when they arrive. Have not yet finished the controll board, although I'm not sure I will. The sound is very similar to the dac2541, definitely better than the RME ADI2FS or other similar quality DS based DACs. More spacious and detailed. I think it even bests the Qutest, although it was a while I listened to it the last time. Can only recommend!

My Build, LCD Display and Control board is designed by Hong Kong DIYer "Kevinyip". But I didn't use onboard reciver,RS232 and display only Source inputs are connected from backplane which I bought from TAOBAO