pedalhead

Reading that thread makes me want to kick a puppy. HF is getting more & more infected with cable voodoo freaks lately. Yeah, let's all go & slice our headphone cables in half because that extra three feet of capacitance is a killer. FFS! and breathe.

Indeed it does. They're on a 4-5 week delivery at the moment. Jack assures me it'll be here in time for the UK meet in early November, so 25+ people will have an opinion on it after that )

Any more reports on these? I've just ordered one with all the juicy tubes. Will be used with balanced HD800s.

Sounds like you got my DPS, and I got yours, considering they shipped the same day. It's a really simple task to flip the power module around. It did the trick with mine...and good job I checked first as running 240v into a 110v module wouldn't have been so pretty! Edit - and I totally agree with your findings hd800 balanced blue dragon v stock SE cable. Really makes a difference, but I'm not sure how much of that is down to being balanced, or just the posh cable (mostly the former I would guess). I have a blue dragon XLR --> 1/4" adapter coming in a couple of days, so I'll be able to answer that question soon. Oh, and I find the HD800s are being driven really well on the "low" gain setting. Putting it up at medium, let alone high, is pretty nasty to my ears. Decent listening level on "low" for me is with the volume pot around 10 or 11 o'clock.

Cheers, I've sent you a PM to bore you with the details. Don't want to derail this mighty fine pr0n thread any more than I already have .

Yeah, I do feel rather like the ugly bloke who just stepped into the Claudia Schiffer thread. Gods/mods, feel free to eject my hairy arse-speakers into the DIY forum if necessary, no hard feelings edit - although...there is a bloke with antlers attached to his headphones up there

Amen

Ah well, the barn's been there for 200 years & the subs have been there through a year of heavy use, I'll take my chances . Having said that, I'm kinda tempted to move my bikes...

Ha, trust me they're not going anywhere, these things have got loads more fixings than they need to stay put. I have happy memories of swinging repeatedly from them before mounting the drivers.

Do ugly-but-awesome-sounding subs count?

Cheers, the moment I saw it I've been figuring out if I could justify the cost...it just looks superb, and with Craig's track record, quite a safe blind (deaf?) purchase I reckon. Oh well, better work a bit more overtime I guess !

Ah bollocks, it's only money. I've put my name down for a Balancing Act on the next run. If I get amp upgraditis in the future, you have my permission to shoot me.

Thanks, useful info, though with that ZDT comment you've got me reconsidering amp options again! Where's that smiley for hitting one's head against a brick wall? Ah, this one will do... .

Thanks a lot mate, I'm definitely edging towards the Cullen PSA DLIII/BUDA/balanced HD800s as what will hopefully be my "final" rig. Well, at least for a while anyway . At the risk of derailing the thread, I'd be really interested to hear your thoughts on the sound offered by that combo. Cheers.

The only niggle I have about the UDAC is that you could get a Cullen Stage IV PS Audio DAC for a similar price, the latter of which is reportedly quite nice & "analoguey", which if true might suit the HD800s quite well. I don't fancy anything too ruthlessly transparent as a source with the HD800s as they're unforgiving enough as it is. I'm not sure what kind of sound signature the UDAC has, mind.