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Milosz

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  1. Too specific for most people. Besides which, cast does not really work the way

    you might think it does. Raw current out of a dac is unusable with even a few

    feet of cable, and then there are all the offsets that need to be controlled.

    Yeah, you are right, for the ~7(?) DACs or analog preamps out there that have CAST or ACSS outputs, I guess developing a current domain input for the KGSS/KGSSHV would be a fair bit of work that would benefit very few users. While from all accounts it seems this signal transmission scheme does offer real sonic benefit, it is used by almost no one.

  2. Has anyone ever tried interfacing a Krell CAST DAC or Audio-Gd ACSS DAC to a KGSS/KGSSHV amp, keeping the signal in the current domain? I would think that whatever you used for a volume control- be it pot, stepped attenuator, resistor/relay or IC switches would have less sonic impact in an ACSS circuit than using a voltage divider in a voltage-domain circuit..... and in using current domain signals you eliminate the I-to-V stage in the DAC, any stage eliminated is a stage that can't screw with the sound.

  3. I have a very heavy package arriving from Lil' Knight laugh.png

    I'll be sending packages to: Deadneddz, n3rdling, livewire, inu, cobra_kai, bada bing, Milosz, justin, Kevin Gilmore, Kerry, horio and morphsci. I'll give you guys the shipping totals when I get these packed up. I'm going to buy the packing materials after I get the boards to make sure the envelopes will be thick enough for all the boards plus extra padding/cardboard.

    That's great...! Speechless....

  4. So.... what's the status of this group buy.... I paid, but my money got refunded by PayPal.... there are other ways to pay, I can send via Chase "Quick Pay," there's wire transfer, I can send a money order, I can obtain bank notes in your local currency and mail them registered small parcel.... I can send some gold....

    It's a hassle, but maybe the way to do it is to use PayPal's "send money personal" feature rather than "pay for goods" - I mean, there's some risk to the buyers if you take the money and go to the casino, LOL, but I don't think any of us is worried about that! :headcase:

  5. TPI ADF15 High Voltage Differential Probe

    ebay# 310329294762

    $350 buy-it-now

    ~$150 cheaper than Tek probe, not as good though, but maybe good enough.

    Maybe we should group-buy the Tek probe and share it around. I suspect that we will not often have a situation where more than one builder at a time is at the stage where construction is near completion and he needs to measure stuff.

    Just a thought.

    You can also get high voltage probes for your scope, much less expensive than these differential probes. 2,000 volt operating limit, 100x voltage scaling (i.e., 100:1) is under $30, I've seen probes rated to 10 KV, 1000:1 , also, same price range.

  6. Some nice and scary stuffs you fooled around with back in the past.

    Just want to give a heads-up that pcx is having a 20% off sale again until the end of this month. Would be a great chance to stock up some PRP and Mills resistors, teflon tube sockets, 6dj8 tubes (they have the great Siemens E88CC on sale too), maybe some caps, IXYS diodes, heatshrink + techflex sleeve for the umbilical cables... Would save you a little sum of cash.

    Thanks!

    I have a bunch of "Bugle Boy" 6DJ8's around here, have to dig those up, not sure how many I have.

  7. Revised, final list: https://spreadsheets...npReEE&hl=en_US

    Please double-check if yours is correct. It's non-editable now so PM me if I happen to put in anything wrong in your line.

    After going through the list, 99% people opt for 2x PSU for the Dynas so I'll make it a default. Dyna set = 2x amp boards + 2x PSU boards.

    Only purk and tcpoint put in 1 PSU, not sure if that they wanted.

    Also, Currawong and purk, you guys haven't let me know which KGSSHV you want, so I just make it offboard. Let me know if you want something else.

    Gonna need some days to arrange everything and ask for the quote.

    Thanks for doing this task! It's good karma. In the next life, perhaps you will be born with hearing that extends to 40 kHz.

    Glad I was able to get on the list for a set of T2 boards- I heard about this group buy just Sunday, and got in at the last minute. I'm a relative newcomer to Stax stuff, but have been building things since 1969. Back then everything I built had tubes; some transmitters and RF amps had wicked power supplies, up to 3 kV at 500 mA..... And sometimes they even worked.....

    Now I have to read all of the T2 posts so I can make initial preparations for this build, which I expect will take at least a year if I am to do it properly. It'll take quite a while just to orient myself to the T2 thread so I can understand the collective wisdom of those who have gone down the T2 road before me.... and of course I want to be well familiar with the thread before I go asking any questions.

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