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Justin sells both pro and normal bias jacks on ebay

What nate said, also similar line of reasoning when people tell you flux isn't conductive I had to learn that one the hard way

Fuck yes, my Edcor order ifor the Megatron filaments is coming in They don't fuck around when they say "6 weeks lead time"

If anyone is interested in two 12V supplies to build this in a dual-mono configuration, I have 2x power one HTAA-16A-A supplies -/+12V @ 400mA

has anyone here purchased any extra 009 earpads? was wondering where to get them. thinking about using them on the 007 or some frankenphones

I found the sola equivalent of the power one supply for 18 usd on ebay, http://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Sola-Hevi-Duty/SLD-12-1010-12T/?qs=Fhl5NpiNeCWhwKaPb%252bAczA%3D%3D 1.62" for those who are height conscious Are MPSA parts still good for this? I was looking at some of the silkscreens and MPSA became MPSW at some point

i wouldn't call that cheap

birgir always delivers http://www.ebay.com/itm/POWER-ONE-HAD15-4-AG-Linear-Supplies-100-VAC-to-264-VAC-15-VDC-LS2-/251792767872?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3aa004bb80 the long lost twin of the stax psu's lv supply also http://www.ebay.com/itm/POWER-ONE-Power-Supplies-lot-of-4-/151675134365?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item23508ae19d mouser lists these at 71 a pop??

I would kill to test out the Yggdrasil on a T2

Thanks for the tips, acetone seems pretty manageable. If there's one negative I'd have to call out, when I'm comparing the AR-T segue vs the Yggdrasil side by side I get the impression that the Yggdrasil is less dynamic. Will investigate a bit further, I need to set up something to switch DACs on the fly into the BH

nice results, I'm looking forward to building mine Might skimp on the power supply though to get it to fit in a smaller case. Thinking about just P2P-ing the KGSSHV LV supply If someone has the regulated krell supply I would be willing to purchase that, good size

damn someone bought birgir's Orppheus LNS? I'm jealous, having 10k USD of funding for stax r&d must be fun

I found boards, and even if I was doing my own I would have only gotten 2 or 3 boards, literally

Sorry I was referring to the PCB not the part. I'm probably going to put in an order to Bay Area Circuits soon

Is the SMD version in sync with the through hole version? I've been reading about regulators and this looks like a nice platform to conduct some tests with the power supply side of things

That was the role the BHSE was going to fulfill, I just assumed there might have been compounds with which you guys would be familiar. I don't own a heat gun at the moment. This only came to mind as I wrote about it, I've really been avoiding the cleanup out of laziness.

Yeah that's part of why I said don't bother trying to look for a Spectral, it sounds great but ti's kind of a high-maintenance affair at the end of the day. The power brick gets uncomfortably hot, I ended up taking the PSU out of its case and laying a heatsink on top with some random interface material. There's a fan inside the DAC that maintains uniform temperature between the digital input and the DAC + analog output, but the entire thing still gets too hot. I think they were trying to keep the entire unit hermetically sealed, to maintain control over the internal air currents. After a few weeks I noticed that the faceplate was sitting slightly crooked. At that point it was already too late and now I have 4 hardened puddles of silicone on my glass rack. Anyone know how to clean that kind of stuff? I haven't figured out a chemical solution yet and my last resort is to put the BHSE underneath and scrape off the resultant mess of goo. -------------- In other news, the Yggdrasil continues to be an enjoyable listen. The way it depicts the soundstage is really interesting and addictive. Because of the architectural similarity to the SDR I'm personally attributing most of its character to the filter, but who knows. Looking forward to actively comparing it to the Segue, hopefully tonight. At the risk of sounding shilly, it's worth taking advantage of their 15 day trial once they get production under control. The effects will be noticeable even if you don't subject it to 700 years of burn-in/uptime. Supposedly they also run them for 72 hours before shipping out

Maybe in a few months I'll have saved enough to repair my Spectral to compare One minor advantage of the Yggdrasil over the Spectral is that it doesn't run hot enough to melt its own feet

I think the most I've seen within reason is a 600V-rated twisted pair floating around on navships ebay

Maybe I'll do that at the office so I don't have to worry about the power bill

I wrote a thorough review of the packaging over at the other site, but I'll try to gather some constructive thoughts here. I don't typically review stuff, and I would even say I don't do much critical listening anymore. Take that how you will. The main thing I noticed right away is the way it casts the soundstage forward and back, something that I've found most modern DACs don't do very well. I A/ B'ed against the Ayre QB9 for a bit to determine this. I'll probably need to do some comparisons against the other R2R dac I have on hand (AR-T segue). Based on my fuzzy aural memory I would honestly say skip looking for the Spectral SDR2k and go for the Yggdrasil. One of the more prominent effects using it with the 007 (off Marc's BHSE) is that there's less "boom" to the bass. Low frequencies develop a lot more texture and the effect isn't subtle. It's really easy to pick out instruments in space, or at least my perception of it. Whether it's artificial or not will probably take me longer to evaluate. For reference, I consider the HD800's soundstage as "artificially" wide. I've also noticed a really nice "decay" when listening to stringed instruments, which has me fishing around for some small ensemble pieces. It's probably safe for me to generalize this as some magic in the transient response. Other than that I haven't really stumbled upon anything revelatory, harsh recordings sound harsh and EDM sounds like it was "recorded" in a bathroom. I typically have benchmark tracks that I use to evalute DACs within a shorter timeframe, but my experience with the Yggdrasil just makes me want to queue up all those tracks that have been gathering digital dust. This is all with an audiophilleo 2, I haven't bothered with any of their inputs yet. I've also only used it for maybe 2 hours. I have no plans to keep it on 24/7, everyone citing burn-in effects on head-fi is some serious hivemind bullshit. I'm going to hook up my Legato II once I get the damn thing working.

I just got mine, this dac might be the truth

That's the guideline for the lt1021 supply, http://tee8tee4388.blogspot.com/2013/07/kgsshv-amplifier.html

Nice build, and the condition of that 007 is unusually pristine

For those using the haa15 supply, is it possible to remove the transformer+board from the metal on which it's mounted? I have a case but it's only 2in tall- the sheet lists the height as 2.1