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Post some pictures to start with. Anyhing from local stores worries me...

Never had that happen after building at least 100 of those PSU's over the years. It only gets that hot if massive amounts of current are flowing though it so something somewhere is very wrong.

I chew through the 8N80C's like there is no tomorrow...

Yup, it is the new retard forum. They have to be somewhere...

Ehhh what's up with the odd resistors? Some of those spots have to be 1/2W.

There is a reason KG and I are selling off our T2 parts... You could even go lower than 100R so no problem there.

That is the correct part.

Ehhh might have been 290. I was just doing this off the top of my head but the full data should have been posted here by me at some point. 290V sounds plausible as it is half of the B+ minus the natural loss.

Yeah, pretty much as boring as it can be. Finally putting balanced connectors on an already balanced amp...

On the top side of the large resistors. Balance them together and then the offset (well it isn't the offset at all) is adjusted to 390VDC.

Those KGST's make me feel ashamed that my boards are used in such a way.

Sure we can. A DHT amp would be an order of magnitude more complex than that. Edit: Didn't see the second page...

1.7V LED's as usual.

They can be but tantalums also have a tendency to explode so I'd use the ceramics...

It's supposed to be 1uf. The board is always right.

Mine are built with the boards attached directly to the sinks and I adjust them from the top. The boards you are using are different from mine though and I'm not sure what version was used on the groupbuy...

That has its own issues due to the proximity to the output socket and its wiring. Much harder to shield that with all the extra capacitance the shield would generate. It should be clear now just how much engineering went into the KGSSHV mini...

Stiffer stators but still encased in that plastic housing... Yeah, not the best plan.

Yes.

The SR-010 or what ever they will call it, will be released but this is Stax so who knows when they will get to it.

Yeah, the Stax thread over there is just an endless stream of bullshit. Most of the advise given is inaccurate or just flat out false. Stupidity is the new norm....

Stax have never sold cloth pads.

Swap them out as the Xicon's are known good. I might have a recording on the noise somewhere if I look hard enough... Edit: Maybe this?

Ahhh saw the batteries. I bet that is the noise you are hearing, throw some Xicon's in there and it should work just fine. Low noise maybe but not Carbon levels of utter dead silence. Just can't be done with that T2 circuit.

It's a T2... there will probably be a bit of noise. Try to adjust the pots a bit to see if that cures most of it.