GrindingThud

Fabricated unobtanium brake line on my 03 Marquis...

Spacey

Holy shit....that did not take long: http://www.ebay.com/itm/KRELL-ksa5-Class-A-headphone-amplifier-kit-/161267038245?pt=US_Amplifier_Parts_Components&hash=item258c43b825 Looks like it's missing half the caps and squished a PS on the board too...... My gut says what a turd, but curious to hear it.

This is it: http://www.skbcases.com/industrial/products/prod-detail.php?id=439#.UzhUJSe9KSM http://www.skbcases.com/music/products/proddetail.php?id=440&c=105&o=&s=78

Schwoop!

jeebus, that makes me want one.

The original transformer is 27VAC. After rectification and regulation you get 22VDC. I went with that 115/24....my wall voltage is 120...so I get 25 out of it (close enough) before the diodes and about 35 peak after...which gets regulated to 22.

I used this 50VA one from Mouser in my build: http://www.mouser.com/ds/2/410/VPT48-1040-224303.pdf Worked just fine. I did not match anything either.... There is a post earlier in this thread about the bias.....I think it was 125mV cold across the test points on the 2 ohm resistor.

Got a link?

I made the mistake of drilling the PC board a little to make it fit.....removed the through plating. I had to take it back apart (desolder) and then put a jumper in. Don't make that sad mistake. File the cap leads a little. It must sit flush and the solder flow into the hole..

Must have bacon alarm......

Lol

I see you're in Baltimore. I'm in Leonardtown. You should bring your amp to the next MD/VA/DC meet over in VA next time they schedule one. It would be fun to have them side by side.

Indeed that makes me sad (and feel old). I commented on a co-workers really cool ZZ Top earrings and got "who's that" as a response....

I wanted to build a KSA5 clone....seems the members here were the only ones that knew what they were doing.

lol, that's creepy, it goes with the music........mesmerizing....

Rockin the house now...

Dang, this is profound....even untrained listeners prefer the sound of HD800 to beats.... Seems they prefer the HD to the LCD as well. Give a person bass and treble knobs and they move them around. Consensus is that headphones should sound like speakers in a reference listening room. Now we have a study to back it up.

Finally hot a chance to bring this to a meet. Seemed to be received very well and got a lot of good comments on power/transparency. Was able to hear it with the LCD-2 and LCD-X...pretty satisfying to hear it drive the LCD-2 so well.

Sweet!

Now there is a turntable to go with them: http://www.linn.co.uk/all-products/turntables/limited-edition-sondek-lp12#details