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I agree if were talking about the MC input stage.. But I'm not convinced the Klyne is 100% discrete and would love to get a closer look at one. Looks like the same gain modules are used in the line pre section. I'm not sure I'd bother with the Vendetta. It has to be hand-built unit by unit and to do this you really need some decent test equipment. I tried to breadboard one and it was very unstable and drifted all over the place. I'm almost positive the glued devices are violet grade. I can give you some part numbers for very nice SOT JFETs that have lower noise than any of the Toshiba parts, but you probably aleady are looking at those.

So, does the Klyne use opamps for gain? Near has to to get the specs quoted. I have slightly different values for things like R30-31 (100K) but that doesn't matter. It would be useful to note Idss grades for the unobtaniun ... Err JFETs if you have good pics that can read the markings.

I think I have a plan. My goal would be to play one (or both) de Beriot pieces: or I'll also brush up: Bach: Sonata No.1 in G minor – Presto Bach: Sonata No.3 in C Major – Allegro Assai I'll do Hrimaly for scales and Dont for etudes

cool, needless to say I like the bag. I haven't used it yet though. It's actually not insanely huge that I would feel out of place carrying it as a laptop bag with some books and what not to the library. So, I like that.

Comment retracted. I'll let Kevin comment on the PSU

The Xono can be DC coupled. Mine is that way. Perhaps you can notice the jumpers in this pic (which are open) near the output caps: As for balanced input, I believe the Ayre P-5xe is. Here's a pic: Finally, I'd be interested in a schematic for the Klyne phono preamps. They have items encapsulated in little potted enclosures though, so you'd have to bring it into the lab I suppose:

ah the 2SK147/2SJ72.... Should C6, C7 connect on the other side of the R22, R23?

I take that back. There are a couple i've played now that I think about it. I've been meaning to PM you... (and other DC folks). I'll be in DC 8 days total in Jan split up over two trips, so we should catch up.

yeah, Rode Caprices is a bit above my ability. I'm looking for something between Kreutzer and Rode. Perhaps you know someone that might have a good recommendation? There's also Fiorillo, but I've never played any of those... Here's a link to the (easy) Dont: http://www.scorage.ru/view.aspx?id=17ADA42217F5431A9DD321D57CB66DB1

I'm working that out. Probably Dont op. 38 (the easy one) or Sevcik. The Auer looks really solid in fact, I might just do that. I'm getting more motivated to get back into it...

Messed around with Hrimaly. I really like it. Nice change of pace. Justin, have you ever gone through the graded Auer books? I'm considering those as well.

damn, I just bought a remote thermometer... I would have totally bought that.

You seem to imply that the WM8740 and WM8741 are very close sounding (if not, why even mention the chips?). That's strange to me, but there could be other factors here. To me, the latter is in a way different league.

'Allo 'Allo. Why again is this so funny? Ooh it's the booze.

Seems like a useful post to me Nate. Just ban them both

Does this help at all? In the first pic, the large cube is on the right and on the left is a medium and a "carryable cube". Second pic has a medium and a small cube. [ATTACH=CONFIG]4129[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]4130[/ATTACH]

How do zeners die? Over current? Would higher wattage parts serve to protect the mosfets?

I believe there are 4.7 pF caps available, which should be fine.

Looks doable, without soldering nonetheless. However, if your not confident in your electronics knowledge, the $200 could be well spent, given the price of the unit.

I can. The packing cubes seem to be customized in size for various bags (notice that you have to select "small for tri-star", "medium for tri-star", etc. when adding them to cart). If you check out the right hand side of the screen when you're in the packing cube section, you'll see the dimensions. Granted, that's of little use, but it took me a while to even find those measurements, as they can be easily overlooked.

What about 1.5 MB though?

It would be interesting to compare trimmer values I suppose of the various working channels. I was assuming that one channel wasn't working, but after rereading I see the confusion.

Any idea what Idss grade the JFETs are?

Yup

I've always doubted those specs... Perhaps see if Bulgin has anything close to those specs in their catalog?