justin

I am loving the USD exchange rates with the Yen and Euro

i would wait for the 2nd shipment, anyway. let any production issues get worked out first

ok, i think the exchange rate was about 20% different at that time. so, that could be a factor -- either in higher U.S. MSRPs, or smaller dealer margins

i would GUESS that dealer price is around 3700, in the U.S. but that guess comes from old information

i think that really depends on the industry. audio dealers don't like to have any inventory. it's not like anyone will be sitting on a pile of SR-009 trying to recoup overhead

I plan to buy Mike's used pair

DIAPHRAGM: MORE THINLY !

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this is one of the least understood specs and is a perfect example of knowing just enough to be dangerous. your Best Buy receiver buying consumer would just skip over that spec, but those on HF seek out amps that have the same output impedance as their headphone's impedance. just one possibility for why this spec would be misstated. another example "The Apache" specs from the web page Output impedance: headphone amp, 8 – 2K Frequency Response: 5-100K Channel separation: Dual mono. What? Output signal strength: up to 18 Volts THD: less than .0002

They still moderate?

the bottom side always has scratches on it, even on a new enclosure.

i thought you said the amp had been opened because the cover was put on upside down? not a mistake i would have made, i had been using that brand of enclosures for a while while it may not be too difficult to figure out what is causing the hum and replace a part, i wouldn't want to send it back to you unless everything was up to current standards.

i'm pretty sure I know who the original owner of this amp is. and the original price was $1k.

in this case the fastest thing to do is just switch the circuit boards with new ones & install the DACTs. then not only is it fully up to spec but better quality too.

How extensive a restoration?

the issues with the crossed wires for the diodes, and the crossed legs on the +15V regulator were to correct board layout errors -- this was a prototype board. this is likely the first KGSS ever built, sometime around the end of 2003. the build quality is obviously not indicative of a current model. i do not remember if the Alps potentiometers were the original volume controls. by the way, everyone is always the 2nd or 3rd owner. a while ago Asr was selling a pair of HD600s, and I think he said he was the 2nd owner. Just for fun I traced the pair's history on the Head-Fi for sale forums. I was able to trace it back to 9 or 10 owners before the trail went cold. And the price was only 10-20% less than a new pair...

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and this is a new issue? are all LEDs lit up on the amp board? what about on the PSU board?

do you have a DMM capable of measuring DC and AC volts up to 1000V? you could get very far in troubleshooting if you have one

happy birthday!

Who sells Omega II MK2 headphones right now?

does Huddler take donations? just donate excess to a charity

hmm too late, airfare is too high

could be more if they weren't already including the screened porch, which there would be appropriate weather for at night through september