mainlythemusic

He has posted a schematic on HF, maybe check it out (be in awe of it) or more likely trash it to hell Ha Ha. Seriously, you know, there are other amps out there that sound good, maybe better than your amps. Maybe another paddy is looming...

Dude, whatever you think you are doing on here, or trying to do on here, forget it. It is a band of brothers morons who will slag off anything you have to say, even if it may be interesting, new or correct. And you won't gain any sales or any kind of acceptance here either. So suck up to Birgir or leave.

Hmm, a few errors here. The GG has the Amanero USB board which is built in Italy. You will find that board is OEM in so many middle and high end DACs, if you slag that off, well slag pretty much every DAC off on the market then. https://amanero.com Next point, the GG also has a FPGA DSD engine which BTW sounds better than PCM, which already sound damb good. Next point, tubes can and do special things in amplifiers we all know that here. Stop trying to tell us different with your 'spec sheets'. Why is some of the best electrostatic amps (sounding the best) running tubes? GG, BHSE (final stage) T2, Justins new amp TBC, various other lauded KG designs. Not saying SS isn't good, I have a nice SS power amp for my speakers. We can go on all day about tubes v SS but you cannot claim tubes are beating by SS as a matter of fact, as it is not fact. Are you trying to say the current Sic Fet Carbon design beats all tube electrostatic amps, I don't think so. It is damb good, but not the absolute best IMO. Lets do a vote on here and see how many say it is v the T2, BHSE and GG shall we, which of course all use tubes in part of the gain stages. Have you personally heard the GG yourself? As for the power supply in the GG as 'off-bay' this kind of fake news is what they hate in the states. Lampizator have worked tirelessly for the last 10 years developing their circuits. They don't need to 'buy off ebay'. Pure BS. It is you who seems to enjoy buying of ebay while we are on this subject, fair enough to try stuff out. But don't accuse a manufacturer of that without the proof. Going back to you designing a tweaked up T2, didn't you try to build one before but it turned out to be a cluster fuck of a mess, and you bailed out? Next, why is your Carbon CC got a half size PS in it, seems like a big empty box with a big pre ice tag - opps. And many of your KGSShvs being mini style also have scaled done PS's. Bringing that up as you insist on talking about power supplies. Anything I missed?

Here we go, all amps besides mine are shite. Well if tubes are so crap in general why are some of the best amps in the world inc the T2 using tubes? Can I ask Birgir, have you even heard the GG, thought not. Lampizator has moved so far in the last few years, they are clipping the heals of the best DACs out there. And it isn't just using tubes to 'colour' the sound. They have a FPGA for DSD which sounds superb, and a good PCM discrete board as well. Actually, the GG is very transparent and uncoloured, and IMO more accurate than any SS DAC I have heard to date. Tube in a good circuit can do something special, we all know that. So why the BS?

I would not say Lampizator are NOT over priced. In fact their mantra was to take on the big boys and provide high end for less, and I think they have done that. Show me a similar designed DAC with tube regulated PS and line stage, with the quality of the parts, and in the case of the GG DSD and separate R-2R engine for PCM. I think they are unique in all that regard? The 'messy' wiring is an old fish wife tale, nowadays they have pro quality PCBs. I would say nay sayers should have a demo before saying stuff myself. I heard the GG this year and it was very good, high end on a decent budget. Yes 14K for the SE version, but look what you get. Plenty of thin chassis empty boxes out there for a lot more money that are not so well designed IMO.

Thanks Kevin. What effect do you think I would hear by dropping down from 18 to 16?

PS current setting. I might be terming this incorrectly, but I have a KGSShv Carbon with GRHV. The bias /current from the PS is set to 18mA. I have read here some have it as high as 20, but others a bit lower. Has anyone had any experience with lowering it to say 16mA and what effect that had to the sound. I am wondering if by lowering it a bit I might drop the treble energy a bit and warm it up. I am talking subtle, nothing drastic. I don't want to loose too much of the dynamics and soundstage of the amp. It is already fantastic. Just wondering if it is possible to tweak it a bit. Any info on this would be great guys.

I hope not. I heard the T-8000 at Can-Jam and it was a small step up from the 717 and 727 IMO, certainly not enough to justify the sudden price hike. Disappointed in it TBH after the earlier excitement.