johnwmclean

Got great service from Viljo for custom knobs: http://www.viljomarrandi.com/ Got to be patient, I had a 4 month wait, the result was well worth it: These were blued to get that blackish colour.

I picked it locally from a trading ad... just lucky timing, I snapped quick.

I just started my SLR journey with a Canon 5D Mark II, got the body for $1300 5 months old. I need a good all rounder lens, I really like the look of the Sigma 50m 1.4...

Rachmaninov / Vespers & Complete All-Night Vigil

Neko Case / Blacklisted Neko Case / Middle Cyclone Neko Case / Fox Confessor Brings the Flood

Justin Townes Earle - Harlem River Blues

Happy birthday Scott and jantze.

Awesome work eggil, glad you got it sorted it out, well done! Thanks Justin for your comments about the grounding diagram. I revised my XLR wiring, connecting pin 1 directly to the grounding lug on XLR itself and not the star ground, as per good old rane notes. Not finished but the general shape - they’ll be blued later this week, here are Viljo’s knobs for some KGSSHV’s.

Jesca Hoop - Hunting my Dress

Kenny Barron / Charlie Haden - Night and the City

La Tarantella, Antidotum Tarantulae

Thanks for the music Doc. RIP.

Arghh yeah ok. The only other thing could be where Arek has joined the wires together, I asked for 400mm length wires, thinking that it would be one piece of wire directly from inside the attenuator, instead he just extended it by soldering and heat shrinking a new piece of wire. So maybe the join is cold?

Sounds to me like left and right channels are mixed. I’d check the resistances over the amp board +/- inputs and +/-XLR inputs. If the resistance changes when adjusting the attenuator that’s confirmation for that channel. Just check it’s wired correctly.

1 jack and 5 pins, please sir!

I’ve never considered the β22 shelved down or dark.

I promised a few people some impressions of my new stat rig, a KGSSHV and O2 MK1, I recently sold my dynamic system (balanced β22 and LCD-2R2) to support my new venture. For a month or so I was left without any system whilst I was building my KGSSHV, my impressions are based on auditory memory of my dynamic rig, my source remains the same, a Buffalo32 DAC. So here goes… The treble on the stat system extends way further without every being harsh, when called on it’s as delicate and airy as anything I’ve heard. I can hear way into the recording venue, instruments are better defined with clearer attack. The LCD-2 in no way can keep up with the O2 in this regard, it just doesn’t have the top end detail the O2 possesses. The mids of the O2 are just excellent, again better detail than the LCD-2, although the LCD-2 does add some weight and meat behind instruments and voices - overall the sheer brilliance of the O2 gets my vote. Bass with the O2 is absolutely amazing, it hits hard with great weight and detail, to my surprise actually, as I thought the LCD-2 would be the clear winner with bass - if only for the most bass dependant genres the O2 is simply remarkable. John

VLATKO STEFANOVSKI & MIROSLAV TADIC; KRUSHEVO TRETA MAJKA

They’re actually turntable isolation feet. I applied a liberal amount thread lock to the mounting bolts to disable the levelling ability that is intended for turntable use. http://www.diyhifisupply.com/node/406

Indeed he has talent - the videos on his website are worth checking out too.

Cam-Expert did the all the panel work (front, top, base and rear), I’m really happy with the outcome they did a great job, much cheaper than FPE btw. The match is excellent for colour, although the grain or brush I asked for could been a tad heavier for perfection. If anyones interested I have FPE files of the below; What I’m after now is some decent 3.5mm self tappers for the top panel, does anyone know a decent source? I’ve been on the hunt for a while now...

Thanks guys! No problem Greg, I got what I needed from winks stash, no need to send them out now.

Drop off your stat phone collection as well... Victor the cavity hole is 47mm, I’m getting a 45mm blued metal custom knob made by vilts over on HF - problem is he takes a long time to fulfil orders, like 4 months of which I’m halfway through, I’m ok waiting, but thanks for your generous offer mate.

Thanks guys, Victor the attenuator is a Khozmo smd version. Yun, I’ve just had my first O2 MK1 ear massage, basically to test amp, and the briefest listen, I will post some impressions as soon as I get some more head time. eggil, the wiring needs some cleaning up, ground wiring and the bias wire needs to be routed properly and the LED needs to be wired into the front panel. BTW my build is a 450V A1968 version... Here’s where it’s at now...