May 10, 200917 yr comment_232776 Long iPod RCA dock (feat. 68K resistor for latest generation iPods) for my mom Report
May 13, 200917 yr comment_233934 I just finished these, a couple of Stax bias leach cables. I'm fairly confident that one of them will be at CJ... Report
May 13, 200917 yr comment_233963 If they have Stax male and Stax male at one end and Stax female at the other, what is the prescribed application? Leach bias from one amp and drive with another? What would be the point? Report
May 13, 200917 yr comment_233970 This is the standard one socket, two plugs affair. It simply separates the bias and drive voltages so that you can use any amp to drive any headphone given that you have some way to access the original bias supply. Let's say you want to drive a normal bias Sigma from a 717 and have a SRD-6 handy or that you want to use the ESP950 off a Stax amp, yet use the Koss bias supply. The one for CanJam is so that the owner of a normal bias Sigma can experience it off the BHSE. Report
May 13, 200917 yr comment_233985 All is revealed. Does Justin do a normal bias socket as an option instead of the HE90 one? Report
May 13, 200917 yr comment_233988 All is revealed. Does Justin do a normal bias socket as an option instead of the HE90 one? Yes, I believe that he does. Report
May 13, 200917 yr comment_233992 Yes, I believe that he does. I was going to say "more practical, less aspirational" but then we're talking about a pretty expensive amp, I suppose if you can pring for the BHSE, you could spring for an HE90. Report
May 13, 200917 yr comment_234002 Adding a normal bias socket is simply a matter of changing the voltage divider so that's surely an option. There are also a few BHSE's that don't have a He90 jack such as mine. I was going to say "more practical, less aspirational" but then we're talking about a pretty expensive amp, I suppose if you can pring for the BHSE, you could spring for an HE90. Better yet, get something that doesn't suck... Report
May 13, 200917 yr comment_234007 I don't think the HE90s sound very good from the BHSE so the normal bias Stax jack would be a good idea unless you just want two pro bias Stax jacks, of course. Report
May 13, 200917 yr comment_234008 One pro-bias Stax for the Omega 2 and one 4pin XLR for the TakeT? Report
May 13, 200917 yr comment_234014 One pro-bias Stax for the Omega 2 and one 4pin XLR for the TakeT? Fail. Report
May 13, 200917 yr comment_234029 Two Pro jacks FTW!!! As for the TakeT, just use one of those handy adapter cables or rewire the headphones with some Wide PC-OCC. Report
May 14, 200917 yr comment_234037 The TakeT needs the extra power a lot more than the recable methinks. There are a few sets of TakeT recabled with the Apuresound V3 cable. I emailed them about it and the reply mentioned that they'd developed an electrostatic cable but wouldn't be going forward with it because of the high cost and low demand. Did your cable experiments ever come to anything Birgir? Report
May 14, 200917 yr comment_234081 I tried every type of ribbon cable I could get my hands on but most were crap and the liver litz was good but unwieldy. It's just so much easier to cut up a Wide PC-OCC extension cable... Report
July 8, 200917 yr comment_252980 This is kind of a combo post, basically a few cables I'm working on featured on the rack I finished staining this weekend and there's a little something hiding on the middle shelf as well. Report
July 8, 200917 yr comment_253052 Nice color on the shelves. Can't say what that is on the middle shelf, other than it a) isn't balanced, and has an umbilical. Oh, and the cables look nice as well. Report
July 8, 200917 yr comment_253076 I'm also at a loss as to what's on the middle shelf, but the cables and shelves look fantastic! Report
July 8, 200917 yr comment_253078 Nate, the rack looks awesome; I like the stain. The cables are cool and stealthy. That little something on the middle shelf looks interesting, too. Report
July 8, 200917 yr comment_253160 Nate, the rack looks awesome; I like the stain. The cables are cool and stealthy.Thanks Dinny (and others). The cables are the usual drab stuff, nothing really fun in there. But as the stain and tung oil seasons and fully dries I am liking the rack more and more. It's a pity that I only use it for meets. Still for ~$50 and a couple hours of labor it's worth it to have around and I'd highly recommend it. That little something on the middle shelf looks interesting, too. I thought you might get a kick out of that and as you'll notice the RCAs are finally installed. Wiring is underway. Report
July 9, 200917 yr comment_253339 I have some cables that look awfully similar. Did you put that red nail polish on there so we can't tell what kind of bolts you used. Report
July 9, 200917 yr comment_253341 Did you put that red nail polish on there so we can't tell what kind of bolts you used. Proprietary threaded rod, doncha know. Report
July 10, 200917 yr comment_253657 Cool stuff Nate. Is that shelving birch ply? Looks all warm and honey like Report
July 10, 200917 yr comment_253661 Cool stuff Nate. Is that shelving birch ply? Looks all warm and honey like Yup, it cleaned up pretty well but if I had to do over again I'd use a different stain. One of these days I'll have a go at doing veneer myself. Report
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