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You mean needs the touch of Yodah!    Its not soldered but laser lanced  :rofl:

 

"return to vendor for repair" is not uncommon in guru-centric brands. 

Singlepower had the same shit running. If the amp is soldered without being blessed by the guru it may not work properly again. 

 

*guru may not be strictly the correct word. I have a shitty vocabulary. 

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We take your 4-8-8-4 steam train and turn it into a mag-lev bullet.

Are you really a Big Boy or a Challenger in disguise?*

 

Sorry, couldn't resist that.

 

It's been interesting reading from the beginnings that I know of a Stoopid Opamp Hybrid Amp that cost $50.

 

* that's steam locomotive talk, btw, not anything derogatory. ;)

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Big Boys were all 4-8-8-4s while the Challengers were all 4-6-6-4s (TomB knows that, I'm guessing).  I was a huge train nut when I was a kid.  Large steam engines were always my favorite.

 

Or you could go all out and check out the Head-Case of steam engines:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triplex_(locomotive)    Totally overkill (good) but did not have enough pressure to fully realize the third set of driving wheels for long distances.  Still cool as hell.

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Big Boys were all 4-8-8-4s while the Challengers were all 4-6-6-4s (TomB knows that, I'm guessing).  I was a huge train nut when I was a kid.  Large steam engines were always my favorite.

 

Or you could go all out and check out the Head-Case of steam engines:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triplex_(locomotive)    Totally overkill (good) but did not have enough pressure to fully realize the third set of driving wheels for long distances.  Still cool as hell.

Whoa!  I did not know about triplexes!

 

Yes - you caught the reference.  Challengers were 4-6-6-4's. ;)

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Some PSU upgrades:

 

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Now the output has 20uf instead of 0.44uf.  I'm sure the PSU will act up somewhat but it is time to fix it anyway.  Also, terminal blocks... you know, if one ever needs to remove a PCB...  :palm:

 

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Reworked the bias supply a bit and added a connector for it as well. 

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While I was installing the new 2SJ74's I decided to do some further modding...

 

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Why use a transistors when a LED does a far better job and looks pretty at the same time.  :)

 

I'm listening to it now and things are improving.  Doesn't have the hard hitting nature of the KGSSHV but it is fast approaching neutral. 

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Are you really a Big Boy or a Challenger in disguise?*

 

Sorry, couldn't resist that.

 

* that's steam locomotive talk, btw, not anything derogatory. ;)

 

The U.P. Big Boy is indeed the reference I was making.  Truefax: I was a (model) train nerd in high school.  Let me tell you, railway geeks get all the chicks. ;D

 

I still have a couple Marklin trains in an upstairs attic.

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For some odd reason I found that last gif somewhat disturbing.  :dotu:

 

I found it particularly noteworthy that Knucks deemed a picture depicting consensual oral sex in his thread was too NSFW, but that was not.  Knucks, I love what you do, but that .gif above is fucking disturbing.

 

Oh, and oldies, you are a fucking idiot.

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It's pretty obvious to any experienced tech that someone went over many of the original solder joints on the Cavalli amp to make it look bad. 

 

I suppose this post will be hypocritically deleted.

Head-Case doesn't delete posts.

Head-fi does. Its tireless moderators won't stop until they delete something deemed politically incorrect..

Here, any stupid comments you make, will remain for posterity.

Unfortunately.

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