August 25, 200718 yr http://tubecad.com/2007/08/blog0117.htm In other words, expect to see Aikido octal headphone amplifier kits soon at the GlassWare Yahoo Store. (The kits will include 33?F, 630Vdc, polypropylene coupling capacitors.) Woo! I wonder how it would do with Grados.
August 25, 200718 yr Cool. A number of people have the Akido wired as a headphone amp. Good thing he is starting up kits.
August 25, 200718 yr It's a sad state of affairs that I still haven't built my Aikido. I really should put that on the list next. [edit]Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't he already offering the mono kits as seen here? Although I guess that's not a headamp specific kit, my bad, i suck, i'm stopping the edits now...
August 25, 200718 yr It's a sad state of affairs that I still haven't built my Aikido. I really should put that on the list next. [edit]Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't he already offering the mono kits as seen here? Although I guess that's not a headamp specific kit, my bad, i suck, i'm stopping the edits now... Yes yes, sorry my fault for my vagueness. I was referring to headphone amp kits.
August 26, 200718 yr http://tubecad.com/2007/08/blog0117.htm Woo! I wonder how it would do with Grados. It will do just fine with Grados as long as you use the right tubes and make a couple minor changes. I'm almost famous now... he linked to my amp that was pictured on head-fi. Renato
August 26, 200718 yr Jeez, you have some huge caps there. Unfortunately large value film caps are HUGE. Renato
August 30, 200718 yr I'm interested in this...to use it as a headamp, just the regular octal or 9-pin kit will do, right?
August 30, 200718 yr I'm interested in this...to use it as a headamp, just the regular octal or 9-pin kit will do, right? As far as I know the kits currently listed on the site are spec'd for preamp duty, the headphone amp kits should be coming out soon and will use tweaked parts values and components.
August 31, 200718 yr Or you could just PM looser101 and he can tell you how to tweak the current boards.
August 31, 200718 yr I've got one of these about half built as well....gah and I'm waiting to get an OPUS Dac too, too many projects.
August 31, 200718 yr huh, I guess it does....hadn't looked at the schematic yet. I did hear one at the MD meet though and thought it sounded pretty good.
August 31, 200718 yr Its gonna need boutique coupling caps like auricaps or mundorfs to sound its best...
August 31, 200718 yr or you could put a zapfilter in there i can confirm that the opus does have electrolytics in the signal path, but it still sounds great. I'm sure it would sound even better with good coupling caps. My preference is shorting them and going with the zapfilter, though
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