June 16, 200818 yr Woot! I'm very happy for your Jack . I hope you have many, many hours of enjoyment with it. Thanks for the pics as well.
June 16, 200818 yr Grats Jack! I just spent some quality time with my Rockhopper Beta this weekend and was very happy. Enjoy!
June 17, 200818 yr Nice look. I admit your first beta22 build's look (Just a par metal case I think) turned me off, but this looks quite excellent... similar to the aesthetic of a headamp kgss dx imo.
June 17, 200818 yr Very good looking amp! Congrats! How does it sound and what cans are you using with it?
June 17, 200818 yr Author Right now I'm using an HD650 with Enigma Oracle cable. In a word, the amp sounds marvelous, easily exceeding my expectations. Smooth, detailed, powerful. Really brings out the sometimes hazy midrange of the HD650. Huge midrange, startlingly focused "center channel" (like the way vocals often are in the mix). One of the first things I thought upon hearing the amp is how amazing it would sound with a balanced HP2. Of course it helps I heard a balanced beta22 with a balanced HP2 at Canjam. I listened with my HF-1 single ended and it sounded great as well.
June 17, 200818 yr congrats! looks fantastic and probably one of the best ss available. left/right volume pots... how many switch positions?
June 17, 200818 yr I believe the LEDs are orange (or "is", not sure how many there are). I believe there's also orange on the inside.
June 17, 200818 yr Author Where's the orange on the amp? Other than that, sweet amp. Dusty is correct, there is an orange LED on the power supply, which is on the shelf below the amp proper, and there is orange inside the amp as well. 909, they are 24 step DACTs.
June 17, 200818 yr 909, they are 24 step DACTs. What gain is the amp set at, if you don't mind me asking?
June 17, 200818 yr Wow, that looks really good! Nice to see a black one for a change as well. Enjoy!!!
June 17, 200818 yr Nice to see a black one for a change as well. Enjoy!!! Take your pick: <insert Aerius comment here> <theoffice>That's what she said</theoffice>
June 17, 200818 yr Author What gain is the amp set at, if you don't mind me asking? Good question, thats something I wanted to touch on. Its set for a gain of 2/4. I was worried this wouldn't be enough to power higher impedance phones like Senns, but with my HD650 it gives me plenty of volume swing. Only a crazy person would max out the volume knob on Senns with this gain. I imagine with a power hungry phone like the K340 one would want to step up the gain to the next level, but for my purposes 2/4 is perfect.
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