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Yeah exactly. I was too embarrassed to ask who the heck the guy on all the avatars is. I was afraid it was someone I should know and didn't. So I PMed Fitz to ask him who it was, and he led me to the relevant threads.

You missed my point. I was refering to actual flames dancing out of the vent holes on the top of the amp. Not little whimpy flames, big hot dog roasting flames! Houston Head-Fi Meet 10/25/2008 Impressions - Head-Fi: Covering Headphones, Earphones and Portable Audio

If that notice were from Mikhail I'd say congrats, you're only a year or two away from getting your amp. However the fact that it's from Justin real congratulations are in order. We demand pics immediately upon arrival! Wait, Ray's not two people already?

Just catching wind of the goings on here. What a major fucktard! And to think that asshat owns a pair of Donuts! I gotta find the remote for that build in self-destruct mode. Big props to Fitz, Ingwe and Mike for callin' him on his shit.

So I've ordered most of the parts for my build, and they're trickling in. I orderd two of the F5 Fairchild version parts kits. Two of these mammoth heatsinks... All the connectors, switches, IEC, fuseholder and an Alps pot (going to try adding the attenuator, as my build will be mainly a headphone amp for my K1000). Antech toroid, 4 huge frickin' caps, and a chunk of copper for a cool point to point power supply luvdunhill is working up... A sheet of 3/16" aluminum for the bottom and back plates (the front will be wood), and some perforated aluminum for the top plate. Plus most of the other incidentals. Looking forward to getting started.

There are a few of us building this amp, and at least two of us that have taken this on as a first project, so I'm thinking a thread is in order, since I'm sure that there will be some discussion and questions.

Gotta agree with Nate here on the over-generalizing. Plant me firmly in the dual chassis crowd on certain applications.

I cut aluminum sheeting for the bottom panels of my wood cases.

A small toroid and some little caps for my upcoming Pass F5 build.

Oh trust me, the β22 can put off one hell of a glow. Just ask luvdunhill.

Nope, I'm totally cool with whatever timeframe it takes. The only downside is all the money I keep spending to update the look. The latest being stunning looking volume knobs from Justin.

Happy Birthday!

Hmmm, really glad to hear you like them so much. And I'm very glad to hear how they sound with the Beta22. Once my Beta22 revisions are done I'm sure that will be my main amp for the K1000.

So Mike did you sell your other Tannoys then? I gotta say the retro look of those cabinets is making me moist. Those are hot! I'd buy them on looks alone, the fact that they sound so good makes it almost too good to be true. Many times I've thought about building a retro looking audio console cabinet, and making it fit todays gear. You may have just rekindled that idea.

^ Nice!

I really liked the YH-1000. It has locks so that once you determine the right size you can lock them in place. And the YH-1000 sounds really, really good. I wish I could find a pair again. The YH-100 sounds like poop to me in stock form. But once modded they kick serious tail! I did not try modding the original frame however. I just went straight for the woody cups. So I'm not possitive how they'll respond to damping them correctly in the stock housing, but my gut reaction is probably very well.

Well obviously I was kidding, but it is cost effective. I've never been much of a drinker, but I did bring myself to taste it once out of curiousity, and it was pretty repulsive stuff.

I have but one thing to say as an ex commercial fisherman on a dry vessel in the Bering Sea. Pruno

Happy Birthday Nate!!! Get Lily to help you blow out the candels old man.

God my Icelandic is rustier than I thought, I translated "My penis are left, right and center".

"Daddy will you blow this up for me?" "Well Timmy erm, uh, well, uh let's ask Mommy to do that."

Absolutely gorgeous! And I'm not just saying that because it has wood.

That will make a really nice looking build, and definitely simplify your casing work. I'll be constructing a case from scratch basically, but hey that's just an opportunity for some wood.

I'd try parading around in your Mom's high heals, and see if it whistles then.

Cool case! Duggeh old bean I hope you end up building this amp. It'll be cool to consult each other on our first DIY projects. I've gathered most of what I need now. Got a line on some nice caps, then it's basically just a few resistors and waiting for everything to arrive. Smeggy are you jumpin' in?