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Yup, very much like the German auto makers. With MSB you buy used...

Get the "cheap" MSB dac for a nice compliment to the BHSE. The USB inputs are not cheap (even my dealer complains about his price) but the best I've ever tried.

No Lambda Pro is worth 700$ IMO. Odd layout with the audio transformers so close together but nothing astounding either.

There is a review of the ECD-2 in the newest Hifi News and they like it quite a bit.

Make sure you order extra long wires from them as they seem to think 10cm is plenty for all applications...

That would be possible but pots are problematic.

Relays and a stepped switch would be an easy way to adjust the gain. Now if you want it to be a volume control then you are looking at KX-R levels of complexity though...

We strive to put all traces on the back side but often it just isn't possible, hence jumpers such as that one.

Don't run the amp without those caps.

Yup, package doesn't matter. Fairchild does make a nice P-channel but I'd guess we'd need a lot of units for them to make complimentary pairs for us.

Looks like ESL-8 which were nice speakers but something this old needs to be 100% refurbished.

We really need to step up our hoarding...

Well they are what they are...

Found this in my archives:

Local and global feedback. Pick which you want.

Welcome to my world!!!!

I'm tempted to ask Fairchild how many parts we need to order to get them matched in a single envelope...

Gotta love currency fluctuations...

Crap, just what I need... more stuff to build...

Happy belated buddy.

Having then Yen at those levels would make me a very happy bunny.... As for the amp, the 007t and 727 can be built this cheaply because they share resources (chassis, transformer, bunch of the parts are the same) but a new amp will require a new everything. The two last big Stax amps were the T2 and the SRA-14S. The 14S cost just shy of 200K Yen but that was in 1985 and with none of the extras included. Let's just put it this way, I'm not optimistic that this will be a cheap amplifier...

Yeah, those are all but useless. I just checked the Gerbers and the bottom solder resist is there and works perfectly.

Sorry about that, that post was supposed to be in the KGSSHV thread...

Yeah, those are all but useless. I just checked the Gerbers and the bottom solder resist is there and works perfectly.

Indeed....