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The first post was made about 3 minutes after the relay had turned on the red power led but over all this amp is very quick on its feet, a bit up front and lacks a bit of the bass might of the BH. Detail is excellent but the little voice inside my head already hates that RK27 sitting there... I know it's crazy but I can't help it. It's a bit mazing just how much detail the APL can dig up even out of some 1969 recordings made here in Iceland in very primitive equipment. The soundstage is typical SR-007, huge when called for and small when it should be. Everything has its own space and instruments are layered one on top of the other.

Not free but I'll manage. It's coming up to operational temp now and it sounds sweet. Perhaps not the same bass monster as the BH and if anybody says the SR-007 are dark after listening to this, then they are deaf. I'll have to build something out of the heavy duty wood we use as tables in the bakery with a sturdy frame. 3" thick wood should hold up pretty much anything...

I just wanted to let ya'll know that I'm listening to the T2 now. This thing is simply massive, too big for my equipment rack as a matter of fact....

...and now he's ruined it...

Sounds like a plan!!

Can I get you to make one for the T2 as well? 11 PSU's plus 4 filament windings... would 3k$ cover it?

if it is moar better then sign me up!!!

Hehe... I'm glad though that our baby elephant listened to us and didn't cancel his order. Now Justin, where is mine!!! I have a certain heavy lump of Japanese over engineering arriving soon and it needs its cousin to play with. I've pretty much given up on converting you but a modded Mk2 might be something you like... They are the same unless Justin did something to them. They do grip very tightly but I prefer the look of stock Stax plugs.

...so you are saving the best phones for last, Mk1 and SR-Ω? Ohhh and that is the same Fisher socket as the other amps have...

Needle-nose pliers and brute force. \

Seconded!!! I'm sure as hell not going to do it...

I can't be sure what's going on there. Certainly could be the amp but first job for any SR-Omega owner is to buy some allen (hex) metric keys so that you can make sure the housing is firmly fixed together. No Stax headphones vary that much!!

Most of the old Stax phones had one of the three screws covered like that to keep people out of the headphone. Yeah... did you look closely at the amp? 3/4 of a Woo GES to be more exact but only fucked up with bad tubes for the job and some "tweaks" for 4 times the price. We both know how much that "preamp" is worth...

Ditto.

Woot, comparisons against T-50v1 FTW!!!!!

1k-2k$ for the chassis isn't a bad deal but we simply have to make it in that gun metal gray. I will continue to search.

It is intended as a partner amp for the SR-404LE but they always do that with the stat's EH still makes them so that shouldn't be an issue. The ECC99 is a much better tube for the job though...

Happy birthday!!!

They are the same and WPI is indeed using the old Amphenol tooling

We really need some BH vs. WES comparisons.

Didn't ML use that stuff for the updated versions of their gear? You will get a full report.

The HE90 driver is quite big but according to the pics from Senn, the diaphragm isn't that big. I did measure the drivers once but can't for the life of me find the measurements... The Jecklin drivers are bigger at roughly 100mm square. His unit had all the usual issues, a single filament supply, outputs at 100v and iffy build quality but far from the worst I've seen. As for buying an ES-1, are you nuts!!!!??!!?? ... The T2 and KGBH would both be excellent matches and I preferred my old BH with the Omega over the 007 (which liked moar powahh!!!). Never got a chance to try the hybrid with it though...

They are certainly in my Top5 and yes, the driver is 90mm across. Here is what it looks like on the inside:

200$ per PCB is certainly not out of the question. 100+$ for basic stuff from China... I'd really like a black solder mask with gold immersion and 4oz copper to go with the 24 leds per channel. Perhaps a different material then FR4 too since this is a crazy-go-nuts project after all.

That set has the stock drivers.