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Woops, I posted the wrong picture. The one I have is this and uses two 12AU7/ECC82s.

I little tiny thing made by a company called Aric Audio.

I went to see my friend Todd today to pick up some of his unwanted audio goodies. The booty included a receiver that I'll probably give to my parents, a RS integrated amp (modded Accurian), a tube preamp and a SS preamp, both of which need a little work. I've already got the Accurian installed in the soldering rig and it'll serve just fine in that capacity until I get the SimpleSE running.

Dexter Watched the latest Heroes last night, I'm pretty sure I'm done with that show.

If it had a standard line voltage input I'd be betting on icepower (or at least a knockoff) but its use of an AC adapter means that there's some sort of internal power supply. Or at least I'm assuming there has to be. Whatever it is it has to be a highly efficient design to pack both a speaker amp and DAC into something that tiny and unventilated. They look interesting, that's for sure. Any pricing info?

Run Mike, RUN!

Happy Birthday, eh!

Installed iPeng, pretty cool.

It was indeed a faulty trimpot, weird. Not sure if I have a spare so we'll see if I can come up with the right resistor to set the appropriate output voltage.

Watched another episode of Fringe last night, it's a good show. Of course now they're going to take 3 weeks off in an attempt to kill whatever momentum they have generated.

It's unclear what to try next. It appears as if the trimpot is not working, so I may try pulling that today if I have time.

Most of the folks who heard in at the NY meet I brought it to were pretty surprised at what it could do. It's one of the few amps I regret selling, it was just too cool.

Tried unsuccessfully to fix my Twisted Pear Bipolar Power Supply.

Add Nate to that group as well. I've attended the SigArms Academy, still don't want a gun although I hold nothing against those that do.

Nice, David.

There is no doubt that he manages that part of his business exceptionally well. Gives you an idea of the financial resources he has at his disposal.

Uhhhh... You think? Sure, but his current model is to replace one retired amp (SR71) with at least two new ones (SR71A + Mustang). Ray Samuels' Design Imperatives: 1. Does it have chips I can paint red? 2. Can I come up with a convenient USAF designation for it? 3. Can I mark it up at least 10x the cost of production? 4. Do I have a shill in place to pimp the ever loving crap out of it? (not really a question, but it belongs on the list none the less) Once the answer to any of 3 of the above is "YES" then it goes into production.

So let me get this right, you're fretting over spending what is probably less then $100 after buying cans that will set you back a couple grand. Shoot, even if you just bought an adapter you could probably be into a solution for ~$50. This strikes me as penny-wise, pound-foolish behavior.

I think we both had a similiar reaction to them in New York. Sort of a "what the f is all the fuss about" listening experience. I can only hope that the pair I owned for a short time was broken in some way, they were just not good. I'd rather listen to SR325s w/ bowls.

I'm guessing a simple retermination could fix that "problem".

Boomy, what's wrong with the Ipods?

I tweaked it a bit for Marshall.

I still ponder buying another one from time to time, but the price has gone up quite a bit it seems. I got mine for $350 shipped but the last few I've seen have been up near the $600 level. It comes highly recommended though, Pete Millett has the CD-1000.

I sincerely wish you better luck with that transport then I had. Mine arrived DOA, luckily the seller took it back and refunded my $$. I hope you don't have to ship yours anywhere.

Well put, Al.