HeadAmp Gilmore Lite mk2 Headphone Amp

[nopants]

Am I late to the party?

https://www.massdrop.com/buy/headamp-gilmore-lite-mk2-headphone-amp

It's pretty cute, I regret not grabbing a mk1 unit over all these years. I like the knob!

[JimL]

I got a notice that it is up on Massdrop.  The Massdrop pictures seem to show it with a wall wart type supply.  I've already got a Mk I so I didn't pay a lot of attention to it.

[justin]

it's basically the same power supply as the original Gilmore Lite, but it no longer blocks 3 outlets on a power strip as it has a short AC cord on it, and the European voltage you supply your own power cord for it

[nopants]

are the rubber feet simply adhered on the bottom? id rather ask that here than attract attention on the massdrop thread

[justin]

yes

[Mr.Sneis]

Justin, any chance of interior shots?

[justin]

Yes, will be coming. It's a super high quality board so will definitely be showing that off. The unit that went to Massdrop had a prototype inside

[MASantos]

Hello Justin,  will there be a matching upgraded power supply as in the original?

[purk]

Beautiful amp Justin.  

[Bjorn]

This guy and the Dynalo mk2 are basically the same amplifier design, correcto?  

 

[purk]

In single-end with lesser PSU, so a yes.

[Bjorn]

Right, my bad. The mk2 is the Pure Bipolar...  Just “Dynalo” is the single ended version with simplified PSU if I’m not mistaken. That’s the one I was referring to.  

[purk]

The Lite mk2 should sound like the GSX MK2 in single end but with less refinement due to the lesser power supply.  With a dedicated DPS, the Gilmore Lite MK2 should sound identical to the GS-X MK2 in single end operation.

[justin]

[Torpedo]

That's a very beautiful amp 

[spritzer]

So purdy!!! 

[Bjorn]

Champagne! Take my money!!

[skullguise]

That is indeed quite lovely!  And, while I would not buy the Fostex phones pictured, I do also love the color of those, too.

[morphsci]

That is a beauty. So, you can do balanced using a 4pin XLR or using a dual TRS cable?

[Voltron]

I'm not sure about dual TRS but those look like combo plugs that also take dual 3-pin XLRs.  Smack me if that was obvious to you, Jim.

[n_maher]

I think you're both basically right.  I don't think dual TRS is the goal and Al is correct, those are Neutrik combo jacks that allow for both TRS plugs and 3-pin XLRs.  The front panel says L/SE and R/SE below those two jacks.  And the 4-pin XLR jack is labeled balanced.

[swt61]

Nice Justin!

If you need a schill...

[morphsci]

Yeah I assumed you could do balanced using dual 3pin xlr. I should have said it explicitly. I was just asking about dual TRS out of curiosity. Anyway, it is Purdy.

[purk]

6 hours ago, morphsci said:

That is a beauty. So, you can do balanced using a 4pin XLR or using a dual TRS cable?

Yes, you can do that.  

[Torpedo]

12 hours ago, morphsci said:

Yeah I assumed you could do balanced using dual 3pin xlr. I should have said it explicitly. I was just asking about dual TRS out of curiosity. Anyway, it is Purdy.

I think it's just two SE TRS stereo outputs for "normal" headphones, although I ignore if there's some way to configure them to become an additional way to output balanced signal on two TRS jacks, one per channel.