4krow
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.........Thanks! Let me tell you, these kits are about as easy as it gets. That is due to the silk screening on the high quality boards, a ready made BOM from designer P.Millet (although you may be better served choosing your own choice of capacitors and some other parts), and a parts list that makes populating the board simple. The power supply can either be battery or wall wart. I chose 18 volt battery because it lowers the distortion a bit. ...............Now, on to the sound. To make sure that the input isn't over driven, I have installed a 50k pot. I adjust it so that I don't see the tubes flicker even a tiny bit. Kind of like a VU meter just up to the edge of zero. When this is all done, the sound is pretty damned good. I am sure that it all matters about source, music selection and system synergy, but at this price, get ready to be surprised. .................The headphone amp is another project that I have taken on, and it is spec'd to run at 24 VDC. For now, I am using the supplied switching power supply. Again same thing applies as far as kit simplicity. Pete Millet has made this easy for us. This kit even has a step by step process. Anyway, I didn't build it that way. I just did my thing. The amp has additional features appreciated by the fact that no one wants a popping sound when the amp is turned on, and so a muting circuit is put into practice here. The sound? Well, here we go again, I really love it. Here is the 'BUT' about it though. I don't care for it with the ORI headphones, or the Hi-Fi Man phones. It is absolutely perfect for the Grado phones though. I almost gave up on them until I heard them through this amp.
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