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    ampsandsound Improvement on an already Awesome tube amp

    in 2-Channel Home Audio

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    Shannons are used for several and then I outsourced 2 to a good buddy.

    Shannon has great designs... I just tweak them... with his consultation of course. (Completely not a fan of adjustable anything) The rest is parts selection and build quality.

    Though I generally will do initial wiring, my tech is bar none... He does simply incredible final wiring and testing... Then I listen, burn-in and retest as needed.

    I’ve held to the idea that all parts should be expected to still be purchasable in 20 years... No ICs and only through hole. I’ve not been a capacitor geek, but have seen and heard some great results from limited production caps. Still trying to gage wheatear my customers will want… or want to chose their own.

    I have been really jonesing to build a PAS3 on a single PCB.

    I think the PAS3 without tone controls and with updated power supply (See tubes for pro) is one of the best sounding Ive ever had.

    ampsandsound Improvement on an already Awesome tube amp

    in 2-Channel Home Audio

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    Super kind... The reality is that I’m a state employed social worker that likes to build stuff a lot. As such I’ve found a lot of help on the forms and outside to make my desires happen.

    I’d like to think of myself as good general contractor... completely not an expert in anything other than forensic or emergency room mental health. For audio, I like simple understandable stuff... I think most of us her do.

    The almost all the amps I build employ circuits not of my own design… but I’ve taken the time with the designer to get from these circuits to do what we needed… simple/ predictable/ rebuildable deigns.

    We have so many good resources on the forum, from horns or crossovers there is a glut of knowledge. I think the more we try to figure stuff out, the more we stumble too. I know will be including ground lift switches after having 2 customers have issues. Painful as growth is, ultimately its good stuff. How many crappy cabs have all of us made before building 1 that was plum and had the right dimensions to sound great… how many bad horns/ bad cuts has Dave had to eat… I hate crossovers… black magic to me… yet Bob, Al and Dean make them dance… again I bet with the burnt fingers along the way.

    ampsandsound Improvement on an already Awesome tube amp

    in 2-Channel Home Audio

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    After some careful listen Ive come to a conclusion... The LS top hats are going under the knife!

    Gone will be the metal K400, K55, K77 and new crossovers AL-3s... all soon to be listed in the garage sale sec.

    The top hats will get an eliptrac 400 and a DE400... crossovers will be an oldie but a goodie... the AP12-500.

    Dave or I should be able to shoe horn his horn into the top hat... Ill get the looks I love with the sound to match!

    ampsandsound Improvement on an already Awesome tube amp

    in 2-Channel Home Audio

    Posted · Edited by justinsweber

    Lower registers are great... fast and what I know a LS to do... the highs are hard on my ears.

    I do think if I were to make a change... LS bins and Eliptrac on top would be killer. I prefer the 2way cornscala I currently have. (Go up plenty high :-).

    But... I love it as a stocker... prob no hot riding for it unless some K402s or K510s, or eliptracs that look like LS tops come a knocking.

    Dave has the skills to pull that off for sure, but prob not the time.

    I do want to hear the K402... serious, anyone in SoCal have a set I hear.

    ampsandsound Improvement on an already Awesome tube amp

    in 2-Channel Home Audio

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    The LS came already gone through and with Bobs crossovers... I think AL-3s... The Im not sure where the limits Im hear are... the horn, the stockfish crossover or what not... I love the idea of owning a stocker... esp one I've coveted for so long... that said, it dosnt hold up to a cornscala... at least not for me. (Looks cooler though :-) ).

    I have give some thought to upgrades... Daves eliptrac and ALK AP12-400? LS bins and 402 horn :-).... So so so so bad ***. No idea of how it sounds but man does it look cool. Anyone in SoCal have a set of K402s and a passive network they can bring over for a few hours.

    LS bins... Daves eliptrac/DE85tn as a two... anyone running it?

    ampsandsound Improvement on an already Awesome tube amp

    in 2-Channel Home Audio

    Posted

    I know what you mean about KISS. Having had 3ways with Daves horns and ALK split crossovers. Then adding stereo subs and not gaining anything but complexity, my old 2way cornscala in a cornwall box is a nice return to basics. (I traded my 3ways for my 2way cornwalls back).

    I was listening last night to the la sclala... Not my fav sound... I could hear why I let them go before... but the nostalgia aspect brought me back... They are good but not great compared to what the forum has helped to bring about.

    Then I listened to my Harris build 2way cornscalas... I spent the next 3 hours enjoying a drink and reading the new absolute sound :-). Simple has a charm I love. (Big bad *** projects are cool, but I need a break from building them for me. (As I write this Im reminded of the split cornscala still being built in my garage). Maybe something for winter or 4th of july weekend J.

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    ampsandsound Improvement on an already Awesome tube amp

    in 2-Channel Home Audio

    Posted · Edited by justinsweber

    Super kind words. The SE-84 Special Ed was sent to Joe for a compare and contrast... I had thought it was coming home :-) but really glad he loves.

    Getting feedback on what someone wants/ knowing what it does right or wrong is super helpful. The SE 84 came together super easily after I was able to source an alternate power transformer. I only wish they all did :-).

    I had built my dedicated headphone amp, hoping to put on sale… but it stayed a paper weight for the better part of 3+ months while I pulled all my freaking hair out trying to understand why basic building principals were not working. After a crisscrossing road show to different techs, an accidental test yielded the answer... I now have a much deeper respect for R&D.... so not glamorous! The work paid off and I have a few new things to offer...

    Re: noise/hum. It’s rare that amp which are properly built suffer from this, but it happens to the worst and best of us... myself included... That said, I’m glad Joe loves the new amp. The SE-84 special Ed goes a bit deeper 1hz where the stock SE-84 will go 1-2khz higher... (so beyond my hearing... think humming birds).

    I guess the real question is weather the kenzie headphone is on par... It’s a completely different approach but seams to be working... Now I need someone who has some killer phones to give it a whorl.

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    La Scalla Splits $1200 NorCal

    in Garage Sale

    Posted · Edited by justinsweber

    Ive lusted after splits Scalas for years... look who is coming to breakfest.

    Im a happy papa :-)

    2 cornscalas leave... 1 la scala comes...

    Im not expecting better sound... but its like owning your 1st car again...

    I built my own splts before and they were gorgious... but Not like this...So freaking happy.

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    Help with shipping options

    in General Klipsch Info

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    So It seems that a member of the forum might be taking my black cornscala's... the difficulty is that he is in New York, and I in Cal. Any suggestions for over the road fright co? Names and numbers? Unless there is a forum member planing a cross country drive :-).

    Thanks in advance.

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