I've heard the zs5 have two different packaging types

i can make a transparent amp that'll drive those ridiculous beyerdynamic flagships for not much more than that one costs

>transparent amp

oh baby

yeah, measurably so

trivial to take a scope and put a probe on the output, a probe on the input, and compare

@Obolon Prime can't wait

also: LT1010 one of my new fave ICs

pair of 9v batteries, active virtual ground circuit so i get a real deal +-9v rails instead of like +8.5v-9.5v or something, 5532 -> LT1010, i now have an amp that will perform flawlessly within the range of human hearing, and with 150mA max output current per channel, so it'll drive any headphone you like or some small speakers

BUF634 is nice too and with the 250mA output current but there's no reason for that in a headphone amp

o shit you do amp design

ye

i kinda want to get into it

currently building a beta 22

it's a lot easier than you mighr expect

most electronics are, just learn to break down what you want into blocks

and learn how to connect the blocks

my father builds amps n shit so i could probably learn from him

amps especially are easy since there's so much special purpose "they already did it perfect for you" components out there

discrete amps are hard but there's no reason for discrete amps unless you're trying to build amps for some insane loudspeaker system

and even then it's only hard in that you have to do math more complex than ohm's law

discrete looks cooler so it attracts sick audiophile cash B^)

more components = better sound

fact

just slap a tube in it with all pins connect to gnd

lol

audiophiles eat that shit up

guys remember to use silver cables

put a orange led pwm'd really dim under it

they'll think it's a real tube amp

wasnt there a chink tube amp that literally did that?

several

kek

most of them just use the tube as a preamp stage

just to add that tube noise to the signal

i saw a soundbar with a tube in it

i was like wtf

soundbars are aids anyway

ye

http://uncrate.com/p/2013/01/samsung-vacuum-tube-soundbar-xl.jpg

"hey what if we sold just the crappy tv speaker by itself, but for like $200"