ill probably build a grubdac eventually, and then figure out some nice poweramp to build for speakers

probably gonna be an f5-t

and then attenuate that for a headphone amp

idk what id get next tbh

ill prob wait till i get a job lol

kek

my current goal atm is to build a gainclone

really cheap to build and supposedly sounds nice

ill attenuate that and use that as a proper headamp instead of my go1k

i need a proper headphone amp tbh

how 'cheap' is a gainclone lol

like under $50 + transformer

damn not bad

the standard psu has good power filtering so you wouldnt need any boutique trannies or anythingh

im still not convinced that transformers really make a big difference anyway

when i was lookin a few years ago at diy headphone amps they were all like 400-500 boms lol

though i think i was looking at a beta 22

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/JHL-Class-A-Headphone-amplifier-PRE-AMP-KIT-DIY/553648524.html

lol that

i was looking into that recently

seems interesting

the aliexpress or the beta22?

the JHL 1969

i own a beta 22 lol

gotta sell it

yea ppl on diyaudio like it

the hood?

yea

that kit is probably a toned down version of the actual clone

i suppose the top end diy stuff are those stax amps lol

the clone does 10W, and i doubt theyd put that into a preamp

i highly recommend you doing a diy-t2 as your first amplifier. More than one person has done this. If you survive you will learn a lot

lol

lool

https://www.head-case.org/forums/topic/13247-which-diy-amp/?tab=comments#comment-784097

i wonder how hard it actually is

i wouldnt fuck with it

but i dont own stax anyway

https://www.head-case.org/forums/uploads/monthly_2016_06/IMG_5094.JPG.e9576a674b6ebc8812070f3c8b2e973b.JPG

looks usper complex

its mostly smd