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

it'd be easy as fuck if you've got practice with smd

isnt stax like high voltage

just would end up being time consuming

yes

very