Out with the Lamed, in with the Aleph, as per conclusion after a very nice midday with some friends.
The Aleph is actually a bigger and heavier version of the Lamed. Weight difference is around 30 kilos partl Read more...
It is finished and now playing for some hours to great joy I must confess..
This one is a LCR riaa-correction based phono preamplifer. Actually a quite simple design being two voltage amplifying stages with Read more...
..and so it appears that the Tiger Eye prefers the copper version over the rosewood. Experience shows that the lighter Koetsu's with Urushi lacquered rosewood bodies combine very well with the rosewood he Read more...
Yesterday we had some fun as Wim from Wilking came along to replace the headshell on the tonearm. The new headshell looks stunning and is (much) easier adjustable compared to the previous. Materials used are co Read more...
Managed to squeeze the big PTX in.. It is a bit oversized but is certainly looking okay when put in the audio rack.
And what about sound? Well, to put it shortly, it is like the power amp has had a blood Read more...
So what is the prototype about?
It started out out as a replacement project on false assumptions (I know..) on my behalf. As one rectifier was not functioning correctly the original powertransformer by Vlaartro Read more...