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[andynor]

Nonono, Wayne’s plugged in, BA18pre is still on the bench.
You don‘t want to know what „T“ is, believe me!

The northern 🦄 himself told me once he did not want to hear a single more word about the T so sorry I must not spell it

Are we talking F5 Turbo craziness, or is it the BA-3 pre I sent you some parts for you are thinking about?

 

[myleftear]

No. You once said you didn‘t aant to hear a single more word about the turtle. Amazing you didn’t remember.

 

[andynor]

No. You once said you didn‘t aant to hear a single more word about the turtle. Amazing you didn’t remember.

Yes, I thought about that, but since you allready mentioned the Pumpkin I disregarded it

Soon we will have to make a thread about what myleftear is NOT building. It will be a shortlived thread

 

[Zen Mod]

 

[chromenuts]

Turtles are cute critters…

 

[Toadroller]

Going to be a long winter. Good fun!

 

[tonerei]

Interested in joining this group buy. Single ended for me please if there are spaces still available.

 

[Dudeisms]

Interested in joining this group buy. Single ended for me please if there are spaces still available.

There is a sign up link I think in the first post

 

[geoturbo]

here's one more greedy boy in the queue for a balanced kit, thanks a lot for this opportunity

 

[MEPER]

I am in for a SE-kit when available (have registered via the official link).

 

[MEPER]

Has Luxman copied the "ZM-idea" of using transformer coupled vol. control?
http://www.luxman.com/product/detail.php?id=35
The small blue relays look the same (at least the blue color). They use a triode as buffer and "we" use JFETs.
I was surprised that Luxman still exists.
Will be fun to build the "ZM-version". I assume less money will be spent compared to buy a CL-1000.

 

[myleftear]

(at least the blue color)

I imagine their product-manager:“ woah, look, tiny blue square parts! Let’s go make this too!“

 

[MEPER]

Yes, the images are larger here so we can better compare the blue color:
https://www.stereophile.com/content/listening-209-luxman-cl-1000-preamplifier

 

[Zen Mod]

it is cute, but they will never learn how to make whole drek properly

that amount of wires everywhere, together with bunch of connectors, simply to cry about wasted hardware

 

[nicoch58]

stupid preamp

 

[Adam H]

Just makes me want to buy an Iron pumpkin.

 

[Zen Mod]

 

[MEPER]

Prototype?

 

[Zen Mod]

well, I don't care

decades in repair business gave me speed to actually say when something is junk

I have no problem when people (factory, small shop, individual) make things right and ask whatever money they think its worth

But I have problem seeing obvious things simply not allowable in someone's claimed Flagship product

 

[MEPER]

The transformer coupled attenuator is claimed to not take any energy out of the input signal (at least in theory) and then it has a nice isolation of the input signal which should decrease noise. This is my reason to try out this concept.......and also that it can be made for less than 20k USD.
I need to read more about the concept using a transformer with 4 windings for this purpose. It seems to be the "kiss-boy" thread.
https://cinemag.biz/output/PDF/CMOQ-4.pdf