Super quick intro post. I've lurked in bursts when the mood struck for audio knowledge and information. Built some stuff in high school with friends (general electronic projects) and briefly in uni as an engineering major before math won (hence my respect/admiration for Fourier).
My audio listening is digital source to headphones (via a small SMSL integrated DAC/HPA), but recently my situation has changed where I'm able to explore speaker listening. A few online reviews (Steve Guttenberg in particular) raved about the amp camp so much I pulled the trigger on one yesterday. I can't wait to break out the soldering station and start building! I also want to build the ACP+ (I binge read from about post 661 onward- checking R4 is burned into my brain lol) but I am waiting for parts to come back in stock at the diyaudiostore so I can buy everything at once. Regardless, I cant wait for my amp camp kit to arrive so I can start building. A friend of mine was kind enough to ship me a set of Klipsch bookshelf speakers to start my foray into speaker listening so I'm pretty excited.
In a parallel branch, I'm also exploring what the fuss over DSD is about, so I downloaded a few free (as in no charge) samples in DSD64 to ensure I can get foobar working. Maybe in the near future I'll get a DAC with DSD support to take advantage of the eventual ACP+ that will sit on my desk.
Oh I also want to get some of those sweet VFETs Mr. Pass mentioned in a "get em while you can" thread, but my money tree died and I haven't been able to resurrect it. Tough choices had to be made and the ACA won over VFETs. Hopefully the decision is not regretted.
That's about it for now. Have a good one!
My audio listening is digital source to headphones (via a small SMSL integrated DAC/HPA), but recently my situation has changed where I'm able to explore speaker listening. A few online reviews (Steve Guttenberg in particular) raved about the amp camp so much I pulled the trigger on one yesterday. I can't wait to break out the soldering station and start building! I also want to build the ACP+ (I binge read from about post 661 onward- checking R4 is burned into my brain lol) but I am waiting for parts to come back in stock at the diyaudiostore so I can buy everything at once. Regardless, I cant wait for my amp camp kit to arrive so I can start building. A friend of mine was kind enough to ship me a set of Klipsch bookshelf speakers to start my foray into speaker listening so I'm pretty excited.
In a parallel branch, I'm also exploring what the fuss over DSD is about, so I downloaded a few free (as in no charge) samples in DSD64 to ensure I can get foobar working. Maybe in the near future I'll get a DAC with DSD support to take advantage of the eventual ACP+ that will sit on my desk.
Oh I also want to get some of those sweet VFETs Mr. Pass mentioned in a "get em while you can" thread, but my money tree died and I haven't been able to resurrect it. Tough choices had to be made and the ACA won over VFETs. Hopefully the decision is not regretted.
That's about it for now. Have a good one!
