Build the M2, change the speakers if it doesn't suit them. ;-)ok, so my current speakers are rated at 85db. i guess that would make it easy to make the amp seem quiet. but also the m2 might not have enough juice, will it?
on the other hand, i currently use an amp with roughly twice the output power and a gain of 26 and rarely turn the volume beyond 12 o'clock.
yeah, thought about that too. but the next speaker project i have in mind would only be rated at 88db. so that wouldn't be a huge step forward.
My current speakers are 86db and with shorted inputs my Aleph J is dead silent so to speak and otherwise drives the speakers just fine in a medium sized room. While the wattage to an M2 is the same into 8ohms, from all I’m reading the M2 is even quieter. If you build it right I don’t think you’ll have any issues.
do you use a preamp with your Aleph J?
Yes, I’m using a factory modified Canary CA-900 preamp. I get a very, very low tube rush. I have to put my ear right by the tweeter to hear it so effectively the amps noise floor is lower than my preamp.
Why not investigate an "Eastern Hemisphere Group Buy" for the Edcor transformers?
Find a volunteer with lots of spare time, who lives in the Eastern Hemisphere. Convince her/him to run a diyAudio group buy of Edcor transformers, only for diyAudio members who also live in the Eastern Hemisphere.
When a large number of people have committed to buy Edcor transformers from the Group Buy, the volunteer places one order for (let's just say) 90 transformers, and pays the very high FedEx shipping fee from Edcor/USA to Eastern Hemisphere. Then the volunteer opens the big shipping box, and repackages the transformers into individual shipping cartons. These are shipped to all of the Group Buy participants, hopefully at a low shipping cost. Perhaps this procedure results in a lower total price {and a longer wait time!} for everybody.
Of course, many people may decide that it is SO much more convenient if somebody else (not themselves) becomes the volunteer Group Buy organizer. Thus it might not be easy to find a volunteer organizer. But why not do a preliminary investigation anyway?
Nice idea, and I'd be willing to volunteer for this.
BUT - as MEPER pointed out - there seems to be a european distributor.
https://www.don-audio.com
So I guess a group buy would probably not make sense and be unfair for the distributor.
you can organise the current demand and ask Aaron at don-audio for a special offer, he has done this before.
My Edcor’s arrived today! Two weeks to manufacture, one week for delivery. Not bad considering the Edcor site says that shipping date is approx 8 weeks from time of order. Now if they could work on that shipping cost 🙁
how much did you pay for shipping?
$43.55 USD to Toronto, Canada.
Hello Mark,
my package was delivered sound & safe this morning. 2 main boards and 2 each of the FE boards, i.e. 12 boards in total.
Thanks again!
Best regards,
Max
my package was delivered sound & safe this morning. 2 main boards and 2 each of the FE boards, i.e. 12 boards in total.
Thanks again!
Best regards,
Max
Why not investigate an "Eastern Hemisphere Group Buy" for the Edcor transformers?
Thanks, Mark for the idea. Since I‘ve been a very ‚passive‘ member of this forum (asking lots of questions and nothing to offer in return 😛 ) I decided to give back to the community by taking the initative on this.
I‘m alraedy in touch with Aaron from Don Audio and trying to work out the details for a group buy, diyAudio discount or similar.
In the meantime lets,try to figure out how many people from Europe would be interested in buying the Edcor PC600/15 transformers in the near future. For now I believe its:
Mixi (me): two pieces
Joca: two pieces
anyone else?
2 for me please, as stated above my boards arrived this morning. Thanks, Max
You might want to post that in the "classic M2" thread as well to increase the amound of people unterested in the edcors
You might want to post that in the "classic M2" thread as well to increase the amound of people unterested in the edcors
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