Iron Pumpkin(s) and other smaller vegetable animals

[Zen Mod]

 

[peppennino]

Korg B1 is made to give you Sugar

Iron Pumpkins are made to be invisible in system, as possible

That's exactly why I prefer B1R2 over B1 Korg in my system and with my peeeeersonal taste. And tha's why I like Iron pumpkin idea and maybe I'll build it for my main system.
And yes, I came from "old" tubes, and yes, I built B1K.
Cheers and take it easy, boyz, it's only a passion... and we live for it

 

[Dennis Hui]

Agreed. It all comes down to personal taste. I do keep sugar on the shelf for
when the mood calls for it.

Back to IP: Conceptually are there any issues with building an IP supporting
both balanced and single-ended inputs and outputs? If there are no issues and
if one were really greedy, can one have 2 sets of se outputs along with XLR outputs?

 

[Zen Mod]

yes, I believe every explanation covered in this and related threads
will find that for you later

 

[Dennis Hui]

Thank you, Mighty Zen Mod.

 

[Zen Mod]

D.

post #7 here

something similar written in post #3 of Iron Pumpkin(s) and other smaller vegetable animals, Tips 'n' Tricks thread

I omitted to write there - but I'm sure that I wrote somewhere else (maybe in Tips 'n' Tricks thread) - of course that you can use either SE or Bal output, or both in same time

what wasn't my intention, and in the end was discovered - IP is Supreme Headphone preamp, too

 

[Dennis Hui]

Thank you so much.

 

[Zen Mod]

De Nada

 

[flocchini]

"what wasn't my intention, and in the end was discovered - IP is Supreme Headphone preamp, too"

Absolutely true - I use one set of the IP RCAs to drive the speaker side and the second set for the headphones. Great headphone amp !!!

 

[Zen Mod]

my Uncle Bubba Bob is clever enough, so he knows to unplug hphns when powering amp, no need for unneeded load at IP output

 

[flocchini]

Yes I unplug headphones when using amps
Or actually I leave them unplugged and only plug them in when I want to do early AM listening

 

[August]

Good idea to try with headphones. Just make/use 2xRCA to jack converter I guess? Or I could make a switchable socket on the unit itself if I want to make it more permanent?

 

[mikorist]

 

[mikorist]

The only pity is that there is no front headphones jack. If I had known before how well it drives the headphones it would have been a hole....I don't think headphone amps in the range of 2000 euros play this well. And I've listened various esoteric headphone amplifiers. With Iron just a smile from ear to ear. It's like I'm drugged.I even started to neglect the amplifier and speakers.

It's not a topic - but I've even modified the headphones.

Now I have 7000 Gauss magnets.

About 10 meters of cable ... I can go fishing with headphones.

 

[pinnocchio]

Mine is getting there... finally! If only you knew about the journey... LOL!

Do

 

[Behruz]

IP

Here’s mine finally

 

[Behruz]

A big thank you to ZM for this world class product, excellent technical support when required. I will post a “user review” once I have sorted my Dac & Streamer.

 

[peppennino]

Zoooo fugly!

 

[vitalica]

Remote volume control

Iron Pumkin is my favorite preamplifier. And that's why I really wanted to add the remote volume control. Today I connected it to my system and it sounds fantastic. And I like that it's very quiet, and the remote control works like a charm and it's so comfortable😉. Thank you ZenMod for this wonderful volume control and for all your support!

 

[Zen Mod]