That just goes to show what a GREAT deal the passdiy.com/store offer is. For $40.00 you get a board and 4 matched Toshiba JFETs. Considering the value of the JFETs alone, the board is basically free!
I’ve built and compared both. For me R2 is nearly invisible - it’s clean, precise, and I don’t hear it imparting much extra on to the music. R0 is nearly as clean and precise, but it sounds a touch warmer to me. Corresponds with their topologies I think, R0 being cap coupled and singled-ended; R2 being direct coupled and push pull.
I love them both, that’s for sure.
That just goes to show what a GREAT deal the passdiy.com/store offer is. For $40.00 you get a board and 4 matched Toshiba JFETs. Considering the value of the JFETs alone, the board is basically free!
WBS, yes, good value. But also is it a Rev 2 board? It looks like Rev 1.
I wonder what the Rev 2 sounds like compared to the DC coupled Mesmerize variant of the B1?
But, the B3 driver board can be populated to be a B1 Rev 2. And $15 vs $23. But there will be wasted space. I may do that. Or build a B3 anyway. A little gain could be a good thing. Still deciding
I have built both Rev1 and REV2 on perfboard. Different PSUs obviously but REV2 is far more ruthless and clear. Could be the lack of caps, could be PP vs SE but it sounded different. REV2 had wider soundstage but flatter and not as tall as REV1. I preferred REV1 considering my system was already as ruthless and clear as I needed and I preferred what REV1 did to the soundstage.
But sitting in my rack now is Korg B1 which is a different animal but I like it best of all. It's like wearing 3D glasses.