anthonynchandler
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Spent almost a year building my Crack; I notoriously want to rush, so I spent a LONG time letting the spray paint and primer dry. Then I had to be calm enough to finish the second section of the soldering, so I waited. I have to say, I am proud of this build. My father was an electronics technician for his whole life and I felt that he would have finally been proud of me now that I am 50 years old! Ha ha ha.
I have this running with a Peachtree Audio Nova fed by a RP4 for Roon out to Senn HD6xx headphones and...the sound is glorious. 192khz files of Pink Floyd's "Animals" or Muddy Waters' "Folk Singer" came alive. I tried it in my main system, with less success (probably my sound flow with the AudioLab 6000A and the Pro-Ject turntable).
I am loading the PCB for the Speedball now, but had to order thinner 0.31 Kester solder over the 0.50 I used for the point to point work. I am reluctant to risk the sound, but I guess I can always go back if I am not a fan of the Speedball.
I want to build another kit for 2024, but am not sure if a Moreplay or an Eros 2 would be best as a second kit. Any thoughts? I am going with pink for the aluminum plate: sort of going with 1950s Fender Stratocaster colours.
Thanks for this forum. I love reading what is written here!
I have this running with a Peachtree Audio Nova fed by a RP4 for Roon out to Senn HD6xx headphones and...the sound is glorious. 192khz files of Pink Floyd's "Animals" or Muddy Waters' "Folk Singer" came alive. I tried it in my main system, with less success (probably my sound flow with the AudioLab 6000A and the Pro-Ject turntable).
I am loading the PCB for the Speedball now, but had to order thinner 0.31 Kester solder over the 0.50 I used for the point to point work. I am reluctant to risk the sound, but I guess I can always go back if I am not a fan of the Speedball.
I want to build another kit for 2024, but am not sure if a Moreplay or an Eros 2 would be best as a second kit. Any thoughts? I am going with pink for the aluminum plate: sort of going with 1950s Fender Stratocaster colours.
Thanks for this forum. I love reading what is written here!