Crack Addiction - updates?
- Thread starter Dr. Toobz
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Just need to do a little final editing of the assembly manual. The first run will begin shipping next week. The second run is between a third and halfway sold out. I think we sold 4 just today. Second run chassis plates are on order and the second run will probably begin shipping in about three weeks. That will pretty much consume the old stock American 6080s and 6AS7s I have on hand. We will then begin to purchase new Eastern European tubes, and so by the third production run the price will probably go up a bit, to maybe $219 or so.
The Crack manual is complete as of this afternoon. We ran into one error in our inventory - we ended up with stranded wire rather than solid core for the hookup wire. The correct wire should be here in a day or two and the kits will begin shipping.
In the meantime PB and I got the production prototype of the C4S active load upgrade for Crack built and photographed. As if the name Crack didn't bother some folks enough, I've decided the appropriate name for the upgrade kit is Speedball. We should have parts and manual pulled together and an order page active for the upgrade kit not too long after we begin shipping the amp kits. Price for the upgrade will be around $100 -$120.
In the meantime PB and I got the production prototype of the C4S active load upgrade for Crack built and photographed. As if the name Crack didn't bother some folks enough, I've decided the appropriate name for the upgrade kit is Speedball. We should have parts and manual pulled together and an order page active for the upgrade kit not too long after we begin shipping the amp kits. Price for the upgrade will be around $100 -$120.
Grainger49
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Bryon said:
Do ya think the DEA is monitoring the internet? Are they having fun with all the Bottleheads on Crack?
flatmap said:
This upgrade replacing loading resistors with a high impedance "stack" of bipolar junction transistors. For the first stage of the Crack, this will result in greatly reduced distortion, a lower noise floor, and increased gain. Most users also report an increase of fine detail, along with other positive qualities. For the output stage, the distortion is vastly reduced, but noise rejection remains about the same. (This isn't a huge issue since the second stage is a current amplifier, not a voltage amplifier)
The Speedball upgrade uses all but 1/8" of the height available in the base. Going shorter isn't really an option, going taller is certainly an acceptable possibility.
The kit includes the feet. The Speedball upgrade is not so tall that it is visible between the ground and wood base when the feet are installed, but it is pretty close.
I would guess that the Speedball will be ready in 30-90 days.
