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Bottlehead Crack + Speedball AMP Owners. : r/headphones r/headphones • 7 yr. ago bmilcs Bottlehead Crack + Speedball AMP Owners. How difficult is this to build? I have a fair amount of soldering experience, having modified several mechanical keyboards. I have also built a few boards as well. So, I only know how to solder PCB.
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At the suggestion of Grainger49, let's compile a list of tubes that can be rolled in the Crack. I'll update this list periodically as more tubes are tested, and have separated the list into drop-in replacements vs. tubes that might need the heaters rewired or some other modification. Please PM me with any additions or corrections!
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27 Hi everyone, So I got a pretty good deal on a pair of refurbished HD 650 this week and picked them up for $280. I got them today, and love them, but I feel like my HiFiMAN EF2A is the weak part of my setup. It makes the 650 sound nice, but not even close to as good as I know the 650 are capable of (not to mention it's pretty noisy/hissy).
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Head Gear Headphone Amplifiers Desktop Amps Overview Reviews (5) Gallery General Information An OTL headphone amplifier kit from Bottlehead (can also be ordered pre-built). Works best with high-impedence (300-600Ohm) headphones. WaveTheory 100+ Head-Fier Jul 21, 2021 Bottlehead Crack + Speedball by WaveTheory
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Speedball Upgrade The place to start your upgrade journey is with Bottlehead's own Speedball kit. The most recent version (v1.1) consists of two circuit boards, associated components, wires, standoffs, and screws. This is a much neater and elegant solution than the multiple board version 1 implementation that I have in my own Crack. Speedball v1.
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This basic version of the Bottlehead Crack doesn't have the speedball upgrade and was available for $219 as a DIY kit. Getting this kind of sound for such a low price is simply amazing and an absolute bargain. Nowadays the Crack is available for $279 (+27%) but it still is an extremely good deal if you can build it yourself..
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Welcome. I use a Crack w/Speedball and aftermarket tubes (Sylvania) with my HD650s and find it extremely enjoyable and non-fatiguing. Building the Crack was a fun project. Things sound better when you make it yourself 8^). You should use higher ohm headphones with the Crack.
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Posts: 18 To speedball or not to speedball? « on: June 29, 2015, 10:35:51 PM » I've had my stock Crack up and running for a few months now. I have it paired with an hd800 and I absolutely love it. I've acquired a few different tubes other than the stock 6080, an RCA 6as7g, a 5998, Bendix 6080wb and they all have their strengths.
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This kit is their all new output transformerless valve headphone amplifier featuring the double triode 6080 valve. This kit suits high impedance headphones. In his own words: "Here we have details of my latest build and modding journey for the newest kit in my collection, the excellent Bottlehead Crack with Speedball Upgrade.
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A Bottlehead Badge is not included with your kit but you can add one, at our cost (+$8.00) Get a Bottlehead Cap (cotton twill in black), add to your order for just (+$24.00) 1x Speedball 1.1 Upgrade for Crack Amplifier $115.00 Subtotal $115.00 Add to cart SKU: SPEED Categories: Headphone Amplifier Kits, Headphone Amplifier Upgrades, Kits, Upgrades
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$500.00 Bottlehead Crack 1.1 OTL Headphone Amplifier + Speedball Upgrade Quality Build - Price Listed for Labor Only - See Product Info for Details TheHeadAmpBuilder Ships from California Add to cart Reviews for this item 4 Reviews for this shop 37 Kept me up to date with the entire process as well as giving me advice and tube rolling options.
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Crack is our version of classic OTL headphone amp designs of several years ago that were hailed as some of the best sounding of their day. Comparison of our prototype with the $10K Bottlehead reference headphone amp was a bit disturbing. It showed us why the OTL headphone amps from a few years back were so highly praised.
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Crackatwoa is a premium version of the direct coupled Crack circuit with the C4S active loads of the Speedball incorporated, and also shunt voltage regulation in the form of two 6AQ5 tubes along with a bigger power transformer. There are three pairs of RCA input jacks and a volume and balance control. The standard potentiometer controlled.