Any good set headphone amps other than Bottlehead?

Pez · « **on:** 19 Mar 2011, 02:21 am »

Just curious what else is out there. I haven't had a lot of luck other than Bottlehead. Driving a pair of Beyerdynamics DT880s would love to do something with DHT tubes, , tubed rectification, and something that may be decently flexible with other cans, but am open to any SET design.

JohnR · « **Reply #1 on:** 19 Mar 2011, 02:43 am »

Are you looking for kits or just designs?

Pez · « **Reply #2 on:** 19 Mar 2011, 03:06 am »

Either is fine. A board would be nice, but I'm willing to do P2P soldering.

cryoparts · « **Reply #3 on:** 19 Mar 2011, 04:22 am »

Most Eddie Current's, Little Dot's, Darkvoice, Decware, some Woo Audio's, Elekit, Trafomatic, Spacetech, Mapletree, Abraxas (Jef will custom make one), Fosgate, a gazillion Chinese amps on eBay, and many more.

Pez · « **Reply #4 on:** 19 Mar 2011, 04:29 am »

Sorry should have been more specific and said DIY amps.

cryoparts · « **Reply #5 on:** 19 Mar 2011, 05:47 am »

Ah, I should have figured that out since this is The Lab, I'm a little dense sometimes.

JohnR · « **Reply #6 on:** 19 Mar 2011, 06:54 am »

There are a good number of circuits here: http://gilmore2.chem.northwestern.edu/projects/index.htm#tubes

I built a version of the "brute force" for some friends but with a simple power supply and they loved it. However the thing you need to watch out for with a headphone amp is noise - levels are actually quite low with phones.

I didn't go through them to see if any are SET.