Re: GESO: My headphone stand
On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 12:19 AM, David Mann wrote: > Don't take this as being any kind of artistic photo gallery, it's just a > bunch of quick photos I took of my new headphone stand. It's a small garage > project I've been working on since Easter and I just finished it off this > afternoon. > > http://www.multi.net.nz/headphone-stand/ > > I'd been wanting to build this since I finished the headphone amplifier* > about a year ago. My original plans were for something more along the lines > of a sculpture but that would have been really hard. At least my headphones > have somewhere to rest now instead of sitting atop the CD player. > > (*) Yes, it's an amplifier built just for headphones. Good ones can be quite > expensive. > > BTW scroll saws are wonderful :) Impressive! And beautiful, too... cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO: My headphone stand
2010/4/18 David Mann : > > I've always been curious about Stax but I don't like the idea of having > what's essentially an AF radio transmitter on each side of my head. I like their sound a lot, it is crisp, clean, precisely modulated but not to the point of being unforgiving. They are a nice contrast to my Consequence Audio Olivia / Images loudspeakers (D'Appolito design, SEAS chassis) which are built completely with classical and jazz in mind and sound warmer and more vibrant. To be honest, I've thus far ignored the technology of the headphones. I traded an old Kenwood KT-880 tuner for them when the content qualitative decline of my preferred radio stations really took hold and my BeyerDynamic headphones began to disintegrate (the softener in the earshells turned them into crackly, sticky goo plus the left ear cable had cracked. I listen to more radio again now but it is different styles of music these days. Around here you get two half decent jazz stations, one informed classical, one multicultural/alternative and all the rest is either news or heavy rotation elevator / charts pop / oldie but gooey / whatnot. In fact the leading local pop station Radio Hamburg calls a listener panel with every prospective new track (nothing that's never been Top 10 either), they never replace more than 30 and never play more than 180 tracks in any given month. And their jingle is "More diverstiy" - can you believe that? Cheers Ecke -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO: My headphone stand
On Apr 18, 2010, at 6:10 AM, David Mann wrote: On Apr 17, 2010, at 10:13 PM, Rob Studdert wrote: On 17/04/2010, David Mann wrote: My amplifier is a fairly simple transistor-based class A amplifier which is probably a little overbuilt for what it needs to drive. Probably only overbuilt if the quiescent power is more than 100W ;-) Closer to 15W, IIRC. I think that's overkill enough. It's built in a dual mono configuration with quite a lot of energy storage... the thing I like about audio projects is that no matter how over the top you go, someone out there will still understand. You can never have enough headroom. Or be too rich. Cheers Mike -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO: My headphone stand
On Apr 17, 2010, at 10:13 PM, Rob Studdert wrote: > On 17/04/2010, David Mann wrote: > >> My amplifier is a fairly simple transistor-based class A amplifier which is >> probably a little overbuilt for what it needs to drive. > > Probably only overbuilt if the quiescent power is more than 100W ;-) Closer to 15W, IIRC. I think that's overkill enough. It's built in a dual mono configuration with quite a lot of energy storage... the thing I like about audio projects is that no matter how over the top you go, someone out there will still understand. Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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On Apr 18, 2010, at 12:06 AM, Jack Davis wrote: > Like the image produced by the straight on shot. Complimented by the > background. That's the back of one of our couches. About the best spot I could find at the time :) Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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On Apr 18, 2010, at 2:48 AM, eckinator wrote: > Very nice but please use Photoshop to align the screws in some nice > pattern - they literally screw your project =P Yeah I was thinking about that but I was more concerned with getting them all flush with the surface. Sorry about that :) It would have been pretty hard to coordinate them perfectly... maybe I should have just loosened them for the photo. > Very nice job indeed. I'm gonna have to build one all black and > plasticky for my Stax; thanks for the inspiration =/ I've always been curious about Stax but I don't like the idea of having what's essentially an AF radio transmitter on each side of my head. I also have my old Sennheisers sitting around so maybe I'll make a stand for them too... Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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On Apr 18, 2010, at 3:07 AM, Keith Whaley wrote: > I appreciated the education about the Mâori names. > I just can’t let stuff like that go by unnoticed. What with Google, I don’t > have to anymore! :-) I think I detect a hint of sarcasm :) Rimu is a native species of tree which is prized for furniture but you're not allowed to cut it down anymore. Rimu is now either imported or recycled from old furniture & buildings so our trees can stay in the forests where they belong (just like Kauri which is even more valuable). Oamaru stone is a limestone named after the location where it's found. Oamaru is a town just north of Dunedin. The famous Moeraki Boulders are also in that area. I could look up the meanings of these place names but I'm too lazy ;) Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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P. J. Alling wrote: On 4/17/2010 12:26 PM, mike wilson wrote: David Mann wrote: Don't take this as being any kind of artistic photo gallery, it's just a bunch of quick photos I took of my new headphone stand. It's a small garage project I've been working on since Easter and I just finished it off this afternoon. http://www.multi.net.nz/headphone-stand/ I'd been wanting to build this since I finished the headphone amplifier* about a year ago. My original plans were for something more along the lines of a sculpture but that would have been really hard. At least my headphones have somewhere to rest now instead of sitting atop the CD player. (*) Yes, it's an amplifier built just for headphones. Good ones can be quite expensive. BTW scroll saws are wonderful :) I believe you've managed to create a new subgenre of steampunk there. Art Deco Steampunk! Precisely. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO: My headphone stand
On 4/17/2010 12:26 PM, mike wilson wrote:
David Mann wrote:
Don't take this as being any kind of artistic photo gallery, it's
just a bunch of quick photos I took of my new headphone stand. It's
a small garage project I've been working on since Easter and I just
finished it off this afternoon.
http://www.multi.net.nz/headphone-stand/
I'd been wanting to build this since I finished the headphone
amplifier* about a year ago. My original plans were for something
more along the lines of a sculpture but that would have been really
hard. At least my headphones have somewhere to rest now instead of
sitting atop the CD player.
(*) Yes, it's an amplifier built just for headphones. Good ones can
be quite expensive.
BTW scroll saws are wonderful :)
I believe you've managed to create a new subgenre of steampunk there.
Art Deco Steampunk!
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Re: GESO: My headphone stand
David Mann wrote: Don't take this as being any kind of artistic photo gallery, it's just a bunch of quick photos I took of my new headphone stand. It's a small garage project I've been working on since Easter and I just finished it off this afternoon. http://www.multi.net.nz/headphone-stand/ I'd been wanting to build this since I finished the headphone amplifier* about a year ago. My original plans were for something more along the lines of a sculpture but that would have been really hard. At least my headphones have somewhere to rest now instead of sitting atop the CD player. (*) Yes, it's an amplifier built just for headphones. Good ones can be quite expensive. BTW scroll saws are wonderful :) I believe you've managed to create a new subgenre of steampunk there. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO: My headphone stand
David Mann wrote: Don't take this as being any kind of artistic photo gallery, it's just a bunch of quick photos I took of my new headphone stand. It's a small garage project I've been working on since Easter and I just finished it off this afternoon. http://www.multi.net.nz/headphone-stand/ I'd been wanting to build this since I finished the headphone amplifier* about a year ago. My original plans were for something more along the lines of a sculpture but that would have been really hard. At least my headphones have somewhere to rest now instead of sitting atop the CD player. (*) Yes, it's an amplifier built just for headphones. Good ones can be quite expensive. BTW scroll saws are wonderful :) Cheers, Dave Well done, Dave. Beautiful work! I appreciated the education about the Mâori names. I just can’t let stuff like that go by unnoticed. What with Google, I don’t have to anymore! :-) keith whaley -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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Very nice but please use Photoshop to align the screws in some nice pattern - they literally screw your project =P Very nice job indeed. I'm gonna have to build one all black and plasticky for my Stax; thanks for the inspiration =/ Thanks for sharing Ecke 2010/4/17 David Mann : > Don't take this as being any kind of artistic photo gallery, it's just a > bunch of quick photos I took of my new headphone stand. It's a small garage > project I've been working on since Easter and I just finished it off this > afternoon. > > http://www.multi.net.nz/headphone-stand/ > > I'd been wanting to build this since I finished the headphone amplifier* > about a year ago. My original plans were for something more along the lines > of a sculpture but that would have been really hard. At least my headphones > have somewhere to rest now instead of sitting atop the CD player. > > (*) Yes, it's an amplifier built just for headphones. Good ones can be quite > expensive. > > BTW scroll saws are wonderful :) > > Cheers, > Dave > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO: My headphone stand
David Mann wrote: Don't take this as being any kind of artistic photo gallery, it's just a bunch of quick photos I took of my new headphone stand. It's a small garage project I've been working on since Easter and I just finished it off this afternoon. http://www.multi.net.nz/headphone-stand/ I'd been wanting to build this since I finished the headphone amplifier* about a year ago. My original plans were for something more along the lines of a sculpture but that would have been really hard. At least my headphones have somewhere to rest now instead of sitting atop the CD player. (*) Yes, it's an amplifier built just for headphones. Good ones can be quite expensive. BTW scroll saws are wonderful :) Cheers, Dave that's way cool. I admire useful people. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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Sexy. But if we could keep this list on topic I would appreciate it. Else my LBA may morph into Audio-Gear-BA! :-) On 4/17/10, David Mann wrote: > Don't take this as being any kind of artistic photo gallery, it's just a > bunch of quick photos I took of my new headphone stand. It's a small garage > project I've been working on since Easter and I just finished it off this > afternoon. > > http://www.multi.net.nz/headphone-stand/ > > I'd been wanting to build this since I finished the headphone amplifier* > about a year ago. My original plans were for something more along the lines > of a sculpture but that would have been really hard. At least my headphones > have somewhere to rest now instead of sitting atop the CD player. > > (*) Yes, it's an amplifier built just for headphones. Good ones can be > quite expensive. > > BTW scroll saws are wonderful :) > > Cheers, > Dave > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- Sent from my mobile device --- Sam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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Like the image produced by the straight on shot. Complimented by the background. Jack --- On Fri, 4/16/10, David Mann wrote: > From: David Mann > Subject: GESO: My headphone stand > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > Date: Friday, April 16, 2010, 9:19 PM > Don't take this as being any kind of > artistic photo gallery, it's just a bunch of quick photos I > took of my new headphone stand. It's a small garage > project I've been working on since Easter and I just > finished it off this afternoon. > > http://www.multi.net.nz/headphone-stand/ > > I'd been wanting to build this since I finished the > headphone amplifier* about a year ago. My original > plans were for something more along the lines of a sculpture > but that would have been really hard. At least my > headphones have somewhere to rest now instead of sitting > atop the CD player. > > (*) Yes, it's an amplifier built just for headphones. > Good ones can be quite expensive. > > BTW scroll saws are wonderful :) > > Cheers, > Dave > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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Last year I almost got the HD 650 (don't want to pay more) and narrowed my specs for the amp to a cMOY design. Didn't had the opportunity to actually check this out by listening so I never ordered the gear. For fun I got a FiiO amp which isn't bad for $20. You mentioned the HD 650 and now I'm back to dreaming... I can't make up my mind regarding the amp. Toine On 17 April 2010 12:09, David Mann wrote: > On Apr 17, 2010, at 8:14 PM, Toine wrote: > >> Very nice! Makes me wonder what's inside the amplifier, tubes? > > Sorry no, my philosophy with tubes is that they should always be made > visible. They look too interesting to be stuffed into a box. > > My amplifier is a fairly simple transistor-based class A amplifier which is > probably a little overbuilt for what it needs to drive. > > Cheers, > Dave > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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On Apr 17, 2010, at 9:02 PM, Rob Studdert wrote: > Interesting project Dave, nicely executed. I have headphones all over > the place at the moment, mine and lots to fix, it's amazing how > quickly they break in a studio environment. I'm interesting in the > design/topology of the amp too. I really do not want to break these phones. They cost a king's ransom and I was only able to afford them because a stuff-up at my employer caused me to be underpaid for a few months after I started working more hours. Even then I took a while to make up my mind. Pretty much my entire back-pay went on them. If it wasn't for that I would have probably "settled" for a Sennheiser HD650. A nice fellow from a local hi-fi forum had both of these models and allowed me to borrow each for about a week. I really seriously liked the Sennheiser but I ~loved~ the Grado. They do take a while to break-in though. Out of the box they sound very harsh. I don't think they're quite there yet but they're a lot better than they were when new. See my other reply about the amplifier... Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO: My headphone stand
On 17/04/2010, David Mann wrote: > My amplifier is a fairly simple transistor-based class A amplifier which is > probably a little overbuilt for what it needs to drive. Probably only overbuilt if the quiescent power is more than 100W ;-) -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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On Apr 17, 2010, at 8:14 PM, Toine wrote: > Very nice! Makes me wonder what's inside the amplifier, tubes? Sorry no, my philosophy with tubes is that they should always be made visible. They look too interesting to be stuffed into a box. My amplifier is a fairly simple transistor-based class A amplifier which is probably a little overbuilt for what it needs to drive. Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO: My headphone stand
On 17/04/2010, David Mann wrote: > Don't take this as being any kind of artistic photo gallery, it's just a > bunch of quick photos I took of my new headphone stand. It's a small garage > project I've been working on since Easter and I just finished it off this > afternoon. > > http://www.multi.net.nz/headphone-stand/ Interesting project Dave, nicely executed. I have headphones all over the place at the moment, mine and lots to fix, it's amazing how quickly they break in a studio environment. I'm interesting in the design/topology of the amp too. Cheers, -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO: My headphone stand
Very nice! Makes me wonder what's inside the amplifier, tubes? Toine On 17 April 2010 06:19, David Mann wrote: > Don't take this as being any kind of artistic photo gallery, it's just a > bunch of quick photos I took of my new headphone stand. It's a small garage > project I've been working on since Easter and I just finished it off this > afternoon. > > http://www.multi.net.nz/headphone-stand/ > > I'd been wanting to build this since I finished the headphone amplifier* > about a year ago. My original plans were for something more along the lines > of a sculpture but that would have been really hard. At least my headphones > have somewhere to rest now instead of sitting atop the CD player. > > (*) Yes, it's an amplifier built just for headphones. Good ones can be quite > expensive. > > BTW scroll saws are wonderful :) > > Cheers, > Dave > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO: My headphone stand
On Apr 16, 2010, at 9:19 PM, David Mann wrote: Don't take this as being any kind of artistic photo gallery, it's just a bunch of quick photos I took of my new headphone stand. It's a small garage project I've been working on since Easter and I just finished it off this afternoon. http://www.multi.net.nz/headphone-stand/ Nice job, all the way around. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO: My headphone stand
David Mann wrote: Don't take this as being any kind of artistic photo gallery, it's just a bunch of quick photos I took of my new headphone stand. It's a small garage project I've been working on since Easter and I just finished it off this afternoon. http://www.multi.net.nz/headphone-stand/ I'd been wanting to build this since I finished the headphone amplifier* about a year ago. My original plans were for something more along the lines of a sculpture but that would have been really hard. At least my headphones have somewhere to rest now instead of sitting atop the CD player. (*) Yes, it's an amplifier built just for headphones. Good ones can be quite expensive. BTW scroll saws are wonderful :) Cheers, Dave That's sexy. Copper is beautiful -- der...@iinet.net.au http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
