CHANGSTAR: Audiophile Headphone Reviews and Early 90s Style BBS

Lobby => DIY => Topic started by: aj-kun on November 01, 2012, 10:55:28 AM

Title: and into the deep end
Post by: aj-kun on November 01, 2012, 10:55:28 AM

2 KGSSHV boardsets
(http://i.imgur.com/EVz2F.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/Y6xHk.jpg)
and the hunt for components begins...

Title: Re: and into the deep end
Post by: Hroðulf on November 01, 2012, 11:47:15 AM

Good luck, man! You will need it!

Check out Head-case if you haven't, they have a group buy going on for some parts. Just tread lightly over there.

Title: Re: and into the deep end
Post by: aj-kun on November 04, 2012, 11:16:31 AM

yeh i've read every page of the KGSSHV thread, i still need to sort out the correct BOM and where to source lots of those sold out/obsolete parts.

Title: Re: and into the deep end
Post by: munch on November 05, 2012, 06:20:22 AM

cool. been wanting to try one of these with SR-007 for a while. will follow thread!
just curious: how much do you expect build minus case is going to land at?
will you use fancy parts or do a more budget friendly one?

Title: Re: and into the deep end
Post by: aj-kun on November 05, 2012, 01:15:03 PM

Don't know yet lol, i've read someone made it for $800. with med tier parts.
I'm guessing like over 2K to build both including whatever tools I need. but I'm not in a rush and I won't buy all the parts at once, so it shouldn't hit me too hard. Aiming for an end of 2013 finish lol.

Title: Re: and into the deep end
Post by: jilldwr on November 09, 2012, 10:07:18 PM

Wow, thats one intimidating build! Bet its worth it though!  :)p1

Title: Re: and into the deep end
Post by: ujamerstand on November 09, 2012, 10:50:03 PM

$800 is with onboard sinks. The boards you have uses offboard sinks. You can still probably get there if you use stuff from heatsink usa, source raw aluminum panels locally, and tap/drill everything yourself.