Headphone adapter project for Bottlehead amps

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Offline Doc B.

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on: June 17, 2016, 12:45:42 PM
Josh cooked up a very cool adapter project for using headphones with StereomourIIs and Kaijus that have the DC filament supply-

http://bottlehead.com/the-blog/
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Reply #1 on: June 17, 2016, 01:46:06 PM
Pretty cool and easy to build!

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Reply #2 on: June 18, 2016, 02:18:49 AM
Would this work with the Stereomour II and Sennheiser HD600s?

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Reply #3 on: June 18, 2016, 07:26:29 AM
Whoops. Note five somehow got chopped off the blogpost.

Fixed.

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Reply #4 on: September 08, 2016, 02:43:58 PM
Just made this and it works as a great hum pot adjustment tool!  I used the Switchcraft 1/4" adapter.

I plugged into my Stereomour and thought hmmm....hums a bit - needs shielding.  Then realized that the hum pots were probably off.  Small adjustments on the hum pots as I listened with volume at 0 and dialed them right in.  Hum gone.

Very nice!

I was worried about the wires breaking off at the banana's.  That's pretty small wire held down with a screw.  As strain relief I just filled in the holes with hot glue.  I know this makes it a one-off but for the cost of the banana's - not an issue. 
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Reply #5 on: November 24, 2016, 01:39:03 PM
Interesting.

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s.e.x. 2.1 under construction.  Want list: Stereomour II

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