A Few Years ago, I ran across Doc on the interweb Land Speed Racing an old Honda. I lurked and found this whole Bottlehead thing he does. I spent an awful lot of time reading up on the Crack, but I was reasonably satisfied with the headphone outputs of my G.A.S. Thoebe preamp. It is pretty damn good with high impedance headphones.
Well, this years Black Friday sale and a good boy prize from work pushed me over the top.
I have a bit of experience (rusty) of buying broken audio gear and repairing rebuilding. I have done Hafler amps, preamps, and my GAS Thoebe.
I took my time with the build, since the build is the fun part. I tried to be neat, and tidy. I probably introduced some theoretical issues with all my twisting and routing, lol...
Well, all voltages and resistance passed first try, and the damn thing works!!
I must say, with all apologies to James Bongiorno, the Crack is just better.
I have it being fed by a piece of Schitt DAC, and driving HD650's.
Oh, and when Doc says let hammered paint cure for a week, believe him. I put mine over my floor heater vent and sped it up a day or so, but still have a gummy spot or two if you look too close.
Next is the Speedball after I run this stock setup for a while.
Since this is my first post, let's see if it lets me post pics... Or if I can guess how..
