Over the past month both K&K Audio and my family have moved 18 miles northwest to an unincorporated part of Chapel Hill. It’s quieter here and the pace is more relaxed. It’s been a painful physical transition due to the stuff (mostly audio related) I had accumulated over 27 years at the prior address. I have only had my audio listening system up for five days now after nearly 4 weeks. I have been pleasantly surprised that the new listening room, which is only about 5-10% bigger than its predecessor, is more to my sonic taste than the one I’ve used since 1995.

I am sorry that the telephone number has changed (unavoidable, because it’s a landline), but the new contact info will be posted on the website at the same time as this update. I look forward to talking to you in the future! The next rendition of the Maxxed-Out Phono Preamp is on my list of projects, as is a higher current version of the 300-600V shunt regulator. I am just as impatient as anyone to get these products tested and fully developed…

After much deliberation I have made relatively minor increases in the prices of the support kits that I have offered since the beginning of K&K Audio in 2003. The price for the earliest of these, the Basic Current Source Kit, has never been changed! Transformer prices will remain as they are for at least 7 more months.

Scott Gerus has been building tube amplifiers for some time now, but recently retired and has created a website (www.300Bamps.com) to make his designs more broadly available.  He has designed and built several monoblock and stereo single-ended and push-pull amplifiers, which can be viewed on his website.  Interestingly, he does the woodworking and metalworking for his products himself!  Have a look.  These aren’t simple aluminum boxes with tubes and transformers parked on the top!  (like I build for myself…)

After using Lundahl output transformers in a few amplifiers over the past two years, he recently posted on his website:

“Over the years I’ve used Hammond, Electra-Print, Transcendar and Pliton OPT’s.  The only one that comes close to the Lundahl is Plitron, and they cost twice as much and take up 3 times the space!

You can’t beat the Lundahl’s for the Price!”   We agree, Scott!

Dave Davenport of Raleigh Audio has announced a Fall inventory-reduction sale. While inventory lasts, assembled DACs and Preamps are being offered at a 20% discount.

As is usual, the Preamps are a fixed configuration, while the input configuration of the DACs are custom. Below are listed some sample configurations with their sales prices. You can order those configurations for the prices shown or ask for a quote for a custom configuration. Use the sample configurations for a ballpark idea of where the price of a custom configuration might come in.

In addition, there is one unit that was built to prove the documentation and provide pictures for the website. This is a fully configured Standard “DAC #4” configuration and is offered at a 30% discount – an additional savings of $300. Because this unit is already built, the input configuration cannot be customized.

Further details for these DACs and Preamps can be seen under the “Products” menu on this site.  Please ask if you have questions.  Don’t miss this opportunity to own a custom configured Raleigh Audio product at a great price!