PS Reel to Reel, PS TT, PS Hi-Fi Digital Cassette deck, PS…totally kidding : )
This one is only $52k. I might get two. https://positive-feedback.com/industry-news/boulder-amplifiers-2108-phono-preamplifier/
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I wonder how much of the bill of materials is the casework.
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I’ve ordered one for each channel ; )
You are so right. As it turns out, there were many components I didn’t list. One can’t keep up with Paul.
Down the road, I hope Paul develops a key fob DAC that will connect my iphone to my car radio 
These are exciting times.
It is never insignificant, and often is the most expensive bit in high-end components, be they Speaker cabinets or Component enclosures. However, it is not necessarily the most important aspect of the Sound of a design.
Will the very expensive pre’s reduce the noise in my checkbook 
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Not doubting you … it has been in development for a while so maybe BHK pulled out all the stops for his best yet design. I’m also thinking this phono stage will be more the companion to the TSS rather than the DS. Perhaps a nod to Darren’s overachieving effort.
Yes, exactly correct. The BHK will be an all out assault more in what will become known as the Obsidian line of products, the first of which is TSS. BHK’s efforts will demand a two-box solution: one for the power supply and another for the collection of tubes
and circuits for the analog stage. We have no idea what the pricing will be.
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Ah that’s a new information at least for me.
Sounds as there will be other products like preamp etc. as well in this category…so from the DS point of view…either one step up or down…
I keep waiting for my ship to come in so I can afford these sort of things! Ha. . . at least I’m patient.
Luckily for me an NPC with an AC-12 power cord and a set of Aurios underneath sounds great to me and will provide me a lot of enjoyment for the near future. My future plan is to get another Decware ZP3, I sold mine late last year and I think it’s a better phono preamp than the NPC. If and when I can I’ll order one with the Type 2 Jupiter caps and the new 25th Anniversary mods Decware will soon have available for that component. That will likely be my final phono preamp. Here’s hoping in a year or so I can order one.
Paul, do you have to make the power supply housing of the same quality as the main housing or is it possible to make a simple case work to put in the back on the floor?
Is there a preorder date set yet?