I’ve been through the process a few times, so I should have some tips and tricks you will find handy. But first, let’s take a look at building one. Later on, I’ll caution you of some serious limitations of the design of the Crack, while hopefully conveying just how good this kit can sound (if paired properly!). Tyll Hertsens, the former writer for Inner Fidelity, said This takes a lot of the fear out of tackling a DIY product. Coupled with the excellent community found on Bottlehead’s forums – where all questions you have will be (or already are) answered.
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It includes information on how to solder components for beginners and troubleshooting steps if things don’t go as planned.
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It is chock full of friendly hand-holding steps and pictures. One of the best things about a Bottlehead kit is the instruction manual. It’s on its second revision (version 1.1) since release and can typically be completed in 5-10 hours depending on expertise and level of care. It has a low parts count which keeps the price reasonable. This makes it first-time builder friendly. These are impressive results for an amplifier that Doc B originally stated: “ was done partly as an exercise to see just how quickly and efficiently we could get a project from the hand waving phase to the production prototype phase.” The finished product.īottlehead considers the Crack a simple circuit “ Skill Level 1” kit. Yet it yields an amplifier whose performance punches well about its price point. The Crack is Bottlehead’s biggest selling kit and has earned a reputation as a fun and easy-to-build project.
The company was created by the ‘President for Life’ Dan ‘Doc B’ Schmalle in the mid-1990s, and primarily offers DIY tube audio kits for both headphones and home stereos. Originally announced in 2010, the Crack is an affordable tube-based headphone amplifier kit offered by the Bottlehead Corporation located in Poulsbo, Washington State, USA. If you are interested in UPGRADING the Crack, head on over here. Editor’s note: In this article, you will learn to BUILD the Bottlehead Crack.
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