Six Rubycon Black Gate F capacitors are on the way for the FUN01 (SU-1 Clone). Stay tuned to find out how much of a difference they have over Nichicon’s MUSE series.
New How to Article Posted: EL-8 Custom Balanced Cables
Photo guide on creating custom EL-8 cables using Moon Audio Blue Dragon and EL-8 connectors. All DIY components, non-assembled.
Review #3 Goes Live! Burson Play Review
After what felt like forever, I have finally got the review into good enough shape to share most of it with you guys/gals! I hope you enjoy the review, I tried to keep it much shorter than the last one, coming in around 6500 words this time. I hope the structure of this review makes […]
Testing 500x Microscope out on 1000V Sprague (K631788-14) Capacitor (folded/rolled design)
Don’t see this very often, even in classes they didn’t have one of these that had cracked the wax. First two pictures are with a 50mm lens. I noticed the wax had broken in a circle around the end and if I could pull the end right off, the solder was already broken and […]
Complete Guide to Making I2S Cable from CAT6A & Connecting it to ES9038Pro DAC (Using Belden 1303E Catsnake™) Updated: 6/12/18
Note: You can open all images displayed on Hallman Labs in a larger view by right clicking and then using whatever your browser says to view the image. This should open a new tab with the image in full size. I started an article on making custom I2S cables, but I never published how […]
Update on Upcoming Burson Play Review
Overall I am extremely impressed with the Burson Audio v2.0 PCB Play, after doing a few small things I had a great result. The Play can do DSD128 with ease, something my FUN01 V1.1 needs I2S to accomplish. The Burson Audio Play is using I2S from the XMOS to the main DAC while I […]