And I see you use the same rca cables I do.
Those RCAs were were the shortest and cheapest (13.95) stack cables I could find on Amazon.
But I wish I had got form keeping 6" that JDS Labs sell. They were just a buck more and worth the form keeping feature.
Ooh⌠I never noticed those. Those could be very useful, especially with two very light components like an Atom and a poly KTB case.
So I think I have it finalized and got a print done this morning. If it was sent to a professional printing service, it would be cleaner, but my noob print skills was acceptable. Edges have some fuzz and I just need to shaved it down.
âEdit-- Here is the link:
Case profile and using small feet.
Compared to Atom shells.
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That looks fantastic. Just fantastic.
Your new version has the corners just right! And extra props for the board supporting plate thingie. That looks just great. Kudos!
âŚaaaaaaaand, ordered.
Thanks very much for sharing your talents, Frank!!
Everyone, if you share FBizzleâs awesome design be sure to link back to this thread instead of sharing the file. Itâs a wonderful way to create awareness of the hifiguides.com forum!!
OK. Hereâs the finished result. Finished by someone else, I should say. About $15 shipped from a maker on Treatstock. I added some transparent rubber feet. With only the board and the plastic case itâs pretty light, so I attached some thick washers using blue tack and then put blu tack in between the dac enclosuure and the bottom of the atom. It keeps the whole stack weighted down nicely- an issue with the plastic case of both the KTB and the Atom. Iâd call it a big success.
Fan-frickin-tastic design Frank!!!
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it is a nice looking product. itâs too bad they made the decision to ship it enclosure-less.
The V2 of the tone board is supposed to be balanced and come in an enclosure.
Of course it was also supposed to launch this past spring, also.
yeahâŚthe KTB v2 is currently vaporware.
however, since reading about the $70 e1da, making an inexpensive balanced DAC/ Amp isnât overly hard, so no idea what the delays are.
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My take on why it didnât get released yet is because itâs not measuring any better. I suspect they wanted to measure in line with them fancy sabaj d5s or topping dx7s.
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then it needs to be BIGGERâŚfor all the POWER. le sighâŚ
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If it measures with those, but costs $150-200 with an enclosure theyâll have a winner on their hands for sure
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I agree 100%.
must be at least 20 characters. 
Would certainly make me get one!
well, if you donât have hard to drive headphones, look at the new iFi Zen or the e1DA. Zen will be better, but then itâs almost almost 2x the price of the e1DA.
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Its my first external dacâŚpaired with jds labs atom âŚcompared to s10 headphone jack its has more extention to spectrum âŚbase is punchy and deep and trebile is bright with fowrword midsâŚtoo much forward for my taste and to me i wish it had more fluid representation for the sound âŚoverall the lack of cover is a dealbreaker since it gets hot and in summer it needs to be cooled.
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The board does not get hot at all and you can buy a case made for it.
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So it looks like the KTB v2 might not come after all. Maybe it will, who knows.
But the designer of the original KTB left Khadas and apparently made this beast: