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where the guy that posted the nonsense? he said it will catch fire easily. LOL

yah my house got burnt down already. T_T

i think at this time you guys should stop using the term portable capacitors? i think it should be termed "insertcapacitornamehere cap dock"? eg. SonicCaps Dock? so people wont be confused yah?

eh you work in taiseng?

hahahah!!! same same. im trying to order a opus/buffalo DAC and building a millet SS for office. LOL

eh heady build it lah! mai tu liao its a damn good sounding amp.

i actually think hes quite nice.

sold my b22, sadly...but now using the bijou gladly!! couldnt do any proper comparisons between the two...but my guess is they're probably different beasts. very simple rig here. DIY modded 3g iPod -> Bijou with NOS Tesla ECC88s, EZ81 and JJ ECC99s -> Sennheisers' HD600 Edit: i want to reiterate. tube rolling is expensive. it burns huge holes in your wallets.

Hey loop_. I'm using very generic nichicon and xicon caps with vishay dale resistors. Sadly I sold my b22 to fund a bass guitar. So all I have now are sonic memories, but they're still quite recent. Following are the tubes I currently own. Tubes Set 1 (current): Signal tubes = 2xNOS Tesla E88CC Driver tubes = 2xJJ ECC99 Rectifier tube = 1xNOS Tesla EZ81 Tubes Set 2: Signal tubes = 2xJJ E88CC Driver tubes = 2xJJ ECC99 Rectifier tube = 1xJJ EZ81 Tubes Set 3: Signal tubes = 2xNOS JAN Phillips 6922 Driver tubes = 2xJJ ECC99 Rectifier tube =1xNOS Amperex EZ80 The b22 had a slight tube-like warmth, very clean, transparent and fast feel to it. Whatever you threw at it, it reproduces it faithfully. It is a very musical and detailed amp. Had lots of emotion and musicality. Be it metal, rock, ballads or classical. It was always a joy to listen to music through the b22. The bijou on the other hand is a very classic tube amp. It is also very clean, colouration depends on tubes used, typical tube warmness (also depends on tubes used), superb life-like imaging (I felt the details were slightly better then the b22, I think this is due to the tubes used). The cons here is that it wasn't able to reproduce contemporary songs with heavy distortion very well. The vocals sounded good but the parts with distortion (namely the guitar and bass) felt slightly sluggish. The pros over the b22 is that it reproduced jazz with slightly better feel as the imaging was awesome (varies with tubes). Conclusion. Overall this is an awesome amp. I feel this is comparable to the b22 with different "Main features". Some may feel that the bijou would be a cheaper amp to build. The parts (including enclosure and connectors and a good power cord) is about half the price of the b22, but the tube rolling part is not cheap. You might end up spending WAY more then a b22. An example is me (lol) I have spent about 300 total on tubes already and I'm still considering buying some more tubes to roll. The b22 is a more well rounded amp, it handles all genres well and is sonically fast to boot. The bijou is a classic tube amp, everything depends on the tubes you buy. As I only have the bijou with me right now. I'm glad I have it. I would say that if you do not have a budget constraint, build both amps! It is hard to choose between the 2 but if I had to choose I would still choose the b22 over the bijou. Reason being that the sound between the b22 and the bijou is quite similar, but the ability to reproduce every genre of music makes me choose it over the bijou (although tube rolling is really very fun and EXPENSIVE). The b22 is really...The King of DIY Amps.

its running very hot. i actually tried mounting the boards inside and airwiring the tube sockets outside in my previous case. the wiring inside was so messy and it was gonna be hell to troubleshoot if anything were to happen. so the best solution was to run the boards outside. if it was a P2P amp it would be easier to do.

This is the completed amp! There's some very minor troubleshooting to do. I will post some impressions after 50hours or so (after the tubes break in) Here are some pics anyway internal wiring front view

Hi guys, just a small sneak peek as I am finish up this amp. Only the wiring left. Here is a mock up.

mainly the noise that it might get if it comes from the same source. the 6.3v might interfere with the 260v and vice versa. but with good grounding (as in the case with bijou, star grounding) the problem might or might not exist. btw update on my side... im getting my colleague's father's friend to custom me a toroidal and a heater! whoohoo!! its finally coming together! hows the amp coming along heady?

yes you can it might actually be better if you use a toroidal for the 260 and a plate traffo for the heater.

whoo thats good hahaha I did some wiring today. so i actually only left wiring the transformer :/

haha you still overseas? the bijou is surprisingly simple to build its just that the voltages are high and theres a hell lot of wiring to do. especially the star ground.

hahaha every night 1-1.5hrs x 3 = completed boards. sadly i do not have the transformer so its pretty hard for me to finish it completely. which means heady you'll get to hear it before me! sad to say i have not cased my b22 yet LOL!!! impression...i actually posted them loop! IIRC it was in your thread!

hey guys any pics on your bijous? inspire me abit...have been working like mad. only finished populating the boards and i dont have time to even order the transformer.

hey heady! yuujin here. just wondering what did you get for your transformer? i just got around to opening my bijou kit. it has been a busy 2 mths.

im not sure if the OP needs help... its nov 2006 guys.

DREAM THEATER!

ok. lets see. Audio (Mostly DIY) Music Movies Gaming Playing my bass (Damn G.A.S)

wah wah how about me? AAHHAHAHAHA

It was Mike's D5000.

No photos no impressions?