The Beresford Capella Headphone Amplifier

[jon1]

Hi, Could you give me some advice on what is the best way to power the Capella, I received one a few days ago and the standard power supply seems a bit cheap to be using it with this AMP, My question is could this be run off a Motorcycle battery and give better results, I did read about someone on hear that was using a bike battery but not sure who it is, I want to try to run it some way with a battery rather than spend on an expensive power supply, The battery I was thinking of using is a Honda cbr600rr which is 12volts, Could you tell me if this would be worth using as a preamp with a Nad c325bee using the power amp
Regard Neil

Neil the preamp in the capella is excellent i use it in my main setup..as for the power supply use the one that you got with the capella.. that's all i use it works a treat





jon

[StanleyB]

Hi, Could you give me some advice on what is the best way to power the Capella, I received one a few days ago and the standard power supply seems a bit cheap to be using it with this AMP,

If you want one that looks expensive and is expensive, PM "Lurcher" on this forum. He builds a special Capella power supply to order. It's around £199.99. I got one and it is the last thing in performance extraction from the Capella.

[Gixer k6]

Hi Stan,
I was chatting to a chap on Head fi and he told me he uses a Anker Astro Pro to run his amp and dac, but it states the output as 5v/9v/12v yet the one you supply is 15v, Is he using the wrong supply?

[StanleyB]

I have no idea. If the chap on head-fi says that it works fine for him, who am I to question him? I haven't got or tried an Anker battery myself, so any comments regarding its suitability or not would be pure guess work.

[mkrzych]

Hi Stan,
I was chatting to a chap on Head fi and he told me he uses a Anker Astro Pro to run his amp and dac, but it states the output as 5v/9v/12v yet the one you supply is 15v, Is he using the wrong supply?

There are several posts even here that Anker Astro Pro 2nd Gen will work with Capella and CMII. I am using it with CMII and so far works like a charm on 12V. If you read the comments in the CMII guide it states that is optimised to be powered by battery on 12V.

[Gixer k6]

Thanks for you advise but I have decided to try I repeat try and sell it,
The last two emails I sent to the seller he has just ignored, Also these have just been reduced so that has been a big help with regards to selling mine,

[mkrzych]

I have two questions about Capella:
1. Which of the controls on the front facia of Capella are normal pots and which rotary switches?
2. Does the Balance control have fixed center position? I mean kind of position that you can feel that's central moving the pot?

[DreamKing]

I hear a faint scratch when the Capella is used as a preamp from the volume knob when its position is past 1 o'clock. Is this as normal/regular (as per the owner's manual) as hearing the faint scratch from the gain knob in main headphone amplifier configuration? I'll add that the sound is irregular, it sometimes cannot be heard at any knob position.

[coolblue]

I am planning to add capella to my system. I use cd player and digital player connected to caiman mkII and caiman connected to my pre amplifier. I have also tuner, cassette player and vinyl connected to my pre amplifier. In this situation how can I connect caiman to capella.

Can I use Single Phono to 2 Phono Sockets Audio Splitter from caiman 1 socket to capella and the other socket to my pre amplifier , or can I directly connect the tape output of my pre amplifier to capella.

[StanleyB]

You can connect the Caiman output to the Capella, and then the Capella output to the preamp. Or you can try a RCA splitter to connect the Caiman to the Capella or to the preamp, etc. I use the TC-7240 to do that sort of inter connectivity. One of its outputs goes to me amp, one goes to the Capella. The Caiman goes to one of its inputs. So I can connect the Caiman to the Capella or the amp.