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Great stuff as always - fantastic you are keeping these going for another generation or two!

Enjoyed that - thanks for posting

By way of a follow up to this. After reading all the helpful comments and not being confident enough of my own abilities to take this apart (don't have any cleaning stuff) I opted to send it to remotefixer mentioned upthread by Dancer_not and whilst they found some issues with the pads and...

Bit of an update, I tried the gryphon remote and known working TV remote as suggested with an AM radio, but they only 1 I have is in the car, and this was inconclusive. However, looked at the remote with my phone camera and sure enough the TV remote I could see was outputting but not the...

Thanks

Thanks - looking inside it, it doesn't look like it will come apart easily. There are no bolts holding the pcb in place, looks like it has been sealed in with something that looks like black silicone all around the edge if the pcb and the metal case.......still got nothing to lose!

Thanks for the replies so far, I'm gonna try Rug Docs AM radio test tomorrow and take the lid of the amp to see if I can spot the IR receiver and check it looks OK, but otherwise also looked at the website Dowser linked and that's a possibility. I haven't dismissed emailing Gryphon, probably...

The remote control for my Gryphon amp appears to have died or is close to death. Long story short, have not used this amp for a few years but when trying it again recently the remote seems to be mostly dead albeit sometimes some of the functionality works, i.e. will occasionally change the...

Lovely system!

Ha ha .....be nice if they did

Enjoy, what a lovely bit of kit, beautifully made to last a lifetime by a genuine music enthusiast.

Comfort is a real issue when using headphones IMHO. If you can, give them a good session, 15 -20 mins will tell you little comfort wise. Good luck - that is a nice budget to have.......some IEMs are great nowadays.

Tried one, really great sounding but ran unbelievably hot....... it was that which put me off purchasing.

Yup, been enjoying those too.