Wayne's Headphone Amp Must Make Yourself

Given the explosion in the popularity of headphones, as well as the unbelievable amount of choice and variety in the market, it seemed that a simple and great-sounding headphone amp would be a great addition to the DIY community. Wayne wanted a universal headphone amp for his desk. This is the fruit of that idea.

Because there are so many choices of headphones, from Planars to IEM's, high impedance or low; this amp is designed to work will almost any headphone.  It has a Class-A output stage with enough current to drive almost anything. It also makes a wonderful line stage / preamplifier.

Reviews

• Ear Fidelity review of the WHAMMY

How to build it

• Step by step WHAMMY build guide on guides.diyaudio.com
• WHAMMY build guide and general discussion thread
• Rough Bill of Materials (this is not the BOM used for the kit)

Please note: We have not yet produced a build guide using the new completion kit parts and the new chassis. However you can follow the original WHAMMY build guide and with some help from the forum to answer any questions you might have, you should be able to complete the build without too much trouble.

Video 

Here's a video of Wayne talking about the Whammy at Burning Amplifier Festival 2017 -- Wayne Colburn at BAF '17

Note - Photos include parts available at the time of publishing. Individual components are subject to change based on availability.