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    Monolith by Monoprice Liquid Platinum Balanced DAC by Alex Cavalli - Impressions Thread

    Just received a notice this is now available at mono price for 799.99. Has anyone had a chance to play with this yet before it hit the shelves?
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    Monoprice Monolith Liquid Platinum - By Alex Cavalli

    I just received my LP yesterday, pickup one up used on eBay and really love what I am hearing so far, can’t wait for my balanced cable to get here to see what difference it makes. I am using it with a pair of LCD 2s and would like to do some tube rolling to bring back a little more bass, how...
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    THE DIY HEADPHONE STAND THREAD

    Well I intended to build a headphone stand, ended up more of a station. :)
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    Little Bear p-2 chinese tube amp with new IRF510 mosfets sounds good but...

    Haha, those heatsinks get really toasty. I made the mistake of purposely touching them just to see how hot they really were.
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    Little Bear p-2 chinese tube amp with new IRF510 mosfets sounds good but...

    I went with the IRL530, I believe the IRL510 had a higher range in the high frequency area.
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    The "non-Grado" Driver Grado Thread

    I have the P-1, it's basically an upgraded indeed g2, but I have done most of the upgrades listed for the indeed g2 amp anyway. For instance they already have nichicon caps installed, but I changed them to units listed as audio grade. The upgrades do make a good difference, but it will run...
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    The "non-Grado" Driver Grado Thread

    The bass can be a bit to much at times, connected straight to my Mac mini they sound great except for the really bass heavy songs. If I use my little bear tube amp I will use a tube with the least amount of bass to match the mini macs direct output.
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    Little Bear p-2 chinese tube amp with new IRF510 mosfets sounds good but...

    Never tried the ax type, but the 12au7 works great. I have some sylvanias but haven't tried them in a while. Fun part is that a different set of cans may sound better with a different tube. I have a set of grado sr60 that I really like with the 12au7 rca black plates that come from organ pulls...
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    Little Bear p-2 chinese tube amp with new IRF510 mosfets sounds good but...

    I believe they are rectifiers, they look like the mosfets and are on the second set of heatsinks. From what I read they don't effect the sound quality but they were on the mod list so I replaced them while I was at it. I have a Mullard 12au7, it is a lot like the bugle boy, a fuller bassier...
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    Little Bear p-2 chinese tube amp with new IRF510 mosfets sounds good but...

    I have the p-1 amp with the same tube, so far I have installed the irl530s the lm317a and nichicon audio grade caps. The output caps help extend the bass. I only used the 5814 tube the first night and haven't touched it since. If your up for some tube rolling, you'll be surprised at the...
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    THE DIY HEADPHONE STAND THREAD

    Love the color combination, beautiful piece of work.
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    The "non-Grado" Driver Grado Thread

    Figured I'd post a follow up, been going through my test music playlist and think I have them sorted out. My new cushions came in and I ended up liking the l Cush with an open center. I cut thin strips of electrical tape and ran a single layer all around the inside of the lip that the driver...
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    The "non-Grado" Driver Grado Thread

    Got my new set of px100's yesterday to compare to the used pair I've been using, the difference in sound as portables was very noticeable. They were still very bassie , but the new units had plenty of highs and sounded very enjoyable. It was as if the entire range was shifted higher. I noticed...
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    The "non-Grado" Driver Grado Thread

    They're black cherry. I'll give the l- Cush a shot and see if it makes a difference. I have noticed something a bit strange though, on bassier songs the higher frequencies sound like they are vibrating with the bass, hope I didn't blow the drivers the first night! It sounds so good I can't help...
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    post your grado mods....

    I posted in the non grado thread but figured I would throw up the end result pics here also since I originally planned on getting the grados to mod. Gotta say thanks to 7keys for his fine craftsmanship on the cherry cups.
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