I am considering building a 45SET headphone amp and with a little extra work it could have a switch over to drive speakers around 2W's.   I know these types of amps are popular but I have never really seen speakers that have the efficiency to work with such a low power.   I have a pair...

I have a Joni Mitchell collection,  although she sucumbed to pop in the 80's prior to that it was real Jazz and prior to that real folk,  I'm a huge fan.  I tend to like authentic genre's folk, bluegrass, jazz, blues, etc.   Looking for audiophile quality recordings of female singers that aren't...

Not a clone at all but this is an experiement to see if the Salas Shunt regulator can drive a single feed transformer loaded spud amp similiar to the trafomatic.   I heard the Trafomatic and was impresed by it,  but instead of buying a nice well done complete amp I have to experiement with the...

If I have a DC tube heater power supply in a separate chassis should I add a decoupling cap on the heater supply in the amp chassis near the tubes?

Here is a webpage witha bunch of old antique headphones for sale.  Yea they share a little similiarity in the construction but look at the really high impedances of the drivers.   Now it would be easier to build a tube amp for 2000 ohm Grados but this isn't the case,  so I'm afraid Grado...

In case anyone missed it : http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/diyaudio-com-articles/172983-zen-i-v-converter.html     This is significant in that the D1 stage has been highly regarded as one of the best DAC analog stage to use for over 15 years.  There have been a lot of complex ideas floating...

As I understand it the Musiland can be galvanically isolated with an Adum ,  I know the Hiface can't because its transfer rate is to high.   I wonder if a galvanically isolated LiFePO4  and shunt powered Musiland would be a lower Jitter computer transport than  the battery powered Hiface?

I'm getting a crackling in one channel,  it appears to be coming from the Neutrix headphone jack as playing with the headphone jack can make it worse or go away.  I thought these were good jacks but it has about a year of use plugging/unplugging daily.   Time for a replacement or can this be fixed?

Long story short my DAC's as much as I love them only accept 88.2 not 96k,  can anyone recommend the best resampler plugin for foobar? I remember one was suppsoed to have the best algorithm but don't remember the name.    I will dither with Izotope Ozone MSB+ VST after the resample ( I can't...

I'm seeing more and more posts from people who don't even have headphones asking question in the forums.  IMO this is a headphone forum,  headphones are a special case and a good DAC for a headphone isn't necessarily the right one for speakers.   I'd just like to see the mods crack down on...

I have a 75ohm Mogami Hidef 2964 cable gold plated BNC on each end for my transport to DAC digital cable.  Is this a decent cable or has it been shown to be harsh sounding?

Is there any chance that Ayre will release their fantastic USB implementation as a transport?  I like this DAC from the I2S input back,  the DAC and analog isn't my cup of tea.

I received PCB's and all the parts and am going to experiement with these this weekend.   For tube SET amps on paper these look to be a bit of a revolution for headphone amps.   Basically you can build a SET tube amp with no electrolytics in the signal path, practically no capacitors in the...

I see fewer and fewer threads and posts since the new format,  how much business are you losing?

This older DAC has some features which may make it a good platform to build a nice DAC,  it has a clock out, HDCD, external powersupply.    But I can't find any info as to which DAC chips it has inside.    Does anyone know?

Is there an easy way to navigate to the last page of a long thread?   I fear change

This is really fantastic if you like V-Out S-D DAC's. It is a discrete solution that should still give the CMRR needed for these type DAC's to sound good. One of the best open source analog stages I've seen for these type DAC's: Ray's Audio Page To make a cheap version of Ori's original...

Anyone tried this software? If you know what the loudness war is this is supposed to be a bit of a cure. I apologize if this has been discussed before but search came up with nothing. It seems to good to be tue and cumbersome (would prefer a VST or foobar plugin) but if it can make some of my...

Saw an infomercial on this new silkscreen machine. You can create an image with your printer and then make a screen and silkscreen away. Looks great for amp faceplates and the like. https://www.4yudu.com/index.asp?affid=002

Simple question. If you have ever wired a house have you spent more than $50 on a powercord for your amp or DAC ?

Has anyone tried this DC servoed Szekeres MOSFET after a SE tube stage?

Need to get a survey of Win7x64 hiface users. For my computer stability is top priority, I haven't rebooted in 3 months. Thats the kind of stability I need. Your input is appreciated.

I've seen comparisons between the pre i versions but would like to know if anyone has compared them since they switched to the i's?

What are the best caps to get in the 100-500pf range for use in an analog DAC filter? Silver Mica?

Any Grateful Dead audiophile want to discus the new April 71 SBD releases from Charlie Miller?