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The D10 is silent when the usb is not plugged in. I don't have another computer at the moment that I can try it on. Perhaps I could send you a copy of a song in which this "noise" is clearly evident. Unfortunately, I'm very new to this whole audio game, and thus don't have a clear vision of what I should expect from my music. BTW, thank you guys for the help. I really appreciate it.

All current Mac models (MacBook, MacMini, iMac and MacPro) include digital/analog combo mini output jack labeled as headphone output accept MacBook Air which has only analog headphone output. MacPro even has dedicated standard Toslink output port seperated from analog headphone output. Since all Mac models come with USB2.0 ports, you have a choice of either optical SPDIF or USB as digital interface for external DAC.

I have headphone output of my iMac connected to Octavart DAC/headphone amplifier through optical link. Output of the Octavart headphone amplifier is connected to Firestone Little Country tube pre-amplifier before reaching ESI nEar05 active monitor speaker. Digital format (sampling rate/bit width) of the optical output can be adjusted through Audio MIDI Setup utility bundled with Mac OS X.

I am still pondering whether to acquire D10 for my newly purchased aluminum Unibody MacBook instead of depending on iPod nano as sole digital source (iPod nano > LOD > rolled P3 Heron > Ultrasone HFI-780 headphone). One consideration is whether stock D10 sound better than existing rolled P3 Heron.

I just got the D10, and I must say, it is much smaller than I anticipated. IMO, I believe the size of this thing isn't an issue for the amount of features it has.

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I think my P3 amp with what I consider to be my favorite opamp configuration sounds better than my stock D10. The rolled D10 comes close, but the P3 can accept a much greater selection of opamps than can the D10, which gives the user more latitude in matching sources and components to ones personal preferences.

The differences, however, are not great, and the input options and excellent DAC of the D10 can easily outweigh the slight difference between the amp sections of the P3 and D10.

I use my P3 as my bedside amp and my D10 at my computer station as I listen to a lot of streaming music.

If i can clone SR71a sound like how the Go-Vibe Vulcan does it. But i find ad8066 with ad8656 buffer sound like SMIV but more refine.

I just got my D10 this morning (ordered Monday afternoon!). It looked like it just came from Hong Kong, beat up bag and box. But at the center was this beautiful little amp (well not as small as the T4).

I'm not used to using optical or Toslink connects.

Is there any point in using one of the miniplug-Toslink adapter? (I've seen them at Sys.Concept)

I have a Sony NE-920 portable CD player. On the side of the player there's a mini-plug but it says "Line Out (optical)." Do I use a miniplug-Toslink interconnect for this?

Finally, there's just a single RCA jack on the bottom of the D10. If I plug it into a source with two RCA jacks, do I use one of those interconnects that goes from two jacks to one?

Thanks in advance for your answers.

Oops double post

yeah well you have to get a custom cable that has toslink one end and mini type on the other. the adapters work well from what I read and you can get the right angle adapter as well for low profile

yes

no that is a coaxial digital input, not a typical analogue RCA. besides if you did that with an analogue signal you would only get mono. so yeah if you have a source with spdif on coax you can use that input.

no problem. I havent got mine yet, but I have other optical and coax sources; besides i'm sure if i've stepped out of line someone will let me know

I go like this with a SysConcept cable. On the back of the D10 I have a right angle adaptor as the cable would otherwise be too short and I could order a right angle adaptor for the D-NE920 end as well but as I only use this for hotel room bedside table rig it doesn't matter to me that the profile i a bit bigger.

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If you have laptop - try to unplug it from the wall power, using it on batteries.

Yes it could be the grounding issue that was discussed earlier in this thread

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My thoughts.

I was able to finally give my new D10 a listen to this weekend, and I must say I'm extremely impressed. So much so, that now I don't think I can carry my iPod + Westone 3's without the D10 anymore.

Before I go on, I must confess that I'm a noob to this whole thing, but have finally 'seen the light'. It's an expensive hobby yes, but has completely renewed my interest in personal listening. That being said, I don't really know much about the differences between different amplifiers or earphones, and I'm really only going on whatever I read here. I'm glad this resource is here simply so I know which product to buy in different price ranges.

When I first opened the box, I was surprised at how small the D10 is. This is my first headphone amp, so I was a little worried about the size after seeing comparison pictures. However, in reality its no bigger than my iPod or iPhone.

Operation is easy, which is good for someone like me without experience in amps.

The sound is awesome. Seriously. I'm still waiting for the iPhone/iPod copper LOD cable that I got off eBay (which was in my budget), so I'm only listening to this thing with the 3.5MM Male to Male cable that came with D10, using either my iPhone 3G's or 160 GB iPod Classic's headphone out. The difference between the D10 and the headphone out's of the Apple products is night and day. I'm hearing little things I've never heard before in the regular music I listen to, and my music is only either 160 - 320 kbps MP3's, .AAC's, .m4a's, or .m4p's. Nothing spectacular by any means, but I don't consider myself an audiophile. And yes, the one bad thing about it is, it does have the GSM/GPRS/EDGE radio frequency interference issue that other's have mentioned - and I've only used it on the NYC subway. I hope the interference isn't terrible walking around outside.

In conclusion, I'd say any people lurking here from the Earbudes/IEM forum, possibly looking to improve their listening experience with their nice, new high-end earphones should definitely looking into purchasing an amp, especially something so easy to use and immediately gratifying as the D10. I'm pretty happy with the sound I'm getting, and I've really only had this thing 'burning-in' for a total of like 6 hours. I want to eventually try rolling the amps, especially if it could improve the sound further. I believe the D10 through the Westone 3's is a great combo.