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HLLY DMK-IV (DAC, headphone amp, pre amp)

post #1 of 105
10/25/09 at 8:43am
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Hi,
on ebay I stumbled upon this little thing. HLLY haven't the best reputation so I don't really know wether or not this would make a decent dac/pre amp...

Some pictures (same as on ebay).






USB receiver: PCM2704
SPDIF receiver: DIR9001
DAC: CS4396
output: AD797

Featurewise it seems to be a direct competitor to the Matrix mini-i (w/o balanced out and no dual mono dac). Can't see, if they do a reclock on the USB part though...

What do you guys think?

best regards.
bearmann
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post #2 of 105
10/25/09 at 9:43am
The only way to know is to hear it in person.

Want to volunteer??
Why don't you email the seller and see if he'll send it to you for a review.
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post #3 of 105
10/25/09 at 11:02am
It definitely looks sexy, I'd love to have that thing on my desk.
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post #4 of 105
10/28/09 at 2:16am
Any company that rips of the designs of others is not to be trusted.

HLLY MK III Vacuum Tube Headphone Amplifier Pre Amp - eBay (item 400074221711 end time Nov-18-09 06:10:18 PST)

It even has the nerve to claim a 2 year Little Dot warranty.
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post #5 of 105
10/28/09 at 5:54am
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As I said, they don't have the best reputation...
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post #6 of 105
10/28/09 at 6:17am
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Originally Posted by ford2 View Post
Any company that rips of the designs of others is not to be trusted.
It even has the nerve to claim a 2 year Little Dot warranty.
Pretty much sums up my opinion as well. Chinese company making knockoffs of another chinese product is a new low in my book.
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post #7 of 105
12/24/09 at 12:49am
Well did anybody try it
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post #8 of 105
12/24/09 at 2:29am
wow, never heard of hlly but that mk iii looks exactly like the little dot mkiii

LOL what a ripoff, and it's more expensive too.... what a lame company
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post #9 of 105
12/24/09 at 1:37pm
Apart from the fact that copying is very lame... I thought David from Little Dot said their enclosures were custom made?
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post #10 of 105
12/25/09 at 2:15am
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Originally Posted by apatN View Post
Apart from the fact that copying is very lame... I thought David from Little Dot said their enclosures were custom made?
They are but in China anything goes,and you can get anything copied.
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post #11 of 105
12/27/09 at 4:54am



Perhaps they wish to finally start making original designs? I wouldn't mind reading some impressions anyway for the heck of it.
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post #12 of 105
12/28/09 at 6:22pm
This cought my eye also. Its cheaper here: FM transmitter-HLLY Electronics
Its also here were they still clame the little dot warranty.
It is very tempting as it appears to be a MK VI for the price of a little more than a MK III.
It could be a rebadged little dot amp or It could be totally different innards and be crap.
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post #13 of 105
12/28/09 at 6:59pm
To buy a Chinese clone of a Chinese amp is asking for trouble,from what I have heard the guts are not the same.

There whole description of the amp is copied from the LD one,buyer beware they are not to be trusted.
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post #14 of 105
12/30/09 at 7:45pm

I bought a HLLY DMK-IV

Hello,

To be honest, I don't know much about all the items you are talking about with the HLLY products. I only wanted this nice looking thing on my desk when I was looking for a headphone amplifier on Ebay.

I bought the HLLY DMK-IV about two months ago on Ebay and I use it in combination with a Sennheiser HD 650.

For me there are only praising words to describe the DMK-IV. It's not only a beauty on the outside. The sound is superb!

Sorry if that's an inconvenient review.

Tom van Zijl
The Netherlands
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post #15 of 105
12/31/09 at 11:58am
How do they offer LD warranty if they didn't make it.. Interesting..
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