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SENSE G1B Tube Headphone AMP/USB DAC

post #1 of 11
3/2/10 at 4:20am
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Has anybody heard about this AMP/DAC? The DAC chip is really old (I'm guessing some sort of sucessor to the TDA1543 used by the VALAB DAC's). I'd like to have more details of what's inside, but for $130, it seems like a steal. Uses a 12AU7 for you tube rollers.

SENSE G1B Tube Headphone Amplifier USB DAC - eBay (item 290408530578 end time Mar-31-10 06:49:22 PDT)
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post #2 of 11
3/2/10 at 4:28am
This is the same seller who offers the phenix G3 and G3-T7. That shipping fee is a big time rip off.
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post #3 of 11
3/2/10 at 1:55pm
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Shipping may not be the actual shipping costs, but even for the combined price, it seems to be a pretty good deal (at least shipped to the USA).
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post #4 of 11
5/21/10 at 9:25am

I just stumbled on that one too, wonder who has tried it..

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post #5 of 11
7/28/10 at 6:37pm

I would like to recover this thread. Has anyone finally tested this AMP/DAC? What are your experiences if so?

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post #6 of 11
9/5/11 at 2:47am

BUMP!

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post #7 of 11
12/6/11 at 8:52pm

Hello

I have only around ten hours so far on my G1B and will follow up with a little more detail soon.

But so far I am enjoying this little unit, old tech Philips TDA1350T bitstream Dac chip +  Chinese 12AU7 and limited to 16 bit, but a very musical end result non the less.

I have an old Mullard ECC82 on its way to me in the next few days that i will try out, but the tube supplied with the G1B sounds pretty good, if a little tubby in the bass, but its early days yet.

 

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Edited by Reading1871 - 12/8/11 at 7:47am
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post #8 of 11
6/5/12 at 9:25pm

there is an upgrade version of this tube DAC/amp, the 2012 edition. I want to dive but would like to know first any feedback from the first version.T2BYJGXblNXXXXXXXX_!!64991385.jpg

 

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Edited by airomjosh - 6/5/12 at 9:26pm
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post #9 of 11
8/20/12 at 8:04pm

 Hello all,

  I hate to dig up an older thread as my first post, but I feel it is my duty to describe the one of these ^^^ as a public service announcement :)

I got "ebay fever" a couple weeks ago and bought one of the "Sense G1" 2012 model amps, just like pictured above.  The sound, in a word- barf.  The clarity and power of the stock headphone jack on my Dell laptop simply blows this thing out of the water.  It is THAT bad.  I was using a set of Sony MDR-150 low budget phones to test with. Besides that, it had a slight ticking noise in the right channel at zero volume.  If you get an itchy mouse trigger finger while looking at an ad for this one, do yourself a favor and skip it.  Who knows how much it will cost to send back to the other side of the Earth-  My rating 0 out of 5 stars- Even if I have wasted a bunch of money on this experiment, maybe my bad experience will save someone else the trouble.

 

Cheers, Mike


Edited by mikkojay - 8/20/12 at 8:05pm
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post #10 of 11
8/24/12 at 1:50am

Thanks for your opinion mike, just saved me from taking the wrong meds - I will find another way to cure my ebay fever wink.gif
 

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post #11 of 11
8/24/12 at 5:59am

On Taobao, the Chinese ebay, the seller of this amp (also the creator) sells it for around 300-400 Yuan, which is around $60USD. This tells me that its not a particularly good amp...

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