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little dot mk2 or 3?

post #1 of 12
6/13/11 at 8:10pm
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getting 1 of these for my dt990/600 ^__^

are there big differences? I would be happy with mk2 if its good enough but dont mind spending more if mk3 is big improvement

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post #2 of 12
6/14/11 at 3:22pm
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bump

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post #3 of 12
6/14/11 at 7:34pm
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:D

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post #4 of 12
6/14/11 at 9:04pm

 

I just received my LD Mkll today. I decided to get the Mkll instead of MKIII because of space issues and since it will be sitting next to my Little Dot 1+ which you already know is a hybrid tube and the MKII and MKIII are full tube output using 4 tubes instead of the two tubes on the LD 1+. The reason I brought the second Little Dot was that it had pre-amp outputs that the Little Dot 1+ did not have to drive my new Tannoy monitors. The two LD's look more similar to each other. I will write a review comparing the two Little Dot's. I did allot of work trying many tubes and op-amps with the Little Dot 1+ and ended up with the Little Dot 1+ with the 408A tubes and the OPA2107 Op-amp. At first listening with my new LD MKII with the headphones I can tell that there is quite a bit of difference in sound as compared to my molded LD 1+ using the stock tubes. I have three other headphones to try and I will see if the LD MKII can drive them. I did adjust the gain to 4 on the switches and that seems to be fine with the hot ouputs on my Behringer SRC2496.


Edited by john57 - 6/14/11 at 9:06pm
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post #5 of 12
6/14/11 at 9:19pm

try to rube roll, it make hell lot of differences.. the stock tube is just so so

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post #6 of 12
6/14/11 at 9:57pm

I already have a complete new set on hand with the CV4010 and the 6H30PI tubes. I will be using the stock for a while and check how well it can drive my other headphones. The highs does not appear as prominent as with the Little Dot 1+ but I need to burn in the tubes a bit and run some tests as well and check for compatibility with driving my Tannoys which was one of the reasons for the second LD.

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post #7 of 12
6/14/11 at 10:00pm
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which little dot(2,3) would be better for gaming(non competative) so soundstage+bass

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post #8 of 12
6/15/11 at 3:23pm
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post #9 of 12
6/15/11 at 5:18pm
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^__^

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post #10 of 12
6/15/11 at 8:29pm

I rarely use headphones for gaming. For gaming I think that headphones makes a bigger difference than the amp. The Mk3 seems to be more popular and has some upgraded parts like the filter caps are spec for higher operating temps and a different volume control. It is your pick. 


Edited by john57 - 6/16/11 at 3:14pm
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post #11 of 12
6/16/11 at 2:52pm

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post #12 of 12
6/17/11 at 11:25pm
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hmm dam i cant decide

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