Picked a Groove up today for my mobile edit rig.. So far so good. Form factor is great, but the buttons are actually quite stiff..like you need to hold the unit in your hand when pressing the buttons or you shake the table it's sitting on. Maybe they'll loosen up with time, but because (at least...

Not entirely useless. I routinely record or upconvert material at/to 192khz for pitch and time manipulation, as the results are better (then down convert back to 48khz) I'm seriously considering this little box for my laptop editing rig! :)

FWIW, I park my iPhone less than a foot from my DACMINI and get no interference... In a specific spot. However, if I move my phone to a couple other locations around the DACMINI, it does catch the gsm signal... maybe some weird angle thing or whatnot... But most of the time it's 7-8 inches away...

I just got my DACmini back from repair (volume pot replace) and I'm so glad to have it back. My mind is actually trying to convince me it sounds better than when I shipped it back... which is actually feasible if your volume pot is problematic... but it's far more likely I just got used to...

I'd say try your dacmini on another computer (stock, no added things like foobar) and see what kind of gain you get. If its STILL really loud, either your unit isnt per normal spec, or you have very sensitive hearing :)

  You don't happen to have the +10 Gain mod do you? ;)

I also have channel imbalance with my dacmini, but my headphones are 50ohms and not very sensitive. What headphones are you using with the dacmini? Having to reduce the gain digitally in 2 steps of -50% and -25% does seem too much. I have enjoyable playback at 9-10 o'clock with my software set...

When you say you set the volume at 9 o clock, is that too loud on both headphones and the speaker system? If the volume is ok on the headphones, lower the gain on the input of the speaker system. If not, it sounds like there is gain being added in your software somewhere, but I don't know where...

I too have the noisy volume pot... The kind fellows at Centrance told me to send it in to get fixed, but I just haven't had the time (I use the unit for work in an audio facility)... and I don't really want to part with it, because it RULES. I'm using it to drive LCD-2r2s, and wow.... what a...

Quote: Yes, that happens to me, but it's not limited to the DACmini. When I'm working in the studio it happens with other (professional) audio gear as well though, so I think it's one of those unavoidable things...  

Quote: Don't be so cynical.... both of them could be false! ;) <obvious joke>    

  I received my Q-Audio cable this morning (1.5m black) and hooked it up to the LCD-2r2s, and.... I'm sure I don't have the ears of some of the more delicate listeners here, but I was surprised at how much it improved the sound quality of the LCD-2s over the supplied cable (I received the 4...

  I'm so loving my DacMini right now... I've taken it to a few studios now, and plug it straight into the optical out of their pro tools rigs. As a unit it's really quite light.... the DacMini and LCD-2 headphones are going to be my reference system for a long time to come I feel (and I have...

Quote: I wasn't suggestion the Centrance treatment was jsut spraypaint, but I was suggesting it might be an easy DIY way to make a dacmini black :)      

Quote: Please do post your findings/procedure... I would be curious to compare the sonic differences between the 1Ohm and 10Ohm output impedance, but I'm not about to pay for international shipping + $100 to find out.