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    Mini^3 volume control knob keeps falling off

    I've never heard anyone complain about that particular problem before which makes me think you might have a set screw that's out of tolerance in some way. Is it really loose in the hole?   Maybe buy another knob and see if it stays tight.
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    Archiving Software For 100GB+ Folders

    I still have files I can pull off backup cd's I made in 1999. I don't have a single hard drive that's made it more than a few years.
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    Archiving Software For 100GB+ Folders

    I have a pretty good handle on the backup to a hard drive deal. What I was wondering is if anyone has a utility you can point to a large folder, containing a bunch of smaller folder that contain the music, and have a program split them up evenly over however many dvd's it takes, and burn them...
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    Archiving Software For 100GB+ Folders

    I don't mean breaking the FILES up but rather dividing the folders up into 4.7 gig portions to burn to disk.
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    Archiving Software For 100GB+ Folders

    I have about 120 gigs of music files that I'd like to write to dvd discs for backup in case of HDD failure. Is there a program that I can point to a folder and it will automagically split the files into equal disk sized portions and do consecutive burns until the folder is done?
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    Where does quality change to snake oil?

    I started out with an Audigy 2 ZS and PX100. Now I have a Gamma2/M3 both powered by Sigma11's feeding HD650's. The interconnects are a USB cable that came with a camera and some cheap RCA's that came with a DVD player. I can hear stuff like foot movements and page turns in piano music...
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    Gamma-2 (γ2) DAC Thread

    I made a BOM/Worksheet to build a Y1-D config USB Only Gamma2. It is hard wired to run on wall power...NO USB POWER in the BOM so adjust accordingly if you want to run regular unleaded in your Formula1 car Use the Combined BOM to buy the parts and use the "Print Worksheet" to build each...
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    CMOY LED placement and step-by-step guide questions

    Use duct tape under the board to prevent shorts. Usually the nuts on the jacks and the volume pots hold the board in place. Altoid tins are a hack no matter what you do.
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    Looking for a DIYer friendly DesktopAmp ... (in terms of Space/PCB Layout/Community-knowledge/etc.)

    A little note about kits...you get a package with all the parts together. Which resistor is 100K ohms and which is 1 M ohms? To me it has been better to order the parts and use the label they provide, and print on the parts package itself, to identify which parts go where.
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    Not satisfied with Essence ST. Any DAC alternatives around same price?

    A usb Gamma2 will be a nice DAC for any headphone and it's performance is top shelf for the price. However, don't discount the Gamma1 usb either. Even though the chips in it may not be the newest thing on the market, the fact that you are getting sound from outside of the realm of the PC will...
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    LME49710HA + LME49600TS diy amp

    Quote: Originally Posted by linuxworks does that seller have all his own designs? I wonder. something looks familiar in some of his offerings. It's a free-for-all in the wild, wild East Quote: Originally Posted by linuxworks can't say I'm at all impressed with...
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    Mini3 circuit question

    When you turn the volume all the way up do you still have an imbalance? Or is it only at the lower levels?
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    Gamma-2 (γ2) DAC Thread

    Quote: Originally Posted by slowpogo I wish they all offered First Class USPS like Digikey does. You can order a crapload of stuff, and it will cost like $3 to ship and be there in 2-3 days (including Saturdays). Awesome. No doubt. Mouser sucks because they jack up the shipping...
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    AD8397 amp

    Quote: Originally Posted by tamasic1 Hey all. Built it verbatim of the parts and schematic. When you say verbatim did you use the same parts recommended on the mini3 parts list? Did you follow the intial checks and all of them passed correctly? I've never heard anyone say...
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    Combining a DAC and Headphone amp

    You'll get 11 volts to swing with on the wallwart.
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