Can anyone with experience fill me in on the differences between the new Trident and the old Noble 3? (universals).

I heard that there were some components (beats me what they are, could be an active circuit, could just be a few Rs) in the bulky Y split, so if you recable them you'll lose those. I'm still waiting on some cheapo extensions from DX since my original extension blew out so I've been using my GR06s..

Quote: Crap, my extension just blew out on me and I think I've misplaced my receipt. :(   tbh I don't agree with the stress reliefs on the cable... I don't think they work particularily well.

Quote:   Quote:   This was really helpful! I had the bypass caps on the cathode without realising that they negated the feedback from the resistor. With the gain on my EW178 so high, I have a lot more usable range on my pot now.

Quote:   Yeah, I noticed that the amount of noise increased with the input resistance. I went with the schematic that was posted earlier in this thread done by the_equalizer, because honestly my knowledge of how triodes work is fairly limited. They don't teach you valves anymore in...

Here is my first build! Chose the 17EW8 because it was cheap. Made an absolute mess of the wire management so there's not many pics of the internals (it's not pretty). That'll teach me for not using a ground plane/using #18 in a 4.5" x 7" x 2.5" box!   Relatively trouble-free start up with...

If you can solder (or just have a few alligator clips), you can pretty much introduce your filter of choice in the signal path. A highpass at 5k sounds nice... :)

Just wondering if anyone knows of or can reccommend a DAC that has switchable in/outputs.   I want to be able to switch outputs (both RCA) between my headphone amp and my speaker amp, from my computer and ps3. Opt+USB would be preferred.   Thanks   -edit- Just curious, how do other...

Thanks.   So they're not actually part of the signal path?

I was just wondering whether there would be any repercussions for using a normal diode instead of an LED for the tube. I find the glow kinda tacky, but using a huge resistor to dim it would be alright also. If the voltage drop is the same, does it matter?

Unfortunately if this was the case, I wouldn't be in this predicament. :(   The TP30 only has USB in, RCA in and speaker out.

I recently bought a DT880/600 and realised nothing I own can sufficiently power it, so I'm either going to DIY something like an O2 or buy a seperate headphone amp.   The thing is, my current home setup involves my computer -> Topping TP30, which is an integrated DAC/AMP. I don't have...

I was wondering if anyone else's GR06 cable seemed to have a mind of its own. The cable leading to the right earpiece doesn't seem to enjoy staying behind my ear.

No, I was amping the headphone-out from the two respective sources. Sorry about the confusion. But yeah, if I did that the difference would be even greater, wouldn't it.   I might consider a low cost DAC just to see what the difference would be, but I'm afraid that cheaping out on the DAC...

Thanks. I did what you said, comparing the iPod's hp-out with the laptop's (since I don't have a female-female converter to connect my iPod's line out with the 3.5mm... ), and while the mids on the laptop seem a bit more recessed and the seperation slightly weaker, the difference wasn't...