In order of liking...   Full sized: AKG K701 Senns HD555 Senns PC161 Senns HDR 65 (Wireless)   IEMs: Westone UM1 Klipsch Image S4 Senns CX300   Earbuds: Blox M2C     Other cheap buds... :-)

Hello folks, today I solder 6 1N5314 CLD's in my Xonar ST to bias the opamps in to class "A", the result till now with my K701 is that everithing it's now bassier, in a good way, now it has a better punch and the treble is less harsh, but the ss is smaller. I'm using 3xLME49720HA.

meh... I vote M. I like electronics.

Quote: I'm using no adaptors, just bend and cut the pins!    

ClieOs!

I have a Essence ST, then I'm not sure if some of the Fiio's desktop products would be an improvement in my setup, so probably go portable and pick the E7. Well... dreaming is free.

Just for fun, If some one of you win the "memorial prize", which would be your choice?

Well, I will try to explain myself but english is not my main language, i'm sorry for the gramatical or ortographic mistakes. :-p   Starts from here:   The best IEM's I've heard are the Westone UM1's, before that I just listen to cheap earbuds and Senns CX300. Here in my country is...

Quote:   LOL!!!  

From their facebook page::   "Winner of the Beyerdynamic T70 will be generated by Random.org This afternoon. We apologize this did not happen last Saturday but a Halloween party got the best of us! Hang in tight!"   Good luck!

I'm rolling opamps in mine using K701 and my favorite until now is the stocks JRC2114 . Maybe lack of burning in the new opamps? I tested OPA2107, OPA2132, LM4562 and LME49860, I'm now waiting some LME49720HA's (metal can) for testing. Will post my impresions.

Quote:   Damn reflexes...

I'm in... :-D

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Quote: Oh! It was done before! So I'm going to do it.    

C'mon, I need a pair of closed phones. :-D

Also looking at the TPA COD schematic, that use PCM1794, wich is very close to the PCM1792, I think it can be done, its almost the same circuit, but maybe I'm totally wrong in my statements.   The balanced amp stage that I'm thinking, it's somethig like this:  

The electric circuit of the xonar must be close to the PCM1792 and TPA6120 datasheet's, something like this:   From the PCM1792 datasheet:   From the TPA6120 datasheet:   So, taking the signal from the marked red spots, just before the buffer opamps, we can get balanced signal...

Quote: Sorry but the RCA jacks don't bypass the I/V stage, and the idea posted before is for getting a balaced signal from the xonar.  

Quote: Give away?   One question: Would be possible to take the balanced signal after the I/V stage of the card to a balanced amp? I'm thinking in do that and feed a balanced cmoy whit BUF634 buffers in the outputs and cheap balanced recable my K701, just for testing. Could that be...

Hello, I'm taking all the contests, maybe I'm lucky and win something, I just have K701, Xonar ST and HD-555. ;-)

The best live show was in my locality, when the company where I work for, was in their 40 anniversary. A lot of national folklore singers and dancers. Was an excelent and inolvidable night. ;-) I'm from Guayana City, Bolivar State, Venezuela. :-D

Please, don't let it die!!!

How can I edit my post? Well, I want to add the model number: 1NGXA288N I think this is...

Maybe Galaxy Maggiorato GX288 230 x 280 mm ?   Quote: