The regular mint tin is too small for my horrible hole punch skills before changing to a larger power cap

Just built my first PINT, standard configuration with 2 8.4v GP rechargeable batteries. I had enough room for a 1000uF Panasonic FM cap. Sounds great with the AKG 501s. Beats the pants off my portable Pimeta (8620) and MINT (8066). Is there supposed to be a temperature difference between...

I don't know who will ship to the US, but it sells for $980hkd in Hong Kong, and probably 20% less in China. So probably about $130usd in China or so. I plan to get something like that on my trip there in December. For the price of a DAC1 you can buy an economy plane ticket to Guangzhou and...

Quote: Originally Posted by grawk That one doesn't have balanced outputs tho. The innards look interesting... There sure are a lot of capacitors

This DIYEDEN is being sold for around the same price too... similar looking specs. Check out the other DACs too (USB input). I like the look of this one better http://www.diyeden.com/products_01plus.htm

Quote: Originally Posted by amb Don't start replacing anything just yet. The symptom sounds like some MOSFETs are simply over-biased and passing too much current. With the power off, first try turning the BIAS trimpots of all channels to the fully-counterclockwise position and the...

I was re-wiring my M3, and put everything back together, but now... With the Ground opamp out, the voltages measure fine. Once I put the opamp in, the voltage between pins 4 and 7 read 6.5 volts, and the power supply gets REALLY hot (its not the opamp, I tried other ones).... This doesn't...

Quote: Originally Posted by The Monkey I like the enclosure, too. Nice! Looks like you modded it with tubes!

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Nice work! I thought I would add a couple of points that might be pertinent to this discussion. - My PPAv2 took quite a while to burn in (over a month!), and now that it has it sounds excellent. I upgraded the Q3s to be able to handle the THS4631 and AD843, and I don't know if its the placebo...

Thats one sweet looking amp and wow, what are those honking big caps for the bass boost?

Nice job!! How about some guts pictures

Quote: Originally Posted by ppl This amp http://laroccoaudio.net/HeadCode%20P...ion%20Pics.htm yes it will be in attendence as will my Personial Globial reference http://ipodstudio.com/photopost/data...34_027-med.jpg hot damn!

Quote: Originally Posted by philodox My Veda Audio Dynahi [an EC in name, but thats about all as it has every upgrade but the stepper and the source selector] What kind of power supply does it use? I'm curious because on their website it seems as if it is supplied with a different...

Quote: Originally Posted by rickcr42 I am attacking everything about this joint as having damn near nothing to do with DIY but selling and kit/board troubleshooting i am atrtacking this forum period as having very little to do with anyone actually building a single one of item for...

Thats a great feature set for a portable amp. Cmoy on steroids Crossfeed, Auto shutoff, even integrated voltmeter!

Quote: Originally Posted by xtreme4099 lots more upgrades coming out for the ppa for v1 and v2 diyers..... in the coming months, courtesy of ppl's desire to constantly tweak things. thats a good thing! Sweet! Can't wait.

Quote: Originally Posted by kyrie Mm, I have yet to read a single review that placed the M3 "leagues above" the PPA in terms of sound quality, though many commented that the M3 was indeed better. And I don't think any of the comparisons used a PPA with diamond buffers. But well, I can't...

2 boards please. Thanks.

Quote: Originally Posted by steinchen 1) R67 = RLED and should be (depending on the LED used) about 4k, right ? 2) the spec for C27 / C28 is missing. I can't find that small polypropylens, even styroflex types are starting at 47pF, polys much bigger. Should I go for the 47pF styro or...

Quote: Originally Posted by Edwood There is also how stiff it is. Is it difficult to turn, or is it easy and smooth? -Ed Pretty easy, especially with the big knob attached

Anybody who has their M3 in the par metals case willing to post pics?

Quote: Originally Posted by Akku I bought one of those but already done. It is noisy, it clicks when switching levels. I have tested it with clips (I am thinking of returning it) but I doubt the casing will solve the problem. You're talking about clicking noise in the amp right? I...

Quote: Originally Posted by headchange4u My PIMETA Nice wiring job

With the aluminum knob attached it feels pretty good. Not too clicky.