Plussound's X6 series, silver + gold (type 6 litz), unbalanced. It was made for someone else and ready to ship, so I got a great deal on it. Excellent cable as far as I'm concerned. I gave up on balanced when I got the Mojo...for no other reason than balanced just limited my options while...

I have had a Mojo for about two years; until I received my SP1000M, I had used the Mojo almost exclusively with a RWAK240+ (serving as transport). Noble K10 Encores + Plussound silver+gold cables round out my portable rig. I've had about a month with the SP1000M, and just this past weekend...

Lol! Yeah, just found one at Headamp. Thanks for the help. The SP1000M arrives in about one more day and I'm excited to compare it to my 240.

Sorry, I should have been more specific—I meant the expensive case. I bought one for my 240 five years ago and it’s great, durable, beautiful, even a nice patina from handling it. I’m looking for something very similar.

Excited--just purchased an SP1000m and shipment already confirmed. Question: good tips on where to find the leather case? Moon Audio doesn't list a case, and BH Photo notes its a special order. I would like to get one ordered and delivered before I leave the US in a couple weeks. My Google-fu...

I'd like to learn about the Mojo mod (via PM or elsewhere, don't want to jack the thread too much). BTW, which sources didn't sound great with Mojo? I've only used AK products (straight and modded AK240, AK120II).

Mojo is very quiet for my K10Es. I use a RWAK240+ as source with a Mojo, and also on its own; the Mojo is maybe a touch quieter but the real difference is in imaging, bass, highs, etc. I didn't understand how sensitive the Nobles were until I tried listening to them with a Lyr2. Anyway...

Best advice I received upon first heading down the coffee/espresso slope still stands: spend all your money at first on the best grinder you can afford, and work on the other tools later. A great grinder (hand or electric) will ensure you have the most consistent particle size in your grind...

I'd pray for a tray or top-loader. I have a couple dozen 3-in CDs as well as a few strangely-shaped CDs (collectors items), and even with adapters I ran into problems with slot-loading. I don't have a strong preference for tray or top-loading, but from a long-term mechanical POV a top-loading...

LOL. I misunderstood. When I read "long hikes" = me walking a couple miles into the woods, then returning to my car so I can flop down on the sofa that night with a beer and a cucumber peel. Sounds like for you, "long hikes" = "Hey man, I might see you next month! And don't worry, I have my...

In my experience, which is AK240 with and without Mojo, I think during critical listening you'd find a slight narrowing of the sound stage with Encores vs a phone+Mojo or AK+Mojo, but if your goal is primarily to have a hiking rig then it could make sense. Would a phone+Mojo really put you over...

Love it! I use Andy Stott and Demdike Stare when auditioning at RMAF. Always clears the room of any Dire Straits/Diana Krall types. Never fails to make the reps drop their jaws when the songs kick into gear, be it the depth of the lows, stereo imaging, or precision placement of sounds and...

Wise. Silver cables made a huge improvement to my Shures, but silver on my Nobles brought more of the highs than I wanted and tightened the bass. Really like my current cable, which is a Cu-AG-AU from Plussound; perfect for what I'm after and works nicely with the rest of my rig. Listening to...

You may hear an uptick in the bass from these. I have a Red Wine Audio modified AK240 and Nobles, and although the modification adds more umph to the low end, even unmodified the Nobles do a really great job with solid (but not booming) bass compared to my experience with the Shure line...

If your goal is to avoid a stack (DAP + amp or other), then going from AK70 to 380 will probably be "big" on some level (other than cost) - but it's still going to be that AK sound. If you like the AK70 sound generally, but just want more of it, then go for it. None of the other major DAP...

You're more than welcome. Others will suggest different favorite tubes to get the sound you're after. If you've got some time on your hands, check out the Lyr Tube Rolling Thread--this is where I got turned on to the Gold Lions, and probably 3-4 other great suggestions that I regularly roll in...

I'm not Dan, but I have experience with components in your system. You could start with some Gold Lions--to my ears, they're better than the stock tubes across the board. An inexpensive place to start. The warmest/thickest tubes I've tried are Brimar/Ediswan ECC88's, followed by some Mullard...

So, clearly there is a God, and She wants me to be poor. I'm in...

Received mine a few weeks ago. I didn't really want to believe I was hearing an improvement because of the dampening rings, but I think I am. God help my wallet if I ever walk into a dealer selling Shunyata and Nordost stuff...I'm liable to talk myself into a home-equity loan for pretty cables...

True--when going out for a walk, I take only my DAP. If I'm chairborne at work or on a plane, the stack comes out. The issue of stacking makes the Poly somewhat attractive--if using your phone you can keep the Mojo/Poly in your pocket or backpack (or murse), with phone out as controller or...

My rig: RWAK240 + Mojo + PlusSound X6 silver+gold cables + K10Encores. I listen to lots of electronic, metal/sludge, modern classical and vocal, ambient, noise, other weird stuff. The RWAK240 by itself is nice, but tends to have a bit more low end/bass heft to my ears. The unmodded 240 was...

Behold the new cleaning tool from Noble Customer Support.

@FullCircle, can you tell us a bit more about the new gold + silver cable? Looks nice.

Order placed. D@mmit, you people.

You're blacklisted. We were all wondering when you'd figure it out. J/K. Just email Peter again. Holidays and stuff...probably just behind or missed it somewhere.