Quote: Originally Posted by DDF Eddie Wu at DIYkits in HongKong sells them for $6 a piece. http://www.diykits.com.hk/ Screaming deal when you consider the equivalent part goes for $18 at digikey, which itself is an excellent reasonably priced source for parts in the US. Yesterday...

The DAC-AH is *about*5 inches wide, 2 inches tall, and 8 inches deep. I wouldn't get it if you're looking for portability as it requires AC power. I hope this reply helped!

where did you guys get your opa627's? Any place have them for cheap?

Thanks Kim! I finally got around to making the resistance/voltage change last night. The DAC sounds great now. I am very pleased.

ok so i'm staring at the PCB of my DAC-AH. I see the resistors over R35 and R36. So what I should do is solder 330 ohm resistors to the existing resistors on R35 and R36? What is a good way to go about this? Any help with technique? So my final product will have two resistors (270 and 330)...

kim, could you take a picture of the inside of your dac and point out where the resistors go? I've never soldered before so i'd like as much knowledge as possible before I go at it. Any (more) help would be greatly appreciated. Even if you don't want to, thanks a lot for IDing the problem and...

I want to fix my DAC-AH... the resistors I bought from RadioShack are 5% tolerance... is that ok or is that too high a tolerance?

because he rhymes "through it" with "Vanquish" pronounced "Van-Jewish" in "Don't Cha" w/the *****cat Dolls. I can't believe I never picked that out before today...

that is a gorgeous rig... what is that player?

it sounds like you want the Audio Technica A900. Closed, circumaural, no need of amplification (good straight out of any source), well-rounded, comfortable, etc. You won't need to wear it out since you have UM1's, so portability isn't an issue. I got my pair from audiocubes.com for $198 shipped...

Ugh... I just made myself nauseated listening to the opening 30 seconds or so on my a900's

I really suggest that you all check this guy out... Trace Bundy... awesome guitarist http://www.tracebundy.com/ I'm listening to his Adapt cd right now... soooooooooooo goooooooood

I like my A900's

love stat-tracker... I am KILLING this week... going to win big in one league Chris Cooley's hair is AWESOME

I don't know about feeling the "weight" of the cord; the cord is light and if you wear it properly, it stays out of your way (unless you're wearing a backpack... the cord can get caught on it and it will tug on your ears). If you're not playing any music you can hear the microphonics, or the...

Quote: Originally Posted by cantsleep k240s also fits the bill K240S are semi-closed... meaning they are also semi-open. They leak some sound unlike the fully closed k81's.

K81DJ's... no regrets. Go for it

so... what do we do? Something must be wrong with me because i'm looking at an entech number cruncher (only ~$50!). Actually I'd really like to get my dac running at full potential. I'm at -13 db and I still hear some fuzziness but that could also be the fault of the source file. Does the...

Oh and I did get the K240S. They're certainly very comfortable, though a bit heavy. I can't quite get used to the sound... they're a little cloudy? muddy? unclear. I suppose a cable upgrade would help, but stock they lack the punch and detail of the K81DJ's. They opened my eyes to the world of...

So a lot has changed since I started this thread. I'm listening to trance as I type through my K81's driven by an Original Master (yeah I got a PA2v2... it's with my portable right now. I never have time for it though! I like it more than my cmoy for more reasons than just the sound). If it...

Quote: Originally Posted by nickchen Right, the (EQ'ed ) MS1 are a perfect solution if you can't stand the K81 discomfort but want a somewhat comparable SQ. Just a little note... the K81's are not uncomfortable if you bend the headband out adequately. My head is enormous; these...

Quote: Originally Posted by kramer5150 bootleg.... Uuh... I mean recording ambient sounds. haha all right I get it. Makes a lot of sense now

Sorry guys, can someone explain to me what these are for?

Wow... I just had the same issue that I brought up in the cables, power, etc. forum yesterday because I thought it might be the power. I lowered the output in foobar and the clipping went away for the most part. I think there might be some placebo effect when I listen to my "reference" songs to...

AKG K240S for ~$80 on eBay. They are all right sounding (personally I prefer the K81 to them), I started to pick up on the muddy bass after extended listening. They are very comfortable though, so that is a definite plus. There are ways to mod them to improve the sound, so you can consider a...