I will be at Berkeley from June 1st or so until early August, and I'd be interested in the meet. Only stuff I have to bring is Sostenuto PDAC-1 and Grado SR225's.

It's not a 30 day warranty, it's a 90 day warranty.

Thanks dudes, take it easy

ayt999, I will be at berkeley and will have a car so if all else fails I can give you a ride.

Cool, I am very interested in a mini-meet. I'm going to be in the bay area for 10 weeks during the summer, and it looks like I should be there during this weekend. I am finalizing the dates I will be there in the next week so I will be able to commit for sure soon, but for now I'd hope to make...

Rock and roll McDonalds...YES!!!

If I go I'd be driving from Berekely too so I'd be down for a head-fier road trip to make it easier...

My have just fixed gapless at a few strange bitrates or strange cases. I never noticed problems with gapless playback before (mainly use FLAC and high VBR mp3's though), but any fixes are welcomed.

Now if they could only add FLAC support...the first portable hard drive player with a digital out and FLAC (or other lossless, just not WAV) will be a BIG deal to me. And of course gapless playback. I might even buy two if they could just add FLAC!

I may be able to make something later in June like the 19th...I'll know more for sure in a few weeks.

Anyone try using a portable DVD player for this? Thinking that might be cool so I can listen to DVD's through my system as well. For $250 this APEX portable w/ 6.5" screen and optical out looks interesting: http://www.jandr.com/JRProductPage.p...uct_Id=3719192

Something like this looks very promising and only $140: http://www.audiocubes.com/product_in...9b053ffcc88969

I am looking for a very small transport for use at a desk with a Sostenuto-1 PDAC (so optical or coax out is fine). Right now I am leaning towards a portable cd player route since they are cheap and easy. One of my concerns is usability. I want something easy to use with decent sized...

Another one I just found that I really like, Buffalo Springfield. I think it's worth a listen at least Has a little country edge to it sometimes though.

Quote: Originally posted by sygyzy What sort of jacks do they use? Do they just have lugs in the back that you solder to? Yeah I guess you'd call it that. It's not hard at all really.

I wish I knew, still waiting for the enclosure...Justin ran out. I did put it in a cardboard box and mount all the jacks - that was pretty easy though.

Sal, MP3 players don't use chips like these - they still suck up way too much power and take up too much space. They generally use one-chip solutions that include the DAC, headphone amp, controls, USB interface, DC / battery level stuff, LCD controller, memory interface, etc. An example is the...

You barely even need soldering skills - the Lite kit was my first major project and it wasn't bad at all.

Diminished battery life is a common misconception with color screens. There are color screens that take up less power than grayscale screens with a backlight. It's just a matter of finding one of the appropriate dimensions.

The Sonica was the first thing I soldered...ever. Just give it a try. Buy some desolder wick to suck up excess solder if you need it. Just play around with the solder with the iron if you do manage to bridge it, it's actually very easy to fix. Not a problem at all. Just do it!

Pollution? What do you call this thread?

Check this out, it looks awesome now! Thanks to all for the encouragement

Ok, I took your advice and embraced the 'slumming' look, finishing off the amp on the box. I'll post pics in a minute, it looks pretty good And I could mail it pretty easily....

Hi, After a long departure from a serious headphone system I've come back and as part of my system ordered the Gilmore Lite kit from headamp.com. I needed the kit by a deadline so that I could put it together while I was on vacation (yeah, thats an awesome vacation). Justin was able to work...

Yes, you are worrying about this too much