Guys, seriously, don't bother. I have driven Grados (PS500e,SR80i) and the Focal Spirit One Pro excellently using the 5.5G both amped and unamped. I went for the Cayin N3 because of the many positive reviews and the great reputation of the AKM Dac used. So it was an intuiging price/performance...

How did you manage to get the USB Card installed and which one did you choose? Thanks

Thank you! Looks like the pins of the card were resoldered vertically as well. Using foam to cushion the card in this unstable position seems a good idea. Still I have no idea why these Chinese DACs are sold without an option to have the card preinstalled. AND the enclosures are all too small...

I have a Weiliang DAC9 (Breeze Audio) based on the AK4399. I have purchased both the XMOS and the CM-USB Card, but neither seem to fit inside the DAC enclosure! There are just the respective holes on the PCB, no adapter socket or the like to fit the card. Even if there was a proper socket, the...

I have a Weiliang DAC9 based on the AK4399. I have purchased both the XMOS and the CM-USB Card, but neither seem to fit inside the DAC enclosure! There are just the respective holes on the PCB, no adapter socket or the like to fit the card. Even if there was a proper socket, the dimensions of...

Much hype around this supposedly optimized D2+...   Here's a seller describing Cowon's latest hatch: http://www.ebay.com/itm/GENUINE-Cowon-D20-MP3-Player-16GB-/261179471134?pt=Other_MP3_Players&hash=item3ccf82751e   As my search on head-fi didn't turn out anything, I dared start a new...

That is good to hear, Cosmid, as I am seriously considering a Paradisea. I first read about basic sound characteristics of the Non-OS architecture on PacificValve. While they do not expound on synergies with tube amps, there is a sidenote on solid bass with the NOS DACs. I am getting a pretty...

What DAC (up to say $450) do you think is most complementary to the sound sig of a tube-based HPA like the Darkvoce 336i? I read Non-OS DACs tend to be "natural" with a sound lower end while sacrificing some detail. As this description pretty much fits the amp's sound as well I thought the...

Thank you guys for this insightful thread. I am using a Darkvoice 336i tube-only hp amp, so I wondered what dac would be most suitable. So far I liked what I read about the Non-OS sound, but in combination with a tube amp this may wash out too much detail. Also I am already getting a healthy...

According to various tube sites who sell this tube, NY based New Sensor Corp. aquired the right to remanufacture these tubes. They do so in a Russian plant. They are supposedly the "best 6SN7 currently manufactured" and selling for the bargain price of roughly $15+. This implies they are...

Thanks again Kt88 for the very helpful illustration of your mod. If I see things right though, you installed each AN cap differently : the left one seems to be connected below a blue-marked solder point whereas the right one is connected directly to a respective solder point. Is that in any way...

@Kt88: thanks to this great forum I became a tuberoller with the DV 336. This is my first post here. Just ordered the AN cap you mentioned above, but I am not a pro at mods so could you by any chance provide some internal pics of your caps installed? That would help. Thank you.