The lovey ladies of "Celtic Women" is a Thumbs up. Some of the purest vocals bar none. Headphones on and goneeeee.

Quote: Originally Posted by mow_the_hawk That's good to hear. I see you have the Little Dot MK III. I am wondering if that works well for all those cans. The combo of MKIII + HD580 couldn't be any more right bias all the way

Quote: Originally Posted by Chingyul Hey, I got brand new Little Dot MKIII in the mail today. Set everything up: Laptop --> SuperPro 707 USB DAC --> LD MKIII --> Senn HK580 Anyways, I moved all 4 gain switches to off (against the side with numbers). Anyways, I have the volume...

Quote: Originally Posted by tintin47 x2. The 8100s enhanced the sound a lot over the stock. x3 After a long break from this forum & dusting off the MK3 + M8100. Im still blown away what this combo with the Russians powertubes can do .

Quote: Originally Posted by hippiefahrzeug This is probably a rather silly question, but here I go... I got one of those LD MKIII amps purely for aesthetic reasons, I know that my equipment doesn't justify the purchase. I just love the looks of a glowing tube amp in my room. My...

Quote: Originally Posted by hippiefahrzeug This is probably a rather silly question, but here I go... I got one of those LD MKIII amps purely for aesthetic reasons, I know that my equipment doesn't justify the purchase. I just love the looks of a glowing tube amp in my room. My...

If you can get your mits on one, the Senn HD580. A true legend. Plus easy to mod!!!!

Hope those meters have a blue back light a la "McIntosh" .Well I know what I want for Xmas.

Quote: Originally Posted by ethebull First off, RogerB started this tread so we all owe him many thanks!! The 6Z's I got from A Welsh took close to three weeks to arrive. Hang in there, they are worth the wait! 5-Star's highs are the bomb! And not a fault to be found from the...

Quote: Originally Posted by Penchum YES! (did you take my crystal ball?) A matched pair of 6H30-DR's and a matched pair of NOS 6H30Pi's. I haven't lost my mind (yet), but here is what started the itch. I worked a trade with another MKIVse owner, so I now have the current model...

Quote: Originally Posted by Pricklely Peete .The power tubes are a rare Russian design and the MK III only takes 6N6PI/6H6PI. If the tube is 6H6P/6N6P then it's incompatible.Don't make that mistake. The Mk3 can run these. I use them myself. But the stock Russian "PI" is my...

Quote: Originally Posted by Pricklely Peete Hi guys, Just got my MK III.......6 days...from HK to my front door. I give Dave from LD an A++++ excellent transaction......I wish N American service was this good from some e-tailers I can think of.....back to the program.. Very nice...

Quote: Originally Posted by liamlw hey guys, where can i buy these? i remember reading that 2 sellers on ebay are 'official' by little dot. the problem is i cant seem to find the little dot website, or a mk3 on ebay? They call it Little Tube. Little-Tube Since you are in OZ...

Quote: Originally Posted by Penchum My MK-III arrived this morning! Burn in and data gathering has already started. What a beautiful amp! Sleek, slim and powerful! I just love it! Ha, the man got another toy. Hope its a keeper. After all your other reviews, we here on this...

Quote: Originally Posted by blackburn thanks guys for the reply...so you guys would universally agreee that these top the hd595s? I'm so close to pulling the trigger... Do it! Do it!. When they are well and truly gone. its good to know you got them while others are searching...

Quote: Originally Posted by Caribou679 Hi Penchum! Just a short question for a short answer: I have received these tube today and just want to know if I need to install jumpers with these on the LD MKIII. Thanks regards, Damm, curiosity just took my wallet for a ride. Got...

Quote: Originally Posted by ethebull A couple more shots Well Done Sir!!! Those pins, gota get some of those!! how much?

Quote: Originally Posted by ethebull Parts are ordered, wires are ready... Well my progress on this adaptor thingy.One of them anyway, and less complex then another idea I had. For the pin outs to connect to the MK3, that was easy. (just re-used the bottom glass section of the...

Quote: Originally Posted by Penchum It's a good thing! Maybe Sword will whip us up some!! That would be great! Im so glad that my two cents worth into the idea may come to reality. My soldering iron is ready too. This would open up so much more options . Teflon or PTFE would be...

Quote: Originally Posted by Dept_of_Alchemy Why are we pulling the tubes partially out of their sockets again? Sorry DoA. I first raised this little experiment in the "joining the little dot family" thread, but sort of jumped track here too Nice kitty

Quote: Originally Posted by Penchum RESULTS ARE IN: I used my MKII, with Russian Power tubes and Russian EF95 Driver tubes. Room temperature was 70 degrees F, and from a cold start, ran the amp for two hours with tubes down, took measurements, then cooled off, then two hours with...

Quote: Originally Posted by Penchum I'm sorry, my brain if fried! Which heat test? I think I had several yet to do! The one about whether having tube off the sockets will make the case cooler or not.

Well I knew one guy who pulled out some petrol and cleaned his pins (his reason was that it will clean anything.To a point, true). Lets just say I took a few steps backward when he fired it up (didn't even wait for it to vapourise off). I could have told him it was dangerous, but you can only do...

Quote: Originally Posted by Penchum Well, once my MKIII gets here, and I give it some hours, I'll be posting for sure. I'll be doing a full review as well. Another interesting comparison would be the MKII with same tubes as the MKIII. Might as well run the scope of things up and down...

Quote: Originally Posted by golgi I just ordered some Tung-sol 5654/EF95 black plate tubes! Glad to know that you're impressed with them. I've been extremely impressed with the stock setup but reading about others having a good experience rolling in tubes pushed me to try it out. I also...