You're not gonna miss much without a $30 amp in a clip + im716 combo.

De-podded im716 + Sansa clip and run away from head-fi and never look back!

Try cleaning the dock.

http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f6/ipo...sh-mod-337215/

I got mine on Monday... hope the delay isn't too bad for you guys. I like the color. It looks more like this but just a tad brighter.

You can get a CF adapter on dealextreme.com for $5.30 shipped.

Buy.com has the red 2GB Clip for $30, shipping included. And now, a silver 8GB Fuze for $80.

You should solder the wire on the left to the other side of the cap, like the one on the right (check out the picture on the first post of this thread). The static sound is probably clipping due to the sensitivity of of the laptop's sound card.

Well, best bet would be to check out the click wheel and the cable and go from there. When it turns on after you toggle the hold switch, does it load up normally (to the menu screen)? If it does, the HD is probably fine.

Update: Nevermind.. switching back to DDWRT. Had to manually renew the DCHP lease twice in one day. Never had to with the default Linksys firmware or DDWRT before.

Just made the the switch, it's pretty nice. The graphs are nice and it does have everything I need. Not having to reboot every time is a definite plus, but I don't think DD-WRT was any less responsive.

What's the advantage of Tomato over DDWRT?

Most will work. I haven't heard anyone having trouble with A-Data so that's one I would recommend. You don't need a high speed card unless you intend on changing the songs on the your ipod often. The read speed of the low speed card doesn't affect the performance of the ipod, but updating the...

http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f6/how...ep-pics-50729/

Hmm .. I don't know what's going on then... cause on the nano, they don't sound the same. Does anyone in the US have a 5G and want to contribute? Cause in the other thread, it was also a UK ipod where the HP/LOD sounded the same. Quote: Originally Posted by BluePhone bangraman, I...

I'm thinking of getting this one to use when I don't want to risk using my nicer DMM. DealExtreme: $14.00 Multimeter Xiole DT9205A Yellow Black Large

I made both the the LOD and the interconnect using Jupiter 26awg cryo wire, so I'm fairly sure it's not the cable. The clipping/distortion is caused by the internal amplifier getting saturated. Do you even have an ipod to back up what you're saying? Right now you're just taking the word of...

Quote: Originally Posted by montell The headphone is essentially the same as the lineout dock. In essense you could get an exact same lineout signal from the headphone out but in reality it would be incredibly hard since the volume control on iPods are not discretized. The pathways when...

Take a look at the mini to mini guide. You just need to buy a plug and solder the wires to that plug.

If you haven't found it yet: http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f6/app...ano-1g-269604/

Errrmmm... isn't it about $50/foot for the 24awg wire?

Check out the diyMod thread. I don't have a mini to check it out, but those caps are typically near where the caps for the line out in the diyMod are, and are physically bigger. If you have a multimeter, do a resistance test between the HP out and the caps (both sides), the resistance should be...

Since the amp does work when it's plugged in, there shouldn't be any problems with U2. holland brings up a good point, it could also be D4. Radioshack has these guys, 1N4742A 1-Watt Zener Diode.

The 80R is fine since those two pins are connected by R8 (75R). Is this with or without the battery in place? If it's without the battery, then U1 is dead.

The charging circuit is pretty simple, so the only things I could think of that could go wrong are that U1 is dead or something may be wrong with the battery. Just as a sanity check, I'd do a continuity check between the pins of U1, D1 and R8 to where ever they're suppose to be connected make...