I need a DAC which I can use with headphones as well as a pair of Audioengine A2s. I used to have a uDAC which fit my needs well since it mutes the lineout when I plug my headphones in, and I can adjust the lineout with the volume knob on the front (very important!). I'd like to find something...

I'm just wondering if any ESP950 owners could let me know where/how they order ear pads, replacement parts etc. for their set. I emailed Koss about ordering pads since they don't have a distributor in NZ and they emailed me back telling me to send in my entire system (to their HQ in US...

I'm wondering if anyone could tell me what voltages the E90 amp can tolerate. I see that the stock wall-wart is a 9V 1A and lots of people seem to use a 12V power supply, but I've only got a 13.7V 2.2A power supply here to use. I have no idea what the guts of the amp is rated for although I've...

I'm thinking about putting a DIY DAC/amp into a drive bay, like a Scythe Kama or those sound controllers that come with some sound cards, and powered from a USB header. But I don't really know what I should gut to use as a chassis. I was thinking of using an emptied out optical drive but then...

I recently got an SR-80 with an SRD-4, which had been working beautifully until today when I was listening to it and the right driver suddenly went quiet. There's some light crackling as well. When I wiggle the cable entering the baffles it doesn't fix it but it almost seems to be doing...

Hi guys, I'm trying to case up an amp and power supply in a modest ABS enclosure. This is really technically only my 2nd DIY build so I'm not really sure if I'm laying it out 'right'. I was thinking of just doing a really simple layout like this: But there's kind of a lot of wasted...

I'm getting weird readings on my Millet Hybrid, on the bias for both tubes. Both sides read around 23VDC with the tubes in, I'm feeding the amp 30VDC. Tuning the bias does little to change the readings. The amp was working fine until very recently. It's in a semi-dismantled state now so I...

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Hi guys, I bought one of these attenuators off eBay and I wired it up to my Millet Hybrid. I'm using the 6 terminals that used to have an Alps RK27 in it. For some reason I'm getting almost no sound even when I twist the knob up to max, and there's a lot of hiss. Could someone double-check my...

Hi guys, I'm looking for a toroidal to wire to a TREAD board for powering a Millet Hybrid. At the moment it's just using a 24V DC wallwart rated at 7.2VA/300mA. I'm having trouble finding some texts on what kind of supply the Millet needs (the archived page at diyforums.org is a bit confusing...

Hi HF, I bought this tub of flux from eBay recently and the description doesn't specify if it's a rosin type: Advanced Quality ZJ-18 Soldering Solder Flux Paste V3 - eBay (item 130312425989 end time Jun-19-09 19:09:00 PDT) It says no clean, corrosion free, non toxic etc. but notice how...

Hi HF, I'm looking for a pair of earbuds that have a similar sound sig to Grados. The cheaper the better and they won't be for critical listening, just on-the-go. I have a MS2 if it helps. I found the old-ish thread below with a few suggestions for the Yuin PKs; still good suggestions...

Hi HF, I'm trying to figure out a problem. I have an Alien DAC and when I right click on the Windows Volume Mixer and go into Playback Devices, it doesn't appear in that list. I can't set default playback to the Alien because of this. The media players I have installed also seem unable to...

Hi HF, I bought a Millet hybrid from here very recently and I want to install a power switch, because it doesn't have one. I've got some tools but absolutely no DIY or electronics experience really (never soldered anything) so I'd really appreciate any help, and apologies in advance for the...

Hi HF, On the cups of the SR325 and MS-2, the lettering and the black depressed areas surrounding them is just painted-over plastic right? Would I have any problems if I sprayed some acrylic clear-coat onto the lettering? I Googled this up and couldn't find any answers. And I've messed up...

Got it back today! Just FYI the place I bought these from is Headphonic, really happy with the way they handled everything. The new pair is pretty much flawless. Pics as promised. Sorry it's pretty mid-fi. This will be my rig for a while to come. Quote: What's up with the...

Hi HF, So my HD25-1 (along with my iPod) was stolen while I was at the airport recently. I've got another one being shipped but now I'm thinking that it might be time to try out another phone. I've been hunting for a well-priced used HD600 online but eBay has been unfruitful so far. And local...

Hi HF, I have a weird situation and am looking for some insight. Quite recently I had to wipe and reinstall my PC because my disk-drive (only had one in my PC at the time) didn't want to boot up. After setting up on a new drive I copied my music library on the other drive (it wasn't...

Hi HF, Thanks very much for the suggestions everyone! Please check latest posts; certainly looking forward to many more. And here's an updated list of the CDs that I have at the moment: Therion Secret Of The Runes Lemuria Sirius B Gothic Kabbalah Moonsorrow Kivenkantaja Verisäkeet...

Hi HF, I was wondering if anyone here had played around with a Myvu Crystal. Quite a while back I remember looking up the Solo and similar toys and got the impression that videoglasses weren't polished enough to be a good buy yet; specifically lots of cons like fatigue, wearing discomfort...

Hi HF, I broke my iPod the other day and so I'm in need of a new player. I was just going to order the same model again. But if I do this it'll be my fourth 80GB iPod Video! And really I'd like to go for something else for a change of flavor but I'm having trouble with my requirements. The...

Hi DIYers (this seems to be the most appropriate section for my problem), I've been using an HDAM module in my DAC, and it gets very warm during use, enough so to be felt through the chassis lid. There's these hot spots in the back of the PCBs that's hot enough to burn to the touch. It's...

Hi HF, Just thought I'd update, I was asking about D2000s recently because there were a few $200 ones up for grabs on eBay. Unfortunately they were long gone (as of this writing) by the time I made up my mind. But I did sort of re-evaluate my needs and I thought I needed something 1) smaller...

Hi HF, Could any of you HFiers from down under advise me as to where you guys buy HD600/650 replacement cables? I did check out syntec.com.au through a recommendation I ran into while googling, when I try to go through check out it wouldn't allow shipping to NZ. I'll have to drop them a line...

Hi HF, I'm looking to buy a pair of Denons for home and class use. The latter is the reason why I'm doing so, the only pair of phones I have at current is a pair of MS-1s. I love them to bits but they do leak a lot. I'm having to push the volume down quite some ways because I don't want to...