Quote:   I like the idea. It looks great!

  There are about 3 inches gap between the top of the tube to the board on the top. My darkvoice dv337 does generate lots of heat. After about 1 hour of running, the board surface that faces the tube can become quite warm. However the wood board seems isolate the heat quite well, the surface...

Here is my home made mobile Head-Fi station. it is basically a bookshelf on the wheels and has two build-in headphone hangers. It is a self-contained station. All I need is plug in the power. I can move it around easily and  music in bed, couch or at my computer desk!       

Count me in! Thanks!

for the J. Sound Lab amp, will it take 5751 and 12AX7 directly?

most of the time after an oil change, I felt my car was more responsive, acceleration is faster. I didn't do oil change very often, twice a year. I was wondering if anyone here get the same feeling... I may have another explanation. Recently, I did an oil change. Since I was going to have a 5...

I love my ATH W100 for female vocals.

x2 for the loose tube cage!

12AU7 tubes Quote: Originally Posted by Jon L Here's a very good page of 12AU7 types and pretty accurate sound descriptions as well. https://www.tubeworld.com/12au7.htm

The Doge 6210 is a transformer output tube amp which is around $410 new. I am going to get one used soon just for my K701.

I think K701 is very good, but needs a good tube amp. But only a few tube amps are able to drive K701.

Here is a link I post before about the mod for a DV337, the output caps were increased from 51uF to 100uF. It is in Chinese, but has a many pictures that basically describe themselves quite well. DV337 upgrade Also it is not hard to buy/build the 6SJ7 to EF80 converters, I think that's the...

I am thinking of getting a pair of 6J8P(6SJ7) to EF80 converters for my DV337, but I couldn't find much info here regarding the tube rolling of EF80s. DV337SE users, can you please post some of your tube rolling experience here? In general, compare with the 6SJ7, are EF80 tubes sound more...

nice pictures, so many familiar faces. Best wishes!

sorry, my mistake. please remove this post.

much less than 1%, maybe 0.1% or even less. That's what I found out after I attend a local meet.

Quote: Originally Posted by digitalfrog 95% garbage 4% okay stuff 1% gold mine.... digitalfrog on twitter ;-) X2. I have an account, but only read it when I have extra time.

I like the Pepsi (diet) Max, which has the highest caffeine among all sodas. It tastes very close to the non-diet Pepsi. Usually one 20 floz bottle will keep me stay alert when I was tired. But if I had more than 2 a day, I will have sleep problem in the night.

Quote: Originally Posted by joewatch It takes some time for your ears to adjust, so you may not notice any difference at first. But after say a week of listening 4-6 hours/day on the Compass, go back to just the Zune headphone out. You will notice that the sound is much thinner and less...

I think you have to try it out. I found my tube amp drives 48ohm 100db sensitivity ath w100 better than the 62ohm 105db K701.

Sometimes we forget to enjoy the music, all we are doing is to find out the imperfection of our setup.

I am using a kenwood AV reciever (VR-4090) as a DAC and using its preamp out to my headphone amp. I am thinking of upgrading to a dedicate DAC but I am not sure how much improvement I can get. The receiver was 2nd to the Kenwood flagship receiver 8 years ago. I would like to know for a dedicate...

ATH W100, sounds great with my laptop.

I found a customized DV337 made by darkvoice on the following web site. It basically a DV337SE plus using better quality components, cables, and increasing the coupling capacitors from 51uF to 100uF. It was reported that the bass was improved a lot. Just want to share this info with other...

talking about hifi disc, here is my experience in the meeting: I think it was at Jack Wu's table, but I can't remember it clearly. They hook various amps with the same source. The moment I put the headphone on, I immediately fall in love with the song that was playing. I am not a fan of jazz...