Quote: really? i had email communication with him last month....    

When you guys recabled the porta pro, did you snap off that blue box over the solder joints? I did- i had to use some zip ties as a strain relief.

Ya- you would go USB out to a DAC or go out USB and convert to spdif (less jitter) (unless you have a mac, optical out) then to the DAC. Yes it's worth it. 500$ is more than enough to get an improvement (this is not snake oil) I picked up my audio gd for under 400$ well worth it.

I have a audio gd dac19mk3-think it was 350$ used. I'm thinking of upgrading to a Lavry da10 (about 1k new). I have only heard the ibasso d4 and the dacmagic, the audio gd beats them both. Buying used will give your money the most power. How much do you want to spend? I have been reading great...

Quote:   look into a dedicated DAC and lossless tunes (if your going to encode, you mind as well go lossless)   i haven't hear the w1000x or the Xcan V3, but in my opinion, a good DAC and lossless files are a must.

i have heard the c2-sa is being discontinued- i own one, it drives the lcd-2 very well. audio gd's description might get lost in translation, they use the term "musical" to describe the amp, i don't know if "musical" is synonymous with colored, doesn't seem colored to me.     PS- i have...

Quote: i didn't realize the headphone is jumpered internally between 1-4 & 2-3 - therefore the signal can be soldered to either 1 or 4 and the ground 2 or 3. sorry for the confusion :)    

not a bad idea.

Quote: where did you get the variety pack?

How does the shoelace cover it.

Thanks again-

Thanks qusp. Basically, you soldered across the terminals into two spots-

Got it- what terminal gets the + (1 or 4) and what gets the - (2 or 3) (unbalanced) Thanks.