Recent content by hardnrg

Quote: Originally Posted by Junliang And when i open the cups of the k701(that metallic grills), it was different.. and I cant detach the white piece in order to give me space to solder.. You need to undo the screws: You can pull off the small white part quite...

using one of the Tape outs is how I have my headphone amp connected, for the reason you mentioned of switching sources

Quote: Originally Posted by Ferrari Enclosure for my PPA + γ1 DAC combo (WIP), made from €1 aluminum profile and FPE faceplate. This combo will serve as my office amp. how did you do the illuminated ring around the volume knob?

this is for my σ11 (half a σ22), but if it's to learn lessons, fine lol, here's mine: thought I'd blown the toroid because I didn't scrape the enamel off the secondary wires enough for the screw down terminals to make decent contact, bought another toroid, spent about a day trying to figure...

aluminium knob with a slit... drill a 3 or 5mm hole from the rear side of the slit towards the front, insert diffused or sanded-flat LED, add wires that's one way of doing it

probably the M³ amp because of the experimental parts during development, and because it's essentially priceless as it took so long to make and is customised to the sound I wanted... total actual price including parts tried (e.g. opamps, transformers, capacitors) is somewhere between $600 and...

Quote: Originally Posted by immtbiker ALAC, but doubt it works on an iAudio product, It's pretty cool that my X5L takes .flac without any need for conversion. Apple Lossless DOES work on iAudio products... your X5L included, I know because I have one... A File formats you...

I use the Western Union joint without having being taught it, nor even knowing about it, not even the name! It just makes complete sense, add heatshrink, job done

The earcup has two small white parts... when you take the headphones apart, and cut/desolder the original wires, you can work on these parts separately... let's call them the inner part (nearest to the ear) and the outer part. The inner part I used a rotary tool (like a Dremel) with a small...

it's Gremflex PET 5 polyester monofilament expandable sleeving http://www.farnell.com/datasheets/90586.pdf so yes, it's like Techflex... a lot of the time, in the UK at least, it is called nylon braided sleeving on component retailers' sites... I guess using "nylon" as a blanket term for...

My K701 recable, using Van Damme SPOFC/OFC starquad, Neutrik 1/4" jack, Gremflex PET 5 braided sleeving, various heatshrink.

Quote: Originally Posted by Ech0 Well I finished up my Beta22 a couple of days ago. It was definitely worth the effort (and money). I hit a couple of bumps in the road but made it through.... Nice matching set there, is that how the case come stock or did you add the front panel...

The radiators are the black external thing at the back, and the blue internal one with the fibreglass duct. The shiny metal things in the foreground in the last pic are the air heatsinks that I was using on the CPU (Noctua NH-U12) and DFI 680i NB (it's the stock one). Heh, you can see a...

Quote: Originally Posted by holland Please tell me you've got experience building other things, otherwise I'll faint in astonishment. Modding computer cases (more than just LED fans lol) helps. I did a fair bit of metal cutting and some fabrication on my current main rig, so I...