Quote: Originally Posted by breakfastchef Quick question about the signal path in the D1. How does signal flow through the D1? Does the USB input flow through the DAC op amp and buffers, while the coax, optical and analog inputs run through the LR op amp and buffers. It's my...

Quote: Originally Posted by tracyrick Please help me remember. I rolled opamps with AD797 but I'm not a home with my D1 and can't remember all this stuff: LR: ISL55002IB - Plug and Play? Don't need to use adapter? Can just buy one? Buffers: THS4032 - Plug and Play? Must buy 2...

OK, first impressions on the LM6172IM (DAC), ISL55002IB (L/R), THS4032ID (buffers) after only 3 hours of burn-in: By FAR the most similar sound to my Corda Move amp I have yet heard from the D1. I have to compliment Ron in finding this combination because--to me--the sound seems to now be in...

As long as it sounds great and I'm not gonna get electrocuted, should I really care? It can't be that dangerous if it sounds that good, can it? If it can't handle the voltage, won't it just wreck the opamp? No big deal there... -dan

FWIW, both ISL55002IB and LM6172IM appear to be in stock at Avnet Electronics. I just ordered several of each. -dan

Does anyone know where to buy the ISL55002IB? Newark seems to be able to order it, but it is supposed to take like 40 days of lead time! Also, they can direct ship it from supplier, but then the one opamp is $20. Any other ideas of where to purchase? Also, of the stocked LM6172 at Newark...

Quote: Originally Posted by HiFlight The new combo is rather hard to compare, but overall, it is not as thick/rich as the 797, but fuller with a better soundstage than the 1364. The highs are more realistic than either of the others. Lows are there, but not over-emphasized. It is a...

Quote: Originally Posted by blues I disagree somewhat - not so (at all!) in my Xenos 1HA-EPC and in my SUPER Pro DAC 707. It has a lot of bass extension and dynamics in both, and a pleasant sense of "meat" with vocals. Probably it depends on the circuit surrounding it. Instead I did...

I think the 1364 sounds thin, for what it's worth. The AD797 is about as thick as I've heard in the L/R (at the expense of some clarity).

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I wanted to make an observation concerning the Corda MOVE and the iBasso D1: In my iBasso, I have 6241HV as DAC and AD743 as L/R and LMH6655 as buffers... Generally speaking, I love the sound of the MOVE (especially when driving my Senn HD650s) and it's precise accuracy and powerful, warm...

Got my PK1s... This is what portable listening should be. Listening to an iRiver 120 through optical to iBasso D1 to Corda Move...so clean, crisp, detailed. Sure, a little bass missing and some high extension missing when compared to my Sennheiser 650s, but the music sounds effortless...

Quote: Originally Posted by Chronos Alright so it seems to me like I can go with either the D1 or D2 for functionality, and the difference should be minimal in terms of sound quality as well. So the only reasons justifying the wait for the D2 would be that it might be smaller/more...

Quote: Originally Posted by PPkiller i ditch ad743 + lm6655... for lme49720/lm4562 + bypass..... Are you saying that either LME49720 or LM4562 can be used in L/R and that they sound the same as each other?

Quote: Originally Posted by mimi The cable should be a toslink to toslink, so you will need a toslink to miniplug adaptor to connect to your iRiver. I got mine from sysconcept.ca (per recommendations from the first page of this thread) and couldn't be happier. You can also order...