I had this same choice to make and ended up going with the single power and I love it. Doesn't really help you, but I will say that mikhail makes a great product and is a great guy and you can't really go wrong with a singlepower.

I just wanted to let everybody know that it was the tubes that were causing my problems. Also, sacd lover is the coolest guy I know

Ah, makes sense. I was planning on getting an Art DI/O to run digital outs and ins to the DiO (also wanted to do some recording). It has a tube in it, so that might help, or maybe I should just get the emu. I ALREADY SPENT SO MUCH MONEY, CURSE YOU HEAD-FI!!!

Just trying to see if I am going crazy here. Right now my rig looks is an M-Audio DiO 2496 > singlepower ppx3 > hd600s, however back when it was integrated audio > cmoy > hd600s I ran into the same problem. Basically, only on certain albums/mixes does this really happen, but I'll hear what...

I feel so loved, PM sent. I tried jostling some of the tubes around while it was plugged in (tsk tsk I know) and I got some clicks out of the right channel, so that sounds like it. These were RCA cleartops too

I don't have any others to try, but I have reseated all of them. I suppose I should mention that sound is coming out of the left channel only.

I just got my ppx3 in the mail today from a head-fi'er and its only playing sound out of one channel. I have tried different everything, sources, cables, headphones, no dice. Is there anything you guys have heard that might be a quick fix? I would hate to have to send this off to get repaired...

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Quote: Originally Posted by swiego I'm not sure if there is a DAC / headphone amp combo in the price range. It seems to me that these start around $1k for the Benchmark DAC1 or used Grace 901, and move upward in price from there. That answered my question exactly, thank you.

I think what I am going to do us run the dio > art DI/O > gilmore lite > hd600s, that should be a pretty awesome rig

Yeah as far as analog SS amps go, the Gilmore Lite is my front runner.

I am (more then likely) about to pick up an M-Audio Dio 2496 from another head-fier to replace the onboard sound on my computer. In the process, I figured it would be a good idea to upgrade my little CMoy to a real headphone amp. The DiO has both digital and analog out and I was wondering if it...