Since watching a technician in Hong Kong do this in 30 seconds, opening the dpx1 is not a problem; just a little heat and a razor blade to pry gradually around the screen. BUT once open treat with infinite care the two ribbon cables running from the screen to the mother board. These will try to...

I've opened my DPX1A several times. Never to replace the battery but to deal with intermittent connection in the unbalanced audio socket. I reheared the solder and it was fixed. the later openings were to repair the damage I did opening up the first time Getting started is scary. I eventually...

The noise issue with streaming services turns on the relation of amp impedance to earphone impedance. When i switched to spotify i discovered that changing the amp setting to “Low2” Removed the noise. This helped me understand how low impedance phones work better on the low Z settings. If you...

Re Onkyo dpx1A repairs This March i also took the chance to open my Onkyo to see if I could repair my balanced headphone output. Stereo worked only when i torqued the cable in a certain direction, so I hoped it could be fixed by resoldering. I found the same (Vietnamese?) video which gave me...

Well what I would like to hear news or rumors about are software or firmware upgrades that could solve this problem. Say an option in the iPod settings like the energy saver settings in the mac and power options for the pc, which would allow me to waste power. I only want get dropout free...

I have a 2002 10G ipod and it has the interesting feature of pausing playback of 16bit linear aif files every 2'20 or so. This is, i presume, to load another buffer of data and is a byproduct of battery life issues Its not as if there is some deeper techical reason the ipod couldnt play...