@BrokeSkoolBoi Are you still liking the Tesla ? I think the EH that came with mine is bad, as it makes a ringing/rattling sound in the left channel when anything knocks the amp or the table it's on, and it sounds like there's a bit of a channel imbalance (hoping this is not the amp itself)...

Forgive me if this is a dumb question, but I’m new to the world of tubes, having recently purchased the Cavalli Tube Hybrid from Drop. I know tubes can pick up ambient noises, but I’ve noticed that if I tap on my desk or the amp I get a metallic rattle/ringing sound in the left channel only. Is...

http://www.techinsights.com/samsung-galaxy-note-3/ Teardown of Qualcomm version. DAC is Qualcomm WCD9320 17500.

Quote: Agreed. My Voodoo'd, CM7ed Nexus S isn't half bad.   

Quote:   Derailer! I'll figger it out sometime...  

Quote: This is a ridiculous sentiment. Have you heard the sound from 99% of phones out there? Absolute garbage. The fact that an influential company in the industry is making at least a small effort to improve their sound quality is highly encouraging. And I say that having owned the Evo...

Quote: Completely agree, but it was cheap and I was broke :-p It's what I've got to work with atm. Also, using ProtegeManiac's method I hit upon a pretty similar ratio as what I had come up with through playing around (although I personally like the udac slightly lower than what I came...

Quote: Thanks a lot! I'll try this as soon as I get home. 

Herro?

Hey all, In the absence of an actual dedicated headphone amp, I've been using a udac2 as an interim solution. I decided to get over my laziness today and hooked it up to my old NAD C350 speaker amp. The sound is definitely improved. There's much more bottom end and fullness all around (har!)...

I can just barely hear 19Khz. After all the raves I went to back in the day where I pretty much sat in front of the speakers for hours, I thought I'd fare much worse :p

Quote:      Quote:   I think we're pretty much saying the same thing :) My point is mainly that I think he would be better served by a better source than reamplifying a signal that's not very good to begin with. 

The 598s don't seem to really need an amp (although I'm sure a decent amp would help to some degree). I think that you would be better served with a better source. Try getting a USB DAC for your computer or, if you'd rather go portable, get something like a cowon c2 or j3. Cowons are more than...

Quote: Yeah. I'm just hoping Mog can get its act together because I really like it otherwise. 

If you're interested in the violin, try the Bruch, Sibelius, and Mendelssohn concertos. They are all great energetic show-pieces.    @sordel: As a violist (err, former violist, I guess) I have to thank you for bringing some viola love to the conversation