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    Review of Little-Dot MKIVse

    Quote: Originally Posted by Nidhogg22 Would DT-990 Pro 250ohms be a good idea with this amp? Hey Nid, I noticed that you were also looking at the MKV. Both amps should work well with your headphones. The question of the day is, "Do I want tube sound or Solid State sound?"...
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    Review of Little-Dot MKIVse

    Quote: Originally Posted by kevinvisionm hello guys, my replacement amp just have been great but i feel it's a bit unbalanced. the sound on the right is a bit louder than the left. is anything i can do to help? thanks Try swapping the driver tubes first, and see if the imbalance...
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    Review: ZERO 24 BIT/192KHz DAC/Headphone Amp/Pre-Amp

    Quote: Originally Posted by K3cT Right now I'm thinking of either the Earth or Moon at DAC and stock op-amps at the amp. I would recommend the "earth" in the DAC position. It has the most neutral signature, which many of us have found to be the best for DAC use. I'm using...
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    Review: ZERO 24 BIT/192KHz DAC/Headphone Amp/Pre-Amp

    Quote: Originally Posted by x_lk My Zero does give a audible hiss through my Grado SR60, when no music playing, volume is 3 o'clock and beyond. Quote: Originally Posted by MadMan007 I use mine with SR80s and yea when you crank it up there is a little hiss. But there is...
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    Review: ZERO 24 BIT/192KHz DAC/Headphone Amp/Pre-Amp

    Quote: Originally Posted by closdubois Pench: Went back on the site to see if I could find a description of or diagnosis for the problem that has cropped up with my Zero. After reading your review I purchased it modded with the 627 and 1364 ops and Alps pot from Lawrence in early Aug...
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    Little Dot MKIII Tube Rolling

    Quote: Originally Posted by Henmyr That's not good news. But I've been using my LD MKIII for +8 hours lot's of times. I have not opened it up to see if there is a heat problem, but I have not had any problem with it yet. Well, before I did the resistor change for 6H30 family...
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    Review: ZERO 24 BIT/192KHz DAC/Headphone Amp/Pre-Amp

    Quote: Originally Posted by ScottieB Get better, Pench (assuming it is you you're talking about)! We'll help hold down the fort in the meantime.. Quote: Originally Posted by les_garten Hi, Thanx for the, Ahhh, clarification! Hope your issues get resolved to your...
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    FrankenZERO - A bang for buck exploration with a DIY Heart !

    Quote: Originally Posted by Doorknob There's two light on the PCB and the headphone amp with the amp having much brighter lights. Also tried pressing those two things called mute and reset. Nothing. Here's the pics of my finished FrankenZero. Pictures.rar At Zero's full volume...
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    Review: ZERO 24 BIT/192KHz DAC/Headphone Amp/Pre-Amp

    Quote: Originally Posted by sandchak Naa, its not the same, I think Burson HDAMs costs twice if not more than the Earth HDAM it uses, it might sound the same, but its not the same.. and then if you see the courteous mail I had written to him, I had asked him if it was Earth or Sun...
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    Alleviate Symptoms of Tinnitus

    My wife has tinnitus, and she uses a simple relaxing technique that was posted here at HeadFi, some time ago. It works something like this: Put on your headphones, and adjust the volume so that it is several notches lower than your usual listening volume. Lay back and relax. Within a few...
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    Little Dot MKIII Tube Rolling

    Quote: Originally Posted by Beta-Vidoh Ok thanks, good to know. You're welcome! I should have commented further on this. The confusion I once had with the "tube glow", was all created by myself. I thought that a matched pair, would glow the same brightness. It somehow, made...
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    Little Dot MKIII Tube Rolling

    Quote: Originally Posted by Henmyr I've been getting severe channel imbalance lately if I use my EF92 Mullard CV131 (with the jumpers on). The channel imbalance does not change if I switch the places of the driver tubes. However, if I swich places of the power tubes the channel...
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    Review: ZERO 24 BIT/192KHz DAC/Headphone Amp/Pre-Amp

    Quote: Originally Posted by nauxolo My zero dac came in today! I tried it out, with my ATH-AD900... and to put it short I'm not too impressed. After a non-blind test, I admit it is much better than my creative x-fi xtrememusic. However, it is not much better (if not worse) than my...
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    Little Dot MKIII Tube Rolling

    Quote: Originally Posted by Beta-Vidoh Hi, I purchased some driver tubes from Yen Audio (Quick delivery !), checked them, work fine. So I changed back to the stock tubes. It was then I noticed that the right power tube was a duller orange than the left one. I only just got the amp...
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    Review: ZERO 24 BIT/192KHz DAC/Headphone Amp/Pre-Amp

    With all this troubleshooting going on, I thought it would be a good idea to share some of what I know about the Zero, from a slightly different stand point. Many of you don't know this, but the Zero has been sold to members of HeadFi, dating clear back to August of last year. That is a year and...
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