I don't remember what gauge it is, but should be plenty (I got it from golfnutz). It's not shielded once it goes into the Mutec. Length is only 3 feet. I guess that's about the only thing I haven't tried - rerouting the wires or shielding them, but it only happens after the device has been on...

No luck getting the Mutec to stop clicking and popping. Hopefully I can get the SMPS back in, otherwise it's toast. Things I tried: -5V, 5.9V, and 6.3V power supply -With or without earth ground connected (on either end of the connection) -Removed SMPS -Soldered wires rather than using clips...

I turned it down to 5.89V which is as low as it will let me. I tried turning the screw on the potentiometer another 15 rotations and it won't go any lower. *head scratch* my previous experience with adjusting these Chinese LPSes was that they could be adjusted pretty broadly. Noise is still...

I did measure the voltage at approximately 6.3V and tried turning it down to 6.15V like you said you measured the SMPS output at. I thought that fixed it but then it came back again. I will leave it on for a day and check the voltage again after the popping starts. Do you think it is OK to...

I modded my Mutec and Rednet to use a linear power supply, but I am having an issue. It seems that if I leave the Mutec on for about a day then I start getting popping and crackling noises in the sound. I have to leave the unit off for a while to "cool down" for the popping and crackling to go...

Did you figure out how to get the latch off the XLR connector? The post someone linked later in the thread mentioned a SIM card removal tool with an unspecified modification. I tried some small flat metal objects in the top hole and wasn't able to get it to come off.   I am thinking about...

Thanks for the pictures. That actually looks pretty simple to do.   Could you explain what the bypass cap is for? I don't know much about electronics.   Also, was the threading for the terminal strip one that was already being used by the SMPS or did you have to drill a new hole for that?

I had an NFB-10ES (similar amp) and found the M9/M11 amp to be a decent step up, and now I'm using an M3 speaker amp and it is a pretty large jump in SQ.

The NOS11 and Master11 do not use the power from the USB cable, so that gadget is probably a complete waste.

Pangea Audio

***. He bought the wrong device and he posted his "own experience" of how bad it sounds. He "apologized" while still insisting that we don't know what we're hearing despite never owning the device we're talking about. Seems like a total troll to me.

  As @Clemmaster said, ASIC is a very large up front investment. Likely $500,000+ to get the first set of chips back from the foundry. It also requires people who know how to design the circuitry, versus "just" FPGA programmers.   There's also the issue of prototyping cost - if you're working...

My Startech does not have the FPGA. I'm very impressed with the SQ improvement with just the SMPS that it came with. I'll get a Meiyan at some point.   If anything I would expect the ASIC to sound better because it will do less processing to achieve the same result, so it would probably dump...

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Sigh, pulled the trigger on the Startech. I had a $100 off voucher to use on ebay by the end of the month so it came out to $380. I will be hooking it up to my SU1 -> DirectStream office system and at some point will compare with my Rednet 3 -> Mutec digital chain.   Question about the flash...