I have a Havana and it doesn't like files that suffer from clipping. I can open the files in Audacity, choose Show Clipping, and the peaks and valleys that "max out" are shown in red. When I use bit-perfect software to play these back, they cause trouble with the Havana and it pretty much...

Turns out it was a digital issue. One of the contacts on my spdif cable came loose. Soldered it back on plugged in and green light is back!

For some reason my Havana is giving me the red light and blue light at power up and won't go beyond that. It has been fine in the past. Can anyone tell me what the red indicates? Digital signal or electrical issue?

I was thinking of the 2.2uf for C33 and C35. They are 40mm X 40mm X 26mm.

Thanks for the Schottky info. Will those Rikes fit into the Havana? They look huge!

I am doing some more upgrades on my Havana and I am ordering some Schottky diodes from PartsConnexion. I have read through this thread several times but can't seem to nail down the exact type to order. They have several types to choose from:   1A 600V 4A 600V 5A 1200V 6A 600V 10A 600V 10A...

MHDT has this on for $379 on their listing page. I guess they are having trouble getting rid of them. Great price, but I wonder how it sounds?

Quote:   I would love to see a review of this. I have not seen a review anywhere. I wonder how it sounds?

They say it is an NOS dac, yet the specs say the AK4396 is a 128 X oversampling chip. I'm not smart enough to know by reading the specs whether the oversampling can be turned off.   I would be very interested in this. I have a Havana and I only listen to hi-res material. I would love to be...

Just a follow-up to my Yulong U18 experience. I had posted earlier that I got a U18 to convert USB output to SPDIF for my DAC and take advantage of different sampling rates since my existing unit could only do 44 and 96 kHz. The Yulong does 44, 48, 88, 96, 176, 192. My DAC is an NOS Havana which...

No luck so far. Kind of like the Alberta weather.;) Hope your Christmas has been good.   I tried the Audio GD driver just to see if it would install with the Yulong plugged in since they use the same chip, but it would not do it. I also tried to get ASIO4ALL to play with the Yulong but they...

Quote: Thanks for that and the info about the crystals. I did try the U18 with another laptop running Win 7 and it worked fine with JPlay and on another machine running XP and Foobar2000 it also worked fine. Problem is, I don't use those players. I have built my system around cPlay over the...

I got my U18 yesterday. I have not been able to get it to run with my player. I use cPlay on an XP machine. When I try to load a track I get the following error:   ASIO Driver starting... Output  1 [ YULONG_ASIO_Out_0 (L) ] Active (1) type (NOT SUPPORTED, type=16) > Left Channel Output...

Does anyone know if the U18 has two separate crystals in it for 44/88/176 clocking and 48/96/192 clocking?

I don't have one... yet. I just ordered one off eBay. I am currently using a cheaper HLLY type with the Tenor 7022 chip in it, but it won't do 88 kHz or 192 kHz. It does do 44, 48 and 96.   The HLLY also has a separate power supply like the Yulong and I find that makes quite a difference. I...