Quote: My HRT Music Streamer II+ sounds better going through a D-Link 4-port powered USB hub ( http://www.dlink.co.in/products/?pid=104 ), presumably because of the 2.5 amp power supply it provides for the analog output stage. The difference is significant, as others have also reported...

Ety 4p's are hyper-revealing, some say to a fault, more so if you add 75 ohmn of resistance (use best materials and resistors available or you'll dislike the results, the official conversion cable costs $65 for a reason) to turn them into Ety 4s's. To my ears, the amp accounts for far more...

Quote: Originally Posted by rickcr42 http://www.digido.com/portal/pmodule...er_page_id=27/ Easy to understand language,very non technical,dead on This article does a great job of explaining dithering. I take issue with one claim: If one is working alone as a complete...

Before digitizing analog audio for myself, I had always thought that the 44.1 K sample rate was the main weakness of CD audio, not the 16 bits bit depth. I was wrong. There's a right and a wrong way to digitize CD audio from analog. The right way: Digitize to 24 bits. Make all intermediate...

Quote: Originally Posted by amb ...only matters in high impedance areas of the circuit. At the output of the amp where R9 is, this is not the case. Hard to tell with the depth of field blur in the photo, but it looks like all the resistors are mounted in the same style? As a...

I've gotten the impression from various tech notes that it's a good idea to solder resistors flush with the PCB, to minimize signal path and stray inductances and so forth. On the other hand, we see 'dead bug' construction all the time for CMOY and similar amps, and the limitations of those...

I bought a pair of good wire strippers at Fry's, intended separately for stranded and solid wire. I sometimes cheat by intentionally using the wrong one at my peril, e.g. with particularly tenacious insulation, but at least my tools recognize the issue.

Quote: Originally Posted by zip22 http://www.fixup.net/tips/ety/ety.htm just wire in some high quality 75 ohm resistors (1 per channel). One should glance at this page for ideas, then wait until one has forgotten any details from this page, before starting. This converter is...

I don't know how uzziah came by this link, and I sure don't want this whole forum going off its meds again, but this link has picked up somewhere a commercial "tail", the equivalent of a computer virus: Quote...

Quote: Originally Posted by peranders Those above are used for 69 USD! To be fair, 69 USB for all ten.

Quote: Originally Posted by Garbz and the only problem may arise if you drop them (they are hard bastards to find on a dirty floor). Been there. I felt like I was looking for someone's contacts. Of course, try repairing a bike on a Fire Island deck over a patch of poison ivy...

You'll want to add 75 ohms resistance to make the 4p into 4s, at least one some music. I use an external cable, but I'll probably do this internally in the future. Then, a gain of 4 or 5 makes more sense, depending on your source.

Arrived. Thanks!!