Sadly I'm quick to do the mods (they take little time anyway) but then have no time to actually listen to it So far I've done 1, 2 and 4 on spore's list and I believe the sound is now more precise with better separation and details. It's definitely better for the kind of music I generally...

Will hear it tonight.

I've ordered an OP467, should have it in a couple days.

I think I'll put a socket there as well so I can try the different options. Did you remove those output caps after changing this opamp?

MC33079P pdf, MC33079P description, MC33079P datasheets, MC33079P view ::: ALLDATASHEET ::: the datasheet for that quad opamp... I don't have time right now but I'll look for a replacement later. EDIT: a very quick search yielded this Print Page - Phonostage upgrade question so looks...

Looking at the Valab thread, the guys there are using film caps in the output. Maybe we should try the same?

So here's mine with FM caps and the LME opamp in a gold-plated socket. Kinda funny when I turned it on for the first time after the changes it sounded brand new (i.e. like half the music is just missing ) but after a couple hours its getting better. I'm interested in testing any other...

Little Dot amps are on ebay.

Using it perfectly fine with Win 7. Just plugged it in with USB, it was ready to use in less than a minute.

Quote: Originally Posted by Covenant Yet Totally... First I simply wanted "some decent headphones", then "hm let me try modding the X-Fi", then "I really want to try a tube amp", "oh no I must have a better DAC"... and now I really want a Buffalo 32S with a balanced tube amp...

Q6600, stock clock 680i SLI LT mobo 8GB don't remember what RAM exactly 4 x 750GB Seagate drives in RAID 0+1 2 x 8800 GTS 512 X-Fi Xtreme Gamer Fatal1ty HAF 932 case UPS 24" Benq LCD, don't remember the model but it's a really good one, not the $300 crap.

So I received mine this morning and am running it now with a 1700mA 12V universal psu I already had. The unit was surprisingly hot when I first ran it with the stock psu but now it's at room temp. I'm too tired to do extensive A/B tests but it looks like this will be my main source for the...

300 soundtrack... surprisingly it was some special edition with a printed booklet (bought it from amazon marketplace and this wasn't mentioned but I'm not complaining).

Quote: Originally Posted by erikzen I'm bringing my Little Dot MKIII also but it would be good to compare. Mine is barely broken in with about 60 hours on it so I'd like to see if there really is a difference with burn in. I've read 80-100 hours to get the true sound. Maybe you have...

I'll come with a friend. I'd like to hear some DACs since I'm looking to buy one. I don't really have anything interesting but if nobody is bringing a Little Dot III I can bring mine.

A pair of

Woah, sounds great. I spend the last week reading about DACs and my head is a mess, can't choose. Now it seems this will be a perfect match for my LD III so I'll just wait till it's out.

Sorry to hear that... that's why I see every PC with a single HDD as crippled... my current PC has 4 identical HDDs in RAID 0+1 and I still realise I should do backups every now and then...

If you are a serious PC user, you can never have too much power. If you just need a terminal for web, documents etc, any decent PC made in the last 5 years is enough.

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Ceramic caps (the tiny brown smd ones) don't have polarity. The big electrolytics do have polarity, which is marked by a - on the cap itself and there should be a + sign on the silkscreen on the board.