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For sale is a Luxman L-509x integrated amp. Great sounding amp with deservedly rave reviews. There are a couple very small dings on the very bottom right rear corner from bumping it once with another amp while picking it up (double ouch!). Otherwise it is flawless and performs perfectly -- see...

If you're going to compare prices with Bartok you need to remove the master clock from the equation. It almost looks like they chopped the Bartok with headphone amp in half and added a couple thousand for the separate casework, power supplies, and overhead. I think the appeal, and perhaps...

For sale is a Wireworld Platinum Starlight 7 USB cable. It is the best sounding USB cable I've had, but I am consolidating to a streamer/DAC so I no longer need this. Comes in a ridiculously fancy case with certificate of authenticity. $550 includes shipping within CONUS

Great budget streamer. NO POWER SUPPLY INCLUDED. Comes with RopieeeXL loaded on a 16 GB micro SD card. $220 includes shipping within CONUS and no Paypal fees for buyer.

For sale is a Lumin X1 in black in excellent condition. Hugely impressive, fantastic streamer + DAC. Comes with an upgraded DC cable from WestminsterLab that costs $2,390 as well as the stock cable. $9600 obo + shipping +3% for Paypal or Friends & Family with no fee

Yeah, he said it should work, but try it and make sure the transformer doesn't get hot (too much current draw). It's fine for me.

Well I am using the CV181-Z tube and it sounds fantastic! Compared it to the 1966 Bendix 6385 (haven't listened to these in years, wow forgot how good they are). CV181-Z has a big sound and juicy midrange where you hear deep into the vocals, a little softer around the edges, analog sounding...

Whoa, is this plug and play with an adapter? How does it sound compared to 2c51/396a/5670 type tubes? I really like the sound of 6SN7 from past experience and still have a pair of leftover Shuguang Black Treasure tubes. EDIT: Nevermind, I see the posts on page 176. Going to pick up a...

Anyone do some of the many mods from the Havana thread on the Orchid, aside from film caps? The layout seems similar enough. - Shinkoh tantalum resistors around the tube. - Schottky diodes - R-core transformer - WBT nextgen RCAs - Black Gate or Elna Silmic II electrolytic caps I've been out...

If anyone's out there, I'm selling one of my highly modified Havana DACs: https://www.head-fi.org/threads/mhdt-havana-nos-tube-dac-heavily-modified.862764/

  Thank you for this; I will move on then.  It's disappointing to say the least.  If I'm going to use headphones outside with compromised sound quality then I expect to pay a compromised price.  Looking pretty and feeling solid is all good and well, but I am much more about function over form.

  I don't understand this comment.  They are both for listening to music, no?  I too am interested to know how they compare to higher end Sennheisers.  I have HD600s, which I enjoy very much, as well as HD598s.  Had a pair of Grado SR-225i, which were fatiguing, and Audeze LCD-2, which sounded...

  Correct.  Splice both neutral wires of different color in the middle, so it's like 18 00 18

Here are the complete instructions for R-core installation:   http://www.head-fi.org/t/310441/mhdt-havana-dac/1515#post_7912264 http://www.head-fi.org/t/310441/mhdt-havana-dac/2010#post_8698555   Make sure you read a few posts down in the 2nd link.   This is my parts list for the...

  Good work!  You can buy the Malaysian K grade chips from Mouser:   http://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Texas-Instruments/PCM56P-K/?qs=wgAEGBTxy7kKv9XLkJKGqg%3D%3D   There have been several reports of Chinese fakes on eBay, I would avoid.  If you want the best sound, the Japanese K grade...

  It works, but it's not great.  I think a USB-SPDIF converter is money well spent, but it wouldn't be my first priority.  Tubes, then the big output caps first IMHO... the the laundry list goes on and on.  A good glass TOSlink cable like the Wireworld Supernova series is a good interim...

  Gotta say that's the first time I've heard that before, lol.  I do think the 6N3P-DR is underrated though and it is up there on my list.   I rotate b/w AEG, Bendix 6385, and Bendix 2c51 depending on music and mood.  AEG I think is the most well-defined with good tonal balance but a little...

  You can use 0.47 uF instead of 2.2 uF with no ill effects.  I believe it was Robeeert1 who discovered this with V-Cap CuTF so several of us went with it.  Sounds great!

0.47 uF should fit.  They are smaller in diameter and length than V-Cap CuTF, which many of us have used.

  My vote would go to Rike Audio S-Caps.  The depth of detail and separation and dynamics are incredible, and the tone is very natural as well.  The details do not come in the form of harsh, overly-highlighted highs, as some might fear from such a description.  It is a very well-balanced cap...

  I used 600V 2A from Mouser:   http://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Cree-Inc/C3D02060F/?qs=D3QG1iK7FqhDcfNooQXNgA==   That value is referenced as viable somewhere in this thread.  Works for me.

  So use a turntable?  They are still around...

  Put these babies in this morning.  Wow just barely fit them in!  Didn't cut any leads and had to snake them around tight spots.  I even had to rotate my tube dampener to make it fit.  I used blu tack to help with resonance since they were mostly floating/loose.   Horace is right.  Straight...