Sorry, haven't been here in awhile. Getting ready to go back to S.Korea next month.    I have been playing with the Ipad2 and Ipod touch 4th Gen.  Both have pretty decent audio.  The Ipad2 is capable of asyc USB out.  Apple managed to close off the camera connector since v4x of the...

WOw! That is a nice build.    I am currently researching building a stereo with a 12Vdc 12.5A  ripple free PSU and your pics are stoking me ! 

I am curious as to what opamp (s) this amp is using?  Any ideas?  Dual OPamp ?     Looks nice.  I am thinking about getting my musical "wife" into HIFI with a seriously nice head amp.    Good review. 

I use apple's component dock and it functions the same way as other higher cost docs.  Sound quality is excellent!  btw, that ipod (5.5G) runs ROXBOX and flac files.  I got rid of the doc this tube amp came with as it added a tonne of noise. Yup, this is a VUUM amp that I modded.   Mods are...

Right, being someone who is a multimedia nut like myself, Data loss cannot be restored when it happens during compression.    Agreed,  B&O is claiming the impossible.     It might sound great but you cannot justify spending $600 for it, bottom line.      I can if I may compare the BS...

Quote:   Agree with you on this I do. After now having these headphone for nearly a week, I have tried them on a tube amp and then on a the Ruby Carat DAC, and I'll say the ruby carat MkII makes tracks sound like they are live in front of you with a tonne of punch, base and treble (full...

Doesn't work like that here. You can't return these and besides I already reg them online. They have been validated.  I'm going to keep them. I need them so that I don't go deaf trying to listen to music with a 100dB worth of background noise. These Stennheisers really do block a tonne of...

Funny because in Canada they are about $540-580CDN. So not too far off the mark.     I am leaving Korea anyways as I am moving to greener pastures in Southern Asia, ie) Hong Kong or Macao.     The Korean wife is moving with me.   ^^  ... ssssht  she want a pair now.  I think I might get...

Well I just got a pair of Stennheiser HD650s last night from a new electronics store in Downtown Seoul.  They had all the proper papers and the serial numbers. I am using them with my Ruby Carat Optical DAC and S/PDIF.  They were about $100 more than they should have been, but it cannot be...

Hey speaking of Vintage sony diskman. I have one that has an integrated TOSLINK output for minidisk or DAC from 1997. It's an ESP model.     I don't know how it compares to other models.           

You have the "shake to next song" setting turned on in your settings more than likely.   

Simple solution,     Go to the menu in Itunes (Store)  look to find authorize my computer.     Problem solved. You can transfer your files onto your account and back up. 

The best for the money I have tested is the Ruby Carat MkII!      I just bought this one here in Korea (Korean made) for $230CDN!  Overseas you're looking at $320-$360.     Sound quality is simply jaw dropping.      Does both S/PDIF and TOSLINK/Optical. It has the ability to do...

Well, like I said there was a fellow in Yongsan Ipark mall who had one of these built for him. It sounded very clean and defined. Turning on the amp without an input didn't lead to any hissing or RF noise or radio in my headphones. If I were to build this on my own here it'd cost me at least...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180511585813&ssPageName=ADME:X:RTQ:US:1123     I have heard this amp and was impressed by the clarity.     

what's funny about this problem is that it's the Iphones firmware that is causing the problem. If you read on in the Insanely Mac forums you'll see that a few other IPAD only devices are supported under iOS 4.2.1 but not the camera adapter or card reader.  Also some Ipad owners are running into...

USB audio is limited to 24/96Khz and optical / toslink is up to however much bandwidth you can cram into fiberoptic cable.  I think currently most computers can't process more than 192Khz/24bit, at least none that have seen. Correct me if I am wrong.   Actually I have had some problems with...

One of the members here is selling Cmoys using a Burr browns OPA2134 under the name csg_eu.  I have heard some excellent things about this amp on other forums. So I broke down and purchased it for my IPOD touch. A fellow in Yongsan has one using the same opamp.  IT was a SERIOUS wow...

The audio from the current setup is just fine. Old speakers were a problem before this upgrade. current works well. In fact I have seen the FATMAN series using this exact setup. S30 + same tube amp. 30W output.  15W x 2 channels.

Well, I went Xmas shopping yesterday and had a test sample of 20 headamps, and then I sampled a KOREAN DAC/Headamp called Ruby Carat MkII and I was immediately impressed with the realism of the sound out of the headphone jack using my B&O A8s and then switching them for Stennheiser HD650s and...

Indeed it has a headphone jack. Standard sized jack to be exact. The speakers this rig came with sounded OK, but the highs were way off and at higher base levels they started getting "poppy." I suspect the speakers were cheaply made.... So another project might be to upgrade the speakers...

I thought I'd share my setup with you HIFI-nuts. I am living in S.Korea, Seoul at the moment and I am on my way to Macau China for next year, hopefully all going according to plan.    About  a year ago I lucked into getting a VUUM audio system/ Fatman ripoff? what ever HIFI system for...

Quote: looked it up. I understand what is going on now. I was correct in my thinking.  The tube adds "a harmonic/noise" to the sound/music and our brains interpret this as the sound opening up or warming up.     

Thanks for explaining this VISUALLY!  I got your point easily!    Again keep the explanations coming as this is all food for the brain.           --- Let's go back to the tube amplifier.  I have a tube amp that is getting HQ .flac 96Khz audio from my ipod doc "unmodified" and...