hello all, i've been having problems getting my monica dac and airport express to work. is there anything you need to do in order to bypass the internal dac of the airport express and get optical output? i am using this glass optical cable and this mini-toslink adapter. thanks!

i went back and added a .25 amp fuse to my tread and it worked fine. however when i powered up my millett a second time it stopped working. i replaced the fuse but it happened again. is the 250 mA too small a value? what should i use? while on the topic, what value should i use for a charlize...

thanks to all the great info on this forum and the gracious help of many of the diyers here, i've been able to build some stuff that actually works and sounds good. special thanks to nate maher, without whose help my millett would neither be finished nor working. as you can see from the pics...

a while back i started a thread about adding a torx179 to a monicaII dac so that i will have both optical and coax inputs. i would like to use a dpdt to switch between inputs. ideally i would like one pole to switch in the 75 ohm resistor to use the coax and the other pole to bring in the signal...

after spending quite a bit of time searching the forums (diyaudio as well) i still can't seem to figure out how to wire up my 2 headphone/preamps (millett hybrid and kookaburra) to input 3 sources. If possible i would also like to be able to turn it off with the same rotary switch. i am using...

didn't make the new york show and was wondering what people's impressions were. please keep the enthusiasm in check as i'm still upset that i missed them.

I recently received the Monica II dac from DIYparadise and realized it will not work with my airport express setup. the airport express has optical output and the monica gets coaxial spdif input. porksoda has kindly pointed me in the direction of the TORX179 module from digi-key. from the...

just finished my first pimeta a few nights ago, ran a few tests, and then listened with cheap phones for a while. it sounded good but when i played it again last night it sounded terrible with distortion that sounded like it would rip the inside of the headphones to shreds. you could hear it...

just got my parts in today and got to work immediately. everything was going well until i hit the jfets. Q1L and Q1R went in fine but Q2L did not. long story short, i broke the jfet, nearly damaged the pad and board, melted the socket next to it, but managed to get it out. so i've got both...

i was hoping someone might have an extra ALPS RK097/8 volume pot they could part with. tangent won't have any until at least the beginning of july and i'd like to finish up the pimeta this upcoming week because i've got some free time. would order a panasonic but i would then have to drill...

I will be moving to Europe this summer and am considering purchasing a Melos preamp to use as a preamp and headphone amp (I currently have sennheiser 580s and ety er4ps). my first consideration is whether the melos pre will work with 220 volts. is there an internal switch or will it need to be...

i recently bought a meta42 from a member and i received it yesterday. it is my first headphone amp and i bought it to power my sennheiser hd580's. it was packaged very securely and everything looked great. i came home and set up the meta42, plugged in the elpac power supply, the rca inputs...