I'm looking for a combination Preamp/Headphone amp.  It will be used with DT990s (600 Ohm) and a few IEMs and easy to drive headphones.  I'm also hoping to replace the Preamp in my speaker setup.  Budget is flexible, cheaper is better, but lets say $500 for now.  Also I want something that looks...

I'm looking for a combination Preamp/Headphone amp.  It will be used with DT990s (600 Ohm) and a few IEMs and easy to drive headphones.  I'm also hoping to replace the Preamp in my speaker setup.  Budget is flexible, cheaper is better, but lets say $500 for now.  Also I want something that looks...

I've been wanting to try a few DIY amps, but need a little bit of advice on where to start.  What are the essential tools and where is a good place to buy them?   I want to start out with something simple, but eventually want to build an amp for my HifiMan HE5-LEs.   Thanks to anyone who...

I just picked up a pair of HiFiMan HE5-LE headphones and was wondering was all of your opinions are on my amplification setup.   I currently have it hooked up to my AMC 3050a speaker amp LINK HERE and to my ears it sounds really good.  It has plenty of power, and at normal listening levels I...

I have a Little Dot DAC_1 and it has both RCA and XLR inputs.  I was under the impression that the RCA-XLR cable that I bought off of monoprice would work fine, but all I get is some static and very poor quality audio.  I then saw a post on a different forum saying that they were incorrectly...