Music Hall MMF-5 turntable in piano black with acrylic platter. Early model with Goldring 1012GX cartridge. Stylus is worn and needs to be replaced (replacement is Goldring model D12GX). Light wear to dust cover. Other than that, it's in excellent condition and fully functional.

Cool, Rockbox is what I'm planning on doing. My Sansa Clip Zip got fried by a car cigarette lighter charger and my 5.5 gen iPods are both on the fritz, so I'm gonna get the X3 to replace all of those. Thanks.

  Thank you!   What's the latest on the pitch issues with the X3 that I see in early posts on this thread? Have those been fixed? I tried searching the thread but couldn't find a definitive answer.

Got a link for that deal?

I swapped out the stock opamps on my Minibox-E+ a while back and must have done something incorrectly at the time. Quoting from an earlier post by me: Quote: Originally Posted by macfly I finally got a chance to stop by my dad's to get some soldering assistance. Got the stock AD's...

Quote: Originally Posted by acadplotting hi head fier! Be careful with opamp rolling! I tried opamp ad797an 0043 on my minibox. It toasted my IEM. Anybody can advice where to buy this AD8065ar acadplotting, the same thing happened to my Etymotic ER-4P when I swapped out the...

Quote: Originally Posted by Nirvana1000 Oh one thing that really bugs me about this amp is the 1/8 inputs are not locking the connections!And when i move the amp they come loose and the audio cuts out.Is this a common problem with the Minibox E+? Yep, I have the same thing happen...

Hi morfic, FYI I reseated the opamps, but no luck fixing the issue. I don't have a macro lens, so these are the best shots I could come up with. Let me know if a photo from a different angle would be helpful:

I finally got a chance to stop by my dad's to get some soldering assistance. Got the stock AD's out of there and soldered in the new adapters, then seated the LME49710s into the sockets. I thought we did pretty well, but something must have gone wrong, because now the Minibox outputs sound on...

Quote: Originally Posted by dfkt That looks very weird indeed. The square red plate where the AD's are soldered onto certainly looks like a browndog adapter - it even has the notch cut out where pin 1 is. But why would it be soldered directly on the main PCB? So how would you...

Quote: Originally Posted by morfic The AD8610 is soldered to a pcb with 8 pins, this pcb with pins is your adapter, you pull it out of the socket holding it on the pcb. Keep your soldering iron tucked away. Note the notches in the socket, note the notch on the LME. Bend the legs of...

Quote: Originally Posted by morfic there will be sockets under the adapted ad8610, your DIP8 LME goes into those sockets. Exactly the confirmation I needed to go ahead. Thanks, morfic! Thought of one more quick one and I'm good to go: having no soldering experience whatsoever...

I actually did order the LME opamps in DIP8 style. Just to make sure I have this correct before I go and remove the stock AD8610 -- dfkt, looking at your photo, the next step would be to remove the DIP8 adapter in your Minibox and simply plug in the LME to the board itself, correct? I'll...

Just ordered myself a couple LME49710's from Digikey. I'm brand new to opamp rolling. Where can I get a few gold-plated 8 pin DIP sockets within the US? Searched eBay...all of the sellers who are selling 10 or less sockets are overseas, and I don't want to wait that long for shipping. Apologies...

tonedeaf test: 91.7% "exceptional" rhythm test: 92% "world-class" adaptive pitch test: 0.4125hz/94th percentile

Great, thanks for the info, ath! Looks like I'll have to order up some op-amps to play with...

Been enjoying my newly acquired Minibox-E+ for the past week with my ER-4P, Sennheiser HD580, and Grado SR-325 (the older black ones). One thing I've noticed is that it especially excels at bringing forth the lush tones and subtle decay of recordings with piano. I seem to recall reading...

still here in Omaha -- i've got Etymotic ER-4Ps, Grado RS-1, and Sennheiser HD-580. no amps yet though.

well...the 14th wouldn't work for me -- i'll be in South Carolina. i'm back in Omaha from the June 16 - 23; after that things get difficult, i'm pretty booked up until late July, so don't hold back for me if you guys want to get this thing rolling. anytime between July 18 and August 8 is open...

wow, i haven't checked up on this thread in quite a while. i don't post much at all but i've been reading the forums almost daily since last fall. i'm in Omaha. i would be up for a trip to KC for a meet this summer...just name the time and place. i have RS-1s, SR-325s, and Senn HD-580s that...

*bump* how was the show, ooheadsoo?

ooheadsoo: i've gone to two NAMM shows -- winter '98 and winter '00. when i went, i was primarily interested in DJ equipment and drums. i hadn't yet been hit with the hi-fi headphone fetish. best advice -- bring your most comfortable walking shoes, because you're gonna be using 'em...