a friend brought over the rega planet and apollo, that he had borrowed for a home trial, during the a/b comparison with my older cec tl5100z, well they did not come close in terms of detail and air, overall we both preferred the cec. he later purchased the cec tl51xz. the belt needs...

almost there, but the CI Audio does not have a complete balanced solution. their power amps/dac have balanced but sadly not their preamps. Quote: Originally Posted by slwiser You also have a neat growth path to a balanced setup using the CIAudio products like SE138 has done. Have...

definitely yes

just dump them in a air tight jar with silica gel, a few hours and the moisture will be all sucked out. it's a similar concept to the westone monitor savers. <http://www.westone.com/cgi-local/SoftCart.100.exe/online-store/scstore/p-79225.html?L+scstore+tcgf3468ffc33dc3+1186505423>

i like my akg k501, what is the iem equivalent. can anyone recommend ?

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just got mine today s/n : 282 perfect timing for the weekend sounds great out of the box but keeps getting better

LP45 are audio cd's in cdr format, the equilvalent of a mastered audio cd sent to make a stamper print, the difference is a special direct mastering from source to cdr, the rationale of less processes the better or closer to the original sound quality there are also LP33 these are...

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does anyone have this ? any comments ? i am thinking of get this to complement my notebook and K501, when i use the usb connecton to the dac cum headamp, can i still use my windows media player crossfeed plugin? http://world.altavista.com/babelfish...217120048.html

thinking of get this to complement my notebook and K501, when i use the usb connecton to the dac cum headamp, can i still use my windows media player crossfeed plugin? http://world.altavista.com/babelfish...217120048.html

you can get the connectors here Cardas

the background is more quiet, anyway it cost nothing to try if you hear something and you like it just add more layers you don like it peel it off, easily reversible

when the tdk ferrites made a difference, it made me think ... the case is too small, transformer too close to circuit, create noise short of changing the case ... what could I do ? then i remember , we use to cut up unetched PCB to use as shielding, not exactly fun in a tight fit, so I...

you should not share the ground ....it affects the Sound Quality there are four pins left signal/left ground/right ground/right signal Quote: Originally Posted by TigzStudio before After with Homegrown (their own braid) pure silver wire. I forget what guage it...

skin effect is the reason solid core cables sound better then multistrand ones of the same material the signal experiences some loss everytime it jumps from strand to strand but solid core wire is not exactly plyable and a real pain to work with. well if you want to nitpick, my bad, the...

for bias to class A, pin 4 to pin 6, tried and tested the wire i used is solid core, i desoldered the white connector, plugged the wire through the pcb and soldered them the default wire eddie used really sux, this should be the first tweak. solid core wire is fast and has no skin...

yupe that's all ... unplugging the headamp opened up the soundstage unplugging the xlr slightly less noise the rest is just the standard psu and clock upgrade

the 640C v.2 has a dual dac Quote: Originally Posted by Cosmid I am curious about it. Can you justify your point? I will appreciate that.

AD823 has a very nice detail and airy OPA627 is warm and has more bass i currently run opa627 in sides and ad823 in center the opa627 is more musical/lively when biased to class A(5-10mA) solder a resistor from -Vs(pin4) to output(pin6) resister values 1.5kohm 10mA(for risk takers)...

I have just gotten my psu and clock upgrade, can anyone tell me where the clock signal goes on the dac board ? thanx

the opamp used in the zhaolu is opa2604 the best sound is opa627bp the best buy is ad823an copied from http://www.rock-grotto.co.uk/opamp.htm Test one: LF 353 Price: £0.40p This is the op amp that comes supplied with the kit and it really doesn't do the amp much justice sounding...

the opa627bp cost a lot more then the dy2000 has anyone compared the sound quality of both <http://www.soundlabsgroup.com.au/components/opamp_modules.htm#opa627> Quote: Originally Posted by Sean H Ah, I see, thanks! Anybody ever find a way to get the DY2000? Can't find a way...

i'm getting the stock unit, part of a mini group buy organised in the echoloft forum

Barely surviving the E5 thread (bought a 2nd hand CEC TL-5100Z) then in my hifi lust crazed state, reading this thread it's hard to stay cool and not be swayed by dac envy alas, i have fallen ....now waiting anxiously mine to arrive from hongkong