My experience: The DBAs are fine, but I actually like the Phonak "Perfect Bass" better. The only reasonable sound I can get out of them is with the Comply Foam Tips (that I personally dislike...). The Phonak has everything I need at half the price and if I want to party the Eterna v1 hits the...

All I can say is that probably all of them sound fine and in the end it will be your own personal preference what you like best. On the strength of its overall quality and the moderate price I advise you to go with the Denon D2000, especially it comes up used time and again on the FS forum...

While I still do not have enough time to spend with the I+ I can say a few things for sure: For the price the deal is terrific! And even without considering the price the sound quality is outstanding. An added bonus is the tweaking possibilities with different tubes. For a long time I...

I just got my set yesterday. Although I know that I am in my usual "new toy" phase I still have to say that I like them A LOT Thank you Kees for bringing such a nice phone to my attention!

Ironmine, all electric parts deteriorate with time, the capacitors die after so many years etc. As for tubes, they have a certain life expectancy of a few thousand hours. The tubes we use in the LD1+ have a usage rating of up to 10.000 hours. You will probably upgrade your equipment...

Quote: Originally Posted by katanka Mine is perfectly balanced at the lowest level, so it may be something else other than the pot Hopefully it is that you have a "good" pot... Give it a few more days and we will see...

Quote: Originally Posted by TheMarchingMule It's not until I turn the knob to 20 that Elvis in mono is balanced. Until then, he hangs off to the right side of my head, and there's little to no sound coming from the left side. Disappointing. Sounds like a pot issue. Somewehere...

I updated the first post with a few pictures of the tubes I have. Is anyone interested in doing a little tube swapping? Often you can not get simple pairs, so I have a few tubes I can trade. I am sure that others have different tubes / brands that they can spare as well. What do you say?

I am stupid.... no really I am .... I got my LD I+ this morning, and of course could not wait... So I opened it up and changed the settings to allow me to run the 408A (in my case the Jan 6028). I complained about the fact that the unjumpered positions do not include the spare jumpers...

After only 47h transit time I received mine this morning. I already like it, I think it really is a terrific little gem, and that is using it with high impedance AKG K240.... Can't wait for it to mature and to play with all the different options.

My amp should be here tomorrow With the various tubes to arrive over the next week. Always remember that forming an opinion about a tube takes time. You can not critique a tube until it has burned in, and since we are talking NOS tubes here I suggest a minimum of three days at 8hours...

Quote: Originally Posted by Kane-DK I'm sorry if this is obvious - but I know very little about tubes and tube amps. Could I buy the stock LD I+ and then put some 408A in it - without having to open up the amp? You can exchange the tubes for another variety of the same family...

Yep, it is rocking right here on my desk at work. This is a lightweight fun little amp. You have the ability to throw in a lot of tubes (6DJ8, 6922, 7308), available in all price ranges up to reallt high priced NOS tubes. The only "problem" I have is that you should not use it with low Z...

Quote: Originally Posted by Dept_of_Alchemy The EF92 and 5654 have the same pin out the difference is that the EF92 draws 200mA of plate current while the 5654 draws 175mA. This gives the EF92 a little more gain and (in theory) a more linear top-end response. - DoA Doesn't that...

I ordered mine last week, so hopefully it will be here before the weekend. Since we are able to use so many different tubes I started a separate tube rolling thread. If you have or use different tubes please add a summary there. Thanks!

Since a few days now the LD I+, a tube/transisitor hybrid is on the market. Information from the venor is available here: NEW ! LD I+ Tube / transistors mixed Headphone Amp.. Further discussion can be found here This amp has the unique ability to be used with three distinct tube...

I got it on the FS forum here - apparently a more or less one off

So yesterday I received the final tweak to put me into mobile heaven: A custom cable for my triple.fi 10 pro: The UEs by themselves sound terrific, but this silver cable for me removed a veil between me and the music I was not aware was there... The differentiation between the...

In the red circles, are there wires? There should be the actual wires going to the driver. If you can see them, I suggest you ask a pro if he can reconnect the soldier pad you lifted off. And no, I am not going to apologise for my drawing skills

Ah, thanks, I will try that.

So I finally got my second Ortho: As I understand this is the version II and can be successfully modded. The driver: and finally the cup and the bit of foam that was inside: My biggest problem right now is that the left side is louder then the right. Using a...

So we all agree that we can like this DAC with careful selection of components and/or modifications. @creek - The last opamp I had in there was the LT1057 - and I liked the sound. btw: I send mine of today to rds for modding - I look forward to the result.

Please believe that rds knows what he is talking about, and that there actually are people who agree with him! That is not to say that I can not agree with parts of what you say. And can we all please include a few more "imho" in our posts? Just my two cents Cheers

Actually the Opa2107 and/or Opa2111 are sort of my secret weapon... Often I like them better then the LM4562, to me they seem more "musical".

Since you are in Euro land you will probably have 220V. A good deal is the Darkvoice Figaro - with different tubes. So get the Figaro, get a set of tubes for another 10-20€ and you will be happy.