I bought a used Stellia and the headband has discolored and I would like to clean it if possible. Will the product you recommended work? Many thanks!

Ask Doug for a DSHA-4 or Ravenswood if you want to drive the Susvara.

Can anyone recommend a good leather cleaning or conditioning products for the Stellia? Thanks.

Recabling isn’t recommended as you can easily destroyed the driver in the process. This may happens during the driver removable process. The back of the driver of every R10 is glued to the ear cup and removing it could rip the voice coil causing the damage to the diaphragm. I have done that...

I realized that. No issues if you don’t want my take on it. 😀

The D9200 to me is better than the stock MV1 for sure. With a directly modded done, the two are almost a side step but the D9200 is still better. I am traveling to Thailand soon and I want to take the MV1 with me. Knowing how hot and humid it is going to be, I much prefer leather earpads for...

I want some good leather earpads for mine too. Any recommendation?

4.4 mm and female 4.4 mm to others?

Yup, done that on one and will not do that ever again.

I have the furutech 4.4 mm on mine but the length is the cable length is about the same as original. I bought Nobunaga OFC 4.4 mm jack recently for around $75 and may shorten the cable to around 5-ft and use this 4.4 mm plug instead for a slight upgrade in sound quality. Do you use 4.4 mm on...

I get that, but why not just reterminate it? Those OFC 4.4 can improve the sound compared to stock 1/4” from Sony. I may shorten the cord on my R10 this weekend.

Same findings for me. A little bit more 3-D sounding with slightly better clarity and focus.

You still don’t get a balanced drive on the R10 so I don’t see the point. Reterminating isn’t too difficult and you can use better 4.4 mm than stock. Nobunaga and Pentaconn do make 4.4 mm jack.

I don’t the max in this but the KGST is a much better sounding amp than the 717 and this build should sound even better.

NPAudio is pretty amazing at modding. I bet this unit is already better sounding than a stock DX320Max for much less money.

Well, that was last year when I stopped by. I will check again this year and report back.

They even have the DMP-Z1 at Siam Paragon Mall along with the new 1ZM2, 1AM2, and ZX707.

this will be an an easy job for Steve but someone local should be able to assist as well. You probably pay more in shipping back and forth than the actual repair cost. May need to buy new 3.5 mm jacks as well. Eidolic or Furutech are great but expensive.

I don’t live near the sea or the shore line. Five years is a long time man and those Sony jacks may just have reached the end of their life. Honestly I don’t know what cause this though but why not just get those jack replaced locally?

This is a great deal considering who built this amp. Soren Brix is up there along with Headincloud at building KG amps.

The D16 is a gem! Wish you can hear one with the Blackgate capacitors upgrade!

Yes, a true test for any portable or transportable device is how well it able to drive a hard to drive full size headphones such as the HD800 or something similar.

thanks @Whitigir for his advice on modding the D16 and PB5. The combo on the standalone D16 are so awesome sounding.

Being over 20 years old, do u think it need recapping?

It is a great sounding amp. I used to own one with similar built from the same seller. Anyone who can successfully executed the T2 build knows how to build a great sounding amp.