[klekk]

Got my Mini-Audio/Ibasso D-10 today. Here are some pictures. Do the ibasso owners see any differences in the build except for the print? It sounds great

 

[fakcior]

You have alps potentiometer (or fake alps), I have yellow potentiometer with A50K signature and other knob.

 

[klekk]

I dont think its fake. Mini audio is the ibasso brand for the chinese market. It came in original packing with warranty card for ibasso.

 

[fakcior]

I meant that alps potentiometer can be fake, but I don't think so.

 

[Zai]

I accidentally cracked the optical connector, it still works but anyone was able to replace it?

 

[klekk]

Just ordered hiflights topkit for the D10. I have a pair of IE8 and Denon D5000. Any suggestions as to which opamps will be best for a combined use of these two headphones?

Any answers will be much appreciated.

Zai: I dont know, but you could send a mail to ibasso asking them for spare parts or for a warranty coverage.

 

[HiFlight]

After installing the Topkit, both phones will work well without changing any of the Topkit opamps.
Ron

 

[qusp]

yes, the topkit IS opamps, not sure why you bought the topkit and are asking what opamps you should use

 

[jamato8]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zai /img/forum/go_quote.gif I accidentally cracked the optical connector, it still works but anyone was able to replace it?

It is a through the hole connector. You could ask iBasso to send you one in the mail and have any decent tech take out the old one and replace it.

 

[klekk]

gusp: I am new to op amp rolling. And thought that the op amp kit consisted of many different op amps. Thank you for clarifying that for me

I got the kit recommended by a friend without really knowing much about it.

 

[Zai]

@klekk & jamato8:
Ok, i'll contact iBasso for advice.

 

[Mr.Sneis]

At work I use a different rig than at home.

I tried two different setups:

Foobar WASAPI -> Firewire -> Firewire 410 -> Optical -> d10 (headphone out) -> Gilmore Lite -> cd3000

Foobar WASAPI -> Firewire -> Firewire 410 (1/2 Output) -> Gilmore Lite -> cd3000

For a few days I listened to the first setup and was pretty pleased, after I finally got an adapter hooked up to the fw410 to use its outputs...

I found that the d10 as a DAC via optical fared worse than the fw410 as a DAC; it was like the bass wasn't as well rounded on the d10 and couldn't keep up. I could also hear more coloration with the fw410, especially apprent with extreme high frequencies (it kind of hurts) as a result of this. I would venture to say too that the detail was better with the fw410.

I do recognize that volume matching at that point gets difficult, but do you guys think that there's some flaw in my setups here or would this seem accurate?

 

[Mr Do]

You use the line out of the D10 instead of the headphone out when connected to an amp.

 

[Mr.Sneis]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr Do /img/forum/go_quote.gif You use the line out of the D10 instead of the headphone out when connected to an amp.

I did that too but stuck with the HP out due to Jamato's recommendation!

 

[wolfen68]

I've never heard of that recommendation with the D10.

I'm not above using a HP out as a lineout in special cases, but the DAC portion of the D10 is the stronger half of the unit (IMO)...so I don't know why you would want to put the D10's amp in the way.