[MrScary]

Just received my D6 today, compared to the D10, it's more detailed with no clipping when pushed, it's just has a more open "wide" sound stage, I am using it with an Ipod touch with a Fiio L9 cable and JH16's custom IEM's, it's one sweet amp, have not used it with my laptop yet.

Try it with yoru laptop see if you get any clicking its a lottery some laptops do it some do not.. If its a newer laptop good chance it wont click.

 

[cybertec69]

 
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Try it with your laptop see if you get any clicking its a lottery some laptops do it some do not.. If its a newer laptop good chance it wont click.

No clicking whatsoever, actually the bass is deeper and fuller, it just has more body when used with my laptop, but it also sound fantastic with my Ipod Touch, connected with a line out cable.
 

 

[Edward Ng]

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Try it with yoru laptop see if you get any clicking its a lottery some laptops do it some do not.. If its a newer laptop good chance it wont click.

No clicking or static noises here via USB from my Dell XPS 15 L502X.  Just received in my D6 and am doing initial charge and beginning burn-in.  Topkit has not yet arrived.
 
-Ed

 

[MrScary]

No clicking or static noises here via USB from my Dell XPS 15 L502X.  Just received in my D6 and am doing initial charge and beginning burn-in.  Topkit has not yet arrived.
 
-Ed

Awesome

 

[Edward Ng]

Preliminary listening comparison between stock and with the Topkit reveals greater transparency when the Topkit is installed compared to stock.  There is a perception of greater, "speed," especially with strings, like on Vivalid's Four Seasons by Gil Shaham and Orpheus.  The L/R option is great for IEMs as it pushes the imaging forward and out of one's head, kind of like sitting a couple rows farther back.
 
-Ed

 

[mab1376]

Has anyone tried LME49990's?

 

[MrScary]

Has anyone tried LME49990's?

The AD797's sound real nice with the buffers and without

 

[HiFlight]

IMO, the LME49xxx series, while able to render great detail, appears to me to lack a sense of fullness and body.  The musical dynamics that one experiences when listening to a live performance seems to be missing.
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Has anyone tried LME49990's?

 

 

[MrScary]

IMO, the LME49xxx series, while able to render great detail, appears to me to lack a sense of fullness and body.  The musical dynamics that one experiences when listening to a live performances seems to be missing.


 

I agree I recently placed the LME49XXX's in my tube DAC and I was very unhappy with the sound I quickly took them out it was very lean and reflected through my whole system.

 

[cybertec69]

Just installed my D10 HiFlight op-amp kit, one word to describe it "WOW", everything is just more open detailed, crisper cleaner, and whatever slight distortion that was there at high volumes is gone, it just sounds more dynamic, it's just fantastic.
 
Will post again with my impressions of the D6 op-amp kit from hiflight.

 

[ZMan2k2]

As a newbie to the world of portable hi-fi, I have a couple questions about this unit.  The D6 is both an amp and DAC?  All-in-one solution, where all I would need is a DAP?  If I were to use this with an iPod, what would be the best connection?  I would probably use it stock at first, then think about upgrading later.  

 

[cybertec69]

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As a newbie to the world of portable hi-fi, I have a couple questions about this unit.  The D6 is both an amp and DAC?  All-in-one solution, where all I would need is a DAP?  If I were to use this with an iPod, what would be the best connection?  I would probably use it stock at first, then think about upgrading later.  

I use mine with a line out cable like the Fiio L9 on my Ipod Touch, what that does it pretty much negates Ipods Amp and let's the D6 or my D10 do all the work "and that's why I bought them for, it also work just fine with a 3.5mm audio cable, but you are bi amping with that scenario, the only time I do that is when I use my D10 or D6 with my HTC Incredible smart phone.

 

[ZMan2k2]

Thanks for the reply.  That' what I thought, but it's always nice to get confirmation.  I'm pretty sure this is the way I want to go, with an Amp/DAC combo, just need to decide which one, the D6 or the D2+Boa.

 

[MrScary]

Thanks for the reply.  That' what I thought, but it's always nice to get confirmation.  I'm pretty sure this is the way I want to go, with an Amp/DAC combo, just need to decide which one, the D6 or the D2+Boa.

D6 hands down sounds better

 

[ZMan2k2]

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D6 hands down sounds better

haha, great.  Just when I think I've got it down.  Good info to have, thanks.