[Dept_of_Alchemy]

Over the last three to four years Little Dot has produced many incredibly successful and popular series of headphone amps. With the introduction of the new Mk-series from Little Dot the nomenclature of LD amps has evolved to become so convoluted that even long time followers like myself are often baffled by the alphabet soup of I’s and pluses. So for the sake of clarity in future discussions I’ve compiled the following table and URLs as a resource for LD users and also to set the record straight (or at least firmly crooked) on the proper designation of the various LD amps.  I expect to update the contents of this table periodically as new products and information arrive and please PM me if you see areas that require correction. I hope LD users and people who are interested in researching about LD amps find this post useful. Happy Listening!

- DoA

Some useful links:

LDII - Official page (Little-Tube.com С²»µã2)

LDII+ - Official page (Little-Tube.com С²»µã2+), Flashing problem (http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f5/let...e-read-204605/)

LDII++ - Official page (Little-Tube.com С²»µã2+), Tube rolling thread (http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f5/lit...olling-211831/)

LDIII - Official page (Little-Tube.com С²»µã3)

LDIII+ - Official page (Little-Tube.com С²»µã3+)

LD MT - Official page (Little-Tube.com С²»µã2+)

LD Micro+ - The Little Dot Micro+ thread! - SGHeadphones

LD MkI - Viewing a thread - Little Dot MK I, http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f105/r...lifier-284847/

LD MkII – http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f5/rev...re-amp-284835/

LD MkIII – Official page (Little-Tube.com С²»µãMK4), http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f5/rev...re-amp-309855/, http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f5/lit...olling-276757/

LD MkIV – Official page (Little-Tube.com С²»µãMK4)

LD MkIVse – http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f5/rev...mkivse-266751/

LD MkV – http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f5/rev...lifier-289765/

LD T_DHA - http://www.little-tube.com/forum/for...osts=2&start=1

LD TPA-I – Official page (Little-Tube.com Êý×Ö¹¦·Å)

LD MkVI – Little-Tube-¶ú·Åר°æ-С²»µãMK 6 ȫƽºâOCLµ¨¶ú·Å, http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f5/lit...ark-vi-328659/

LD I+ - Official page (Little-Tube.com С²»µãI+), http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f5/lit...olling-364043/


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Version history:
v1.0 – initial release
v1.1 – added Micro+ and T_DHA, corrected info on MkV
v1.2 – corrected production status on MkIVse
v1.3 – changed MkI+ to I+

 

[Pricklely Peete]

Well done DOA...that's a handy a quick reference !!!!

Two thumbs up, way up

Peete.

 

[ciphercomplete]

I didn't know that the MKV was class D. So in the MKV should be able to drive very current hungry headphones like the old AKGs pretty well right?

 

[Golden Monkey]

On the LD forum, in response to the question "Is this a fully discrete pure class A amp?" Sword-Yang states "This is a OP + transistor BUF amplifier, and not only Class A, is Class AB".

Where do you get the info that it is Class D? Just curious.

 

[Dept_of_Alchemy]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Golden Monkey /img/forum/go_quote.gif On the LD forum, in response to the question "Is this a fully discrete pure class A amp?" Sword-Yang states "This is a OP + transistor BUF amplifier, and not only Class A, is Class AB". Where do you get the info that it is Class D? Just curious.

Looks like I confused the MkV with the T_DHA. The MkV is indeed a class AB amp while the T_DHA is class D based on the tripath chip.

 

[Seba]

And that new hybrid amp is called I+, not MKI+

 

[spookygonk]

So that chart should be updated to Dept_of_Alchemy (2008) v1.2+ then?

 

[Pricklely Peete]

Quote:

Originally Posted by spookygonk /img/forum/go_quote.gif So that chart should be updated to Dept_of_Alchemy (2008) v1.2+ then?

How aprapo

Peete.

 

[Tridacnid]

This should be a sticky somewhere.

 

[HeatFan12]

Great job DoA...My first portable was the LDM+ and I still have it. Just started rolling the MKIVSE......SWEET......Great amps, great service..What more do we want?........OK don't answer that.......

Jes