Give these a try. I think they're the best value in LD upgrades. Speaking from personal experience it's worth it to get your tubes in matched pairs from trusted sellers.
Originally Posted by Dept_of_Alchemy /img/forum/go_quote.gif Give these a try. I think they're the best value in LD upgrades. Speaking from personal experience it's worth it to get your tubes in matched pairs from trusted sellers.
- DoA
Can you describe their sound-signature, say, by comparing them to some 408's for example?
And do you think yen is one of those trusted sellers? Don't have any experience..
WE 408a tubes arrived.
Amp has already burned in over 100-hours but these tubes have just over 8-hours so far. Definitely sounds better than stock tubes right now.
Late to the party but right now I'm considering to get the LD I+ for my Denon D2000.
Will the 408A tubes make the Denon too dark? Based on this thread, the Sylvania seems to be the best choice for 408A but considering how rare it is, will the WE be a good choice as well?
I had almost written off the Little Dot I+ as another over-hyped flavor of the month buzz. I had it up for sale and then I pulled it on a whim deciding to order some tubes and take one last crack at it. I don’t want to get my hopes up just yet but the upgraded Little Dot I+ now plays very well with my Grado SR225!
I upgraded the tubes to Sylvania 408a and Western Electric 408a. ([size=xx-small]edit to clarify:[/size] I meant Sylvania Gold Brand 408A)
Then I replaced the op-amp to a LT1364.
OH…
…MY...
GOODNESS!!!
I can’t believe my ears! This inexpensive little amp is sounding huge and excellent. I am letting all the new components burn-in before I report back with more detailed impressions. I have a feeling that this is going to be an amazing piece of equipment for the money!
“It is so choice. If you have the means, I highly recommend picking one up.”
A gigantic “Thank you” to those of you who experimented rolling op-amps and tubes with the Little Dot I+. Your opinions and advice towards combining the LT1364 and 408a tubes is spot on.
If you own the Little Dot I+ and you have not yet changed out the stock tubes and op-amp, do yourself a favor. Replace them NOW!
Originally Posted by hottyson /img/forum/go_quote.gif I had almost written off the Little Dot I+ as another over-hyped flavor of the month buzz. I had it up for sale and then I pulled it on a whim deciding to order some tubes and take one last crack at it. I don’t want to get my hopes up just yet but the upgraded Little Dot I+ now plays very well with my Grado SR225!
I upgraded the tubes to Sylvania 408a and Western Electric 408a.
Then I replaced the op-amp to a LT1364.
OH…
…MY...
GOODNESS!!!
I can’t believe my ears! This inexpensive little amp is sounding huge and excellent. I am letting all the new components burn-in before I report back with more detailed impressions. I have a feeling that this is going to be an amazing piece of equipment for the money!
“It is so choice. If you have the means, I highly recommend picking one up.”
A gigantic “Thank you” to those of you who experimented rolling op-amps and tubes with the Little Dot I+. Your opinions and advice towards combining the LT1364 and 408a tubes is spot on.
If you own the Little Dot I+ and you have not yet changed out the stock tubes and op-amp, do yourself a favor. Replace them NOW!
I completely agree on the LT1364 and 408a combo. Great synergy.
I also agree on the combo, don't bother with the OPA627 there is nothing to be gained but more bass at the expense of everything else. Those who remember me, I was the first (at least on this thread) to try the LT1364 and posted my impressions which at the time were great. I left my opamps at my dorm so I won't be able to swap back to the LT1364 until late January
Originally Posted by electropop /img/forum/go_quote.gif Heey! Where can i get LT1364's?
Just in case something went wrong with a tube, I ordered extra so that I wouldn't have to pay shipping for unforeseen problems. I will be selling off my extra Western Electric 408a and Sylvania 408a tubes after I do some more tube rolling. Look in the for sale forum in over the next week or two.
I also ordered four extra LT1364 just because they were so cheap at $7 each. I will probably offer some of those up for sale too.
edit: I just put them up forsale (or trade for tubes)
I finished my listening of WE 408a and Sylvania 408a ([size=xx-small]edit to clarify[/size]: I meant Sylvania Gold Brand not Sylvania) vacuum tubes for the Grado SR225 headphone:
I thought about this earlier today.. Wouldn't sideways operation of the I+ be possible with an HDAM sitting in the opamp socket? Like if one were to rotate the I+ 90 degrees counter-clockwise so the volume knob is on top. Or would that put too much stress on the opamp socket?
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