[Poladise]

  Regarding the caps I'm going to experiment with audiophile caps at different capacitance because that is the one thing that makes the biggest difference, up to a maximum of 1uF,

 
I may be doing the resistors & caps upgrade sooner than I planned. Do you know if the higher value caps affect bass presence overall or is it just a lower cut off you'll get?

 

[G600]

Not very much.
I think the original value is well chosen, I went from 0.22 to 0.68µF, the bass presence is quite the same but much higher quality.

 

[baronbeehive]

That's interesting, I'm going to try .47uF soon and make up my mind what to do after that. Poladise, if you are interested in the Audyn True Copper caps, pm me. I would have liked to use these but as I said I'm not willing to change the fan assembly, but if you don't mind doing this and fitting an external fan the Audyn's would be a good choice given their price and performance they are right up there.

 

[Poladise]

Thanks baron, but my amp is getting upgraded at Little Dot, so it'll be the Mundorf Silver Gold Oil's going in. I asked for at least 0.33uf. LD only have 0.22uf in stock, but they're going to order some higher values in for me.

 

[atistatic]

Guys im a little dot MK VI+ usser ... has anyone get compared the Little dot MK VI+ with the DNA Stratus? cuz im in the journey of the new Tubbie AMP.

 

[Svatopluk]

Maybe spending money on a new amp would not be worth it. What kind of tubes and headphones are you using with you're MK6?
The RCA 5691, Thomson 6080-WA combo is quite nice paired with the HD-800 or HE-560.

 

[baronbeehive]

Hey....... just got my amp back after some mods to the system as a whole as well as the caps and I can only say as well as the improved bass I'm hearing things I didn't hear before which surprised me. The caps are very cheap Ansar .47uF used in a lot of better quality audio and the increased capacitance does indeed improve the bass as well as well as quantity of bass. There's more punch, body and better layering. It sounds so much more real, more like you're there so it has plugged the gap that was there before. There's still that fantastic Little Dot sound but even better, more of a speaker type sound. Having said that I think the .47uF is as high as I would go because I don't want the bass to overpower the treble. Thats all on my first hearing so no burn in either. I plan to put some Mundort Supremes in eventually but I'm in no rush, I'm just enjoying it now, goosepimples and all......

 

[che15]

Hey....... just got my amp back after some mods to the system as a whole as well as the caps and I can only say as well as the improved bass I'm hearing things I didn't hear before which surprised me. The caps are very cheap Ansar .47uF used in a lot of better quality audio and the increased capacitance does indeed improve the bass as well as well as quantity of bass. There's more punch, body and better layering. It sounds so much more real, more like you're there so it has plugged the gap that was there before. There's still that fantastic Little Dot sound but even better, more of a speaker type sound. Having said that I think the .47uF is as high as I would go because I don't want the bass to overpower the treble. Thats all on my first hearing so no burn in either. I plan to put some Mundort Supremes in eventually but I'm in no rush, I'm just enjoying it now, goosepimples and all......

May I ask who did the mods for you?

 

[Androb]

I would like to know aswell. If the amp get that much better I would want some upgrades aswell

 

[baronbeehive]

My friendly neighbourhood electronics repair man, you need someone from the old school preferably who is into tube gear. I definately think this is a worthwhile mod because apart from anything else there is the comfort of knowing all the cheapo resistors have been replaced as G600 suggested, because two of mine were burnt. Also the original caps were fairly basic and just upgrading to standard audiophile grade, let alone the more expensive types, should bring about a good improvement. Now lets have a little listen.......

 

[atistatic]

  Maybe spending money on a new amp would not be worth it. What kind of tubes and headphones are you using with you're MK6?
The RCA 5691, Thomson 6080-WA combo is quite nice paired with the HD-800 or HE-560.

RCA 6as7g Gray Plated Quad Matched with 6sn7 GTA Sophia Electric. By the way ... anyone know if Little Dot MK-VI drive greatly well the hifiman HE-6?

 

[baronbeehive]

  RCA 6as7g Gray Plated Quad Matched with 6sn7 GTA Sophia Electric. By the way ... anyone know if Little Dot MK-VI drive greatly well the hifiman HE-6?

 
Yes.

 

[Androb]

Never heard the he-6 but read somewhere that this amp don't drive it that well?

 

[atistatic]

Never heard the he-6 but read somewhere that this amp don't drive it that well?

No, im asking cuz someone else say that the WA5 drive 99% to he-6, and the wa5 is a amp that deliver around 8wpc.

 

[Androb]

No, im asking cuz someone else say that the WA5 drive 99% to he-6, and the wa5 is a amp that deliver around 8wpc.

Alright. Well when I got this amp I had HE-6 in my mind aswell. I browsed head-fi and read that people said it isn't an ideal match.

Would be interesting to hear if it matches well tho, if someone could find out