[Acapella11]

  +1 Foobar 2K and TEAC UD H-01 sound amazing.

Nice, glad you love it. Have you tried other players?

 

[i luvmusic 2]

 

  +1 Foobar 2K and TEAC UD H-01 sound amazing.

Nice, glad you love it. Have you tried other players?

Yes and Foobar/WASAPI is the only one that is simple enough for me to play with the others can get complicated.

 

[Acapella11]

  Yes and Foobar/WASAPI is the only one that is simple enough for me to play with the others can get complicated.

Fair enough

Usability wise, Musicbee is quite good too. AIMP3 is is a bit more getting used to.
 
Everyone has different preferences and ears. It is good there are different players out there. I think some may just not be aware what is out there.

 

[i luvmusic 2]

 

  Yes and Foobar/WASAPI is the only one that is simple enough for me to play with the others can get complicated.

Fair enough

Usability wise, Musicbee is quite good too. AIMP3 is is a bit more getting used to.

I've tried both. 

 

[MIKELAP]

  Yes and Foobar/WASAPI is the only one that is simple enough for me to play with the others can get complicated.

And from what i heard at that time when i was looking for a player is that Foobar was complicated ,i never tried it tought.so i saw Musicbee on this website that talked about it and i decided to try it. heres the link to that website talks about PC audio very very interesting site 
                                                                       http://www.thewelltemperedcomputer.com/

 

[woloya]

I do personally think that you just should wait a little longer
 
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[nsixtyfour]

Hi 

Would you  tell me what are your new discoveries about good (and cheap) driver tubes for the Little Dot MK2 ?
Until now i bought only the 6j1P-EV
 
Now I see that The 6HM5 seem apreciated for exemple.
Have you another references to advise me?
 
Regards,
Aurélien

 

[sgbwill2]

Just bought a La Figaro 339, 2011 version. My dream amp cant wait for it to arrive, interested to compare it with the LD. BTW both the 2011 and 2013 versions have 12% off them at the moment on ebay that's why I could finally afford it lol.

 

[gibosi]

  Now I see that The 6HM5 seem apreciated for exemple.
Have you another references to advise me?
 

 
In my opinion, the 6HM5 is the best plug and play (EF95) tube available for the LD.
 
If you are willing to do a little tube surgery, I believe the 1950's GE 6AV6 are a bit better. However, to use these it is necessary to remove pins 5 and 6 and then set your LD for EF92. The only tubes better than these are double tridoes, which will not work in the LD without a relatively complicated adapter.
 

 
Edit: typing error - pins 5 and 6, not 6 and 7!!

 

[bbmiller]

 remove pins 6 and 7 

Is that just a matter of two snaps with a very heavy peer diagonal cutters or is it harder than that? I mean is it hard to do without ruining the tube? How do you do it?

 

[TrollDragon]

  Just bought a La Figaro 339, 2011 version. My dream amp cant wait for it to arrive, interested to compare it with the LD. BTW both the 2011 and 2013 versions have 12% off them at the moment on ebay that's why I could finally afford it lol.

Congrats!
Very nice, it should perform Toe to Toe with MIKELAP's Woo collection.
 
The point to point build on those looks great.

 

[TrollDragon]

  Is that just a matter of two snaps with a very heavy peer diagonal cutters or is it harder than that? I mean is it hard to do without ruining the tube? How do you do it?

Dremel with a cut off disc works the best.

 

[bbmiller]

 
The point to point build on those looks great.

Do you think a point-to-point build is better than a printed circuit board for tube amps?

 

[sgbwill2]

  Congrats!
Very nice, it should perform Toe to Toe with MIKELAP's Woo collection.
 
The point to point build on those looks great.

The clean point to point internals was one of the attractive features of this amp which made me buy it. In all the reviews I have read the internals and build quality have been highly praised and allows for easy modification / replacement of parts . I am also led to believe the La Figaro 339 is in the same league as the WA2 at almost half the price, and going by the headfonia review the reviewer actually prefers the warmer sound of the La Figaro. Cant wait to try it I'm so excited should be a nice upgrade from the LD.

 

[gibosi]

  Is that just a matter of two snaps with a very heavy peer diagonal cutters or is it harder than that? I mean is it hard to do without ruining the tube? How do you do it?

 
I tried using a Dremel, but my hand just wasn't steady enough. lol. So I used a pair of flush cutters. Tube pins are relatively soft, so snipping them off flush with the glass is a simple matter.
 
 
 
Hold the tube in your hand, upside down, and count the pins clockwise, from 1 to 7, as in the following pin diagram, and snip off pins 5 and 6. Using this technique, you can roll 6AQ6, 6AT6 and 6AV6 as EF92 tubes.