Sorry for the late post I just noticed this. I sold my M Stage since I have the Auralic Taurus so no photo. The white dot (circle) printed on the top is the indication of the notch. Just use that for your reference.
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Sorry for the late post I just noticed this. I sold my M Stage since I have the Auralic Taurus so no photo. The white dot (circle) printed on the top is the indication of the notch. Just use that for your reference.
Well, it is definitely not the volume knob...
Thing started to smell really bad.
Putting it in the other way seems to work normally.
Though I won't test until later to see if the damage has been done.
So much for not opening yours up to check and letting me know...
Unless, it was a fake... but I used the link you provided.
The good news is that it is working normally so far.
The R1 and R4 components seemed to have burned out though but that's about the excess of the damage...
Recommendations?
Keep using it or not?
EDIT: As long as it works flawlessly, I'll keep using it. Since there are about 30 of these R thingies, two probably don't mean much.
Plus I like the sound :]
Those two resistors probably have not failed or you would not be getting normal if any sound. You might want to have those two resistors changed at some point. They are common resistors. If you don't want to do it any tech can change them in a few minutes. I would advise changing them out as they might work for ever or they might fail.
The good news is that it is working normally so far.
The R1 and R4 components seemed to have burned out though but that's about the excess of the damage...
Recommendations?
Keep using it or not?
EDIT: As long as it works flawlessly, I'll keep using it. Since there are about 30 of these R thingies, two probably don't mean much.
Plus I like the sound :]
On the matter of the op-amp, I think it's great. It shaves off a bit of sibilance and sounds a bit more spacious than the LM4562. It is still burning-in though.
I'll have the two half-burnt resistors changed, a friend of mine knows this stuff.
This is a pic from my M-Stage from 2012, seems they in Matrix had a different set of resistors back then,
The cool thing about the Mstage is that each Op-amp does offer a slight different tonality:
Stock Opa - neutral
LT1364 - bright
LM4562 - neutral - bright
LME49710HA - neutral - warm
So they do cater to different headphones, which is nice.
In order of preference now - 49710HA > LM4562 > Stock > LT1364 [subject to change]
Very versatile little amp :]
Hi, i just got a matrix m-stage to run my new fostex th-600's. I was hoping that someone could point me in the direction of the right dac to use. I have been looking and i have seen recommendations for the music streamer 2. I was wondering how this would compare to the matrix m-stage dac. I was also wondering if it is a bad thing to have a DAC run off of the power supply from my laptop through the usb compared to its own power supply. Lastly would something like the Nuforce icon hdp or the Audio GD 11.32 be a better option sound wise.
Thanks,
Zach