[sfrancis]

Searched through the posts here and it appears that with HD650, a few people are using volume dial around 9 o'clock. I assumed that this is not really preferred. I'm debating if I should do the soldering thing to change R54/R55. Although I'm involved in printed circuit board design on a daily bases, I have not tried many times with soldering iron. Looking at the board layout, one of the resistor seems a bit difficult to reach. Guess I need a smaller solder iron.

Anyone who can share your tricks on changing these resistors ?

Also Ryan mentioned 4.7k value for HD650. Anybody else can confirm that ?

Thanks

 

[boomy3555]

I ran optical out from Marantz CD to the three major contenders Maverick,Zero, and Compass at a meet this last weekend and the Maverick did run a close second among the listeners just below the Compass. But then again the Compass starts out at over 100.00 USD more.

 

[MartinV56]

Has anyone tried the maverick as buffer tube connected to a NOS Dac ( Valab, Fathom, Gigalab, Teradak)

 

[_Spanky_]

sfrancis, you will have to solder initially but I highly recommend doing what bearmann did. I put it in the condensed faq thread. Basically, he cut up an opamp socket so he could swap resistors easily. This will allow you to find the one you want without having to solder a bunch of times and have a higher chance of damaging the PCB.

boomy, good to know. I think you're one of the few if not the only one that has all 3 or at least owned all 3

The Compass was nice but it's sad to see that it's discontinued. There's that FUN thing now but it confuses me lol. With the Zero's reliability and lack of support and Kingwa changing a lot around, I think the Maverick D1 should rise up.

 

[GPollos]

Ok, although I've seen this question posed before:

What are the most common websites to order opamps from for rolling? Preferably ones that offer free samples.

I want to roll a few if I can get them for free, being a cheap college student and all.

I'm enjoying the D1 alot though. I'm free from the onboard realtek ALC888! Hoorah!

 

[boomy3555]

Most of the modules that Quingwa offers are simply upgraded DACs and optical in's. The fun is the wave of the future and I agree that Maverick and Zero should also look into pop in upgrades as well as a line from the tube to the headphone out.

 

[itszdenny]

I recently bought a D1 and had an incredibly pleasant transaction with DHL, Ryan, and Maverick Audio. The package was picked up from Mav by DHL on Thursday and arrived at my front door the following Monday ^^.

I immediately swapped out the DAC opamp, but my headphone amp opamp is still in the mail.

Also waiting for my tube amp. Then I will be a happy camper with my DT880s

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[sfrancis]

I got my opamp from ebay, about $10 for 2 pieces.

 

[sfrancis]

Quote:

Originally Posted by boomy3555 /img/forum/go_quote.gif I ran optical out from Marantz CD to the three major contenders Maverick,Zero, and Compass at a meet this last weekend and the Maverick did run a close second among the listeners just below the Compass. But then again the Compass starts out at over 100.00 USD more.

boomy3555: Thanks for sharing. Wonder what's the main advantage for compass against D1 ?

Another D1 user plan to get FUN and I'm curious on his comparison.

 

[sfrancis]

Thanks, Spanky. I did read the FAQ and saw that implementation. Will need to dig a bit more on the details.

Anybody else feel the need to change resistor for HD650 ?

 

[_Spanky_]

Quote:

Originally Posted by sfrancis /img/forum/go_quote.gif Anybody else feel the need to change resistor for HD650 ?

I kinda want to for my Beyer's. Not sure when or what resistor I'll like though. I'll post up when I do.

 

[sfrancis]

Thanks, Spanky.

where do we buy one of these ?

 

[thearrow]

From spanky's FAQ thread:

8 PIN SOLDER TAIL DIP SOCKET - 08-3518-10

Got mine today, along with a bunch of resistors and a couple heatsinks

 

[sfrancis]

thearrow: thanks. Looks like they have a canadian site as well. I may order some too.

I guess one just take out the pins from the socket and solder it on ? Do let us know how difficult the soldering is.

 

[_Spanky_]

Way to go thearrow! Show us some pics!