Hello everyone,
Reading these 97 pages sure took me some time! I’m completely new in the world of amps but after reading all this I must say I learned a lot! There’s still tons of posts I don’t get at all about the opamps, resistors, etc. but I’m sure more reading about it will be the answer.
I’m very interested in getting the D1 but I till have some questions, hope you guys can help me out. I understood the gain problem has been solved for the sensitive and low impedance. I didn’t see any new complaints…I plan on using it with different kinds of headphones going from M50 to dt880 – 600 and DT990 – 250 and more...
1. I don’t plan on touching anything inside the D1. Things start to break when I pick up a screwdriver, so soldering stuff would probably set the house on fire. I just hope the D1 will be good enough for the Beyers and other headphones out of the box? You guys got me scared with all the switching of the components.
2. What would be the best way to hook the D1 up?
CD -> Kenwood receiver > Maverick -> Headphones
CD -> RCA splitter -> Maverick -> Headphones
CD -> RCA splitter -> Maverick -> Tube out -> Kenwood Receiver -> Headphones
(with the splitter I can still use the cd without the D1. For the misses
)
I’d like it to be option 3 so I could get a first hear of a tube sound but I don’t know if a Kenwood receiver can be used as the 2
nd amp?
3. I understood as well that the tube out can only be used for powered speakers? So no chance they could power my Classic 90s B&W DM610 speakers directly out of the tube out? Specs can be found here:
http://users.telenet.be/iris.melon/Lieven/B&W_610.jpg
4. Could anyone post a picture of the power cord for European market? It might be a weird question but the European iBasso connectors don’t work here, the plugs are different so I can only power it via usb. Or could I just buy a standard power cable for the D1 here at a local shop? (Maybe I’ll just mail Ryan)
Sorry for all the questions. I tried to be as clear as possible (hope i didn't say anything too stupid). Hopefully someone wants to help me out, after all I did read your 97 pages
thanks!