Prebuilt Mini³ ?

[xromanticistx]

Hi, I'm looking to buy a prebuilt mini³ but I'm having some trouble =P. After some googling, I gather "MisterX" makes them? How would I go about contacting him? Thanks in advance!

 

[PFKMan23]

You can PM him on this forum.

 

[xromanticistx]

Is his exact user name MisterX?

 

[Cankin]

Yes, and don't forget Rockhopper Audio, you can get a prebuilt Mini^3 from there.

 

[holland]

http://www.amb.org/audio/mini3/

Scroll to the bottom for a list of builders. 3 in total.

 

[MASantos]

I second rockhopperaudio.com. Thrice is a great builder and supports head-fi by placing mall fi adverts for his products.

ps: 1600th post!

 

[xromanticistx]

Thanks guys =).

I went to rockhopperaudio.com and it gives me the option of 2 gain or 5 gain. What does that mean exactly?

 

[holland]

voltage gain. How much amplification is applied to the source signal is amplified, if the volume knob is at max.

The volume knob attenuates the source signal before the amplification stage. The gain stage (amplification) is fixed. So if the incoming voltage is a snapshot in time (like a camera) and it is 0.1V coming in. A 2x gain will result in 0.2V output and a 5x gain will result in 0.5V output.

Depending on what headphones you have or will get, you may want 2x or 5x. 5x is generally the default, if used with higher impedence headphones like Sennheiser HD580, HD600, HD650, Beyer DT880, DT990, etc. If all your headphones are 32-ohms with 100+ sensitivity you may want to consider 2x.

 

[xromanticistx]

I have SR-225s.. I'm not sure what they are :/

 

[holland]

2x will be fine, you may want to consider 5x just in case. You will have less use of the volume knob, but I've never had trouble controlling them.