[tudedude]

I didn't notice much tube sound from the xduoo so I added a one little bear as a premamp. Does it sound better? I don't know. Does it sound more tubey? I don't know. Are there more tubes? yes.

Edit: It sounds better with the Xduoo as the preamp. Much more tubey fullness and better lows. However the little bear sounds the best on its own. Just doing this for schits and giggles.

 

[Cran]

I didn't notice much tube sound from the xduoo so I added a one little bear as a premamp. Does it sound better? I don't know. Does it sound more tubey? I don't know. Are there more tubes? yes.

Edit: It sounds better with the Xduoo as the preamp. Much more tubey fullness and better lows.

Interesting! What’s the model?

 

[tudedude]

Interesting! What’s the model?

It's the Nobsound Little Bear FU32 (P32) with the Xduoo mt-602. I'm using the Qudelix 5k as a Bluetooth Dac/DSP

 

[HTSkywalker]

I didn't notice much tube sound from the xduoo so I added a one little bear as a premamp. Does it sound better? I don't know. Does it sound more tubey? I don't know. Are there more tubes? yes.

Edit: It sounds better with the Xduoo as the preamp. Much more tubey fullness and better lows.

Meaning the Xduoo is not impressive in the tubey sense

 

[HTSkywalker]

It's the Nobsound Little Bear FU32 (P32) with the Xduoo mt-602. I'm using the Qudelix 5k as a Bluetooth Dac/DSP

Little bear is nice

 

[Barndoor]

I received my MT602 a couple of weeks ago and also had the same reaction that it doesn't sound as tubey as I'd hoped.

 

[Cran]

I didn't notice much tube sound from the xduoo so I added a one little bear as a premamp. Does it sound better? I don't know. Does it sound more tubey? I don't know. Are there more tubes? yes.

Edit: It sounds better with the Xduoo as the preamp. Much more tubey fullness and better lows.

How can you connect them?

 

[HTSkywalker]

I received my MT602 a couple of weeks ago and also had the same reaction that it doesn't sound as tubey as I'd hoped.

Then it’s useless to me

 

[HTSkywalker]

How can you connect them?

Not sure the little bear have any balanced connectors so probably using converters

 

[tudedude]

How can you connect them?

I use an rca to 3.5mm cable to connect the two amps. You can also use the headphone out from the xduoo, so 3.5mm to 3.5mm cable. The little bear only has one input, 3.5mm.

 

[HTSkywalker]

I use an rca to 3.5mm cable to connect the two amps. You can also use the headphone out from the xduoo, so 3.5mm to 3.5mm cable. The little bear only has one input, 3.5mm.

Too many connectors, not a good platform to assess the Xduoo

 

[HTSkywalker]

And stock tubes are normally very cheap

 

[tudedude]

I received my MT602 a couple of weeks ago and also had the same reaction that it doesn't sound as tubey as I'd hoped.

Yeah, exactly why I bought the Little Bear. If you don't need a lot of power it's a better budget amp to get the tubey sound.

 

[HTSkywalker]

Yeah, exactly why I bought the Little Bear. If you don't need a lot of power it's a better budget amp to get the tubey sound.

Agree

 

[jsmiller58]

Thinking about picking up the TA-10R…. Is there a big difference over a solid state amp? Other than the 602 I only have solid state amps and want to make sure I will have a different experience versus what I already have. Thank you in advance!