Hi all, I've finally removed the audio transformer from the Taz for some measurements (shout out to our kind lab technician) but I'm bad with the math, so I'll need the collective brainpower from the thread... Here are the conditions that I measured the transformers with: Open (no) load 1khz...

Hi Joe, Thanks for the suggestion, I've tried it but it doesn't seem to work either. My screen shows this for WAV files and their folders: The album art doesn't show regardless whether I'm playing or viewing the album.

Hi all, hopefully I've posted in the right spot for help :) I have a collection of WAV files that include album art and track details by tagging them using mp3tag. My current setup involves my smartphone with Onkyo HF Player outputting USB audio, all is well and album art and details show...

Sennsay, Thanks for the reply, I think I somewhat see your point now, I did some looking into the matter and I think the best thing I can do now is to crush my pads with heavy weights for some time to try breaking them in, I did for the past 2 days and they seem to be working, or it's me...

Hi, I wanna ask if anyone can provide some practical advice when it comes to DIY/repairing earpads. I've kicked the can down the road many times with my dilapidated pair of fabric pads and finally got around to fixing them yesterday though I'm not entirely convinced with what I'm hearing, I just...

@carb0mb can you tell us more about how your system is set up during gaming? I think you should look into the oddity a bit further, maybe check if your game/ rig is outputting 2 channel stereo vs other potential formats, check the integrity of your digital/analog connections by using other...

After a bit of learning about split rail power supplies, toasting the input capacitors with an incorrect transformer and sheer dumb luck on Ebay, I got my hands on this vintage STC oil filled, c-core transformer which is everything I've ever dreamed in a vintage transformer, I then proceeded to...

There was a debate on whether grounding the TAZ has benefits quite a while ago, I decided to test it out using an earthed RCA plug to the COAX input, in my case, I did notice 2 things: 1. My hand stopped feeling that tingling/numbness when I rubbed the chassis with my hand, major benefit as to...

@kefs I use my Samsung Galaxy S10 with the Taz, it burns through around 10-15% of battery even if I play it for a full day, I think music players in general aren't designed for outputting usb efficiently. In fact I can't even output usb audio properly with my Astell & Kern SE200 to the Taz as...

@grabrom As long as the variac is electrically sound, you're good to go! Just enjoy the experimentations and pls don't electrocute yourself ;) "Money" ~Mr Krabs.

@grabromI I feel like the variac option sounds like your best shot, you can either get an isolating transformer which steps down the voltage (and I assume that's what you dislike?) or a variac that does the same job. I understand why you'd hate the isolating transformer option because it does...

@grabrom , you have a few options regarding your situation: 1. Bring the Taz home and slap a variac/step up transformer in front of it. It'll work but don't expect anything more than that. 2. Get a Chinese R core transformer as a 1:1 swap 3. Go wild and get a beefy transformer of your choice and...

I've done another minor modification since last time, anyone who uses the Taz's unbalanced outputs might wanna chime in too. After consideration, it wouldn't make sense for me to upgrade the audio transformers because I won't benefit too much from using them (I'll just use balanced if I had to)...

Hi kota1, I'm using my Taz as a DAC + Headphone amp. As for now it's primarily used with my headphones, I'm not sure I'll be using it as a pure DAC in the future though because the emphasis of the TAZ is the headphone outputs, I could probably get something better in the future... Anyway, the...

I bought my Taz approximately one year ago, I still remember the initial disappointment I had listening to the unit; In my opinion, it was worse than the Astell & Kern SE200 I had. To put it very simply, it was identical to the SE200 minus the fidelity. There was some saving grace though, if...

Hello all, To put it simply, I have a Sony ta-zh1es headphone ampifier that uses transformers to convert the balanced output to unbalanced, I would like to replace it with other transformers of my choice but I do not know the impedances nor the ratios of both primaries and secondaries, I have a...