Could any Monarch MKII owners do a test for me: Put in your Monarchs, don't play any music, and just lightly tap the body of the unit. Do you hear that? It sounds like tapping a balloon or palm-smacking the end of a plastic tube. There's a 'tight-membrane' twang sound that rings out with an...

Recently my MKIII started greatly dimming the sound to the right channel after the unit was on for a bit.  I tried switching the tubes from side to side by that didn't change anything.  Not long after the amp blew up it's pre-amp tubes.  I thought, "Hmm, I guess it was just their time" but after...

Hello, all.  I haven't posted on this site for quite some time.   Anyway, a few months ago my Little Dot MK III tube amp started acting a bit weird in that it seemed like it was lowering the volume of the right channel - but, it was very subtle.  A few weeks ago, though, it became a...

I recently hooked my BBE Sonic Maximizer up to my HP setup (M-Audio Fire410 - BBE Sonic Maximizer 482i - Little Dot MKIII - AKG K701) and really makes quite a difference in sound option when you play around with the two contours. In fact it can be used to raise the bass response. For those...

It may sound like over kill and a little silly but I find using my M-Audio BX8 monitors and my AKG K701 headphones, properly balanced together in volume, kicks ass! It creates this crazy staging that sounds like you're in the middle of a jazz band playing in a large club (if you're listening...