We had some discussion on the tube choices and some mods on the HLLY MKIII amp in another forum:   http://www.head-fi.org/forum/thread/496381/tube-options-on-a-clone-amp   This amp looks very much the same as Little Dot MKIII or MKIV. However, its circuit is closer to LD MKIV, and I...

Please see: http://www.erji.net/read.php?tid=96321&fpage=1 This might be a better way to replace the cable from the point of view getting a better sound because it avoids one connection between the amp and the driver. Its limitation is the inconvenience of exchanging the cable if we want...

This is a continuation of an old thread: http://www6.head-fi.org/forums/showt...t=cut+plug+600 in which 2_channel and itza2mer mentioned the following company: http://www.plastics1.com/CCS/Catalog.php?Cat=70 I talked with one engineer/sales representative there today, and here are...

Hi, I am planning to buy a sound card with good (or the best) digital out put. Good here means accuracy, low jitter, not too expensive, and many other criterions. The analogue out put quality is not the concern here. Also, stereo sound is what I am looking for. Multi-channel cards can be...

I am considering buy some Dayton GOLD RCA CHASSIS JACK: http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/pshow...-1120&scqty=10 I plan to use them in a passive preamp. I know there are more expensive and better ones. But I would like to know whether these Daytons are good enough. Any comments will be...

Hi, I need to buy a player and got confused. To begin with, I need a player only for audio. Video is not concerned. I know that almost all the DVD players have the advance DAC, but this is not the case for the CD players. Some of the CD players (especially OLD models) use 18, 20, or...

I got the SHX-1 amp yesterday afternoon. Here are some early observations. 1. I like how the amp is packed in the box, it is wrapped in a black cloth. This is a fine touch. In addition to the user’s manual, there are three pages of testing report that show plots indicating the THD+N, freq...