small packaging containing a Mullard tubes from Britain just reach my home~
quite a pair of fast warm sounding tubes with thumping bass, make my LD2 amp like totally different

it wont be easy to get a cmoy, for desktop use alone, Fiio E10 should of the job

You mean its not easy to get the components to build one?

oh, you want to built one eh? hmm.. i'm not sure about components, but if you want to order complete cmoy, you'll have to order it straight from jds lab, not locally

btw.. Wolfson WM8501 & PCM2704, which one is more.. inferior?

no.. it's not easy to buy one.. currently all seller here no stock d, must order from jdslabs, like me.. lol need paypal

Actually I was real interested on Fiio E10 but when I read this guy review I think I need to rethink things

http://nwavguy.blogspot.com/2012/01/fiio-e10-dac.html

Where he mentioned
SUBJECTIVE SOUND QUALITY: The E10 sounded fine with the headphones I tried. Playing some really wide dynamic range music with my Sennheiser HD650s it seemed to clip on the peaks when I pushed it fairly loud in high gain mode. With my very sensitive Ultimate Ears Super Fi Pro IEMs I could hear some hiss even at low gain but it wasn’t objectionable. I also noticed some channel balance error at low volumes with the Super Fi IEMs. I didn’t much like the bass boost with any of my headphones as it mucked up the lower midrange and vocals. It was also very “boomy”.

so what you think? As casual user will I notice the problem mentioned here.... what worried me is especially on the part on low level listening since I usually listen thru my headphone at low level..

So maybe E10 user can share some experience on these part thanks

This post has been edited by sonixmedia: Feb 9 2012, 09:27 PM

I can't say anything about E10, cos I use it for line out only. Amp part done by CMOY.

i have a Unique Melody Miracle and Alessandro MS1i tested and did not notice any of what he mentioned, sold to the another buyer, and no complaints returned

tried that too lol

man i miss my dacport LX, now using govibe usb-dac, can only play 16bit
sound also serba kekurangan.. need a quick fix..

Could you say something about the amp part of the E10 VS Cmoy? Which is better ?

The E10 was never designed to drive the HD650. The USB power supply doesn't gives it enough raw power to drive the likes of HD650, Q/K701.

Never had problem with both the hiss and balance issues.

Hey thanks for the input... I realize HD650 is rated at 300Ohm 103db sensitivity...so to your knowledge Fiio E10 is best match for what level of Impedance?

Thanks for the input guys much appreciate it

so now, how is the Fiio E10 DAC part compared to T-muso in SQ

Cmoy better for me, as I already change to a better opamp.

It's say Suitable Headphone Impedance: 16Ω~300Ω
but I would say never go for maximum ohm cos that like pushing E10 to do maximum output.

Same like your PC, try to open so many application until your CPU always 100%, see what happen.

What chip Ordnance .25 DAC used?

what happen to your dacport?

got fried without me doing anything, perhaps a "divine intervention"

oh man i need a 24 bit dac, but what shud i go for? i have not much money to go now, like maybe 400 something

Hi, every sifu here , i plan to buy a USB DAC headphone amp(desktop or portable) for my desktop and mp3 to match my AD900, i most listen to pop, jazz and blues, classical and new age also my favour, what i want is less digital and more natural, my budget around RM500, any good suggestion for me

neutral dac eh, my future plan for AD series (especially after i got my hands on AD900) is something like HRT MusicStreamerII (not available locally)

i tried DACPortLX today, and i do find this dac can get quite hot even in idle, but i doubt this heat could fry the board

Erm, guys I got a question. My Shure SE215 on D-Zero and my Hippo Box+ appears to have hissing on high gain. Low gain also have but not noticeable. So what does this means?

The fact remains that your source is digital and don't think there is a portable amp (with battery) with tube.

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Added on February 12, 2012, 9:45 amYour source and connection?

FiiO E10



This post has been edited by E1 - AKG: Feb 12 2012, 09:45 AM

Tiny Tube DAC/Amp (TTD) but its abit more than your listed budget.

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Added on February 12, 2012, 10:46 amhissing might be due to the gain on the box+ is too high (since you notice it even on the low gain, iem too sensitive) or because the amp is noisy due to poor power or PSU issue.

This post has been edited by hongrui: Feb 12 2012, 10:46 AM

thanks for all the recommendation,much appreciated