Cspirou

That is so cool. And 'in the original format whenever possible'!

I learned more from the back of a box of Weetabix ... which I didn't bother to read ...

I was only really looking for Modi MB measurements. Marvey did do some Modi 2U measurements in combination with a Magni 2U

http://www.superbestaudiofriends.org/index.php?threads/measurements-mid-fi-dac-amp-comb-units-grace-schiit-ifi-lh-jds-etc.427/

Cool, thanks

http://www.superbestaudiofriends.org/index.php?threads/massdrop-x-grace-sdac-measurements.5053/#post-161446

It's a bomb.

Gah!

You know the place Marvey (allegedly) went to today. It’s not well known to audiophiles as it rarely has plugs or powerstrips and sometimes water falls from the sky, which is terrifying if your amp is in Outdoor World. But I have been assured it does exist. Either that or HBO is doing a spin-off on Westworld. It should be obvious why there are no posts in the thread.

As a Vietnamese studying abroad in the States, thanks a lot and hpny to you as well

I'm always surprised at the number of Vietnamese I discover on this forum.

I get upset that I cannot get a UPS label in 4"x6" thermal label format from their website... I have an army of these printers at my work.

...all these printers do are printing UPS labels all day.

I'm a graphic designer, and I approve of this message.

TiM is also on HF

lol he expands faster than ebola

He's also evolved and spawned Three Toes of Fury

Everybody welcome, though we encourage supporting the activities of the section through membership.

I'd still be an AES member if I could still pay the student rate.

I've already got BPS membership and I should probably join APS as well. It would throw people off to see AES on my CV.

When I was in college I managed to “get by” with a Marantz 2220B receiver, some Marantz speakers and a Technics turntable. This lack of basic knowledge of what sounds good is inexcusable. IMHO.

Early on I asked what was the difference between a stand-alone CD player and a CD transport + external DAC. I had a few people say to forget the CD player and keep all my music on computer even though I said many times it wasn't an option.

HF, giving advice I never asked for

Similarly I saw a thread about a DIY STAX amp and some guy said "How does this compare to the O2?". Then was offended when someone else called him noob

I got downvoted to hell, currently at -9, just for saying a schiit stack has to be better than the Asus Xonar STX if not only for sould be for the fact that you can use a Shitt stack for different things.

I didn't know you could downvote in Massdrop

Someone mentioned reddit..it was reddit

In most cases not a good idea. Old style guitar amps are not linear. Distortion is part of their “designed” flavour. There is a newer type of amp called FRFR (full range, flat response) that is more like a hi-fi amp. In that case all the distortion is modelled in the pre-amp.

From my understanding the distortion tends to come when driven hard or with all the preamp settings turned up. The main limitation would be the transformer which is bandwidth limited. However if I swap it out with a hifi transformer I wonder what it sounds like.

Basically I am seeing if I can get 'cheap' monoblocs with used guitar amps.

Essentially that's what Dynacos are, just without the shape changing EQ. Fender amps with low, mids, and highs on 5 ain't flat.

Hurry, loaner. Hurry.

@imackler - If there's another drop and if the loaner hasn't arrived yet you can borrow mine if you need to decide.

Super cool offer! Thank you!

Replacement exploded capacitor has arrived

Did you take a picture of the mess?

@atomicbob - it was only one capacitor. I still have it and can take a pic. Do I mount it on my wall?

I'd measure the output with a DMM and see if there is an offset. Might want to monitor it over time. If no offset then probably safe to go without a cap, though a capacitor does provide a bit of insurance.

Well i was kinda joking but nice to know it would work! The DC offset is unbalanced anyway. Right channel is 9V and left channel is 4V.

@atomicbob - I found out what caused the problem. CCS LEDs were installed backwards because I have the one set of LEDs where the green stripe is the anode instead of the cathode. This caused the bias current to run way too high and fried the negative regulator. I need to get it swapped. QFN chips suck.