Recent content by CausticStorm

Pretty much what I was talking about earlier, but you went into more detail :) I ran my diy phono stage and headphone amp the same way, simple and effective . Cheers!

Send the MM-6 to Amir for testing :)

Thank you, I was mainly asking this to understand if the noise reported above is perhaps from the PSU filtering, exactly as you covered in your reply. If I don't hear any AC noise with headphones on when nothing is playing I'll leave it alone :) Cheers and thanks for your reply!

I know that, but guess what, you can supply regulated DC into AC bridge rectifier and nothing blows up...it simply does what its supposed to do. AC side of the bridge rectifier can take DC in, without any harm. The key thing is make sure you supply the correct voltage. As a side not - many...

Thanks for your input, but I'll wait for Keith to respond. I am not asking about upgrading a simple power cube, I am talking about specifically replacing it with something that has LOWER ripple. This has worked for me with another amp, and if you've built amps before (especially high current...

Thanks Amir! Can't wait to put it to use next :) I do have an external linear / regulated power supply I've built for another phono stage I've used before with C-R-C filtering to reduce the AC/hum noise. Maybe that will be of use hmm. Hi Keith- any thoughts on reducing the hum noise, would I...

Welcome to ASR! @krichard2496 !

Ordered - waiting for Amir on ship to address, Keith @ Darlington Labs will have it shipped to Amir pending he is interested in testing it :) Done - chatted with Amir - its going direct to Amir . Perhaps someone else can order MM-6 next :)

Update - Sony Mdr 7506 - retired after almost 20 years. Philips Fidelio X2HR - gone / felt too heavy/uncomfortable. Senn HD599 - didn't particularly like their sound and built quality Akg k92 - for work/office use Philips SHPS9600 - general purpose open back Beyerdynamic dt770pro 250 ohm...

I am ordering MM-5 in the next day and if there is interest I can have it shipped directly to Amir

Very nice!

I bought 80 and 250 ohm versions, after multiple (over the course of a few days to make sure my ears were "fresh") back to back listening sessions I liked the 250 ohm version over 80 ohm. The bass on 250 ohm seemed to be more "controlled" vs. 80 ohm. But, that's just my subjective opinion ;)

Got rid of the X2HR, kept the 9600 series because X2HR was just too heavy. Picked up Beyerdynamic dt770pro 250 ohm and really like them so far.

I built the pi3 with a dac hat as I didn't want to use headphone output into my pre-amp. I've since by-passed the external dac, and have the output from pi3 going to my pre-amp instead. I was seeing how pi3 would perform with optical out vs. rca out. I have not tried it with usb out, and my...

Wasn't suggesting that, as you know these dac boards are easily swapped but I am not sure about your specific implementation or Roon. I use mine with Pi+Volumio . If the HAT on yours comes off and there is no reconfiguration involved in the software, then that keeps things more simple. If it...