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Even 2-3 years ago, I wouldn't have touched a Hyundai with a ten foot pole..... but they have really made massive improvements in recent years. Hope you enjoy the purchase! * My most recent purchase is a pre-order for Buffalo DAC kit with IVY and power supplies from TPA. Also grabbed a TORX module and an OTTO for relay switching between coax/toslink SPDIF inputs. Very much looking forward to this; hopefully it will be a significant improvement over my 540Dv2!

Of course she should call him. He is a catch after all......

Excellent choices. Duvel in particular is a fantastic drop.

See if you can grab yourself some Delirium Tremens. There is just something about those pink elephants and dancing crocodiles......

Cheers! I'd imagine that would still give you good movement at the low end for low impedance phones too...... Hmmm, for all the smilies on this forum there doesn't seem to be a simple thumbs up

What gain is the amp set at, if you don't mind me asking?

Oooooooh, amp porn. Give us a striptease - I want to see it nude!

Yes, jb was instrumental in pointing out my asshattery

This would have to be the most slick forum transition that I've ever experienced. Top marks to the people who made it happen!

HEH! I've got this image in my head of a viking war party rampaging through an English village..... raping, pillaging, then salting the earth......

And it will...... even though you were actually still quite 'nice' with your criticism!

Duly noted. Cheers!

I've always been curious about the Little Dot range of amps at the low end of the market. Certain people over at at other place seem to lose their load just at the thought of them. Have many of you folks here heard them? Is any of the hype justified? Give the poor guy a break - I think it is a cultural difference with regards to sense of humour, as much as a language difference

Like I said, I'm trying to be helpful, discuss and learn. But its not a particularly conducive environment for that, apparently. Fine then. But it might be nice to help out the newb? Oh, the irony. Like I said, seems I don't understand this place

I understand and entirely appreciate n_maher's efforts to the community. But credit where credit is due - not when somebody is being elitist. I'm just trying to help, discuss and learn here, and getting slammed for no apparently good reason. I really don't understand this place......

Don't give yourself too much credit; I don't think you had any idea why it was a shitty idea. At least I was still asking a question. I was still talking about the output side. If you had to attenuate at the output I'd imagine a voltage divider is still better than an inline attenuator, that are just series resistance - like you yourself said, screwing up the output impedance.

Ah, see, now THAT might make it a shitty idea Still, if your amp is just simply too loud with low impedance phones, I'd imagine that it would better than an in-line attenuator.......?

I didn't say it would be practical. But that doesn't mean it is a 'shitty idea'.

I worked one out for 32ohm drivers as an example. Sig --16R---------- | | 32R Driver | | Gnd --------------- Amp still sees a total of 32ohm impedance, driver only sees half the voltage, and it is only a single resistor in the signal path. I'm not seeing why this is such a terrible idea

I'm pretty sure you could find resistor pairs that perfectly match the impedance of a given set of phones, and still divide the driving voltage between the phones and paralleled resistor. There shouldn't be. Voltage dividers are good because they can be designed to attenuate without changing the impedance seen by the source device. Inline resistors suck because they do change the impedance, regardless, which can kill the dynamics. I think Yes, but there are also specific value compensation caps (C2-C5) that need to be used for a specific gain setting.

I would think so too, but some people seriously crap their pants at the thought of any sort of output attenuation.

I'm glad my suggestion wasn't a dud Yeah, there is actually not much to them..... but getting the resistances right is the key. If you're really keen though, these plugs from DIY Fidelity don't look that different and you may be able to jam a couple of resistors in there - no promises though! http://www.diyfidelity.com.au/index.php?cPath=_34 Biggest/only problem with the Goldenjacks is their bulk. They add a LOT to the connection, and you don't want to go knocking them. Are you thinking of this on the input or output?

I've got a little bit of sick in my mouth after reading that quoted tripe

Good stuff. Let us know how it all turns out!