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I've had these recommended to me in the past: http://www.musicdirect.com/product/73429 For RCA plugs I've always liked the Eichmann Bullet Plugs.

Nate, check out page 20 of the datasheet for the 1000ASP modules that I've attached. It talks about the inputs a little bit. icepower1000aspdata.pdf

I've been thinking about getting a squeezebox or a sound card with bit-perfect output. I'll be feeding the digital out from the squeezebox or sound card to the digital input on the Opus 21 (coax in only). The squeezebox would be the more convenient solution but I really hate the slimserver software. The last time I really used it, was early this year (february or march) and I couldn't stand it. It was slow, and seemed very buggy. Has it improved at all? Now if I go the sound card route, it'd be cheaper as I'd just need something with a good digital out (coax). Plus I'd get the benefit of using foobar which I absolutely love. The downside to the sound card idea is that I'd have to go with a very long coax run, 20-25 ft. That might not even be a downside but I've always heard that its best to avoid long runs like that. Any thoughts?

The 12at7 will work in the ecc1 adapter. I'm not sure you can use the 12bh7 at all. I'm not aware of SP having an adapter for those.

Yes that's correct.

Here's a few more pics of the d-sonic's that I took the other night: [img width=150 height=100 alt=d-sonic 001]http://www.head-case.org/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=771&g2_serialNumber=2&g2_GALLERYSID=1a5f64119461c39b8b9069bd17e125bf [img width=150 height=100 alt=d-sonic 002]http://www.head-case.org/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=776&g2_serialNumber=2&g2_GALLERYSID=1a5f64119461c39b8b9069bd17e125bf [img width=150 height=100 alt=d-sonic 003]http://www.head-case.org/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=780&g2_serialNumber=2&g2_GALLERYSID=1a5f64119461c39b8b9069bd17e125bf [img width=150 height=100 alt=d-sonic 004]http://www.head-case.org/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=784&g2_serialNumber=2&g2_GALLERYSID=1a5f64119461c39b8b9069bd17e125bf [img width=100 height=150 alt=d-sonic 005]http://www.head-case.org/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=788&g2_serialNumber=2&g2_GALLERYSID=1a5f64119461c39b8b9069bd17e125bf [img width=150 height=100 alt=d-sonic 006]http://www.head-case.org/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=792&g2_serialNumber=2&g2_GALLERYSID=1a5f64119461c39b8b9069bd17e125bf [img width=150 height=100 alt=d-sonic 007]http://www.head-case.org/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=796&g2_serialNumber=2&g2_GALLERYSID=1a5f64119461c39b8b9069bd17e125bf

The 396A is not a replacement/equivalent for the 5687. The 396A = 2c51 so you'd need to get the 2c51 adapter to use them. If you want to use them at all use one as the input tube, they'd be useless as output tubes.

Nate, so they're actually going to send you a couple samples?

Might also want to check out the Cambridge Audio 640A

If your running Windows give Paint.NET a try.

I'll 2nd that

His review is based on the current production version.

GS1K treble soft? I think thats the first time I've ever heard that. I think their treble is brash, harsh and bright as hell.

He doesn't own one of the prototypes, though he did hear both prototype pairs well before they were introduced at the national meet. If I recall correctly he preferred both prototypes to the final version.

They are just talking about motherboards with eSATA integrated. There's no reason a eSATA pci card won't work in any pci slot.

FYI: http://cls.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?dgtlplay&1202324338

and since you appear to have stuff in flac already dbpoweramp can convert from flac to alac.

He does

congrats the β22 is one hell of a good amp

i haven't kept up with rockbox lately, but did they ever actually get it working on the 80gig ipods? i know for the longest time they couldn't get it working with the 5.5 80gig and i wonder if they have it working with the classic's at all.

yeah the k1000s are damn nice headphones. though I will say that the 650s are very solid headphones in their own right. they have a lower ceiling than the k1000, but then again they also cost a hell of a lot less. btw why bryston amp is that?

They are, I've been saying that for awhile but now it's nice to have the visual proof. The modules come fully assembled straight from the manufacturer who is Bang & Olufsen in this case. The price difference is quite substantial: $4000 for the bel canto and $1950 for the d-sonic.

I've mentioned in the past how good I think the D-Sonic's are and how they use the exact same ICE Power modules that the Bel Canto Ref1000 and other amps use. Well here's some proof: Bel Canto Ref1000 pic taken from 6moons: D-Sonic Magnum 500M: Notice that everything except for the rca/xlr connectors and binding posts are completely identical. Right down to the aluminum bracket/heatsink that the boards are mounted to .

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