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LOL, yeah I thought Crash was going to be a remake of that movie when I saw it.

I use the ETKG Spirit Level Stand, aka the E&T Spider Rack. Looks cool, works great, not sure if it makes a difference... but for $100 who can complain.

Good points... I also have little reason to trust Ori's opinion after this paper weight of an amp he designed for me. Any other options out there though? Just making sure I've covered all my bases before making a $1000 purchase.

Hi all, I posted this on head-fi as well, but figured the folks here might have some input as well since there seems to be quite a few DAC users... Well, I am still strongly considering the Lavry Black as it seems to be a perfect solution for my needs. I will be using a Slimdevices Squeezebox to feed it and initially will drive my HF-1's from the headphone output and my balanced K340's from the XLR outputs. Now, the QC issues that are being discussed on the Lavry forums combined with Ori's recent review that seem to be giving the nodd towards the Zhaolu have me concerned. What I'm wondering, is there any similar DAC's out there that I may want to consider? Things that I need: - True balanced output. No generating inverse phase after the output stage. - Decent built in headphone amp for low impedance headphones. - SPDIF input [coaxial] Things that would be nice: - Discrete amplification [This almost made it to the need category] - No opamps or caps in the signal path [Ditto] - Great built in headphone amp for low impedance headphones. - USB input - Volume control My budget is $1000, though if it cost less that would be great. To give you an idea of the sound I like, I love the Eastsound, wasn't too impressed with the DAC1, and am absolutely crazy about the top end Wadia gear. Thanks in advance, Jason

Yes... yes it is.

I don't know... Crash was pretty good. But there was better.

Well, since we're sharing... want to see some pics of my amp that is still not working? I'm going to be dismantling it soon after trying a couple other tweaks on it and preparing for the bamaslama build. As you can see, my caps are of the same type as aerius', though possibly a different brand.

LOL, fair enough.

They exist, but they are very rare... I think he told me he has 3 of them.

GET OUT OF MY HOUSE!!!

*cough* 'Somebody' just checking in.

LOL! I'm sort of glad that I no longer have ANY link with that particular Doctor. I am sad to see the Eastsound go... but now I am free of that sucker.

Wait, your amp is balanced now?!?! Bring it over biatch! I'm getting the Lavry with Renato on Thursday!!!

I should just post the PM you sent me Iron Dreamer... that was a great description. Sorry I haven't wrote you back yet. I want to give it some thought.

Can't wait to hear my K340's balanced... as far as I know, nobody has.

Everything must go! [except my headphones]

Its the "Smokin' Dynahi" that larry has had listed in his signature for a while. Used to be mine. During shipping the transformer shifted and shorted when he powered it up. SFT has built a new PSU for him.

Awesome... I'm sure it will sound even better than it did when I owned it. I can't wait to hear your impressions. It's going to eat your PPA alive.

I know how that is... I seem to remember some bartering and coaxing over my new K340's. PS. Any word from Lin on Smokey yet?

Wow, very cool. I've got to meet Larry one day and have a beer with him. Definatley my favourite 'member of the trade'...

I may have to sell the E5 to finance the Lavry unfortunately...

I'm picking mine up locally... just as soon as I can raise the funds.

Ummm... I don't want the mini dac, but impressions on the Lavry would be awesome!

LOL... I hope this is a joke. If not, microsofts antispyware works pretty well and adaware is a good backup app. For a free virus scanner AntiVir works really well. You might want to download CWShredder and run it as well as Hijackthis to get rid of the BHOs. Or if you have some time on your hands, reinstall windows and get MS antispyware and AntiVir on there from the getgo. Give your sister a basic acount and tell her to come to you before installing anything that needs admin privileges.

Yeah, I was talking to Kevin and it is probably due to the fact that the sockets for the 6C33's are raised to allow for better airflow.