Recent content by Robpar

Been watching your channel. Awesome stuff, shows how little I know; it all sounds like Chinese (no pun intended) to me right now. I'm gonna have to read a lot before I tackle this stuff. Like somebody on this thread suggested, I may start with just a tube buffer project and go from there.

Demonstrating my total lack of knowledge: so the buffer would go between the DAC and the amp; correct? but my amp has a built-in DAC, so I would place the buffer between an external DAC (have a Schiit modi somewhere) and the amp and use the amp's analog inputs? I like the fact the buffer is...

Wow. Just got the 600M's and have been listening for a couple of hours (the joy of retirement); VERY good speakers, especially at lower volumes. I really don't hear the mid-frequency "hole" the pundits and measurements scream about. They sound awesome but I'm gonna wait and see to make sure I'm...

Yeah, I'm definitely going the new and/or new/used route and spend a little more. Haven't bought anything new in a while, so I have the "bug". So far the Klipsch's R-50M's sound better than my Infinitys, more clarity, smaller, and bass is good enough for a small space like my office, BUT I...

Tubedepot looks like a very nice site. Just learning what all the components really mean. A stupid question: are tubes better on the pre-amp stage only? where do you get the most out of tubes? both pre-amp and amp stages? Another question: is there an appreciable difference between tube pre-amp...

Oh... just started watching your channel. Are you an engineer? How did you learn all that stuff? I'm an architect and the electrical area was my weakest; just treated my engineers ; )

Thanks for the input. I'm in the process of upgrading my desktop system, so I may jump on this as soon as I finish my upgrades. Struggling with so many choices for small book shelf speakers! Back in my day, there were only a few choices and only magazine reviews! In any event, at some point soon...

Thanks guys. This is a lot to digest...

On the Aliexpress site it's hard to tell if the PCB is included. The answered questions are not from DYI customers, so its little confusing. For $200 bucks it seems to do what I'm looking for

so those are running around $240 shipping included, which is not bad. But is it too ambitious for a newbie? I've only soldered basic, like repairing stuff and tinned cable ends and recapped a small subwoofer amp...

Did you get it as a kit?

I was looking at that one but then, would it be too much for a newbie? Are instructions clear, good diagrams?

I'm Ok with a preamp or headphone amp or are there any tube DAC kits?

Thanks, I thought about the "air" ones but the "reviews" kept me away after trying the B652's. Do you have them? is there really that much improvement over the 652's? The 652's sounded like toys compared to my old Infinitys. The "boss" has given me approval to spend up to $350 if they look "nice" ;)

$200? I just want a simple, small starter kit to learn