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Post by tim1750 on Aug 23, 2017 10:49:12 GMT
I bought a Chinese Little Bear valve headphone amp off of Flea Bay and changed to valve to a amperex 12au7 that I had anyway and i'm quite pleased with it the only other thing I had to do was buy a pair of passive attenuators because the voltage coming from my CDP was to high, worked good on the tv and PC too without the attenuators.
What I forgot to say it that the power toggle switch wasn't working right when I received it so I emailed them and they told me to work the switch so I ended up breaking it anyway the short and curly's is I ended up getting a £20.00 refund to repair the switch that was stuck in the on position so all I do is plug it in when I want to use it,bit naughty I know considering it only cost me £39.00 and £10 of that was shipping
Anyone else bought one of these ?what do you think of them ?
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Post by jandl100 on Aug 24, 2017 8:05:47 GMT
I've not had the headphone amp but I bought a £30 Little Bear phonostage, and that was more than decent!
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Post by tim1750 on Aug 24, 2017 10:06:52 GMT
I found changing the valves out make a hell of a differance
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Post by Slinger on Aug 24, 2017 14:07:37 GMT
I found changing the valves out make a hell of a differance I did the same with a valve-buffer kit I built. I swapped out the 6J1 valves for a matched "ruggedised" GE 5654W pair and the improvement was instantly apparent. |
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Post by Rexton on Aug 24, 2017 18:25:06 GMT
I've messed around with some of the Cheap Chineese stuff and found it to be punching well above its price point.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2017 11:49:24 GMT
Personally i dont think its worth buying these cheapo units when you got manufacturers lick Schiit that give superb SQ for beer money & you know they ae made in the USA
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Post by tim1750 on Aug 25, 2017 12:46:06 GMT
I've not heard of Schiit i'll have to do some research mate.
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Post by MartinT on Aug 25, 2017 12:58:41 GMT
Good brand, except for the dodgy name!
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Post by tim1750 on Aug 25, 2017 13:05:14 GMT
I found changing the valves out make a hell of a differance I did the same with a valve-buffer kit I built. I swapped out the 6J1 valves for a matched "ruggedised" GE 5654W pair and the improvement was instantly apparent. I've always like the G.E's and the R.C.A's as well in most valves |
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Post by Rexton on Aug 25, 2017 20:35:54 GMT
Personally i dont think its worth buying these cheapo units when you got manufacturers lick Schiit that give superb SQ for beer money & you know they ae made in the USA You get great SQ for even less beer money with the cheapo units. Most people buy them for fun and nothing else. |
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Post by jandl100 on Aug 26, 2017 6:27:02 GMT
Some folks drink expensive beer! -- or maybe rather too much.  |
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Post by tim1750 on Aug 26, 2017 10:34:37 GMT
Some folks drink expensive beer! -- or maybe rather too much. You know were only here for the beer,that's fine coming from a alcoholic who's been on the wagon nearly 2 years and hope to stay on it. |
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Post by MartinT on Aug 26, 2017 11:06:25 GMT
Some folks drink expensive beer! I drink expensive beer. The trick is to drink only one and really enjoy it. |
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Post by Slinger on Aug 26, 2017 11:39:57 GMT
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Post by MartinT on Aug 26, 2017 11:56:36 GMT
Hah! Citra's nice, though.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 26, 2017 14:22:36 GMT
Personally i dont think its worth buying these cheapo units when you got manufacturers lick Schiit that give superb SQ for beer money & you know they ae made in the USA You get great SQ for even less beer money with the cheapo units. Most people buy them for fun and nothing else. You do but they dont last two mins so basically a waste of money |
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Post by Slinger on Aug 26, 2017 14:49:29 GMT
From the top - Valve buffer built from kit. SMSL SA-36A amp SMSL Sanskrit DAC  Total outlay =£144.73 (including £12.00 for upgraded valves for the buffer) These are used every day, sound pretty good providing sound/music direct from my PC, seem to be lasting just fine. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 26, 2017 15:10:11 GMT
Well the Schiit are £99 mega reliable, sound superb & do not use backwards technology..
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Post by Slinger on Aug 26, 2017 18:07:15 GMT
Which Schiit are you talking about, their bottom-end DAC or the combination headphone amp/DAC?
My DAC was £80.00 and has Coaxial/Optical/USB (ATM) inputs. Coaxial/Optical inputs support 192KHz @ 16/20/32BIT and USB supports 32bit @ 192KHz. It also supports 88.2KHz. I don't think those specs are too "backwards" do you?
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Post by MartinT on Aug 26, 2017 22:33:46 GMT
I think he means the valves  |
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