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Gigabeat and the DIY mod
coacharnold:
Hi folks ....
has anyone tried to do a DIY mod type mod on the GIGABEAT.
taking the sound signal right out of the DAC .... using new (better ) coupling capacitors .... into the line out. and into a custom doc ...then into a headphone amp...... the APPLE geeks all seem to say this can really get great sound ...
my question is does anyone have any experience with this on the gigabeat.
Tim
saratoga:
--- Quote from: coacharnold on October 09, 2013, 04:50:38 PM ---taking the sound signal right out of the DAC .... using new (better ) coupling capacitors .... into the line out. and into a custom doc ...then into a headphone amp......
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Well changing the caps AND using a headphone amp would be pointless. Generally you do one or the other, since the headphone amp is a high impedance the capacitance it sees won't matter.
--- Quote from: coacharnold on October 09, 2013, 04:50:38 PM ---the APPLE geeks all seem to say this can really get great sound ...
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Well, if someone actually does that with an Apple device they're probably kind of dumb. I wouldn't take their advice :)
There are some mods you could in theory do: http://www.rockbox.org/wiki/GigabeatCustomdock
I don't know if anyone has bothered trying the digital out on the Gigabeat though.
coacharnold:
Here's the mod if I didn't explain it right ...
http://www.head-fi.org/t/269604/the-apple-diymod-my-take-on-the-famous-imod-56k-killer-featuring-3g-4g-5g-and-nano-1g
and here's the "commercial" mod version from red wine audio
http://redwineaudio.com/mods/imod
coacharnold:
I should point out that I have a gigabeat with a broken audio out that I got off of e-bay ..... and I was thinking of giving the imod a try on the gigabeat as I have the parts.
saratoga:
--- Quote from: coacharnold on October 09, 2013, 06:13:02 PM ---Here's the mod if I didn't explain it right ...
http://www.head-fi.org/t/269604/the-apple-diymod-my-take-on-the-famous-imod-56k-killer-featuring-3g-4g-5g-and-nano-1g
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Yeah, thats dumb.
--- Quote from: coacharnold on October 09, 2013, 06:13:02 PM ---and here's the "commercial" mod version from red wine audio
http://redwineaudio.com/mods/imod
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A site selling 750 dollar copper cables.
Thats pretty special.
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