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]

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......

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.

the APPLE geeks all seem to say this can really get great sound ...

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]

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

Yeah, thats dumb.

and here's the "commercial" mod version from red wine audio

http://redwineaudio.com/mods/imod

A site selling 750 dollar copper cables. 

Thats pretty special.   

[coacharnold]

Here's some folks who have done the mod .....

I am only looking for info on the internals of gigabeat board ......

Yeah red wine audio's mod is rediculous ...... that NOT the point ..... what is the point is all the guys DIYing it ....  I HAVE THE SPARE PARTS i wanted to try ......
if I wanted your opinion ....I'd have asked .... so please leave your opinions to yourself and go enjoy your 128k kbps mp3's of Nickelback.

http://cogent14.com/~ayl/index.php/projects/diy-imod-ipod/

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


http://www.tarkan.info/20090113/tutorials/modding-audiophile-meets-ipod-diymod/all/1

http://www.head-fi.org/t/286965/diymod-ipod-5g-step-by-step-tutorial

[saratoga]

I am only looking for info on the internals of gigabeat board ......

See the link I posted above.  The wiki is the most complete summary of the gigabeat hardware availables hort of reading through the source code for its drivers.

if I wanted your opinion ....I'd have asked ....

Well then by all means if you don't want to learn about this then feel free to leave this thread 

[coacharnold]

This is a debate ...... a discussion .... quite frankly .... you being an ass .... if your here to help ....HELP .... if not don't ....   but you sound like you could learn something yourself .......  and I didn't see you add a constructive solution to anything ....instead you jumped in on legitimate question with an attitude .....  if you don't want to help ...DON"T respond ... instead your Duche-ery has pretty much closed this post from anyone getting involved with a constructive discussion .... I just wanted to see if anyone had done the gigeabeat upgrade .... not get into a debate ..... yours is the kind of post that ruins productive discussion about making our old relativity cheap  devices better

read the discussion i posted from head-fi on the wolfson DAC and how the ipod's sound can be changed to a line out directly from the DAC ...... unless you've actually done this ...... Literally HUNDREDS of electrical hobbiest's and audio engineers who've posted there over the last 5 years HAVE YOU BEAT .... so unless your going to try it for yourself and speak with empirical knowledge, please GO AWAY

as I said ..... Nicklebak in 128k mp3...ENJOY

[saratoga]

This is a debate ...... a discussion .... quite frankly .... you being an ass .... if your here to help ....HELP

I answered all of your questions, and correctly too.  You just didn't like the answers.  If you want wrong but pleasing answers, you can try elsewhere

read the discussion i posted from head-fi on the wolfson DAC and how the ipod's sound can be changed to a line out directly from the DAC

I quickly skimmed it, but kind of wish I hadn't wasted my time.  Having actually worked on these devices I know more than anyone posting in that thread.  Most of those people just don't know what they're doing or what these components are actually for.  As I said before, you should probably not be taking advice from them as most of those links look pretty dumb. 

Anyway, quit your whining and keep it on topic or I'm locking this thread

[soap]

coacharnold please do not abuse the report system for personal disagreements.  Consider this your only warning.

Personal attacks will not be tolerated either, from wherever they come.