Tír Na HiFi

Hi Guys, wondering if anyone knows much about little dot amps? Saw a mkII for sale here and it looks good value.
Not sure about buying one from China via ebay though.
Any info appreciated, Thanks,Shane.

I have heard the mkiii. It is very good(fantastic really) and some of the members here have it or had it.
David zhezhe is the guy to buy from. See quick link below but I believe he is available on ebay.co.uk as well.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Little-Dot-MK-I ... 2ebc4c3b4f

Thanks Tony for the info.
By here I meant Adverts.ie rather than tirnahifi.
Are you liable to import duty if buying from China? Have seen that guy on ebay mentioned in a few places alright.

Hi Shane,Just checking the dac threads. A lot of reading there. Yours is easier to answer.
See link below for uk dealer. I suppose it comes in over €250. Really depends what you want from a headphone amp.
I bought a cayin one for a lot more. I wasnt prepared to take the chance in ordering direct from china.
I think at that price level it would be very hard to beat. There is another make Schiit and I think maybe cloney stock them.
Heard them at the hifi show and thought they were very good but no idea of price.

What type of headphones are you using?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Genuine-Local ... 3a73941693

Hi Tony, The Schiit ones look good and are good price (in dollars anyway), I might drop Cloneys an email and see if they stock them.
I'm using Grados SR80s at the minute but can't justify a massive outlay just now. I do hope to upgrade later but probably will stick with Grados - I like the sound and don't find them uncomfortable (as some users do). I bought a Mengyue mini a few years ago off ebay, it came recommended from the Cloney forum I think, and I got the valve bug from there. It sounded great with headphones too (to me anyway)
The mkII is for sale for 90€ which is a lot less than importing which is what caught my eye.

You can hardly go too far wrong at that kind of money. I keep an eye on adverts from time to time and some good headphone gear has come up there over the past few months. I've seen a ray samuels model, and a few others. Be worth doing a search in case some of them haven't sold.

I've personaly had a couple of little dot amps and they were all fine performers. The mkIII in particular was good IIRC. I moved over since then to other valve HP amps so let the little dots go.....



Fran

Fran wrote:You can hardly go too far wrong at that kind of money. I keep an eye on adverts from time to time and some good headphone gear has come up there over the past few months. I've seen a ray samuels model, and a few others. Be worth doing a search in case some of them haven't sold.

I've personaly had a couple of little dot amps and they were all fine performers. The mkIII in particular was good IIRC. I moved over since then to other valve HP amps so let the little dots go.....



Fran

Thanks Fran. For the money, it looks good value and probably worth a punt. Will check out Ray Samuels online. Thanks for the tip.

tweber wrote:

Fran wrote:You can hardly go too far wrong at that kind of money. I keep an eye on adverts from time to time and some good headphone gear has come up there over the past few months. I've seen a ray samuels model, and a few others. Be worth doing a search in case some of them haven't sold.

I've personaly had a couple of little dot amps and they were all fine performers. The mkIII in particular was good IIRC. I moved over since then to other valve HP amps so let the little dots go.....



Fran

Thanks Fran. For the money, it looks good value and probably worth a punt. Will check out Ray Samuels online. Thanks for the tip.

Not sure which one Fran is recommending there but if you have the bucks the mkiii is the one to go for. My recollection is the earlier ones were problematic and I think little dot hit the jack pot with the mkiii.

Thanks for the info guys, I'm going to check out the mkII tomorrow. I'll let ye know how I get on.
Schiit amps look good- not stocked by Cloney by the way but are available through Amazon.co.uk

tweber wrote:Thanks for the info guys, I'm going to check out the mkII tomorrow. I'll let ye know how I get on.
Schiit amps look good- not stocked by Cloney by the way but are available through Amazon.co.uk

Have a look here for details on the Edwards Headphone amp....and others. Best of luck with your search:)


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