Maverick Audio DAC tour

goldlizsts · « **Reply #320 on:** 8 Apr 2010, 09:56 am »

Quote from: mjosef on 8 Apr 2010, 02:12 am

Maverick was last spotted in Fargo, North Dakota...the Lagoon Saloon...the table, #5...the game, black Jack, all or nothing at all.

Oh, I see it now, being towed along the AZ/UT border,

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mjosef · « **Reply #321 on:** 9 Apr 2010, 03:52 am »

Is that U in the pic Shek?
Nice defined rock layers...

etcarroll · « **Reply #322 on:** 9 Apr 2010, 06:43 pm »

OK - FedEx just delivered it to me.

Mariusz · « **Reply #323 on:** 9 Apr 2010, 06:44 pm »

Deepak
it was great meeting you and thank you for the op amps replacements.

Paul
thanks for the tubes and looking forward to those Western Electric

Now,
all I need is to swing by Lagoon Saloon

if I only knew wherdahel is that?

Mariusz

mjosef · « **Reply #324 on:** 9 Apr 2010, 10:30 pm »

Sooo...Shek isn't taking it next I guess?
If so, we should make arrangement for delivery of the Maverick. Sending U a PM.

goldlizsts · « **Reply #325 on:** 10 Apr 2010, 01:33 am »

Quote from: mjosef on 9 Apr 2010, 03:52 am

Is that U in the pic Shek?
Nice defined rock layers...

That's a friend of mine, Martin. I took the picture.

Mariusz, I will be picking up the Maverick from Martin Sunday morning.

Shek

Mariusz · « **Reply #326 on:** 10 Apr 2010, 02:24 am »

Quote from: goldlizsts on 10 Apr 2010, 01:33 am

That's a friend of mine, Martin. I took the picture.

Mariusz, I will be picking up the Maverick from Martin Sunday morning.

Shek

Cool

enjoy it!

I might be going downtown Brooklyn on Mon. or Tue.
If you like, we can swap some opamps that just arrived and replace the stock tube with GE tube. (surly not the cream of the crop but better then stock)

Cheers
Mariusz

goldlizsts · « **Reply #327 on:** 10 Apr 2010, 03:05 am »

Quote from: Mariusz on 10 Apr 2010, 02:24 am

Cool

enjoy it!

I might be going downtown Brooklyn on Mon. or Tue.
If you like, we can swap some opamps that just arrived and replace the stock tube with GE tube. (surly not the cream of the crop but better then stock)

Cheers
Mariusz

Thanks Mariusz. Monday I'll probably not be available to meet up with you...... Besides, I don't need to swap opamps I guess. Not an opamp fan. I'll see how the Maverick sounds with the stock tube first, vs the EE with the stock tube (I already have the EE stock tube sound sized up).......

Mariusz · « **Reply #328 on:** 10 Apr 2010, 03:13 am »

Quote from: goldlizsts on 10 Apr 2010, 03:05 am

Thanks Mariusz. Monday I'll probably not be available to meet up with you...... Besides, I don't need to swap opamps I guess. Not an opamp fan. I'll see how the Maverick sounds with the stock tube first, vs the EE with the stock tube (I already have the EE stock tube sound sized up).......

Cool... again.

Cheers & have fun.

goldlizsts · « **Reply #329 on:** 11 Apr 2010, 04:39 pm »

Quote from: Mariusz on 10 Apr 2010, 03:13 am

Cool... again.

Cheers & have fun.

Got it from Martin this a.m., Mariusz. Right now, it's just sitting there, warming up, tho I briefly drove it. Now, just an observation/comment - Did anyone notice that each time you change track, or start to play a CD, you would hear a click-click (twice) from the DAC (using coax)?

evan1 · « **Reply #330 on:** 11 Apr 2010, 04:57 pm »

Quote from: goldlizsts on 11 Apr 2010, 04:39 pm

Got it from Martin this a.m., Mariusz. Right now, it's just sitting there, warming up, tho I briefly drove it. Now, just an observation/comment - Did anyone notice that each time you change track, or start to play a CD, you would hear a click-click (twice) from the DAC (using coax)?

Never happened. Stop watching the Wizard of Oz

MLS · « **Reply #331 on:** 11 Apr 2010, 08:15 pm »

I have noticed the clicks also. It bothered me at first but now I am over it.

Scott

Mariusz · « **Reply #332 on:** 11 Apr 2010, 08:29 pm »

Honestly, no I've not. But then again, I wasn't using CD player or CD transport.
My setup looked something like this: Itouch with iTransporter from Onkyo to Maverick.

Thanks for the heads up.

Mariusz

mjosef · « **Reply #333 on:** 12 Apr 2010, 12:50 am »

Quote

Did anyone notice that each time you change track, or start to play a CD, you would hear a click-click (twice) from the DAC (using coax)?

Yeap...it like a grinding clicking sound, thought I had crickets eating away on something. Very noisy when locking onto a signal.

goldlizsts · « **Reply #334 on:** 12 Apr 2010, 01:36 am »

Quote from: evan1 on 11 Apr 2010, 04:57 pm

Never happened. Stop watching the Wizard of Oz

Watching The Wiz and fallen asleep, of course one won't hear the clicking.

etcarroll · « **Reply #335 on:** 13 Apr 2010, 02:21 pm »

Had the Mav 1 for a few days, unfortunately I bought a new amp for main listening area at same time, been playing with it.

However, in my home office today, working then finishing taxes, so pulled Mav 1 out of shipping box, connected to PC, used USB in and analog out to Carver receiver, no sound. Checked all setup on PC, but no joy. Did hear clicks out of speakers when I movered controls, so it was a live connection, just no sound.

Then went to analog in, with a stereo mini-jack adapter out of the PCs mobo, and got sound.

Time to listen. I'll test for the clicking sound.

Gene

Quote from: mjosef on 12 Apr 2010, 12:50 am

Yeap...it like a grinding clicking sound, thought I had crickets eating away on something. Very noisy when locking onto a signal.

ken · « **Reply #336 on:** 13 Apr 2010, 02:35 pm »

Quote from: mjosef on 7 Apr 2010, 04:19 am

Before I removed the Maverick I listened to the SS output...sounded very good to me, in some ways better than the Tube output. YMWV.

I also thought the ss output sounded better than the tube one did. I suspect tube rolling may improve things though

evan1 · « **Reply #337 on:** 13 Apr 2010, 09:03 pm »

Quote from: goldlizsts on 11 Apr 2010, 04:39 pm

Got it from Martin this a.m., Mariusz. Right now, it's just sitting there, warming up, tho I briefly drove it. Now, just an observation/comment - Did anyone notice that each time you change track, or start to play a CD, you would hear a click-click (twice) from the DAC (using coax)?

This might be a similar issue , so maybe you have a faulty unit

http://forums.av123.com/showthread.php?t=42509&page=2

eclein · « **Reply #338 on:** 14 Apr 2010, 05:46 pm »

So Gene, How is it sounding?????

etcarroll · « **Reply #339 on:** 14 Apr 2010, 06:26 pm »

With original tubes, not bad.

Listening to The Planets by HOLST by Orchestre National de France-Colin Davis, nice depth, punch and definition.

The bottom end a little 'unformed', but I wouldn't kick it outta bed.

Tomorrow I'll start tube rolling.