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Headphone Inventory
✪ = Using regularly now

Stax Lambda Nova Signature
✪ Stax Vintage SR-5NB Gold
✪ Sennheiser HD-800 (balanced using DIY CryoParts OCCC cable or APSv3)
✪ Grado HF-2
✪ Ultimate Ears Triple.fi 10 with Null Audio cable.
MB Quart QP55X (first ever high quality phones).
Sennheiser HD-424 (My father's vintage pair)

«Gone:»
Stax SR-007 "Omega 2" MKI (borrowed)
Audio Technica ESW10JPN
Sennheiser HD600 with Zu cable.
Etymotic ER6i
MB Quart QP250
Sennheiser HD-650
Sennheiser PX200
Ultrasone Edition 9 w/APureSound V3 cable.
Denon D5000 (with mulga cups and full Markl mods but not re-cabled)
Audio Technica ATH-A1000X
Headphone Amp Inventory
✪ Audio-gd Phoenix
✪ Audio-gd C2C upgrade version (with Goldpoint attenuator)
✪ Fitz-modified Stax SRD-X.

«Gone:»
Stax 007t (borrowed, goes well with the SR-5NB Gold and Lambda Nova Signature)
Stax SR-717
Meier Corda Move MK1
Little Dot MKV
Audio-gd C2C (original version with silver hand-made case)

Borrowed/tried:
Luxman P-1
Source Inventory
✪ Apple MacBook Pro
✪ Audio-gd Reference 1
✪ Audio-gd Reference 3
✪ Audio-gd Compass (with my XBox)
✪ Onkyo DV-SP502 SACD player
✪ iPhone 3GS
iPod Classic 160 GB
iPod 5G 30 GB
iPod 2G Nano
CryoParts PCLink II

«Gone:»
Northstar M192
Lavry DA-10
ZERO DAC w/HDAM
Apogee Duet
M-Audio Fast Track Pro (screw M-Audio's crap drivers)
Audiotrak Prodigy Cube (died)

Borrowed/tried:
Benchmark DAC 1
Marantz Project D-1
Assemblage DAC 3
Nakamichi Dragon DAC
Cable Inventory
✪ Nordost Heimdall XLR
✪ Van Den Hul Orchid XLR & RCA
Van Den Hul Thunderline XLR
✪ Van Den Hul The First Ultimate MKII RCA
Van Den Hul The Second RCA
Van Den Hul D300 w/DIY plugs
✪ SAEC SN-1903 RCA
✪ Van den Hul Optocoupler
Sony 3m Mini-Optical to Toslink cable
✪ Canare 75 Ohm digital cables
Audioquest Mini
Harmony Gold mini to RCA (some Dick Smith cable that wasn't half bad).

Gone:
Van Den Hul Flexicon RCA
Power-Related Components
✪ PS Audio xStream Statement (thanks Patrick82)
✪ DIY CryoParts CryoMax III power cable with Furutech plugs.
✪ Audio-gd power cables.
Other Audio Equipment
✪ Parasound Zamp
Luxman LV-103U integrated amp
✪ Paradigm Titans

Airport Express
Koss Hold-A-Fone headphone desk hangers.
Some Kensington portable speaker thing.

«Gone:»
Bose Micro Music Monitors.
Audio-Related Tweaks
Herbies Ultrasonic Tube Dampers (in the 007t)
Gear-Fi (Favorite Non-Audio Gear & Gadgets)
MacBook Pro
Mac Mini
Nikon D80 with 18-200mm and 35mm lenses.
Panasonic HDC-SC5
XBox 360

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  1. rosgr63
    05-18-2009 07:48 AM - permalink
    rosgr63
    Hello,
    I am based in Athens, Greece.
    I am about to order the P-200 from Japan.This is a one way trip, ie it can't go back if I don't like it.
    Have you had a chance to listen to it?
    I can't find anybody who has, or any reviews about it.
    Please help me if you can and kindly reply to rosgr63@mac.com
    Many thanks
    Stavros
  2. Currawong
    04-13-2009 05:48 AM - permalink
    Currawong
    I'd hunt for a portable DAC/amp such as the Corda Move I own. I've seen them go for <$200 and because they are small, shipping wouldn't be much.
  3. naes41091
    04-12-2009 11:15 PM - permalink
    naes41091
    Hey, so, I have some questions about the zero dac and it's competitiors, etc.

    I really want to buy a dac / pre amp combination type thing like the zero. I was really excited about buying one until the april 2009 edit you added, I'm a little freaked out. I really like the price point on the zero, and that's what drew me the most to it. If you were to recommend another, where would you direct?

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  • About Currawong
    Biography
    I'm an Australian living in western Japan. Computers became boring, so I got into head-fi instead.
    Location
    Fukuoka, Japan (was Australia)
    Interests
    Computers, hi-fi, gadgets.
    Occupation
    Fixing computers, building web sites and terrorising small Japanese children with English.
    Music Preferences
    Jazz, jazz and more jazz.
    Mozart, Bach, Chopin and other classical.
    Stevie Ray Vaughan
    John Lee Hooker
    Soundgarden
    Stone Temple Pilots
    Van Halen
    Schpongle
    Art of Noise
    Moby
    Amon Tobin
    Ayub Ogada
    Tom Waits
    Too much else to mention right now.
    Interests (non-headphone)
    Stax Baby/HF-2 baby (see pic) and the rest of my family.
    Self-realisation (don't get me started).
    I'm vegetarian, don't drink, smoke or take drugs (except the occasional coffee, which I really should quit).
  • Head-Fi Gear
    Headphone Inventory
    ✪ = Using regularly now

    Stax Lambda Nova Signature
    ✪ Stax Vintage SR-5NB Gold
    ✪ Sennheiser HD-800 (balanced using DIY CryoParts OCCC cable or APSv3)
    ✪ Grado HF-2
    ✪ Ultimate Ears Triple.fi 10 with Null Audio cable.
    MB Quart QP55X (first ever high quality phones).
    Sennheiser HD-424 (My father's vintage pair)

    «Gone:»
    Stax SR-007 "Omega 2" MKI (borrowed)
    Audio Technica ESW10JPN
    Sennheiser HD600 with Zu cable.
    Etymotic ER6i
    MB Quart QP250
    Sennheiser HD-650
    Sennheiser PX200
    Ultrasone Edition 9 w/APureSound V3 cable.
    Denon D5000 (with mulga cups and full Markl mods but not re-cabled)
    Audio Technica ATH-A1000X
    Headphone Amp Inventory
    ✪ Audio-gd Phoenix
    ✪ Audio-gd C2C upgrade version (with Goldpoint attenuator)
    ✪ Fitz-modified Stax SRD-X.

    «Gone:»
    Stax 007t (borrowed, goes well with the SR-5NB Gold and Lambda Nova Signature)
    Stax SR-717
    Meier Corda Move MK1
    Little Dot MKV
    Audio-gd C2C (original version with silver hand-made case)

    Borrowed/tried:
    Luxman P-1
    Source Inventory
    ✪ Apple MacBook Pro
    ✪ Audio-gd Reference 1
    ✪ Audio-gd Reference 3
    ✪ Audio-gd Compass (with my XBox)
    ✪ Onkyo DV-SP502 SACD player
    ✪ iPhone 3GS
    iPod Classic 160 GB
    iPod 5G 30 GB
    iPod 2G Nano
    CryoParts PCLink II

    «Gone:»
    Northstar M192
    Lavry DA-10
    ZERO DAC w/HDAM
    Apogee Duet
    M-Audio Fast Track Pro (screw M-Audio's crap drivers)
    Audiotrak Prodigy Cube (died)

    Borrowed/tried:
    Benchmark DAC 1
    Marantz Project D-1
    Assemblage DAC 3
    Nakamichi Dragon DAC
    Cable Inventory
    ✪ Nordost Heimdall XLR
    ✪ Van Den Hul Orchid XLR & RCA
    Van Den Hul Thunderline XLR
    ✪ Van Den Hul The First Ultimate MKII RCA
    Van Den Hul The Second RCA
    Van Den Hul D300 w/DIY plugs
    ✪ SAEC SN-1903 RCA
    ✪ Van den Hul Optocoupler
    Sony 3m Mini-Optical to Toslink cable
    ✪ Canare 75 Ohm digital cables
    Audioquest Mini
    Harmony Gold mini to RCA (some Dick Smith cable that wasn't half bad).

    Gone:
    Van Den Hul Flexicon RCA
    Power-Related Components
    ✪ PS Audio xStream Statement (thanks Patrick82)
    ✪ DIY CryoParts CryoMax III power cable with Furutech plugs.
    ✪ Audio-gd power cables.
    Other Audio Equipment
    ✪ Parasound Zamp
    Luxman LV-103U integrated amp
    ✪ Paradigm Titans

    Airport Express
    Koss Hold-A-Fone headphone desk hangers.
    Some Kensington portable speaker thing.

    «Gone:»
    Bose Micro Music Monitors.
    Audio-Related Tweaks
    Herbies Ultrasonic Tube Dampers (in the 007t)
    Gear-Fi (Favorite Non-Audio Gear & Gadgets)
    MacBook Pro
    Mac Mini
    Nikon D80 with 18-200mm and 35mm lenses.
    Panasonic HDC-SC5
    XBox 360
  • Signature
    MacBook Pro → Audio-gd Reference 3+1 → Phoenix → Sennheiser HD-800, Grado HF-2, Symphones Magnums or Parasound Zamp → Paradigm Titans + Van Den Hul or DIY cabling.
    currawong.net | Head-fi Blog | Head-fi feedback | Twitter | Instant-message me
    "The trouble with most people is not what they don't know, but what they know for certain that isn't true." -- Mark Twain

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Posted 11-16-2009 at 01:31 PM by Currawong Comments 0
dbel84 posted this interesting visual of the terms we use in audio. Very handy.


Posted 11-02-2009 at 04:07 AM by Currawong Comments 1
An interesting thread from 2007 was bumped on this very subject.

Short answer seems to be: Stax in 1960 with the SRA-4S, as electrostats require a special amp:



but for dynamic phones, excluding pro gear with headphone outs, probably the Sure Solo-phone.



After that, Grado designed the HP-1 for the HP-1000s just before HeadRoom...

Posted 10-15-2009 at 07:36 AM by Currawong Comments 0
Posted in Sound Science
I wrote this up for a thread about Bose and thought it worth saving.

I figured out how many headphone manufacturers get away with selling low-end and lower-quality headphones, especially in the case of Bose and Monster, who do so at higher prices: Most cheap or rubbish headphones are seriously rolled off in the treble and 2-10k region that, if it weren't so, would reveal the shortcomings of the design, as that's where a lot of critical vocals are, and where women especially are most...

Posted 10-08-2009 at 10:30 AM by Currawong Comments 0
I thought the discussion in this thread was worthy of posting, and I know I'll want to recall what I wrote later, so I've included here my and other peoples' answers. My answers aren't quoted.

[A]nything that converts a digital signal to analogue is a DAC. People often refer to a sound card that plugs in via USB instead of inside your computer as an "external sound card". These have connections for mice and instruments and are used for amateur music making. Many companies...

Posted 10-07-2009 at 10:25 AM by Currawong Comments 0
It seems that the eXStata DIY electrostat amp is already exceeding expectations, using only $350 or so of parts, including the case. HeadphoneAddict has provided us with a short review mid-thread thus:

Quote:
Originally Posted by HeadphoneAddict View Post
The eXStata is a great amp, but it was so highly detailed that we could hear jitter (grainy griity in the highs) with the Apple TV on Saturday, which at first was more difficult to pick up with the GES until 3 hours into the meet, making us have to change the transport to a Macbook
...
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