Posts by jaycalgary

The best Koss portables are 60 ohm and they are easily powered on portable mp3 players etc.

Thanks for the hearing test I did not do so well. I could hear to 15khz and no further. Then I went back to try if if was 15khz in both ears and it was not. 15khz in right ear and actually only 14khz in left. Could always be worse.

I sometimes I regard the country as a deciding factor of my purchases. You can try and be as politically correct as you want to be. French wine, Colombian coffee, Cuban cigars etc. I am impressed by some of the stuff that comes out of...

Thank for the advice I have been looking up as much as possible and have seen the 71a mentioned but have not found any schematics yet. Sounds like a few people have built this type of headphone amp.

Does AIMP2 modify the sound?

Are you wearing a mickey mouse shirt? Sorry my bad jk

Just curious what type of output transformer do tube amps for headphones use? I know that tube amps for speakers usually use output transformers with secondary at 4,8 or 16 ohms but the headphones I am looking at are 600 ohms. I...

Sorry you feel snubbed I buy enough things from China like we all do. If China puts out a great headphone I may buy it.There still is a reason why top headphones like HD800,T1 are made in Germany. Kinda like how the Swiss are known for...

I am in Calgary and emailed Planet of Sound. The HD800 is almost $2k in Canada. I have K702 and I am enjoying them. Has there been any changes with the T1? Like soundstage opening up a bit more or more detail. I get the impression that...

Over 5yrs ago that is what I did but what point is there with pretty decent mp3 players? Not just a large discman but a pocket full of cd's that get scratched so easy. I don't miss that at all.