Posts by Skylab

Very nice! HPM-60's are really nice sounding speakers.

The reason you hear a bit of hiss with the HD-650 and not with the Maddog is that the HD650 is a higher efficiency/sensitivity headphone. The models higher up in the Pioneer line have a -20dB muting feature which both reduces/eliminates...

Quote:Originally Posted by dogwan Yeah, it's just the picture. I gave them a pretty good visual inspection. No bulging or leaking. Wish I could say the same for myself. LOLOL!!!!! All good then Quote:Originally Posted by...

That Marantz pair and that Hitachi amp both look nice. The Hitachi amp's power supply looks especially tasty, although the picture sort of makes it look like the power supply caps may be bulging? Hard to tell from the pic, but if that's...

Very cool, Phoenix!!! That's a nice looking wall of sound

Thanks Rik! Yes, the B&W N800's are of course in a totally different league than any of my vintage speakers, you're absolutely right. But the vintage speakers I have all have a very FUN sound, that is sometimes just the ticket. It's a...

LOLOL!!!! Nice

That kinds of intermittent performance is almost guaranteed to just be switches or pots that need cleaning.

Yes yes, silly me! 4,000 holes in Blackburn Lancashire. Easy to get confused, as the holes were rather small

A note to our UK members, there is a pair of Pioneer HPM-70X for sale on eBay right now. That's a pretty unusual vintage speaker - not sure if its closer to HPM-100 or HPM-60. But I know that many UK folks lament the lack of vintage...