Posts by Skylab

The 250 ohm and 600 ohm DT770 are definitely better with OTL tube amps, generally speaking, IMHO.

The time has come to let these great headphones go to someone who will get daily use of them - they're terrific, but I'm just not listening to them much anymore as I spend most of my music time listening to speakers. This is a tweaker's...

Quote:Originally Posted by CoolBurn Hello Skylab, Since you are commenting in this thread, I am grabbing this opportunity to thank you.  Your review of the Burson Soloist on innerfidelity.com pretty much sold me both the Soloist...

Quote:Originally Posted by preproman Well those are not my findings at all and we all hear different.  The LCD-3 extends the vocals out more and clarity is an automatic win for the LCD-3 IMO.  The LCD-3 fixes that congested / closed...

http://vacuumtubes.net/ will sell you a single NOS 5998 for $85. Not cheap, but if you only need one... Amazing how those have gone up. 3-4 years ago that same seller sold 5998's for $20 each.

I actually like Red better than Court. And I like Meddle better than Dark Side

I totally agree that the "new" MFSL records are better than the "Classic" ones. Except for the very end of the original MFSL, while the pressings were good, it was not heavy vinyl. Some classic MFSL stuff was incredibly good, but some...

That wasn't really Luxman's greatest period, the late 1980's. I had a SS preamp of theirs in the early 90's and it was decent, but not great. If its 100% functional with zero issues, $100 isn't a huge amount to risk,

Most of the MFSL LP reissues lately have been killer, totally agree.

Achilles Last Stand isn't just the best Led Zep song written, it may be the best SONG written.