Posts by elrod-tom

Quote: Originally Posted by musicman59  Does anybody have an idea on how the 121 compares in sound to the V200? Tom, I guess we need to get together to compare  Jose, we WILL have to do that at some...

Push the "Display" button on the remote and they dim substantially....

I'm listening today at work, and liking what I'm hearing.  Mostly listening with RSA SR-71B, which is my preferred way thus far (though the headphone circuit on the 121 is nice...a bit bright with my Beyerdynamic DT-770's). If...

  Quote: Originally Posted by attilahun  Promising initial results! I know there was talk of the headphone stage coming from Ray Samuels...did that ever materialize? They seem to be silent in their...

OK, I JUST got mine, so no burn in or anything.  I'm listening via the USB interface at work right now with my Beyerdynamic DT-770s out of the single ended headphone amp that comes with.   Well, so far...color me VERY...

Well, money is ALWAYS an issue.    How much $$ we talking about here?  I was hoping that $300-$400 would get me something I could live with.

I didn't think the DACMagic Plus was bright at all.  I really thought it presented very well, and had a nice detailed warmth about it.  It has good bass presence, but not thump...which is fine because I used an RSA amp with...

I owned the MagicDAC Plus...it's a very nice DAC IMHO.  The Asynch USB-2 improves the sound dramatically IMHO.  As a headphone amp, it's not bad.  I really didn't use it too much, as I do mostly balanced headphone rigs...

OK...as of right now, I've got a couple of vintage Fisher tube amps (500C and X-202B).  I'm thinking it might not be a bad idea to buy my own tube tester at some point.    I gather I will need something that will...

I'm probably going to regret doing this, but I'm offering for sale my Grado HF-2 headphones.  I have the original box, along with both the original bowl pads and a set of flat pads.  The serial number is...