Posts by pataburd

The Qinpu A-1.0X arrived over the weekend.  Very transparent with beautiful tone and timbre, and a great match for the HE-5LE.  Am using highflight's speaker tap adapter cable.  Pat Metheny's "Letter from Home"--I've...

Up for sale is integrated amplifier Linn Intek from the legendary Scottish company. It can push 80 watts into 4 Ohms, or 50 watts into 8 Ohms.   The Intek has sizeable and heavy toroidal...

The Qinpu A-1.0X is slated to arrive Monday (4/30), which only took a few button clicks and a couple of e-mails with someone on the FS threads here.   The 5LE sounded great with the AMC XIA and a bit better still with the...

Bada PH-12 does a great job with the HE-5LE.  Big and transparent, with nice extension and dimensionality.  Tube-rolling is a dream with the HE-5LE!  : )   Still prefer running the signal out of the Bada...

  Quote: Originally Posted by captouch  Does it sound a lot better than stock?   They are not actually made yet.  Just got the solder in.  God willing, I'll have them done by next week.

I actually (strongly) prefer the HE-5LE to the LCD-2, so for me the next logical step would be the HE-6 and a power amp upgrade.  : )

PLEASE Does someone have one of these to post, or basic verbal information to impart?  I am terminating a cable with a 4-pin XLR on the amplifier end and the HE-5LE on the other. Stupid question, but I just want to make sure,...

Materials for a 7.5 foot cord cost:   (1)  $60 for the cable (2)  $07 for the Neutrik 4-pin male XLR (3)  $05 for the Mundorf solder (3)  $00 for the HifiMAN connectors (used the extra pair that came...

Quote: Originally Posted by captouch  Changing topics - anyone using Mogami wire for their cord? The stock XLR cord is too short and thinking of having a head-fier make a 14 footer out of Mogami for me. I am using...

This was left over after Enigma Audio recabled my K501.  Comes with mini-to-1/4" threaded adapter.   $12.50 shipped ConUS.