Thanks, but are there any headphones other than the Beyerdynamics that have a nominal impedance of 600 ohms? Google search seems to suggest that they are about the only ones, but I might be wrong.     Regards CK

Hi,   Doing some research here.    Many products claim to support "600 ohm headphones", so I tried to find out what these are. Doing a search on Google and here reveals only the Beyerdynamics headphones. Are there any other headphones that has a 600 ohm impedance? I checked the Sennheiser HD...

Quote: Originally Posted by Illah Are there any? I may get one from work and I would like a decent analog out. I don't want to deal with DACs right now. Thanks, --Illah You can give this a try: PCMCIA Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Notebook Regards CK

In terms of battery life, I read two reviews which tested the battery life to be around 26hrs. Pretty amazing. Regards CK

Bought a pair of K501s used for a pretty nice price (~US$88). Really loved it's naturalness, extremely good midrange and large soundstage. The lack of bass didn't bother me at all, though I was previously listening via a pair of HD600s which I had on loan. And despite what some people say it...

Quote: Originally Posted by utdeep I dealt with a lot of portable speakers when I was in the Peace Corps and only had battery power. I think the best sounding one is probably the PAL radios but they're a little large and heavy. After that, the Creative travelsound speakers are actually...

Quote: Originally Posted by Gummy I heard the AKG K501 is the best for classicals. I second that. Regards CK

Thanks for the write up Welly. I just bought the redbook version of this CD (I don't have a SACD player, and no point buying SACD to play just the redbook ) and it's indeed excellent in terms of both Hahn's performance as well as the recording. Regards CK

Quote: Originally posted by Orpheus um, ckng, actually that's the opposite of what i said. pin 2 is supposed to be left and pin 3 is supposed to be right. on your headphone plug, 1/4" or mini, the tip IS left, and the ring IS right. that's for sure. so, if your tip is connected...

Probed mine with a multimeter: Pin 1 : Ground Pin 2 : Ring/Right Pin 3 : Tip/Left So Orpheus is right. Regards CK

Quote: Originally posted by kelesh kernel streaming is not one of the output options that I see in foobar 2000's output settings. I see Null Output, Directsound, and waveout. Any ideas? I have only installed creative's drivers and foobar 2000. Do I need to install anything else...

Quote: Originally posted by Jeffreybar i totally agree...nothing is more uncool than something that *everybody* has/likes/whatever. rejoice in your ihp's cool differentness. remember that 1984-style macintosh ad? Talking about that, the 20th anniversary version of that ad has been...

Oh yes, like SovKiller, would really appreciate if anyone can provide some insight on how to use those test CDs to evaluate system performance, etc. Thanks again. Regards CK

Thanks to all for the replies. I am more of a classical person, so I had tested with a couple of Reference Recordings HDCDs, a regular EMI classical CD and a couple of music tracks on the RR Test & Burn-In CD. Probably let the thing burn in a bit before I try again, but the posts more or less...

Hi, Sorry if this has been posted, stuff like that can be hard to search for. Are the sound differences between Op-Amps supposed to be very subtle? I swapped the OPA2132P in my META42 with 2 x OPA637 and couldn't hear much differences (if any). Is it my ears? I am using AKG 271S for...