Interesting. I don't pretend to be a designer or know exactly how it works. The Taurus looks like it has modes that allow it to run balanced or not but not necessarily in both. The Ayre does the same thing but is designed balanced and then adapts for an unbalanced connection I believe. I may be...

As far as I know, an amp can only be one or the other, not both. Apparently, the Ayre DAC has been designed around a balanced topology and should sound better in balanced mode. That being said, I'll let my ears decide.

Thanks so much! I appreciate your thoughts. So confusing. I was thinking of balanced interconnects

Looking at putting a balanced cable on my SennGrado so that I can try it with my Pono and Codex. Not sure where to solder the ground wire. Any suggestions? Also, should I cut a wire in the headphone driver that make the drivers balanced? Your thoughts and pics would be helpful.

Ok. To my ears the gs-1000 have great body and depth. The soundstage is bigger and has a relaxed presence. The bass is deep but somewhat loose almost like I'm listening farther back in the concert hall. The SennGrado's have more detail. The air in the midrange is excellent but it lacks the...

So I finally got to finishing my Senngrado's. Compared them directly to my gs1000's and am pleasantly surprised.

Impressive!  Food for thought.  How about upgrading the cables? Any suggestions?

Very cool.  The price of those drivers is less than half of the magnums!  Did you think it was up to the magnum level?  Sorry, when I get more time I'll read the entire thread.

A fellow Head-fier had a used pair up last week.  Sorry 7keys, I was looking at your ads but the used pair with the price were hard to pass up.  I would like some suggestions on possible driver and cable upgrades if anyone wants to chime in.  I have been looking at Take 5 Audio and Gene has...

Lol! Yes my wallet keeps getting emptied.  A dealer offered me a great price on some demo Grado rs-1000 that I couldn't resist. I'm running it through an Antique Sound Labs one off 2a3 OTL amp which never went into production.   The sound is excellent.  I've also picked up some used sr-80's and...

Hi guys! I'm new to Head-Fi  and to headphone listening but have been into two channel stereo for years.  I live just outside of Toronto in Kitchener.  It's been about a couple of months since I bought my first set of cans but I am really appreciating what they can do.  Originally I bought them...