I've often wondered about that, too. I'm not opposed to replacing it myself, but I don't want to have the same issue. Is there a superior replacement that others have been using?

I have not owned a Jotunheim, but as you have admitted, your amp is not a bottleneck. I suspect that playing with DAC's to get different sound (not necessarily better as this is a matter of preference) before changing your amplification.

If you want to find great information on the best power supplies head over to badcaps.net where this is discussed at length. I have never heard anyone mention the ripple handling of a power supply. But the ripple handling of the capacitors in the supply is definitely important. The brand and...

Wow, that's an awesome listening rig! If you ever decide to dive into another PSU then manufacturers such as Fortron (FSP), Seasonic, Sparkle and even server supplies such as Supermicro can be a tremendous upgrade.

I have no idea. I suppose there is no need. If the rig sounds great then the swapping of parts would be more academic. But then again audio is always trial and error. I have reached points where I couldn't imagine things sounding better, but then I would experiment and *boom* an increase in...

The gains yielded could be due to your power supply being a weak link. On another forum it was regarded as a poor quality supply, and the user even had a link to a site which did a thorough examination of said supply, but unfortunately the link has since become defunct: It's a relabeled 500W...

It's great to hear these products are working for you cdacosta! Can give us a rundown on your PC's parts list? What power supply and motherboard are you using?

Just acquired a pair of... well, it says on the cup "K 800 C," which ill bet refers to the dual 3.5mm plugs for use with a computer rather than the dual 1/4" phono plugs i see on the K 800... I think I've even seen one with an XLR connector, but it may have been modded. My pair says, "2 x 100...

Power distribution aside, there is Apple and their Thunderbolt connector, then there is everyone else: console market, PC market, Android Market, etc. and on and on who all confirm to USB-C. So who should they cater to? Not Apple, who decides it needs something different. While Intel has...

Well, I rip all my CD's to my HDD so everything passes through to the same DAC and headphone amplifier. I'll try a different set of cans and report back.

I hope you guys can chime in on this issue I am having. I'm curious if my hearing is damaged... well, I think it's highly likely that my hearing is damaged in some way considering my entire working life has revolved primarily around restoring cars in a bodyshop, while disregarding hearing...

Did you ever get these babies open? I'm very curious about these headphones because they only sound good for very specific genres, such as old-school Bass tracks, but for most anything from rock, metal to country, they have to be heavily EQ'd. However, after they are EQ'd they have excellent...

I have a different problem, guys n gals. I've used a pair of MDR-V700's since they were first released, which is close to two decades if my surmise is correct. The swivel point is now cracked. I baby my equipment, but a few spills from 24" off the ground due to the kids being where they...

Can you recall what source and amplification you had behind the SE-A1000's?