I ended up with Dunu's Titan 5 and really like them so far even though they are a bit excessively dark

  Wellllllll, I ended up going cheap and picked up a JDS ODAC with RCA to tide me over until I can afford a Gungnir sometime in the next decade ;)   I must say though, the ODAC certainly is a vast improvement over my Xonar DG pci sound card. I was hearing some strange and unpleasant stuff...

I finally ditching the idea of a combination DAC/amp and decided to get a dedicated amp first. After a lot of research and shopping around I purchased the Schiit Mjolnir 2 with both tubes.   I received my Mjolnir 2 yesterday and have been listening to it near constantly with the 6BZ7 tubes...

How do you like the MDR-7550?

I have been researching the Schiit product line and have a specific question. In the specs of the Schiit Vali 2 on the official website it list the frequency response as: 20Hz-20Khz, -0.2db, 5Hz-150KHz, -3dB     Does that mean it has two possible frequency response ranges depending on a...

  Thank you much JoeDoe.    I have been investigating all of your recommendations. In particular the Schiit, Woo and Oppo intrigue me. I have been looking for a store to demo them or similar products around Wichita, KS or San Francisco, CA but my LCD-3 delivery has been delayed a week due...

Hello Head-Fi!!   I have ordered Audeze's LCD-3 and should receive them next Tuesday or Wednesday.  My current DAC and amp are both woefully inadequate for LCD-3, or so I assume having never experienced anything better than what I own.   My current setup is a Xonar DG pci sound card acting...