A while ago I asked Justin at Headamp to let me try out the Pico and he graciously arranged for me to borrow one from Recstar24. I want to thank both of them for giving me the opportunity and also curse them because now I really want to buy one. IF you look at my signature I have a rather...

Review of the SPL Phonitor Introduction: Last year I started to read about this new amplifier from SPL with its exotic crossfeed and I had to hear it. SPL America generously agreed to send me a Phonitor sample for review on Head-Fi and in short I am extremely impressed with the amplifier...

Review of the Headamp AE-2 Amplifier Amplifier Features: 2 inputs (1 RCA, 1 Mini-Plug, each can act as loop out, not preamp) Single Headphone out High quality pot for volume control Rechargable battery that lasts 30 hrs or so (I have not tested) Headphones Used: Etymotic ER-4P with DIY...

I must say this may be the coolest headphone thing I have seen on the market right now (I know there is another manufacturer doing this too, I can't remember the name right now): Headzone PRO Has anyone heard the head tracking? It is available for the DT880s. I'm sure it costs a fortune...

Well this morning my TBH started acting weird as I was adjusting the volume and all of a sudden the volume knob disappeared inside the unit. I've taken a quick look (and got the knob out) and the knob apparently broke off the hub? I don't know what I did. Does Headroom repair this level of...

Apparently there was a talk at RMAF proving that cables make a difference. Stereophile: This is Music I would be extremely interested to learn what this difference is etc. I am sure they make a difference that I can measure with an osillocope but I have a hard time believing people who...

I recived the email below from LINN. I ordered the 20 SACD set so I thought I'd share: Cheers, Chris Quote: EXPERIENCE THE VERY BEST IN SUPER AUDIO SOUND... You can now enjoy the thrilling sound of Linn's precision engineering with 50% off selected SACDs until 31st July 2008...

This blows! I don't even get overtime or comp time. Got to love it..... Sorry just needed to vent

Today I received my new Behringer DEQ2496 which I have hooked up to work entirely in the digital domain between the optical out of my Transit USB and my DAC1 USB (I could use the DAC directly USB but I noticed this caused some background noise that seemed to be coming from a ground loop of the...

Hello, Yesterday I was reading around and in a thread about transparent and detailed phones there was mention of the MDR-SA500 as being a very detailed and transparent headphone. I was wondering if this is true and what peoples experiences are with them. I think I saw someone with a balanced...

Hi, I'm not a DIY builder but I have a balanced beta22 . The problem is that I have a serious case of tranformer hum. The system is in a single chassis and when the top cover is on there is audible hum on both channels. I'm thinking it's a magnetic issue because the hum is not audible when...

Hello all, I'm going to do this review in stages. Today I'll give the background and my first initial impressions after about 5 hours of listening. Background (Skip if you only want comparison): For several months I agonized over which balanced SS headphone amplifier I should get...

Well I just paid for the Balanced Beta 22 on the FS forum Hopefully I should get it soon and I'll be doing a showdown with my GS-X powering my balanced HD-650s and balanced markl mod D5000s. This should be fun!

Hello, I'm looking at buying a pair of D5000s and balancing them but I was wondering if the stock cable has 4 conductors all the way to the plug or not. I know this may be a stupid question but I just thought I'd ask before spending that much coin and then having to spend more for a cable to...

***** Original Post******* Well after a great lunch with Se (SK138) and a little matter of payment I received my new GS-X! I then had to go to work for several hours and I only got to open it up about 40 min ago My new PS-Audio Duet power conditioner also arrived so now I'm home listening to my...

Hi everyone, My other hobby is photography (mostly birds) anyway the sky viewing for the total lunar eclipse last night was awesome and I got a couple good shots. I figured since there won't be another one until 2010 I'd post it. Cheers! ***Edit****corrected the year.... I remembered...

Well I'm ashamed to say that I only learned yesterday that I can just use my Creative Zen Dongle to output line out to my Total Bithead and now it sounds like a whole new beast. The first thing it let me do was increase my setting on my in-line attenuator on the SE530's to lower the noise...

*edited to clarify DAC* Well I've got about a week into my HD 650's and all I can say is wow . I'm driving them balanced (HR stock cable, no I am not "upgrading" to a Zu) from the outputs on a Benchmark DAC1 USB and I'm truly impressed. I've heard B&W Nautilius 801 Speakers being driven...

I am in my first listen through of Radiohead Kid A on my new DAC1 USB driving my new HD650's using the balanced outputs on the back and the sound is amazing! You can hear every beautifully mastered rattle distortion and everything else that's going on! I know this is the amp thread but I'm...

I'm getting my DAC1 on Thursday and my HD 650's with SE and balanced cables on Wednesday (unless UPS screws me). I'm wondering if it's worth buying some XLR male to female converters (about 11 each bucks on amazon) so that I'm able to attach the balanced cables to the pre-out of the DAC1. I...

Well after months of looking around and much oscillation I'm going to get a Headamp GS-X, balanced HD-650's and a DAC1. Now all I have to do is wait until March!

After trying to decide if I needed to spend lots of money on new fancy cables for my upcoming system I decided to do some math. I got some representative cable inductance, resistance and capacitance numbers for speaker wire (I know not the same wire but very similar in a lot of cases). I then...

Hi everyone, I'm trying to make up my mind what direction I want to go with my "ultimate" headphone system (no electrostatics or tubes for me) and I'll be pairing it with a pair of HD650's with balanced cables. Has anyone heard the RSA Apache + DAC1 and the Headroom Max? I know people use the...

Hi Everyone, I was wondering if anyone else that used a Total Bit Head and Shure SE530's has to use the Shure attenuator to get rid of the hiss or am I particularly sensitive? (I had e500s but the cord broke so now 530s ) I have to have the attenuator in (only on slightly) and the hiss goes...

EDIT: before you rip me a new one this thread is dead! Well after hearing (around here) that Shure service was fast I decided to send my e500's in for repair (wire cracking etc...) last week. Now they have had my headphones in hand for over 6 days (delivered last Thursday) and they aren't...