Anybody come across the frequency graph for these? Not much on these generally.

Headphone output to headphone output. I haven't found a direct comparison between these two.

I have a couple performances of the others I enjoy. Abaddo and Jochum in the first. Walter and Jochum in the third. Kleiber and Giulini (CSO) in the fourth. There is something off in all the seconds I've tried, usually in the first movement. Walter, Bernstein, Giulini, Abaddo, Jochum don't do it...

Hey gang, I just found an old AKG 501 in the back of my closet I completely forgot about. What do you think they would be worth? Perhaps people only want the new AKGs now. Upwards and onwards and all that. I thought they sounded rather refined when I listened this morning for the first time in...

I know this has been discussed on head-fi a few times but I've never understood completely what is going on, and looking at the numbers of the regular headphone out on the Lavry DA10/11 (lots of power to drive; I think it's more than the Headamp GS-1 actually, which was great with my Senn600), I...

As long as the usb device can do 24/96, does it matter which one I get for a DA10 to use with my PC (Windows XP)? I'm just wondering if the Dac will take care of the jitter equally so I don't have to get anything expensive from companies making grand claims.

What is considered a low number these days for a good modern dac? -- leaving aside the debate as to whether it matters. I know the Bryston CD player is supposed to be 116ps. Seems to me this number should always be posted by designers at least as a general idea of quality. I don't always see it...

Any one have a unit they are happy with? you know, the ones you can wheel from room to room and the hose fits into the window. I've been looking at the Haier units. It would be nice if they weren't too noisey. The dual hose units are supposed to be better, cost more -- I don't think they...

I used to have a GS-1 and thought it very open and transparent sounding. It's really the reference I have in my head for value in sound for money. I can't afford to buy it again these days, so I'm curious how the PPAv2 and M3 compare, say with the Steps power supply. I had a PPAv1 way back and...

Just saw this on the Pacific Valve site. Nice and cheap, and hopefully good. I think I'll order it. Finally starting to get a wide variety of choices in the usb dac market.

I am enjoying th Previn Vaughn-Williams set, and I like Elgar, and Walton -- I'd like to try some more British composers. I don't know anything about Arnold, if he is the obvious next try or not. Any suggestions would be much appreciated.

I've got a couple of these Naxos discs in my Amazon cart and I'm wondering if I should get them. Anyone heard his Mozart? I seem to like Perahia best here of the players I've heard.

Not sure which forum this should go into. I just received the Benchmark yesterday, and am at the getting to know it stage. There has been some question about the quality of the internal amp on the Dac1, so this morning I decided to do a concentrated comparison using a Classical and a Pop cd I...

I have only used two NOS dacs with Foobar and have always used SRC 24/96, and I wonder if this is necessary with an upsampling Dac like the Benchmark I've just ordered. Why would you need upsampling from foobar as well as the dac itself?

I just got a usb MonicaII from Yeo -- (sounds really good right out of the box!) I'm just using a wallwart for power and I wonder what I should get that's better, or if I should bother.

I want to pull the trigger on this one but there hasn't been much in the way of extensive impressions/ comparisons here yet. Just sort of quick, vague positives. There must be a lot of these out there by now.

I wanted to pick up one of the remastered hybrids disks of the Karajan Beethoven cycle from 63. No point though if I can't copy the cd layer to my hard drive.

Gonna take the plunge here. Which of the symphonies apart from particular performances are essential to have and which not so much? I love the violin concerto but haven't got around to exploring much else of his work.

I used to have all Zeppelin on Vinyl, and like a fool in my youth gave them away. I'm going to rebuy on CD and I've heard the Diament discs from the 80s are pretty good. Though anything CD from that era has me wondering about sound quality. Just hoping they will be better than what I have heard...

I find the Maxed Home Ref is a bit warm which is too much of a good thing with the Senn 650. They need a more analytical amp I think. I'd like something with better control of the bass as well, though I know these phones are bassy. I wonder if the Corda is on the bright side as I am sensitive to...

I Have the original recording of Grace but I'm wondering if the Legacy remaster is better and worth getting, or if it is another case of the recording company "inproving" the sound by giving it the smushed up loudness treatment.

Has anyone had experience with the Music hall modifications? I am thinking of ordering one from Underwood, wondering how it compares to, say, the new range of Arcam players. I have a Cambridge cd500se that does not really exite me. Then again I haven't heard a player that does, frankly.

I am finding my new Beyers prominent and rather bloomy in the bass. I have a Meta that JMT originally set up for AKG501s, and a Cambridge 500se cd player. I wonder if the 531s require something different in the amp department. I know they are not considered neutral in the lows, but I find the...

I see the somewhat pronounced treble on the 880s in the headroom graph and I worry I won't get along with them since I tend to be over-sensitive to a tilted treble. I have a pair on order and now I am paranoid I may have pulled the trigger too soon after doing a search and seeing the general...

I have AKG 501s now. Which is harder to drive?