Has anyone bought one of these?  The "optical" input is not Toslink, so what is it?  

I normally don't make comments on these forums, but on this Q&A I just had to.  Looking for a docking station for an Ipod with a digital output (might try the Pure i20), and I stumbled upon this.  I've been selling high-end hifi for over 35 years now, so I kind of have a clue.  Right off the...

  The superb bass you're hearing: the Phonitor Analytical and cold: huh???   Hot treble: the HD800s (and the silver cables)   Just returned from the high end hifi show in Munich.  The Auditor is a Phonitor minus the crossfeed circuitry.  Freaking amazing dynamic range, power...

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Gave my son a pair of these a few years back. He rarely uses them, but I tried them on the other day for kicks. Best $60 headphones ever. Strikingly similar in tone, if nowhere near the resolution or bandwidth, of my RS-1s.

Yep I used to use my RS-1s all the time, unfortunately I don't have a headphone jack anywhere on my system anymore. Now the only headphones I use regularly are the Etymotic RS-4s with a 160GB Ipod when travelling, sounds really good especially with all my CDs stored in uncompressed WAV format...

I have one of these essentially unused, had a tape in it for maybe 5 minutes. Used mainly for it's excellent metering of input levels. Also have about 15 blank TDK DCC tapes. Anyone interested email me, I'm cleaning house. Chris chrisdove@charter.net