Looks like they are out of the optical but the uber aint too bad in price anyhow, and a big fan of the aesthetics.  Thanks for the suggestion.

Hey yall been out of the game for a long time, not really sure what is on the market these days...  My DAC-AH just kicked the bucket (making all kinds of hissing/popping noises when connected) and I need a replacement DAC for my mac mini.     My path is Mac mini optical out --> DAC --> Little...

they dont accept the Sleekheadfi coupon code.

who are the other vendors?

dang not a lot of choices out there eh. thx for the suggestions!

Sorry if this has been beat to death, search string "interchangeable cable" and "removable cable" didn't come up with much, Other than the IE8, what other portables/IEMs allow for changing out cables? I have spent a lot of $$$ on earbuds, IEMS, and other portables over the years and they ALL...

Well finally spent some time with the completed (for now) setup. I was never much for super high $$$ but try to edge out with bang-for-the-buck type components. I'm feeding the HD650s (bought used! budget-fi!) with a macbook (FLACs) optical out->DAC-AH->LD MKV. I considered my jump into...

this headphone seems confused about who it is trying to appeal to really. Thx for the writeup Jude.

Quote: Originally Posted by olblueyez Cant use your receiver as a preamp? Maybe but i wanted to cut down on the # of signal paths. I had bought a set of cables from BJC hoping it would be fine but didnt think ahead. Didn't want to add more boxes and cables to the mix, but...

I tried to search but honestly was lost on what search string I should be using. Anyways, I am using a macbook optical out into my Lite DAC-AH. It only has one set of outputs which was originally going to my A35R receiver but now that I have a MKV I switched the cables to that. Is there some...

wow get out of the game for a while, come back, and they are still having these issues with headamp huh. guess some things never change.

no love for the cheapos I guess!

let us know how it sounds! also should add - is there a DIY amp that might fall in a similar price range ($~200) that would also suffice? Of course this is taking into account builder fees since I dunno how to .

I am looking for a budget solid state amp for my HD650. Don't care to mess w/ tubes and enjoy the accuracy of solid state over tubes anyways. Anyone know how a cute beyond stacks up vs a Travagan Red? Any longer-term impressions? thx

ill have one for ya this weekend Rick.

I use Cog too, f itunes.

at the drive in - in casino out

Again, I'm no basshead but I found the er6i to be sorely lacking in the bass department. I would not be listening to any hiphop/rap with them.

The trouble with trying out instruments when you have no comparison/experience to draw from is that oft you won't know what feels "right". That said, I would still go try some out, but what you like now may not be so a year or two later down the road when you got it more figured out. edit: I...

hope you dont like bass :/

Quote: Originally Posted by grawk It's almost always possible to tell when a guitar player is playing bass. Ain't that the truth! I love it when people give the "same 4 strings" reasoning.

anyone having some sort of static "pop" or "shock" issues with these? I have the chrome version, and I thought maybe it was just my mp3 player (iriver s10) but listening out of the computer headphone out seems to do this as well. OUCH I just got shocked twice just now! This cant be normal...

So ive had more time with em now, more impressions. First, I'm either just too used to the in-head sound from earbuds but the sound from the vibes seem "distant" to me. This is not necessarily a bad thing, and seems to resemble a bit of soundstage in iems! but I am having a hard time...

I am finding the vibes isolation to be just perfect for me. I stopped using the er6i a while ago because I couldn't stand the weird feeling of not being able to hear anything around me and the microphonics. The vibes isolate much better than earbuds, but I can still hear things going on around...

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