Thanks for sharing your perspective, nice setup you have and helpful to know you found the AK240 worthwhile upgrade with the 846's.  It's always easier to spend that kind of money for dramatic SQ improvements than for usability and convenience, but in this case maybe having an upgrade of all 3...

I've been reading up on the AK240 for a couple of hours.  I have SE846's, an ALO Continental V3 (and RSA Predator), and sources are an AK100 (which I never use, even the hi-res recordings sound bland to my ears), an iPod 5G, and iPad mini (digital out via CK/AQ Dragonfly).  If I look on Acoustic...

I'll answer my own question since they had the 846 to demo at the airport. Listened straight put of iPod v5 and with Continental V3 in between. Sound with CV3 utterly amazing, I bought them without hesitation. Have a feeling my 24 hour trip to Brazil is going to seem too short with these guys to...

Anyone try the 846 with ALO Continental V3? The 535 did not mate well according to many so guessing 846 would not either?

Would anyone happen to know (or have an educated guess) if Sensaphonics custom molds from Etymotic 4-s's would work with the SD3's?  

Another quick review of the H6. I am from U.S. but in Helsinki and today went to B&O store to look at the amazing plasma tv's but walked out with the H6. They sounded great unamped from am iPhone, but when I got back to the hotel and listened with iPad mini-dragonfly-ALO Continental I have been...

I just bought a pair of these.  Was not able to demo them first at Best Buy but thought I would return them if I didn't like them.  I am keeping them though.  Amping with a RSA Predator they are dead silent and striking with transients.  Bass is not as full and warm as ESW9's which I also have...

Quote: Thanks, that's the conclusion I've been coming to from reading all the posts.  Having recently experienced the huge difference that active crossovers (with individual driver time alignment) has made in my car system (Audison Bit One) leads me to believe that is the distinguishing...

Still reading through this thread, but was hoping to get some advice on the JH-3A.  I'm currently using Ety ER4's with RSA Predator, and decided a while back that I wanted to upgrade from the Ety's and had set my sights on the JH13 Pros. That was some time ago, but have finally decided to...

For me: SN 83001xx CF 2 Angle 40 Center -0.9

I couldn't resist and picked up the D7000's, fantastic.

I have been holding out for the HD800 to arrive at a local dealer here so I can hear them before buying, but today heard the D7000's for the first time and don't think I need to wait for the HD800's. The D7000's outclassed the HD650's in absolutely everything. I knew the bass would be better but...

Great review - and very similar observations here.

Justin - I would like to make an order: Color: all black DAC: yes Cable: 3 ft Thanks.

Quick question on the hard-to-find OPA2111. I looked at the datasheet and there are several versions -- AM, BM, SM, KM, KP. I know it has to be a DIP configuration, but do all the DIP variants of the 2111 work? Rating differences appear to be mostly voltage and temperature (frequency response...

Thanks for clarifying that, I get it now. The s/pdif inputs can be resolved at 24-bit but the USB input can not. Are there any USB DAC's that can take 24-bit/96kHz on the USB input?

Thanks, I pulled the PCM2902 model number from their website specs for the Micro DAC so thought that was the one. Anyway, I am now a little confused how the DAC section works. If the USB-S/PDIF conversion downsamples a 24-bit/96kHz source to 16-bit/48kHz, and passes that signal on to the CS4398...

I'm really interested in the new Portable Micro with the DAC option. From a review of this thread it seems the DAC is essentially the same as the Micro DAC, so does that mean it has both the PCM2902 and the CS4398 and thus has 24-bit capability? This should give it a theoretical advantage over...

Just a quick question on the headphone outputs on the CS being balanced or not. Looking at the diagram and spec sheet, its not clear to me that these are balanced outputs for the front headphone jacks. They are TRS, but I don't think that necessarily means balanced and they are not identified as...