Not my cup of tea since I like the hybrid (tube pre-amp plus solid state amp) headphone amp design.   Any one have any experience with this one? Could be a bargain at $2200 USD shipped internationally.  ...

Simon Rattle conducting the Berlin Philharmoniker - Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique EMI 2013     is my nomination     previously loved the way Argenta conducted this work     Thoughts?

First impressions on the Audeze LCD-3 (made in May 2016) received today, as used with the   Bada PH12 amp (stock, not yet modified) and Eastsound E5 Platinum Reference Edition CD player.   I have stuck with my Sennheiser HD600 with Cardas cable for many years now, and recently bought the...

I think we can all agree it is not Stokowski - I love his conducting but he often took many interpretive liberties. I was listening to Fritz Reiner's Beethoven's Sym. # 5 and Sym. # 7 made in RCA Living Stereo with the CSO in the 50s - remastered on CD. I thought to myself that this is how...

Just browsing their website and clicked on new products, and found ESOUND E5 PLATINUM REFERENCE I am inquiring about getting one.

Periodically remove the flanged rubber ear insert from the IEM, soak in soapy water, rinse, then dry. Keeping wax and debris out of the rubber piece will help prevent clogged filters. If you need a cheap filter replacement, remove the old dirty filter and put the ear insert piece (after...

On the Cables forum there is a thread asking if cables all sound the same. Both the any-change-in-the-system-makes-a-difference crowd (myself included) and all cables-sound-the-same crowd are represented. The measurements-are-of-limited-usefulness crowd (myself included) as well as...

For some time I have been doing E5 repair of transport/laser problems with free parts supplied to me by www.cattylink.com Owners of units under warranty are not charged for parts and my labor is free. I receive no pay or other compensation from Cattylink other than reimbursement for...

I have a 15 foot Cardas (older Blue Smurf) for my Senny HD600. It has a Silent Terminator for the headphones. I want someone good with ICs to cut it in half and use quality connectors to make two 71/2 foot Senny headphone cables out of it - one cut end terminated with a quality male headphone...

HP listening tips: Headphone listening is different from speakers just like speakers are different from live - you have to learn to be content with a smaller soundstage in going from live music to recorded music played on speakers, and in going from speakers to headphones you reduce it to a...

The Doge 6210 is a very musical SET (Single Ended Triode) tube amp. It uses two EL84 and two 12AX7 tubes. A switch lets you chose between cross-fed and pure signals - the cross feed expands the tones and achieves a hall effect, but at the cost of poor imaging and muddy tones that bleed...

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I recently got the Jolida JD2 headphone amp from China for $386 USD total, air expressed to me. This is a 6 tube amp in two units - JD10A power supply and JD2A amp. The power supply uses two 6Z4 recitifier tubes (one for each channel) while the amp uses a 12AX7 input tube and a 12AU7 output...

Any canal phone is subject to ear canal secretion build up inside the canal phone which can clog and block the sound. With the proper care this can be managed. The Etymotic has replaceable green filters in the tube leading to the internal driver. This is a mesh screen filter placed inside a...

I just got "Lamentate" by Arvo Pärt. My first exposure to his works. Love it. Anybody have any recommendations for any of his other works?

Some redesign with a new photo preamp board, and related power board and mainboard, that cures some past tracking problems that cropped up at times (but very infrequently). Unfortunately, older E5s and E5 Sigs can not be upgraded. Main advantage is in reliability of the new units...

There are two types of therapy - direct and indirect. Direct therapy attempts a cure by changing events and processes causing malady, disease, etc. Anti-biotics can directly kill bacteria that cause disease. Indirect therapy is therapeutic in changing events and processes that contribute...

I asked a USA dealer, who carries some expensive cables, what the best one meter IC was for under $2000. He is very honest so I knew I could count on him. I was advised by him that the very modestly priced DH Labs ICs were great - one of the best kept secrets in audio. I had heard of...

The Xian Sheng 708B is a real nice sound for low bucks (close to $200 USD). Available in the USA from: http://www.pacificvalve.us/Headphones.html I got mine used from a fellow head-fier and was interested because I have hundreds of tubes, and many of them are type used in this amp. I...

Need 4 (possibly 8) WTB Signature Silver male RCA plugs for making ICs. Cheapest price I can find is $50 each at parts express. Anybody know the cheap source for these?

These look fascinating. High 93 DB at one meter from one watt efficiency. http://cgi.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cl.p...ull&1149857738 Anyone heard them?

Somebody buy one of these and tell me what it sounds like: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...ADME:B:SS:US:1

Yes the SA5000 is so much better than the AKG K701, when: Using the BLAudio LP 1 MKII battery powered high end preamp and headphone amp with a really good source like the Eastsound E5 (or better). The BLAudio is a very smooth and sweet headphone solid state amp that is best with headphones...

These initial impressions revealed evident differences but I need more time to evaluate the subtle differences. Using my now favorite tube set up (with el cheapo tubes) in my Bada PH12, one Namking 6H8C as input and two Electro Harmonix Gold 6SN7 tubes as output (since the old, sweeter...

Just got a 2 CD "Artists of the Century" BMG remastering of RCA Red Seal recordings of Fritz Reiner with the Chicago Sym. Orch. Reiner was a really fine conductor - one of the all time greats. Includes works by Rossini, Haydn, Beethoven, Maria Von Weber, Strauss, Liszt, Wagner, Ravel, and...