At the behest of JP#s, I'd like to start the thread here for gear registration for the Head-Fi room at RMAF. Any of you who have read the welcoming paragraph here know that, while RMAF's intentions are noble, they don't fully understand the possibilities of headphone listening as an alternative...

Cavalli Compact Tube Hybrid ---------------------------------------------------------- DIY tube hybrid amps are gaining popularity, and it’s not surprising. Capable designers like Alex Cavalli, Ti Kan, Pete Millett and Kevin Gilmore keep coming up with excellent designs, and talented...

Hey gang, My setup is curently in flux, as I'm trying to figure out the best-sounding way to connect my iMac to my ECD-1 DAC. I've tried running USB out to my 0404 USB and then running coax S/PDIF out from there, and I've also tried toslink out directly to the DAC. Due to the difficulty of...

Hey friends. A significant step up has replaced the 0404 USB in my system as the primary DAC. The 0404 served both as a USB DAC from my iMac, but as a 2 channel DAC from my transport. I no longer need it for those purposes, but it's still a capable ADC for needledrops, as well as a good...

Bookending Zanth's excellent suggestion that we start posting some information on excellent recordings, I hereby start the compendium of the best in-production vinyl extant. The purpose of this thread is to provide reviews of specific in-production recordings that are focused not only on...

Well, after poring over the site with the search function, it appears that no one has yet started a thread on what is, perhaps, the greatest annual assemblage of high-end audio in the world -- Rocky Mountain Audio Fest! I will be attending, as will Asr and Luminette. HeadphoneAddict has...

So, as the title says, I just finally got my first paying writing job. I'm not a writer, so it's hardly my first job, but I've always enjoyed doing it and all of my professional career has indirectly involved a good deal of writing. But the reason you care is that I get to write about...

Hey gang, I'm on a mission to find what probably can't be found. I'd really like to find a closed can with excellent bass extension and a lively sound. I primarily listen with HD580s and SR-125s through a Millett Hybrid, and of the two I usually defer to the Grados because I prefer their...

I wanted to find the best headphone out into my ER4p, so I set up a blind test. I listened to two minutes of lossless audio on the 1st gen. shuffle, the 4th gen. non-photo, and the 5th gen video. I was surprised that I was able to pick out the shuffle, and more surprised that I preferred the...

So, my wife had a DIY idea as we were trolling home depot for some parts today. She said it jokingly, but she knows better than to joke about headphones with me. I, personally, think it was divine inspiration. Without further ado, I give you ... The SR 990!

So, through the process of moving my library from many computers, programs, and drives i've amassed quite a few duplicate songs. To whit, about 3000 of them. I want these things gone, all at once. Most solutions require me to step through and delete them by hand, which just isn't an option. Any...

The title could also read "Why do most microphone companies also make headphones?" depending on the forum, but it's the same question. Off the top of my head, AKG, Shure, Sony, Sennheiser, Beyerdynamic, and Audio Technica all make well known headphones and microphones. Grado doesn't make...

This is #500 for me. Does a member's post count have anything to do with their legitimacy around here, or just the size of their wallet? Please, I mean no disrespect -- this is an honest question.

Like the "describe the poster above you game", but "can your avatar beat up the current winner". It's a head-fi round robin -- who has the toughest avatar of all?!

Alright, headfellows, here's the sitch. I'm moving to Turkey for 1 year, and I'm leaving in six weeks. I'm shifting my whole rig to a computer based one, since I will have neither the space nor resources to transport physical discs and players over there, but I'll definitely be bringing my...

Update: I did go to Turkey, and since have come back. I had a wonderful trip, and thank you all for the salient advice you provided...

Hey gurus, I'm moving to Turkey for a year, and I need to pack a little lighter than i can at home. I've decided to run my millett hybrid and my HD 580s off my laptop, but the headphone out is (of course) atrocious. What's the cheapest and smallest I can get good 2-channel output from a...

I want to believe. Seriously, I do, but I just can't seem to make my vinyl rig sound at all like my digital. I'm running a Rega p3 with the 250 arm and an Ortofon cart into a Bellari VP129 and then into an NAD integrated. My NAD cd player sounds excellent... deep and rich with a wide...

So, there is currently a thread extant for best entry-level tube amp for the HD 600 wherein Kramer asserts that SS amps are a better deal for the 580/600 than tubes. Consider my fancy tickled. I'm getting a pair of HD 580s in the near future, and I'd love to mate them with the right amp in the...

So, I learned that tubes are to ba handled with kid gloves, since sebacious oil can create temperature irregularities in a tube that shorten its life. that sounded pretty legit to me, until I went to a head fi meet. Mikhail from singlepower, pretty much the tube guru of the known world whose...

Like most rational people, I want everything I can possibly have. As such, I've become interested in combination headphone amplifiers and stereo preamps. I've looked at some excellent pieces like the Woo6, the B-52, and the Zana Deux, but these are somewhat out of my current price range and...

I'm rather curious if there are any serious musicians lurking around head-fi. By serious, I mean someone who either derives 50% or more of their or their family's income from music, or is educated beyond a bachelors in performance in some musical discipline. I've noticed that few musicians...

Lala.com just went from a cd trading website to a one-stop-shop fill your ipod and listen to uploaded music from anywhere superstore. I wasn't terribly familiar with the old lala, but this new one seems promising. Any opinions?

I guess the question rather speaks for itself. I'm considering pulling the trigger on a Rega Apollo,which I have heard and greatly enjoy, but first I want to take a step back here. Considering the advancements in HDD sources and offshore DACs, does it really make sense to drop $1k on a...

So, in our infinite wisdom as the true guardians of the English language, we Americans have decided that the original Harry Potter books need to be "Americanized", and that all English references need to be de-Anglicized. For Example, the first book is properly titled "Harry Potter and the...