My final decision is.... Ipod Touch > Grado SR-225 & Invest the rest of the money in a future home rig: Headroom, Ultra Micro DAC > Mapletree Purist HD > RS-1. Thank you!

How do you like The Tomahawk with your RS-1? If your answer is "I can't complain." I think I will have to buy one...

Maybe I should book a date with an ENT doctor.... The problem is [B]only[B] audible in my left ear. And I do sense an odd ear wax buildup there. Hopefully, I can be as lucky as you were. Until then, thank you all for the help. I will take all the detailed suggestions into account (And use...

I would love a custom set of Ultimate Ears; But, I have tinnitus... Sound isolation amplifies the ringing horribly. Street noise is fine, I have learned to live with open headphones (Matter of fact, when I stop paying attention to my ears, the tinnitus is inaudible; With open headphones or...

(Sorry if this has been asked before; But, forty pages of partially relevant discussion using the search feature... Only make my question, too difficult to answer via myself.) Any way, I am new to portable amps; Can somebody recommend "The best," match for the Grado Rs-1? My only...

Do all headphone amps support 24 bit @ 192Khz, as PCM stream? Like, if my Playstation 3 outputs this through the stereo, analog, outputs w/ a Blu-Ray movie... will my headphone amplifier work fine? Any help is appreciated, thank you.

That is all, thank you so much!

Thank you. The source is excellent; I am just interested in film and television programs... That's all. I just need somebody to explain what I should expect from the tubes. What exactly do they do with a: Blu-Ray, DVD OR DVR analog output? Is the solid performance enhanced or destroyed...

Simply, How do tube amplifiers react to analog outputs of: Television, DVR, Etc...? I decided on the Mapletree as my first headphone amplifier, but have not read a single comment on it's performance w/ my repeated comments... Is it even possible? I read I could use the RA-1 just fine...