Am running the NESY-3002 as RCA interconnect between the S.M.S.L. D400EX DAC and the S.M.S.L. SP400 THX headphone amplifier. I prefer the NES-3002 to the XLO Signature S3-2 running balanced between the S.M.S.L components. Some of the very best cable I have ever heard.

For those of you who own, or have owned, both the HiFiMan Ananda (v.1 or v.2) and the HiFiMan HE6se v.2, which of the two do you prefer? I lean in one direction and am curious about how others opine in this regard. Feel free to justify/explain your vote. Thank you.

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[Transferred and augmented from the Focal Utopia general discussion thread.] Started listening to the Focal Utopia with the Beezar Audio T4 [differential hybrid parafeed design]. I have never heard the Utopia sound so smooth and laid back[!]. Everything is more liquid, flush, with a rounder...

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While proficient with rendering micro-detail, I found the 6000CDT deficient on the macro-scale, resulting in an overly analytic, asynergistic and musically lifeless presentation overall: IMHO the whole is neither greater than--nor even equal to--the sum of its parts. System: Audiolab...

A difficult set of headphones to find stateside, I ordered a brand new set of the Ultrasone Pro 2900i from Britain. First impressions over the past few days since their arrival: the 2900i's midrange is perhaps the most clear, natural, balanced and integrated that I have heard anywhere along the...

Gear: SONY BDP-S480 SID disc mat Neotech UP-OCC interconnects KMF ss headphone amplifier APC filter DakiOm Stabilizer   Music:' Choices/Brian Bromberg Water Sign/Jeff Lorber Fusion Greatest Hits/Earl Thomas Conley Thriller/Michael Jackson Greatest Hits/Harry Chapin Tenderly/George...

Have done some preliminary a/b-ing between the Mikros 90 and the M500.   Although the M500 are admittedly fine headphones, I prefer the Mikros 90 on several fronts.     (i)   Sonically, it has most to do with the Mikros 90's superior high frequency extension/resolution--the department where...

My amp calls for 150uF/400v, but I want to use Black Gates, which I can only find in 150uF/350v.  Is there danger in this substitution?  Or is is "better" to use an Elna 220uF/400v for the same application?     Actually. my headamp was doing fine, for several years, with the Black Gates...

After having owned and enjoyed the HifiMAN HE-5LE for the past few months, I was fortunate to acquire a pair of the HE-500 a week ago for an awaited head-to-head comparison.     At this juncture of my Head-Fi "quest", the HifiMAN products have gotten my attention.  This began with the HE-5LE...

PLEASE Does someone have one of these to post, or basic verbal information to impart?  I am terminating a cable with a 4-pin XLR on the amplifier end and the HE-5LE on the other. Stupid question, but I just want to make sure, since this is first time I have done such a thing.  I already have...

The title is self-explanatory.  Anyone tried the GIEN and a/b-ed it against the Marigo?   http://www.aliexpress.com/fm-store/603493/210435598-340102037/GIEN-CD-HI-FI-Tuning-mat-made-of-TORAYCA-carbon-fiber.html

  The beginning of this thread was transferred from a post originally put up on the Pro 2900 Appreciation thread.   Just out of the box: The UPS man delivered the PRO 2900 moments ago, and I just gave them a quick listen: stock headphone cord, my old, RAM-modded Samsung DVD-HD841, Virtue...

  The beginning of this thread was transferred from a post originally put up on the Pro 2900 Appreciation thread.   Just out of the box: The UPS man delivered the PRO 2900 moments ago, and I just gave them a quick listen: stock headphone cord, my old, RAM-modded Samsung DVD-HD841, Virtue...

Here is an excerpt from an e-mail I just sent to Ric Schultz after his Ground Enhancer tweaks arrived in the mail.     ***************************************************************************************************** The EVS Ground Enhancers arrived this morning.  They were secured...

Just wondering which amps out there are working best with the LCD-2.  I have the hybrid Fitz-Max Bada PH-12, into which I've sunk lots of upgrade/mod money, and which I hope can drive the Audeze satisfactorily.    In general, the Bada does better with higher impedance headphones.  My 40 ohm...

http://cgi.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/auc.pl?accstwek&1291516797   . . . although I must admit that I use and greatly benefit from using tweaks of all kinds, including the Marigo CD mat and Walker Talisman, among others . . .  : )

Ric Schultz-modded Oppo 970HD Fitz-max Bada PH-12, w/1x Mullard ECC33 and 2x Raytheon 6SN7GT   Right now I am a/b-ing the DT880/600 and the PRO2500, both of which have been recabled with Zombie_X's excellent "Nucleotide" UP-OCC quad-braided copper wire.  This is a tough one, but right now...

  DT880/600 with ZXAC UPOCC Re-cable: Summary Impressions   The following is a brief set of listening impressions based on the ZXAC UPOCC "Impact" re-cable of my DT880/600.  Since I do not have a second, stock pair of DT880/600 on hand to do direct a/b comparisons, these statements are...

Moved to "Headphones (full size) Forum:   http://www.head-fi.org/forum/thread/507064/dt880-600-with-zxac-upocc-re-cable-summary-impressions

Please respond to the poll AND offer a reason, or reasons, why you answered the way you did.  : )  Answer under the assumption that you DO have sufficient funds to be able to purchase any of the current flagship offerings (e.g. HD800. T1, ED8, etc.) and kindly limit the purview to DYNAMIC...

Does anyone happen to have the fuse specification for the Darkvoice 336SE, so I don't have to open mine up to find out?  : )

Anyone, besides me, still happy with their K501?  The more I listen to mine, while other headphones come and go, the more I have learned to appreciate what they do so singularly well: reproduce some of the most cohesive and engaging midrange I've ever heard.  : )

  Unjacked the T1 from the Denon AVR-1905 last night for a short audition over the EVS-modded Oppo 970HD and the WeeeeeeSquirrel 336SE (w/Sylvania 6AS7G and RCA 6SN7GT).  The T1 have approximately 130 hours on them.   Listened to Digital Duke (Perdido and 22 Cent Stomp), Earl Thomas Conley...