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Foster Company in Asia ( with worlwide plants) makes drivers for Fostex, and Denons. This we know. But how many drivers and other parts are OEM exchanged between companies. Here are three exanples of similar headphones from Asian comapnies with erie similarities. I have a pair of Hammacher...

I've been around here for about a year and I would like to make my next steps ( baby Steps) to be into Balanced rigs. logically I would like to do it on a budget. I'm hoping the "Amp Kings" around here can give me some suggestions on what to start with. I've been bitten by the "Tube Rolling" bug...

I am a newbee to DIY and I currently enjoy piecing different components into combination tube/ss amps.I have searched the DIY forums but the tagged threads did not show me my answer. So please bear with me if this has been asked a million times If I choose to add resitors to the output path...

For years, long before I knew about Head-fi, I've been using my Sony DVPCX995V 400 DVD/CD/SACD/MP3/JEPEG multichanger and now I've commandeered it from the TV for my CD collection. I had been using it as my CD player when I want to run away from the computer. I run it to my Sony Home Theater...

Can anybody please upload or PM me some PICS of the inside of the Grado RA-1. I tried to transplant the insides of mine into a cool box that looks like a book, but the soldering is so loose, three of the wires fell off of the Volume pot and two wires off of the 1/4 jack and since,"Stupid Me" I...

I picked up a couple of cheap New Russian tubes for my EF-1 and soon to arrive Indeed tube amp and I was wondering if they were any good. Russian Tubes in general, that is. I've searched every way but loose and "Russian Tubes" keeps coming up "No Matches". Are the Russian tubes generaly out of...

I found this site for making custom order cables specific length,OFC or SPOFC, custom sleeve material and colors, any plugs imaginable, and MOST Importanty Very Very Reasonable compared to some other cable sites They also have info on what makes cables tick. CHECK IT OUT ...

I wanted to get some nice custom build yourself cables and found this site with a great "Layman's" explanation of Cables and what makes them tick. Premium Quality Custom Audio Cable Assembly - Milian Acoustics

I'v e been doing prelim searches and all I can find about the RA-1 is that it uses two 9v batteries.(Battery version of Course) but I want to use it exclusively at home and connect a D/C adapter. My question is, Are the two 9v connected in series or parallel ? In other words do I supply it...

I know I may be opening up a big'ol can of worms here but I just bought some "gently used" GS1000's and I was wondering if I should stick with the old standby Grado RA-1 amp or would the Grados prefer a nice warm Tube amp. OR none at all. My music tastes run from classical, to soundtracks, to...

Ther are threads out there for all kinds of custom IEM's. Ultimates Ears, Westone, Livewires, Freq's, Starky's, Hearyourself.com. and they are in all price ranges and they all have thier Fans. But his is a thread just to show off your PICS of Custom IEM's No Rigs !!!! So I'll start it. Just...

I really like the SQ of my Headroom Total Airhead. I like the gain switch but in all honesty I can't tell any difference in the Crossfeeds witch. Now it smoked up and died last night and I was wondering if I should invest in another one or get the newly released Nuforce Icon Mobile to replace it...

I hate to show my ignorance but I ran across a set of MILIAN ACOUSTICS SVT Sudio Reference HF's and they seemed to have all the right build quality so I tossed down a small chunk of change at Amazon for them. Amazon.com: Milian Acoustics SVT Studio Reference Isolation Headphones -- 1/4"...

Hey There, this is probably the umteenth time a newbee has asked this question but here goes What format do I rip my cd's in if I want to play them in BOTH Itunes and Windows Media Player. No MP3 files Hard drive is BIG I tried .wav but the file info didn't rip so I was left with a...

Hello to all, Many of us in the hearyourself.com Custom IEM forum have been discussing making upgraded cables for our Custom IEM's. We have found that Ultimate Ears, Westone, and Hearyourself.com Customs all use the same two prong connector at the monitor end of thier cables and are...

I saw this as a sponsored link and checked it out. I ordered a set and they should be here soon but is there something about 2.4 Ghz that someone can tell me that says I won't like them. I know that 2.4 Ghz is one of the standard portable phone frequencies so maybe I'll have too much...

I finally recieved my Fiio from Hong-Kong to add to my Micro-amp collection which includes a Travagnas colors and a Boosteroo Revolution and I have the following humble opinion. Overall I like the Travagans best But since It's pricier it won't be right for everyone Travagans Colors...

Has anyone heard these ? E.A.R Z5 Monitors Frequency Range: 20Hz-18KHz* Nominal Impedance at 1KHz: 68Hz* Sensitivity at 1KHz: 155dB* Noise Isolation: 24dB +/- 2dB Input Connection: 1/8" (3.5mm) Gold Plated Jack Costs: $1000.00/set The Z5 is the ultimate in music...