Thanks for the answers guys. It's so strange, because I heard nothing of this when I tested it in the shop. I absolutely loved it when I heard it there. I can try it without an amp just to see if that helps. 

I got the HE400 a few weeks ago and pairing it with my Burson Conductor is an absolute fiasco. It's so harsh it's unlistenable for me. I literally can't listen to anything on the HE400 at all. Vocals especially are incredibly harsh with tons of sibliance and listener fatigue setting in almost...

Ok. Thanks for the input. I'm not sure if I am proficient enough to get the lid off. Not seen these particular screws before.. 

I have a Singlepower MPX3-slam and I was wondering if anyone could tell if this is one of the safe ones? Never had much trouble with it, except for some noise in the right channel every now and then. It gets quite hot but I've used it for years.. 

Oh yeah, it got a digital in. I didn't see that one. I can try.

The SPDIF out is to my home theater amplifier so no I'm afraid.

Hi all, I've recently bought an Audio-gd Compass, but due to some circumstances I haven't been able to test it until now. I am running Windows 7. I connected the Compass to a USB port on the back of my computer and it found it just fine and installed it just fine. I have my home theater...

I'm sorry to be a party-stopper, but you might be able to get away with mixing with headphones, but mastering.. not a chance. You need monitor speakers for any sort of mastering work unless you want your finished master to sound good on headphones and more specifically the brand of headphones...

Sorry for the bump, but I also managed to break the left swivel. It's just a very thin plastic frame keeping them together there, too weak if you ask me. For headphones this expensive it should really have been built better. Glue doesn't work?

Thanks! I will check it out.

What I am looking for is a dac/amp combo with a line out. :-)

Hi guys, I've been doing a bit of research on DAC/amps lately but I am having a hard time finding out which reasonably priced dac+amps feature a way to use only the DAC or only the amp. I want to connect a portable dac/amp to both my laptop at work (using usb dac/amp) and also my computer at...

Quote: Originally Posted by guzziguy The cost of an SP adaptor is $99. There are cheaper adaptors out there, but they have a spotty reliability record. 7n7 tubes currently cost anywhere from $5 to $12, the tall bottle being the most expensive. Even so, $111 is less than the cost of a...

Quote: Originally Posted by guzziguy My advice, which I originally got from Earl and now whole heartedly agree with, is to order a loctal adaptor (7n7) from SP and get a Sylvania tall bottle 7n7 to replace the EH6sn7 tube currently in the gain position. The improvement is very large...

I've read almost all of this thread now and it's just way over my head. I purchased an mpx3 slam quite some months ago now but have yet to tuberoll at all, so I am currently just using the 6SN7EH that came with it and the two 5687's in the output positions. You guys clearly know...