Hi yidi! The primary problem I see with my test is the one which requires a single blind testing procedure. The Manley does not remove this requirement, since someone has to still hook up the ICs two at a time. Therefore, I'd prefer to spend the bucks on a few more Silver IC pairs... if I...

Quote: BTW what ICs are you comparing? Well, I have some BC Silver Serpents, Outlaw PCAs, RS Golds, AR Pro, and an IC which is supposed to be equal to the BC, but has the name hidden, and a unlabeled DIY(not by me) pure Silver IC with Eichmann bullet connectors.? This should be fun.

Thanks lan.

I want to do some single blind testing of some RCA interconnects using my CD player and MG Head OTL (last version before the Mk II). Do I need to power down the Head before changing ICs between my CD Player and the amp? Of course, I'd turn down the volume on the Head before messing with...

Anyone have a review of this amp?

Hmmm, the Positive Feedback VSAC pics identified it as a Cardas amp, but 6moons says it is a Chazz/Consonance amp? And, supposedly it is being sold by KevinP at DIY Cables? Wonder how it sounds with the HD600s?

Apparently Cardas has a new tubed Headphone amp which was at the Vacuum Tube State of the Art Show in Washington this past week. According to the pic below, it was hooked up to a pair of HD-600s. It will sell for under $500. Did anyone get a chance to hear it, and if so, how did it...

I too prefer the JJs.

I can see gutting the animal but only if you ate it too???

Quote: They don't happen to be those crazy 250X5 amps do they?? Yup, two of them... 250w X 10 into 8 ohms. And the Crown subwoofer amp puts out 2Kwatts into 4 ohms.

Quote: Hey merc, how are those ATI amps? Well, I've had them for about 4 years now, and although they don't always seem to have the greatest finesse, they are clean and pump out oodles of power and drive the big towers to ungodly levels. Also, ATI's warranty is great. When I had on...

I am in the process of building my dream 2 channel system and am going to put into it a tubed preamp. I know about the Twinhead Mk2 from the headphone reviews of the "special review unit", but has anyone actually used this preamp as a full function tubed preamp? If so, what does it sound...

I'm looking for some headphones and base module which we can use while floating in our pool to listen to music and watch movies. Although this listening would be non-critical, I'd still like to have decent fidelity as well, if possible. I'd like to be able to use up to 6 headphones from the...

Here is my setup, with the components used for headphone listening marked as A, B and C.

JML: Can you post the review for us all to read? Or, did you actually pay $10 for a review from someone named Taffel? If Harley or the great one did this "ear only" review, I might have more confidence in it. As it is... who is Taffel and since AS uses no real testing, why should I trust this...