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    Bowers & Wilkins P3: surprisingly (to me) good after all these years

    Only one other observation to keep in mind: the P3's are actually beautifully 'made' (as opposed to some much more cheaply manufactured smallish portable headphones) - but they are not the most solid or heavy-duty feeling headphones. Compared to them, my Martin Logan Mikros 90's - which, at...
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    Bowers & Wilkins P3: surprisingly (to me) good after all these years

    No, actually, the pair I bought were lightly used - very very lightly used, that is, almost-but-not-quite in near-new condition. Which makes me think that they have not really (yet) been fully broken in. I purchased them from a legitimate (and good) seller on flea-bay. Must add just one other...
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    Bowers & Wilkins P3: surprisingly (to me) good after all these years

    I recently had to replace a pair of inexpensive but quite fine headphones - Creative Aurvana Live's, from a few lifetimes ago - which I was using both as my always-connected-to-my-Mac-desktop-and-laptop headphones - and, occasionally, for travel. The CAL's bit the dust when one of the hinges...
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    Martin Logan Mikros 90 On-Ear Headphones

    One more report from listening to my new (to me) M90 phones (which btw I'm in the process of burning-in, slowly, with a somewhat unorthodox technique: instead of subjecting the phones to hours and hours of carefully programmed segments of either white or pink noise, I've plugged them in to one...
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    Martin Logan Mikros 90 On-Ear Headphones

    Yes, I realize my M90's are nowhere near close to being broken in yet....but they're still acquitting themselves admirably.   Today I was listening to some larger scale orchestral sounds - Yo-Yo Ma playing Vivaldi cello concertos - and I was surprised at the denseness of the sound renderings...
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    BitPerfect (was: Audirvana Alternatives)

    Another bit +1 - or just plain +++ - for BitPerfect aka BP.  Just purchased it for my Mac Mini - which is equipped with a small but powerful FiiO E10 and through which I'm listening via Martin Logan Mikros 90 phones - and BP provides subtle but audible improvements - more richness, complexity...
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    Martin Logan Mikros 90 On-Ear Headphones

    New ML Mik90 owner here - I just did a trade with a fellow Head-fier for a very lightly used (and thus un-burned in) Mikros 90....so I'm putting them through their paces.  First up is a disc by the Renaissance/early-music group, the Baltimore Consort, playing a disc full of English Ellizabethan...
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    Noontec Zoro

    Just wondering if anyone has heard - or had a chance to listen to - the newer version of the Zoros - the Zoro II? With, supposedly, an improved driver?   My original Zoro's are fabulous.  But after a year of frequent use and folding, one of the plastic hinges just broke.  I'm considering...
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    Need help finding replacement pad/s for Creative Aurvana Live CAL!

    Bump!   Anyone at all out there who knows what/which replacement pads/earpads will fit on my Creative Aurvana Live's?   PLEASE?!
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    Need help finding replacement pad/s for Creative Aurvana Live CAL!

    During a recent trip, one of the ear pads of my Creative Aurvana Live headphones - which are OUTSTANDING portable cans, btw - somehow fell off and got lost.  I've searched the forums for possible sources for a replacement pad (only one is missing) - but can't find any.   Can any fellow...
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    I truly believe these are one of the best Classical Music headphones I've ever heard

    Another late-comer to the bandwagon, but I feel impelled to add one more post to the list here.  I just acquired a set of DT660's, slightly used, for a very reasonable price, to complement my lighter weight (and generally excellent) portable Creative Aurvana Live!'s (which as many have pointed...
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    hotaudio40 's amps

    Just ordered a Bit Perfect from Dave/hotaudio after a correspondance with him where I sent him a number of emails with questions about my potential purchase - and he answered them all promptly and with a great deal of intelligent detail.  Am purchasing it as a portable upgrade to my MacBook Pro...
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    Review: ATH-EW9 Revisited

    Nice review MaloS - in particular really nicely written! Your use of metaphors, imagery and your writing style makes the headphones come alive on the written page - thanks for doing this dude!
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    Mac OS X Music Players - alternatives to iTunes

    Just downloaded DECIBEL and it's intriguing....but have one question which I am afraid may be monumentally stupid but I'll ask it anyway: it seems the default font size when I open it on my MacBook Pro is relatively tiny - and I can't find a way to alter/customize the font size which the App...
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    Denon 1001's vs. Creative Aurvana live

    Good thread.  Am thinking of getting either a set of used D1001's....or a new CAL!....but am curious about two things that have only been mentioned occasionally in this thread.  First is COMFORT - one poster said he found the CAL!/Aurvana's exceedingly uncomfortable - but I've read other reviews...
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