Greetings all, Things have been a little quiet at Rockhopper Audio this year. I've been working diligently to clear out my backlog of orders and I've taken on a new job: Fatherhood. But things are starting to even out and I am happy to announce a new website and new policies. You can view...

Post impressions here...I'll post pics later tonight. Cheers, thrice PICS: My Gear K1000 Table DIY Speakers in space-age polymer housing. These were super-sized DIY Firstwatt F2 Custom PS-1 housings. Damn those look nice.

Details: OK, sorry I haven't updated this thread recently...here are the details: Location: Chapel Hill, NC Marriott Residence Inn The meet will be held in the smaller meeting room at the Chapel Hill, Residence Inn on Erwin Road. It's easily accessible from I-40 or 15/501. Here's...

So I was at Radioshack getting compressed air (I like theirs the best) and I got to talking to a guy named Larry. He asked me why I was buying solder wick, compressed air, pcbs, switches, fuses...etc. I told him that I build my own headphone amps...blah blah blah. So that got us into a...

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http://www.virtualdynamics.ca/content.php?id=159 I'm not associated with Virtual Dynamics, just thought I'd post a link to the sale.

Hey I've got a seduction phono preamp that's developed a problem. I get a low level: thu, thuk, thuk, thuk sound out of both channels. it's not bad with the stock tubes, but with a pair of amperex bugle boys it interferes with the music. It's a fast rhythmic pulsing that is channel...

Meet date and location set: Please note change of date. Date: Saturday July 14th from 10am-6PM Location: Marriott Inn and Conference Center: Directions ROOM 1311 Come in the main door to the hotel and go to the left. For those people coming in from out of town...let me know well in...

Ahhhh the analog sounds of a rock being scraped over a piece of pressed plastic. Can't beat it. I was bound to get here at some point. I've resisted it for awhile, mostly due to cost and upkeep hassle and the pesky need to flip over something when 1/2 the album is over. But a friend mentioned...

Link Just thought it would be of interest here.

Our cat Jazz had been having trouble breathing for about 24 hours so we called the vet. Due to the hour we brought him to an emergency clinic. They X-Rayed his chest and found a large growth pushing on his lungs. They thought they might be able to help him out and drain some fluid, but it wasn't...

http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/art...ate-ears-labs/ Just a link to an interesting article about Ultimate ears.

Well, I pulled the trigger on a pair of Stax Lambda Pro electrostatics (practically NOS from Headphile's deal page ). So I'm looking for an amp for it. I'm new to the electrostatic world and my budget is ~$500-700. I've been looking at a few options from Audiocubes, but I wondered if people have...

I can't believe the long wait is almost over. I've been waiting for this series for what seems like forever, but THE TICK is coming out on DVD this Tuesday: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...?ie=UTF8&s=dvd A superhero with nerves as blue as his tights. He coined such awesome sayings...

Interesting news from AKG. So I recently recabled my K1000 (did a damn fine job at it if I do say so myself). I was comparing them to a friend's Stefan Art hardwire K1000 and we noticed a decided shift in tonal balance. His had significantly more treble emphasis than mine (a little more...

So I ran home during my lunch break to let the dog out and there on the doorstep was a little package....whatever could it be?!?!?!? Got the E500PTH today from SHURE....I'll post impressions in a month or so I'll post some pics once I get home from work today...needless to say I will...

Greetings, Thought I's get the ball rolling here. It was a fun meet. Lots of new faces and that's great to see. I enjoyed chatting to everyone, thanks for making this meet a success. I need some sleep, but not before I have another glass of lassi. PS. If you want me to host some...

Please note the new time!!!!! The MD/VA/DC Head-Fi meet will be on Saturday March 18th from 2:00-7:00ish. Please PM me with the gear you are planning to bring and I'll post a list here. I will host the meet at my house. Please note that we have two cats and a dog. If you are alergic to...

Just thought I'd post pics of my Headphone Pumpkin

I'm trying to set up a STEPS for use with 220V systems and I've run into a problem. I'm using the Amveco 70053 +/-15 15VAC transformer and all the other standard parts for a STEPS configured for 26-32VDC output. I should get the following measurements at the test points: TP1 and 2...

Hirsch exposed a number of us to the Precide Ergo line of headphones at the last MD/VA/DC meet. I had the oppurtunity to try them out a few weeks before the meet and ordered a pair on the spot. They came in last week and I've been breaking them in ever since. They are fantastic! For $200 they...

My grandfather is cleaning out his house and I was in-line to get this: A circa 1917 victrola...pretty cool. It's been handed down from my Great Great Grandfather to his grandson and now to me. Here are some pics: How does it sound.....awful, beautifully, wonderfully, awful...my...

Just got an email about this: http://www.sik.com/ram_din.php Looks promising.

Date: April 2nd 2005 Place: thrice's house Time: 12:00PM....until? Food: Last time we ordered pizza. That worked well for dinner and we can do that again. I will provide a minimum amount of soft drinks so feel free to bring a 6-pack if there is something you like....water will be available...

Mods, if this is in the wrong forum...my apologies. Please move it to the right forum Here's the story. I have an iMac G4 running Mac OS X 10.3.8. I recently update from 10.3.7 and my Lacie Big Disk 500GB Firewire drive would not mount on the desktop. So I poked around the internet to try...