I may have an opportunity to purchase a used pair of medium sized Qualia's set to their smallest setting. The measurement from the middle of each ear over the top of my head is 16". Does anyone know if medium is the right size for me? Assuming medium is the size I want how difficult is it...

I will soon have two amps for my Omega II's, a Blue Hawaii (built with a circuit that keeps the Omega's stators charged even with the amp off) and a SRM-717. If I unplug the fully charged Omega's from the Blue Hawaii, and without touching the pins plug into the 717 do the stators retain their...

I would be grateful for the opinion of anyone who has extended experience with the Omega II/SRM-717 combo and the Omega II with any other amp. I am currently running the 717 Balanced and am looking for a comparison with other amps suitable for the Omega II, Specifically KGSS, Blue Hawaii, or...

I want to hook up my source (it has balanced outputs) with my headphone amp (it has balanced inputs). The balanced outputs on my source are configured as pin 1-ground, pin 2-positive, and pin 3-negative. The balanced inputs on my amp are pin 1-Ground, pin 2-negative, and pin 3-positive. If I...

www.buy.com is having a 24Hr Sale. I am not affiliated with them in any way. During this sale they have the Philips DVD763SA SACD/DVD Player for $98.99 , free shipping and a $10 rebate (this may be for a future purchase, didn't look at it closely). I don't know if this is a good player or a...

I just got an e-mail from www.ecost.com . They have 72 refurbished Sony MDR-V6 Headphones for $39.99 with free ground shipping. I am not affiliated with them in any way, just thought some of you would like to know!

I have a Grace 901 and the faceplate is starting to peel. I just noticed this when packing the unit for sale. The person that has agreed to purchase the unit has no idea of this, I have no e-mail for them, and they do not check their PM's when they're on-line. If this is a description of...

Gilmore Class A Kit Review It’s been nearly 20 years since I’ve done a DIY project. My last DIY project was a Hafler 220 power amp and Hafler Pre-amp in 1983. If anyone remembers these kits they were supplied with finished and tested circuit boards and only required mounting them in the...

I'm going to make this short. If you have an RKV Mark II and plan on using it to drive phones other than the K1000 or HD600 you must get this thing. Without the impedancer the only low impedance phones I have that worked fairly well with the RKV were the Grado HP-2's. These are 40 Ohm but...

I have been waiting a couple of weeks for Mullard tubes I ordered from Chelmer Valve in the UK to try in my RKV. I love the way the stock tubes sound but love to experiment. I also wanted to see if different tubes would give the RKV a slightly greater treble extension. The Mullards finally...

I've had an Earmax Pro now for 6 months and after a 100 hours or so of break-in I have been quite happy with the sound and the stock tubes with a couple of exceptions. Although it sounds good when you first turn it on it sounds better after 2 hours and even better after 4 hours. The bass is a...

I have accumulated a lot of headphones and amps and am now turning my thoughts to cables. With few exceptions (Cardas HD600 cable, Grado Headphone extention cord) I personally have not heard any differences in cables....because I've only tried bottom of the barrel so far and have done no...

I read something in a thread recently that I now cannot find so here is a direct question. This thread through many posters seemed to take for granted that if given a choice between hooking up a device digitally with a fiber optic cable or 75 ohm coax cable the coax would always be better. Is...

The usual disclaimers first: Because of my lack of experience with state of the art solid state headphone amp's I am far from the ideal reviewer. I have never heard a Headroom amp or a Sugden or anything better than a RA-1 until now. From an engineering standpoint, look, feel, operation, this...

I had the opportunity to audition the R10 about two weeks ago for over an hour with all sorts of material, I also brought my W100's for a known reference. The source was a Sony SACD player with my normal CD's through an EMP. The EMP was new and going through the hum phase that mine is now...

I've had about 3 hours experience over 2 days so here goes with the initial W100 impressions. They are beautiful to look at, very comfortable, self adjusting (fit my head perfectly). Build quality is excellent. Because of my location these were purchased without audition so when they...

I've posted in other threads about my impressions of the ETY-4S's, RS1's and SR325's (all being used with an RA-1 and Panasonic CT-SL570). I had previously stated that I love the 4S's, Initially getting a perfect seal/sound with the white tips, then foam tips, then back to the white tips...