Here I am, on record in Head-Fi, stating that a comparison between the HD800 and the HD650 is a stretch, and proposing to compare two headphones as different as the HD800 and the DX1000. But some rogue lobe tells me it must be done. In this corner: The FOTM, culmination of years of R&D by...

I am running an M-Audio Audiophile 192 card in a modern PC running Vista Ultimate (SP2, I think). When I run with the ASIO S/PDIF output on this card, after hours or days of the usual assortment of playing stuff on iTunes, Windows Media, and random Youtube stuff, it just goes dead, and only...

It was a long 5 weeks of waiting. I've now had my new black Woo Audio WA6SE, with parts upgrades, sans attenuator, and with stock tubes, for two days, and I'm loving it. Since you've no doubt spotted that "Junior" business in my Head-Fi header, I'll give some background about me below. But first...