Hi,   Not sure if it was caused by me (I did delete a load of what I thought were old PM's as I like t keep my space usage to a minimum for you).   I have a link in my signature line that was used for a long time, but I'm not sure if it has worked since the forum changes were introduced...

Situation   Having recently decided to have a play with a cheapish tube amp and try a little tube rolling I bought a Bravo amp from Ebay. Now rather than spending a small fortune replacing components and trying out numerous tubes on this I decided to get a better budget tube amp as a base...

Which universal iem's have detachable cables that are easy to re-terminate to use the balanced connector for Ray Samuel Protector portable amp? Looking for an interim solution until I get a new custom set from ACS (T1 most likely) in May/June. Sleek audio, Panasonic etc - I know have...

Been looking into Wiki's for work usage and wondered if we had any die hard wiki users here? If you are into them and have used one that scales up to a large number of users and pages which one do you use and did your try others? Have three candidates I like: Dekiwiki - pretty and user...

As part of the long and stressful process of replacing items that were taken during a break in at our home I'm looking for a replacement for the Swiss Army knife and Gerber multi-tool that were taken amongst many other things. Both were a few years old so I don't have a clue exactly what...

Not sure if this is a bargain but play.com are doing the Sennheiser HD595 for £69.99 delivered. If any UK members were looking at these it's the best price I've seen. Play.com (UK) : Sennheiser HD 595 Open Headphones : Electronics - Free Delivery Steve

If budget is not really a problem are there any recommendations for good closed headphones for office use? Need to be fairly isolated so I don't disturb others No iems Not full size - hence the like Senn PX200 in the title Ones which I can put on/take off quickly - for the many interruptions...

I've managed to get hold of a decent condition Iriver H120 locally and am now proceeding to upgrade it as far as possible. Have ordered a new longer-life battery but can't seem to find anyone stocking the correct 40gb hard-drive, preferably in the UK. Anyone upgraded theirs recently, if so...

As it's getting harder to find an Iriver H120/140 lately to act as a digital out source for pairing with the like of the lovely Ibasso D1 I've been wondering about portable media drives. Something like this mini media player . Never used or seen one (yet) so perhaps this will jog the memory...

I have a couple of 12v SLA (batteries) lying around and thought I could try to use these as a nice clean power supply for my new Squeezebox3 which has a 5v feed. I've already got a lead made up with a diode in-line to prevent from wrong polarity connections from an earlier project, it's in a...

Not sure if this was posted here at all but it made for an interesting viewing when shown on tv. Watching the new bands having to do things the old way, without the support of computers and digital correction. See here.

Creative do a small dolby/dts decoder & headphone kit - the HQ2300D. I ordered one of these for two reasons: 1. As a test meter for bit-perfect output 2. To try with DVD movies late at night - with decent headphones of course I connected my soundcard optical out to the small decoder...

Sitting here reading about balanced systems and the debate going on gave me pause to think about the possibility of a converter to take a non-balanced output and put out a balanced signal. I know my Rudistor NX-33 can take a non-balanced source and output balanced, as does the Headroom...

Any UK buyers recently been hit with import duties on a delivery handled by Fedex? Do they mark the package in any way or do you just wait for a possible invoice to drop unexpectedly through the postbox? Anway to to tell whether they have assessed it or just delivered it duty free? Steve

I'm planning out my options to use my newly acquired (but not new) RS-1 on a balanced setup and have several ideas/options. 1. Go for the real brave unglue/recable 2. Reterminate to balanced 3 pin xlr 3. Reterminate to 4 pin mini-xlr and have adaptor cables 4 pin mini xlr > 3 pin xlr...

Hi, I bought a new solid oak hi-fi cabinet from eBay at a really low price. It's new and was fine when I received it factory packed. After a week or so when it was in place with my hi-fi gear inside my wife noticed a crack in the top had appeared. To cut the story short I have been offered...

I was hoping that fairly soon I'd be able to post impressions of some custom moulds for the Shure E500 I'd had done, which would be of more of interest to the UK members than anyone else. Last week I finally got around to arranging for some ear impressions to be taken and called ACS...

Have other E500 owners found the zip on the carry case really hard to open/close. I'm worried about getting a cable trapped and not noticing it as the zip is so stiff. Is this a one-off or do others have the same issue? If mine is just a one-off I'll contact Shure for a replacement, but I...

Rudistor NX-33 Balanced Headphone Amplifier - First impressions Introduction First off a short note on what made me go for a balanced headphone amp and particularly the NX-33. Being based in the UK, and I guess this applies to other European countries to a greater or lesser extent, when...

Here we go again another terrorist airplane attack (allegedly) just hope it's not the start of a concerted campaign UK airport news. Now try taking your cmoy on a plane! Keeping my fingers crossed that nothing actually happens and no-one gets hurt or killed. Steve

Not music I've made but by someone I know well. mixposure Have a listen and see what you think! Steve

I know the Beyer pads are quite popular replacements on other makes of cans (is that just the DT770 style?) but wondered if many go for a leather pad as an upgrade over velour. Headphile uses them on the Grado/Alessandro z-pads as well. I'm wondering whether to get some leather ones just...

I have found that ACS in the UK will do custom sleeves for my Westone UM2 at a reasonable price including getting the impressions taken.made. This is obviously a lot easier than sending impressions across to the US and avoids any hassle with customs charges etc. Has anyone had any experience...

A picture of a doney with white ear phones, ala iPod posters. Emblazened with 'iFollowers' and a web address of idont.com

OK I'm in a bit of a pickle at the moment due to an excess of equipment. Having just added a Benchmark Dac1 to the family I'm wondering on how to get the best setups for my hi-fi and pc listening. PC source is a Shuttle PC running an Emu0404 lossless via foobar and usually optical out...