I see so many rigs consisting of an expensive DAP with digital out, running to an expensive DAC/Amp with digital in (such as the Chord Mojo). I even hear discussion of which expensive devices digital out sounds best with the mojo and other high end DAC/Amps.   I don't get it.   Digital out...

So if you’re at all interested in gaming you’ll have seen the leaking PR campaign for Project Café – the code name for the new Nintendo console. The way gaming sites are reporting on this, the sources are very obviously credible and likely Nintendo insiders, so what’s been leaked is likely...

How innocent he looks without the hair and the handlebar...  

Don Van Vliet AKA Captain Beefheart sadly passed away today at the age of 69 having endured a long struggle with multiple sclerosis.   Blues singer, composer, poet and painter, Van Vliet was, for me, one of the most unique and powerful voices of the 20th century and certainly played a huge...

Thanks to all those who braved the snow and ice and cold last night to come to the mini-meet in Bank, it was great to meet you all and hear all the gear.   Bit hectic at work right now but will add my impressions later - just thought I'd get the thread started for others to add to and thank...

Thanks to all those who braved the snow and ice and cold last night to come to the mini-meet in Bank, it was great to meet you all and hear all the gear.   Bit hectic at work right now but will add my impressions later - just thought I'd get the thread started for others to add to and thank...

Calling London/South East head-fiers,   There will be an afterwork mini-meet in London on the evening of the 30th November in a closed function room at the Counting House pub on Cornhill in Bank.   Here is a map to the pub, and here is one of local car parks.   We'll start around...

Hi, Anyone ever come across these before? Not having any experience with speaker stuff I'm completely baffled:     They grace the ends of the speaker connectors (for clarity - the cables for connecting the adapter to the amp via speaker outputs) for the beyer ET1000/N1000 I just got...

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I'm sure Grado purists would spit out their soup on hearing about this mod, and lots of people will try it and say they hate it, but hey, it works for me. I recently bought some MS1000 off a headfier and he included lots of pre-cut circles of J-Cloth (or kitchen fleece in the US I believe)...

Just thought I'd flag up this budget item - DAC and Headphone amp (with no volume control!) RCA Out SPDIF out (can function as a USB to Coax converter). AUNE MINI USB DAC Sound Card + Headphone Amp Amplifier on eBay (end time 23-Mar-10 03:11:33 GMT) Cheap as chips. What do people...

Wrong Forum sorry! Will post this later in the right one. Got to shoot.

Was at a friends house last night and tried my HD650 on the headphone out of his Dennon integrated amp (don't know model number) and was floored by the incredible sound quality it produced. I didn't have my desktop amp there to compare (LD MK V) but from first impressions it did a better job. I...

Was really nice to meet everyone last night, and nice to meet all the heaphones and amps as well. Impressions of the gear? Leccy's Fostex Orthodynamics were utterly awesome and most agreed they were the star of the show. In retrospect I wish I'd spent more time with them; I only listened...

Please confirm on this thread if you can come and list what gear you will bring and I will add it to this post UPDATE: Details So Far: Date: Monday 22nd February Time: Arrive between 6 - 7, finishes when we all get bored I guess Venue: The Counting House, Cornhill, City of...

Hi i'm hoping someone can offer some advice. I'm new to this sort of thing so please be patient To sum it up: Dap - mini to rca - little dot mkv - hd650: no noise Laptop - usb - dac amp - hd650: no noise Laptop - usb - dac - mkv - hd650: huge amount of unbearable electronic...

Hi all, Am looking to get some HD650 in the not too distant future, a Christmas present to myself if you like. Obviously want to get an amp that can drive them first. Problem is I am a total noob to this topic so could benefit from some advice. Have found this on ebay and seen some nice...

Hello all, As I'm new here, I'm sorry if this is the wrong forum to post this in, it looked right anyway... This is my first and probably only thread here as I can't justify buying any more audio gear for a while after my planned next purchase! Looking for some advice. I know you guys...