Hi, I'm a first year electronics engineering student. I've taken on an extra project for myself to build a headphone amp. I'd say my basics are quite good and I'm ready to start building it (been reading a lot of theory for the past month and got help from my teachers), so I was wondering  if...

I'm thinking of getting an amp and DAC for my Grado 225i, and I'm considering the following options- 1)LD MK1+ and a nuForce uDAC 2)EF-2 Amp/ DAC combo 3)Maverick Audio Tube Magic Sice all the music I listen to is rock, I was under the impression that tubes might be better than an SS...

After reading a lot on this forum (about 2 hours a day for an entire week and one hour a day after that), I decided to get a pair of Grado 225i headphones, since all the music is listen is rock (progressive and psycadelic if you're interested). I've been waiting 20 days for them to arrive and...