Just thought I'd start a separate thread on this. I have been an infrequent listening to jazz over the years. My musical tastes run to blues (electric and acoustic) and classic rock. However, my father is a huge jazz fan and over the years has given me a few CDs, and I've others I've purchased...

Don't quite know how this happened. I wasn't able to order my AKG 501s from HeadRoom before 12 their time (Mountain) on Friday, so my order didn't ship out until yesterday evening (5:03 their time, 7:03 EST). I ordered them standard shipping. Well, according to FedEx tracking, they left...

Forget about the bass. Think clarity, midrange and highs. How do they compare? I know Grados are notorious for lack of soundstage, but are the MS-1s any better. Those who've heard both, I'd love to hear your opinions. Overall, which do you listen to the most?

Well, I just got my new phones about an hour or so ago. I posted the following in another thread and thought I would post it here as well. Quote: Well, I just got my HD25s today and have spent the last hour or so listening through my laptop that I use for work. For what it's worth, the...

I'm currious as to whether anyone here has experience with the Portable Headphone Amp sold by a guy name Gary over on ebay. He's apparently sold a few hundred of them and not a negative word to be found over there. Wondering if anyone here has used it and, if so, would care to offer an opinion...

Are there any other blues lovers floating around Head-fi? To tie this in with the thread on "top three guitarists", I thought I would float my list of ten favorite (note I didn't write "best") blues guitarists: 1) BB King (of course) 2) Albert King 3) Buddy Guy 4) Hubert Sumlin ( Howlin'...

Hey! I'm fairly new to this forum, though not to audio having been an audiophile "wannabe" since the late 60s when I watched my dad build a Dynaco PAT-4 and Stereo 120. Later, in '73 I built my own Dynaco SCA 80 Q (the Q being for the pseudo-quad matrix circuit built in). My first pair of...