I have a pair of Leisure 5's finished in Rosewood in my bedroom speaker rig and they sound excellent. I have them coupled with a small sub, but they would be virtually as good without it. Beautiful finish and the best sound I've heard from a two-way.

I use several of these, and they work very well with the Behringer DCX and DEQ2496.

Quote: Originally Posted by gradofan It's been 1 1/2 years since this thread's been added to. Where are you all now? Have you found new EQ settings, tried different programs, come up with other ways to measure headphone accuracy? Since I last posted, I'm DEQ-less (well, almost), and only...

...seems like it will work also. It has three SP/DIF outs via a four-pole mini-plug. The Creative drivers disable digital outputs when the 2ZS is performing Dolby decoding, but when used in conjunction with MatrixMixer, the board will be operating as a pass-thru six channel output card, which...

The Lynx AES-16 looks perfect. Thanks.

Quote: Originally Posted by Edwood Ah, more of your crazy cool testing? ...-Ed On my primary stereo rig, I am experimenting with ambience recovery. I'd like to use some MTMs that I built last year for the rear channels. But, they use DCX2496 electronic crossover, which has digital...

Ed - Thanks for the reply. I will download the RME manual. But, to clarify, I intend to drive different signals to each SPDIF output simultaneously. So, a dist box won't work for me.

I am looking for a modern PCI or Firewire-based sound card featuring one SPDIF input and three to four SPDIF outputs which may be used concurrently under Windows XP. DirectSound drivers are required. D/As are optional. Flexible on price. Any suggestions?

Thomas - Can you run RMAA measurements on the DA10, using something on par with the EMU0404 as the ADC? I'd really like to see some numbers...

Quote: Originally Posted by wakked1 Except I fail to see what bitshifting would achieve... << is overloaded as the streaming operator too. That's how it is used in this context.

ReDVsion - You are right on all counts. I'll use them for a few weeks and see what happens.

Quote: Originally Posted by fewtch *Fifteen minutes* is enough for you to form a strong opinion on a set of cans? I admit to being puzzled by this. ... It didn't take me fifteen minutes to form the strong opinion. That only took a couple of pieces with familiar music; a few...

Got the 701s, listened for 15 minutes driven with Grace 901. I am going to return them next week. Nowhere near as detailed as my K1000s (SAC amp). Not even in the same league as K1000 + sub (but then, what is?); Detail is slightly better than my HD650's, but more boxy and enclosed. Less...

I wrote to Bananas at Large to obtain pricing on a pair of 701's. Their response, below. Quote: James, I spoke to AKG this morning, the K 701 head phones are not going to be released in the US. At this time they are a UK product only. Paul Pina - paulp@bananas.com Bananas at...

Quote: Originally Posted by Borat What's next? Well the Sennheiser HE90 Orpheus of course! You could listen to the advice in this thread, and additionally, you could try out some gear for yourself at the Southern California Head-Fi meet. Details here in case you missed it. Hope to...

Quote: Originally Posted by gerG G'day Jim. You need a nearfield speaker system.... gerG I already have a pair of rosewood Aurum Cantus Leisure 5's and a sub set up for nearfield listening in my den. And I've treated the room with acoustic panels. Until I replaced the...

Quote: Originally Posted by mulveling The Audio Technica HA2002 + W2002 system ... Man, that is beautiful gear. Regardless of how it sounds, it deserves to be in eyeshot. Have you had a chance to compare the L3000 to the 2002?

They're North Creek Rhythms, but I use the DEQX instead of a passive crossover, and I replaced the Revelator 99000 tweeter with the LCY 130. The Subs are Poseidons. Not shown are two Taylor Minuettes which provide very subtle ambience recovery.

Quote: Originally Posted by James63 cough speakers cough...............B&W Been there, done that. Even with full digital correction and the most revealing tweeter made, it's still not as revealing as the K1000s. I guess I am the first to actually beat Head-Fi! I can't buy or...

I'm currently using a K1000 plus a subwoofer for headphone listening (my HD650s and Stax 4040 gather dust). Is there a system which would provide a substantial improvement in detail and resolution for (instrumental classical/jazz trio) music listening?

I really love the sound of the K1000's, but they're a tough load for my iPod ( ). Regardless of price, is there a pair of portable phones that has a signature even remotely similar to the AKG K1000's? Currently, I use Senn PX100's with my iPod, but while they're comfortable, light and pleasant...

I have a couple SB1s and an SB2. I am very happy with SlimServer, controlled via TelCanto through my PDA and the SB2 digital out is bit-perfect so sound quality is not an issue. But, I have never been able to use wireless connectivity with either the SB1 or SB2 in my home without occassional...

I rip to FLACs then batch-transcode to MP3s for use with an partably player using dbPowerAmp's converter. I highly recommend organizing each album into separate subdirectories. I use \artist\album\track number - track title, but any scheme which segregates the albums should be acceptable...

Exclusively for my friends, Vol. 4: Especially track Perdido Exclusively for my Friends, Vol. 2: Especially track Girl Talk This series of hybrid SACDs has very good sonics, recorded at the home of Peterson's producer. Another interesting album is Side by Side with Peterson accompanying...

I am looking for a Windows utility to reconcile my music folders, which are maintained in dual formats. One directory contains files with the .flac extension, and another directory contains files with the .mp3 extension, but otherwise the filenames are identical. For a variety of reasons...