Tube, solid state, with and without feedback - headphone amplifiers come in all kinds of designs, shapes, and sizes. In this hobby there is no such thing as one-size-fits-all as everyone has his or her favorite. While there are many highly competitve units on the market we all sometimes think...

Based on the graphs found on the web I tried to EQ my ms-1i to sound at least close to what k601/k612 should sound like. Basically I was wondering how much difference could there be.   I used Electri-q equalizer.   Points: 1. Peak at 20 Hz + 3.7 dB BW 1.3 2. peak at 100 Hz -2.6 dB BW 1.5...

Hi there,   For a few days I've been exploring the route of wifi enabling my DAC, and I could not find any clear solution. What I need exactly is a dongle that would take any wi-fi signal, like from my Android tablet, and output it through usb connection to the USB input of my DAC.  ...

Hi there,   I want to modify my Alessandro MS-1i into MS1000 but I dont want to pay half the price of a headphone for a piece of foam.   Could someone post dimensions (inner diameters on both ends and the height from where the driver goes up to the ear) of their g-cush pads?   I...

Hello,   I've done some measurements to my speakers and headphones lately. I'm using Room EQ Wizzard V5, maybe not the best programme but it works. It has an interesting option of calibrating measured response with a calibration file of extensions *.cal, *.frd, or *.txt. I wanted to apply...

  Most poeple interested in getting the best out of their PCs in terms of SQ have probably already stumbled upon "The Art of Building Computer Transports" document. Among other things it recommends turning off most of your operating system (even to the point of killing explorer.exe!) so that...

Hi, I've been trying to fond one  for last three hours but all I could get were links to Eric Larson's Stereo Convolver at http://people.bu.edu/edlarson/stereoconv.html which no longer works. So, could someone post a working link to this or any other stereo convolver?

This is my first post here so hello everybody! I've recieved my MS-1i just a few days ago, after ~50 hours of burn i must say I love the sound but as they come with comfies I really would like to try other pads. Problem is, as most Alessandro owners I bought them coz Grados are very expensive...