Before Axpona there use to be a annual meet in Westmont a suburb of chicago. I know axpona has a much more elaborate headphone event but it was nice having the event there in westmont. Got to hear some of the local and not so local set ups that participants brought to the meet. It was a lot of...

I just auditioned rogues new RH-5 headphone amplifier and found it to be very enticing and enjoyable . It has a well thought out balance of strengths that make long term listening very engaging with little of the tiresome fatiguing side effects you can get with some of the latest reference...

 I have had my akg 701s for over 5 years now. Mine were made in Austria. A short time ago I unfortunately tripped over the cord and lost the sound on my akg 701s. I considered buying a new pair but decided that maybe just having the plug changed would restore my beloved 701s to working order. So...

 I have not seen any postings for the chi unify 9 meet in Chicago. I am hoping to attend this year after missing last years show. I would appreciate any information regarding this years show. I am starting the ball rolling . The show is usually in june isn't it? That is only a month away.

 I have just purchased a set of cable pro balanced  xlr interconnects for my desk top computer set up . I sometimes watch Netflix movies on my desk top monitor set up. I have been using  a set of nordost heimdall balanced xlr interconnect that I purchased from music direct last year at their...

 I just saw that joe grado has passed away this morning. Having passed on feb 06 2015. Recently we just lost harry pearson from the absolute sound . We will definitely miss them and their contributions to the world of audio.

 I was reading the latest absolute sound magazine and came across a add for hafler. Apparently the hafler company is being resurrected shortly and two of the products they will offer are headphone amps. One is a solid state unit and one is a tube unit.     I thought this might be of interest to...

  I have many fond memories of when I was a teenager first stating out in my passion for hi fi. I remember many hours spent salivating over vintage stereo equipment that I listened to back in the seventies that I could not afford . I made many friends and met many fellow stereophiles back in the...

  I have had my lcd2 v2s for a couple of years . While I have appreciated their strengths they have some deficiencies as well. One of those was a sense of reserve at the top that robbed the listening experience of some of the excitement of listening to music. I decided about five months ago to...

I have recently purchased the ifi micro usb power supply to use on my dedicated desk top set up. I primarily use my desk top to watch Netflix movies over my desk top set up. The set up consists of a teac ud-501 dac feeding a pair of emotiva airmotiv 5(original versions) active monitors.  I use...

I was browsing the selection of used pieces at decibel audio in Chicago's wicker park area and I saw a used concept 11.0 receiver on their shelves. It looked to be in good condition and I thought the price was something over 400 dollars. The unit did look pretty clean.    If it is a chip off...

I have followed threads relating to the use of vintage receivers as headphone amplifiers. I have owned a set of audeze lcd2 v2 headphones for at least a couple of years and over that time I have been somewhat underwhelmed by its performance with a number of headphone amps that I have either...

 I was reading the latest absolute sound when I saw a advertisement for a brand new heimdall 2 headphone cable for the audeze headphones. I could not find any pricing for the new leash on the net . I am hoping someone has some information on the pricing of this new headphone cable for the audeze...

I have read a thousand comments about the mjolner as a headphone amp but have not seen any mention of how it sounds as a preamp. I have audeze lcd 2 v2s and it looks to be ideally suited as a amp for them but I also intend to use it as a preamp for my emotiva airmotiv 5s on my computer desk top...

I glanced a new audeze x model at the chi unify meet. I did not attend the meet but I saw the new audeze model in one of the photos of some of the equipment being displayed. was wondering if anyone had listened to it at the chi-unify meet held nov 2.  Any impressions of how it sounds would be...

 I have emotiva active monitors and I was wondering how well the mjoyner works as a preamp. I would appreciate any input from anyone who has used the mjoyner as a preamp.

  I at present have a pair of emotiva stealth 8 powered monitors that I am using with an audio research Ls1 mk II preamp that has single ended inputs and balanced outputs that go to the powered stealth 8 monitors. I am thinking about the bryston bha-1 headphone amp/preamp. I like the option of...

 I have owned and enjoyed the raptor for the better part of three years now and have been rewarded with many hours of pleasurable listening. But recently I have purchased a pair of cable pro reverie power cords to use on my emotiva powered monitors.  I was curious to see how it worked with my...

 I at present have a denon 3931ci universal player that I use for playing dvds back on my living room set up. I was wondering how the oppos sabre dacs sound on movie playback.Most comments are made about the players apparently excellent sound out of its two channel dedicated audio jacks. I was...

 I was browsing the emotiva pro website today and saw they have introduced a new model called the stealth six.It is a higher end offering betwen the regular airmotiv six and the stealth eight.But it more closely follows the stealth eight in its pedigree.It goes a bit lower than the airmotiv six...

 For those clamoring for another review in print of the lcd check out the march 2013 issue of the hifi news record review magazine out of england.Just thought i would put this out there for anyone interested.

 I was browsing bursons website today when i came across another new amp from burson.The soloist sl which has two line inputs a alps pot and two watts per channel  output power.I think burson may be replacing the ha-160 with this one.The ouptut section is the same output section from the regular...

 I was browsing bursons website and I just saw another new burson offering.This one is a dedicated headphone amp that is rated at 2 watts a channel. There are facilities for two analog inputs.The units has two selectable gain settings one high and one low.The new soloist sl has a alps pot...

  I have just purchased a three day pass to the axpona north america audio expo in chicago next month march 8-10 at the chcago ohare doubletree.I am looking forward to attending.There are a fair amount of manufactures in attendance.Including hifi man and audeze among others.I hope to see and...

 I recentlly bought a pair of emotiva airmotiv 6s for the  holiday sale price.I had airmotiv 5s but I found that while they were great for my desk top in my computer catch all spare second bedroom they just were not enough speaker for my living room sound system.  So I bought a pair of the...