Here are the variables of my setup:    Ultrabook (really only used for music and browsing so hardly any programs/bloatware, most processes/services disabled) > Aqvox USB Power Supply > Audiophilleo and/or Offramp 5 with stock wall wart > D/A Converter > Amp    *Everything but the computer...

I currently have a 3 channel Beta and another 4 channel on route. Unfortunately the 4 channel is XLR only and therefore could not be used with an RCA only preamp (I prefer to use a Zana Deux > Beta > HD800 and my CSP2+ also has RCA only outputs). So I thought I would combine the two together...

Living in a building in NY has its share of disadvantages, one of which is the constantly fluctuating electricity. In the evening the voltage can drop as low as 114 or can climb to as high as 126. Up to this point I've been using a Monster HTS5000, a reference from yesteryear, before Monster...

I'm thinking about getting another source and if all goes well will jump on an SR009 in the near future. With a 2.5k ceiling, has anyone done any comparisons between the W4S Dac 2 + Audiophilleo and another source? I spent time with a Lavry DA11, Anedio D1, Benchmark Dac 1 Pre and Isabellina and...

  I should start by saying I know very little about speakers. They were never my interest, till now. I'm allocating a budget of about $2500 to a setup, but knowing little about room acoustics and the role dimensions play I could use some help. The room is approximately 18' (at it's longest) x...

I'm considering purchasing a Stax SR007 mk1 setup (KGSS or SRM 727), but would like to demo them first if at all possible. None of the high end NYC audio shops (In Living Stereo, Stereo Exchange, Innovative, Singer) carry Stax (or much of anything besides Grado). If anyone is interested I have...

Over the last 6 months jazz has become the genre I listen to most often. The headphones I have today I kept because I felt they all did something very well with a particular genre of music. Unfortunately, they are all getting a smaller slice of use as I use the HD650's > Zana Deux/B22 (3 chan)...

I'm finally ready to work on my desktop setup. My original plan was to work on a portable setup and after coming to a semblance of satisfaction transition to a home setup. Well, I was satisfied with the CK10, then the SM3, EX1000 and finally wound up going the multiple custom route. Typical...

I've recently come to know the Sony EX1000, and while my experience has taught me that declaring favorites is often a delusory, passing phase, and it takes several IEM's to truly be content, I can't help but be very impressed by the Sony's. Unfortunately there is something, one important...

For several months my RE0's have been lain away, closeted like so many others that don't compete with the likes of an SM3, CK10 or FX700. Occasionally I'd pull them out, insert them into the Stepdance, which is itself part of an bypassing DAC (istreamer) and finally into an Ipod. Sure the sound...

I've been A/Bing the RE 262's straight out of an Ipod 6g and then through a Corda Headsix and am discovering very little difference, if any at all. The dynamics seem ever so slightly compressed straight out of an Ipod and the soundstage perhaps increased slightly with the Headsix but nothing...