Do you have balanced headphones? If so, which ones? LCD-2 & HD800 For balanced headphone output, how important is it to have dual three-pin XLRs as well as a 4-pin XLR? At the moment using pairs of 3 pin as I needed 3 pin on my DAC to link in to my active monitors. However I would buy a...

As you mention Apple TV I assume you are a mac user?   Handbrake is excellent and creates files in pretty much any format.   Unfortunately Windows only but I haven't found anything to compare with Slysoft AnyDVD for ripping protected discs. It get a solid 10 out of 10 from me and...

I would recommend the SPL Phonitor headphone amp if you sometimes have a need for using headphones for mixing. It was designed to allow you to replicate the soundstage of your normal mixing monitor setup and do your mixing on headphones wherever you are.   The youtube demo gives a good...

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Quote: Unfortunately one of my stock JJ tubes was faulty, so I've never really been able to assess them  

I enjoy my HD800's with the Lyr. The only tube I feel doesn't really suit it are the popular cryo 6N23P that can be a bit too analytical and bright with the 800's If I had to choose just for the Senns I would go for a pair of vintage (not NOS) Mullard ECC88. They are usually easier and much...

Psychoacoustics is an incredibly complex area and it appears even more so with headphones. I got rid of my T1's as for me they did nothing that my other 'phones didn't do better. Go Figure. The one area where I'm really impressed with the LCD-2's is how they can play REALLY loud (assuming...

May I ask if you own a pair of LCD-2's? and if so what you drive them with? Making such statements as if fact as " They do poorly in detail resolution - can't get good imaging or soundstage with a lack of detail." varies significantly from the experience of many owners. My reference for detail...

I don't know the specifics of the production process used between JHA and the factory but I do know software development and if I've understood what has been reported here correctly, JHA use a "front end" software package to enter the values needed, (and understand that the data is much more...

Any good store will set up a demo for you, but arrange it in advance. They will usually have samples of the most popular products already out on display and these will have had some breaking in but one of the biggest problems with headphones is the amount of time some ake to break in. Again...

Been there for a while now but I've not heard anybthing else about the idea.

Most of us have heard the "Serenity Prayer" but it's only usually the first 4 lines that are quoted. Serenity Prayer God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference. Living one day at a time; Enjoying...

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Nuwidol has said he will be there as well so in addition to the LCD-2/Lyr and HD800/MF M1-HPA, there will be Darth Beyer T4's, HE-6 & HE-500 to try.

I don't usually worry myself much about sound staging from my headphones as I don't believe they can ever get close to what my speakers achieve. However the LCD-2's surprised me recently on my first listen to the Fleet Foxes CD. At the end of track 8, there are two men suddenly talking and each...

I would have thought the logical choice would be between the two closed backs, the Ed8 or the D7000. The LCD-2's are so transparent to surrounding ambient noise that I find there are often times that I need to be able to exclude the sounds around me.

Ive been approached by the maker of a new head amp who is looking to get some feedback on the prototype of his latest headphone amp. Is there any interest in combining the opportunity to check out a brand new product with a "mini-meet" for the Milton Keynes/Bucks area? Date is totally flexible...

I've been going through the same process since I got my LCD-2's. At the moment, I think I've got a reasonably good threesome that works well together but I think it will become a quartet quite soon. The LCD-2's are superb and I would describe their character with their really 'clean' sound as...

Quote: Yeh, that was me. I went to place my order for the JH13/3a when I noticed it had dissapeared from the website! Although a number of people have said in the past (before any units were shipped) that with the bass control you can get the 16 to mimic the 13, the spec definitely says...

'New Old Stock' v Vintage. My first expeience of a really old tube.   We all talk about tube "burn in" but just how long would the more experienced tube users here expect this process of change in  sound to continue? So far, my tubes used in the Lyr, in addition to both of the stock tubes...

It's slightly cheaper to buy them in the UK. Payment is via Paypal so the first hit is the poor Paypal exchange rate. Audeze ship to the UK via UPS expedited @ 115 USD, so ParcelFarce handle the UK end and you will get hit for charges. Duty @ 2%, then 20% vat on all of that. On a day with a good...

I think many would be really happy if there was a single answer to this! There is no such thing as perfection in audio reproduction, everything is a set of compromises. We all have differing ideas on which areas of reproduction give us the best illusion of the music. For some, any form of...

Get the Duet 2. It's designed for just what you are doing.

I had a great time recently attending an afternoon devoted purely to high end headphones at Audio Affair in Birmingham, one of few UK dealers that keep a reasonable range of headphones available for demonstration. For the afternoon, in addition to the high end 'phones, they had for comparison...

I have a nearly new pair of DBT4, based on the 770 pro/80. My main amp has plenty of power on tap, so I'm tempted to swap in a pair of the 600ohm drivers as many have commented that they are the better driver in the standard Beyer. So I'm wondering if anyone else with T4's has tried this or if...