Headphones have been my first love... but i tend to cycle through them (grado, beyer, akg, etc.) and jsut haven't been able to find a set up i can stick with. Speakers on the other hand, I've been pretty faithful to - especially the full-range / single driver sorts (dabbled in electrostats...

I'm looking for something fairly cheap (eg not pico, predator, or even hornet range) that runs kind of on the warm side. Would be even better if it were a combo with a dac but it's fine without too. I'm wondering if the mini3 is the way to go, or if I should have something simple like a...

Howdy, Any suggestions on where to buy an older (eg non-i) SR-60? I've tried searching and email some head-fi sponsors and even putting together a WTB ad but so far no luck. I know there were some companies clearing the odler stock out as the i stock was coming in but just can't seem to...

First off thanks to deltaydeltax for organizing this, a really enjoyable, interesting event There were about ten people, great mix of folks - would love to see this get even bigger numbers next time around Some were taking pictures so i imagine those will make their way up here I...

Very happy tale. I've tried a lot of stuff over the years. Senns, grados, Beyer (still think the beyer 48 is a massively underated can here) AKGs, etcs., but never really been happy with anything over the long haul - until the past few months. The craziest part is that it's come from a...

I have a corda move (maybe a move 2 or 3) and am purchasing a power supply for it (from Radio Shack) There are two of them both regulated at 12V. One at 1.5 amps and another at 2.5 amps Could I used one with 2.5 amps and would it potentially sound better? thanks you very much

So I have a non-os dac i love but it doesn't have usb I've thought about selling it and getting a valab or gigamoon or the like as I didn't want to drop $150+ for a trends or $120 for a hagerman Then I stumbled across this little guy from one of head-fi's sponsors Any idea on how...

So I just got a Woo Audio1 (see this review) and am absolutely loving it. I was always a little nervous about tube amps, seemed like more to do to keep them running. This one didn't have any of the little dials that seem to change adjust it. (I'm not quite sure what they do for most tube amps...

This isn't exclusively headphone related but it seems to go here as well as anyplace else. Right now I have a vintage RS-2 powered by a Pico. Most of the time I'm listening to WAV files on a laptop. Occasionally I use the dac on the Pico as a source for a little Tivoli desktop radio as a...

Okay - a provocative title but I seriously think the Beyer DT 48 E might just take the cake here. You can count the head-fiers who have even heard it one one hand - so the recommendation are few and far between. Recently there was a thread featuring some first impression that had a couple...

So one of the UK sponsors here has an official grado case does anyone know anything about these or whether they are available in the states? thanks

A couple of years ago (I think) someone started a thread asking whether head-fiers we're speaker dumb. The OP expressed an observation that a lot of posts in this forum we're asking great, headphone rivaling quality for unrealistic prices. Specifically, do people really expect to drop...

Just saw it at Audio Magus. Looks pretty interesting: Audiomagus - high end not high priced Also looks like they have a few other interesting new things in.

Title says it all. I'd buy at least two. Seen a whole lot of comments from others about wanting a desktop version of the pico. Depending on pricing (let's say it were a g-lite price plus the dac difference from the pico, plus a little additional), could be the go-to desktop solution for...

Maybe this has already been posted, but here's a link to a sketch of their headphone amp - they say it's in alpha testing. Should be very interesting

Fresh off the UPS truck from an Ebay purchase. I was thinking of getting another 271s - but Fitz recommended checking out the 270. I tried watching ebay (none to be found) then hunting some down here - pm folks who mentioned they once had them. Only a couple of people (including a...

So I have the X3 and enjoy them quite a bit, usually using them with a cowon D2 sometimes with a portable amp (shek h2). I like the way they fit and feel. But being a head-fier I simply can't be happy and am always looking for just a little bit more. Then the Denon 700 craze hits...

I assume folks have seen this before but I just found it. Have to admit I'm very tempted. Link is here Included accessories: "Earphones, weapons, and hands"

So I'm trying to rip CDs to WAV in EAC and even though I type artist and album title in the EAC boxes the files don't have that information. Is there an easy way to rip via EAC while keeping the artist and album title? If not, is there a way to write that information to the files (I tried...

My Fitz-recabled sextett just arrived. You'll have to forgive me for gushing but I'm blown away by the sextett - the hype is true. Previously, the Fitz-recabled 500 with 701 pads destroyed everything I had ever heard. Personally, I think it slaughtered my stock 501 and Fitz recabled 501...

I posted a review of this sub $200 little gem of a portable amp/ usb dac combo in the portable forum here A few people have suggested that I should have put it in the amps section (I have to confess, I guess they are right, it does look like portable amps are put here in the amps forum -...

Okay. So everyone under the sun has, or is coming out with a portable amp/dac combo. All the big boys are here or coming and a lot of little folks and unknowns are there as well. Reasons are obvious. Listen to a laptop all the time, take it with you on the go. Why not spend more money to get a...

Okay, I bought an Entech 245.5 from this thread. I received it and it isn't working. It is silent or makes loud pops when searching for a signal. So here's my question. Am I doing something wrong? I tried a couple of different players and different coax inputs and cables and even the...

Okay, I've read a number of the threads on this but am still very curious: just exactly how good is this dac (I'd probably be using it with an Original Master amp with an Iron Jellyfish power cord and a recabled AKG 501). Is it on par with a headroom microdac, better/worse? Is it a...

Reading though a number of these threads asking for speaker recommendations, I've noticed that fullrangers (fostex, etc.) and even electrostats (magenpan) are less than frequently mentioned. That's always seemed odd to me. Admitted not everyone likes a full range or electrostat but it often...