+1 on the Munch Daphnis. But I just got my hands on the Dutoit/Montreal recording, and it's fantastic as well--can't decide which interpretation I prefer. Sound quality is definitely a step up though.  

Am I the only one wishing they made a U-3 (universal 1964-V3) ? Early bid price would have been around $250.

  Thanks!   Also wanted to mention I got a little confused--I meant Bernstein with the concertgebouw, not Vienna. I'm not even sure there is a vienna recording lol.   As long as it's this one, you got the one I'm talking about.

His 9th with the Concertgebouw must be slowest rendition ever--the last movement is 30 mins long. But it's also the most searing, painful reading busting at its seams. Sometimes unbearably emotional. For Mahler fans looking for the greatest extreme, definitely check it out.     I agree about...

CosmicHolyGhost said earlier that they will be available from AK dealers soon.   Wonderful, I agree, but I wish they went with the standard leather texture. The reptile look is really flashy, even in just black. Oh well.

Anyone know if Dignis plans to release AK100II / AK120II cases at all? They've already got Cowon and Calyx, maybe they don't even plan on doing them?

I was having the same issue too. It seems that it doesn't let you copy over new folders--i.e. you cant copy over a folder for an artist that contains Albums > Songs.    What you can do though, is open up iTunes, select all the songs, and drag that in to the music folder of your AK100II. Of...

Your descriptions and earlier impressions sound like a super-HD600. I'm very excited.

For the Kreisleriana, Claudio Arrau. Mind you I haven't heard the Cortot or Kissin, and neither the Perahia, which I turned away from because I did not like his highly regarded Davidsbunderlantze--I assume that I just don't like his style. I'm intrigued by the Cortot; I have a lot of his Chopin...

I have the Leslie Howard Liszt box as well, a lot of volume 7 (Harmonies Poétiques & Religieuses) stood out for me. Not what you would expect from Liszt.(In a good way) For orchestral music, how about the Hungarian Fantasy or the Faust Symphony?     It seems like Schumann's piano music...

I don't know about you but he promised me free shipping as well.

So Rudi, now that you found your best set up, you're going to give away everything else to random head-fiers, right? 

April fools...?

at least there will be more AK240s on the FS forums

lol I got seriously scared there

Android OS を搭載する可能性 -- translates to "possibility of Android implementation."   At the bottom there's a link to http://www.arctablet.com/blog/featured/cowon-p1-audio-player-shows-up-online-a-new-android-audio-player-with-128gb-of-storage/​, and turns out it's pretty much a translation of what...

Who is the winner? I was going to say the guy who sold you a $900 interconnect :)

would love some comparisons with the HD600 (hint hint)

2.8Vrms on high gain? That's less than the DX50...

It's here--https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1003614822/ponomusic-where-your-soul-rediscovers-music?ref=recently_launched   Some extra info I found--internal memory is 64gb, not 128gb. It does come with a 64gb microsd card, though.   Couldn't find any real specifications on the audio...

lol closed might actually be easier :)   NVX XPT100 / Brainwavz HM5 -These are both rebrandings of the Fischer Audio FA-003, just easier to get in the U.S.   Audio Technica m50 - Lauded as the value king up until a few years ago.   Creative Aurvana Live 2 - similar sound to the original...

dt990 pro is $143 on Amazon right now, AKG k240 mkII is $115, standard k240 even less. Amp isn't necessary for the AKG I would say.   AD700x would be great for gaming, and those definitely don't need amping. Good luck!   Some audiophile lingo to help you: Voices sound muffled and murky -...

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As others have said, Yodobashi Camera and Bic Camera have headphones, but I think you may be thinking of e-earphone, it's a store dedicated to audiophilia, also in Akihabara. You can listen to all the used stuff in glass cases too, including amps, dacs, cables. If you want serious listening, I'd...

Yes, but its not only that--if you take a look at your tags, you'll notice same composers will be tagged differently. For example, Tchaikovsky can be under 'Pyotr Tchaikovsky' , 'Tchaikovsky, Pyotr' , 'Tchaikowsky, Pyotr', 'Tchaikovsky(1840-1893) / Pyotr', 'Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky' etc, it's...