Tickets bought! I will be attending!

I will be attending as well!

My friend and I are also planning to attend this meet. So excited!

Total entries : 184 Entry-level: 108 ------------------ Apogee Duet (2) Asus Essence STX (3) Audio-gd Compass (8) Beresford TC-7510 (2) Beresford TC-7520 (3) Beresford TC-7520 SE (Caiman) (1) Cambridge Audio DacMagic (11) Cambridge Audio Dacmagic2 (1) Devilsound DAC (1) Edirol...

I think the price range for each of the categories should be determined. From observing the list: Entry ($1-$499) Mid-level ($500-$1499) High-end ($1500- ) Does this sound reasonble?

Love my good old Wilson ProStaff 6.0 95... too bad they're discontinued Looking for an alternative, anyone know a more recent racquet similar to the 6.0 95? For strings, I use Gosen OG-Sheep Micro 16 @ around 58lbs.

Decided to resurrect this thread because, now that I have purchased a PS Audio Digital Link III with balanced outputs, getting a balanced headphone amp has actually become a possible upgrade for me in the (hopefully) near-future. I'm still very interested in this amp especially because it seems...

Congratulations on your purchase, slunk077. If anyone ever has a chance to visit Japan, I highly recommend "Dynamic Audio 5555" in Akihabara for true audiophile heaven. 7 floors worth of audio equipment. You can audition unbelievable amounts of gear, from headphones to 100k+ speakers. YUM

Hehe, I sure would love to, but my wallet is frowning... Besides, I first need to get a balanced DAC I actually was looking at CEC's new DAC, the DA53N (which is the successor of the highly acclaimed DA53) when rolled upon this headphone amp.

As an owner of the Sennheiser HD650s, I have always been on the lookout for relatively affordable (<$1000) balanced headphones amps. CEC, a reputable Japanese audio brand, is going to be coming out with a new balanced headphone amp sometime this spring: the HD53N...

Thanks for the review, adamus. It will be great if you can keep us informed if you notice any significant improvement(s) while the unit is further being burned-in. Seems like a very nice unit. From adamus's description, it also looks like it's what I perfectly need. I'm hoping for more...

more pictures will never hurt im highly interested in this dac; going to either buy this or the dac1... will you post pics of the back of this dac? thanks

okay, so basically i need a clean digital (optical) out from my computer soundcard to an external dac. would an av-710 my best route to take (for an audio only computer)? PS: im thinking of buying another soundcard for movies/games too. would an elite pro fit my needs?

sorry that im asking a probably redundant question, but i am still confused even after an extensive search through head-fi about external dacs and soundcards. does the soundcard affect the sound quality when an external dac is connected to it? for example, emu 0404 => benchmark dac1 and...

tensai means "genious" in japanese 1031 actually represents the word tensai 10 = ten 3 = san (three in japanese) 1 = ichi (one in japanese) ten san ichi get it?

right when i was interested in the "darth beyer" dt770/80s, here comes another.. i guess i have to wait until someone gets one of these 32ohm dt770s and see how they sound ... and maybe even wait until someome actually gets one of theirs "darth beyered" haha

wow , i didnt notice the thread i started had been resurrected (although 2 weeks ago) i had my focus on headphones these days, but this resurrection of my thread re-hooked me into reconsidering the epos speakers. scrith, would you tell me how you put your speaker system together? did...

woah, a lot of choices .... thanks everyone for the inputs! now let me see, it seems like the onix xcd-88 is a good choice for the cdp (~$300, $1700 left) not sure of the others tho, but for the speakers the onix rocket series, vandersteens, or the omega loudspeakers seem appealing to me...

my parents noticed that i'm getting into audio and they wanted me to choose a good, complete speaker system to buy: speakers, cdp, receiver/preamp/poweramp, cables, and every other equipment needed. the budget is, as stated in title of this post, $2000. i really don't know how much to spend...

wow, a lot of input. thanks! i'm fairly interested in the singlepower amps now. i think i will contact singlepower and learn about these amps later. but while i looked at all these high end amps, i noticed that i do not have an efficient "source" to match with the high end amp if i were to...

ive heard that the singlepower sds-xlr and dynamight match well with high-end cans such as ps-1, l3000, r10, qualia 010, etc. also balanced hd650, which i will start with ive also saw good reviews on the gilmore reference them as well, but it seems the dynamight is superior to it. i guess...

what would be a good amp (tube or ss) that will be future-proof to headphone upgrades (aka upgraditis, or whatever you guys call it ) around 1500-2000$? i currently have an hd650, and am considering a recable it with zu balanced cables in the future (i have heard that there's a great...

until i build my computer around december (with e-mu 0404), i have to use my crappy laptop as my source. i have an HD650 and a Gilmore Lite, and i want an external dac that would enhance the sound quality out of my laptop. but because this is a temporary setup, i do not want to spend a lot of...

thank you to everyone who put a piece of mind in this thread. i really appreciate it. for the power amp, i think im pretty much set with the zamp v3, unless there are any objections to it, which i doubt. for the speakers, i am trying to find a store where i can try these speakers. but in...

bigshot, i understand that i should actually listen to the speakers, then decide. it is obvious that i will be much more satisfied if i choose the speakers that i actually liked. but unfortunately, i do not know of any local audio stores around my area where i can test the speakers. i am...