Here's my LCD-i3 story. After deciding to give the i3 a try I had some trouble finding one new and I was hoping to get the Apple cipher cable just to try. I'm not an Apple guy, but my wife has an iphone.. So I decided to buy used off of Ebay and found one with the cipher cable. Per...

Thanks, the HE1000v2 are now on my short list.

P.S. rereading the above post I realized I should also explain that I currently mostly listen to a portable rig consisting of an Ibasso DX240 streaming hi rez from Qobuz to Audeze LCD-i3's with a Bronze Dragon cable. With eq I love the sound of these headphones. This is why I am leaning...

I am putting together a new 2 ch system with equal emphasis on head phone and speaker performance. I believe the RH-5 would be perfect as pre/head amp along with a Rogue Hydra or DragoN 2 ch Amplifier. I was hoping to use the LCD-X's which I have loved when I heard them at a meet. But in this...

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Hi, another newbie here, and I would love to go to my first meet, so I am planning to attend anywhere in the Seattle - Portland area.   Just depends on the date, but I am pretty flexible.   Mark

Does anyone know the voltage swing of the Mainline?   Interested in knowing if the Mainline can be used to drive a PASS DIY F4 amp.  Ideally it needs +/- 20V.   Thanks Mark

I'de vote for the BMC PureDAC, but that is a little selfish as I think this is on my short list to purchase next year, and would love to see how it fares in this review.   Mark

I would really love to hear what Gary thinks of the Tranquility NOS DAC, and one of the better Audio GD PCM1704 DAC's in this comparison.  I wish I had one to loan, but all I've got is an  older Audio-GD Compass.  But if there is interest I will ship for review.  Although these were a great...

Whats the gain and the max voltage on the Mainline for comparison?   Mark

Or how about a stand alone smart card reader in a Concero size case with HDMI output for a monitor or TV for music selection via remote, and a digital output to connect to a DAC.   This would allow a great stacked pairing with any of the Concero's, or any other DAC.   I'd buy one instead of...

Great response AiDee, Thank you very much!  It sounds like the PureDAC headphone output would at least get me by for awhile with headphones as an all in one, until I decide to buy a tube amp.  In the end I want both great speaker outputs and great headphone outputs from my system, and I was...

AiDee, Can you comment or compare the performance of the PureDAC's balanced headphone output to the performance of the Taboo with the LCD2.  Just wondering how good is the PureDac as a headphone amp, vs the PureDac fed into a great headphone amp like the Taboo?  I am seriously jealous that you...

Very interested in your thoughts on compatibility and synergy with the 4.Ai.   Look forward to your review.   Mark

Going to order a Toxic cable for Heir Audion 3.ai, but having a lot of trouble deciding.   Contenders are: Scorpion, Black Widow, Silver Poison, Virus, and Silver Widow, in order of price.   I've read all the reviews, and I am reluctant to spend more than the Heir's are worth on the Silver...

Thanks Lifted Andreas, I will check for the alternative service you mentioned.   My antivirus was also shut down.   I did not try it on my Windows 8 machine because EmCore did not have that listed as an option, but if it does not work with my wifes windows 7 Dell tonight, that will be...

Quote: Yes I tunes was installed and closed, but I could only find one of the two services listed and that was killed.   The service I could not find in the task manager was the "AppleMobileDeviceService.exe"  Nothing even remotely similar to this was open.   I killed the...

New to Rockbox and trying to install EmCore.  I successfully get to a DFU drive on my 160gb 6G IPOD, but when I try to run "bootstrap_ipodclassic_itunes.exe" I get an error message, actually 2 error messages:   1) Create file: Error 3: The system can not find the path specified.   2)...

Quote: I have a 6G classic and run with it in an arm band every day with no issues.   Or get a refurbished 5.5G and put a CF, SD, SSD, or mSata in and you don't have to worry about the hard drive.  The SSD will fit a classic also, do a search.   Mark

I contacted Crucial last week to ask about mSATA voltages and they told me that all M4 are 3.3 volts and the newer M500 are all 5 volts.   Another good looking mSATA, which has not yet been tested, is the new MyDigitalSSD  BP4 mSATA's.  They are getting good reviews and are a bargain, at $89...

Quote: It does not need to get bigger, just needs the HDMI output for a separate display.   I agree with others though, that the best solution might be a stand alone product that can output to any DAC.    I'll buy one.   Mark

Quote: I would love to see a Concerto HD or HP version with SD card and USB input!  I would be willing to pay a couple hundred extra for this one added feature.  Great to have the option to get rid of the computer as source!  You could also go semi portable with a 5V battery or...

I would recommend the JMoney leather replacement pads and if you are flush a set of MarkL wood cups.  They will take the Denon's to a new level. See a nice review thread here for the JMoney pads...

Quote: Thanks longbowbbs!   Now I am really excited about the new Taboo, sounds like exactly what I would like to get when I return from Italy next spring.   Mark

Can someone provide a link to the Decaware thread with the details on the "New Taboo MkIII"    I have searched but not having any luck finding the thread.   Thanks in advance.   Mark