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Introduction: As some of you may have noticed, I recently overhauled my entire system.  I had assembled a rig based around gear I enjoyed, voiced to my specific tastes.  A few fellow ACers had the opportunity to hear it  and I really quite loved it, but it was a poor fit to my domestic...

  Background:   Prior to reading a post on the Industry forum of Audiocircle searching for beta testers, I had never heard of Wywires.  They are a new-ish cable manufacturer based on the west coast with ambitious aspirations for their product.  Many manufacturers generate interest in their...

Background: It has been a while since I got my hands on a new component which has excited me enough to bother writing a review. Ironically, my last review was actually for a phonostage—The Eastern Electric Minimax Phonostage which has been my reference for the last four years and one of the...

I picked up Fang's EF2 demo unit almost on impulse this Saturday at the NY meet. I'm curious as to which headphones it would mate well with for a small computer-side setup. I was considering Grado 225s or Beyer DT880s. I've owned senns in the past but have ultimately found them a little...

I've got an old Sandisk Sansa e270 I've used happily for some time. It has served me well as a small gym MP3 player, and I've always felt the sound quality was pretty good. I recently experimented with Rockbox and (though its noisey as hell navigating menus) I think it sounds better using my...

If I were to order the Triple.Fi 10vi cables could I use them to add a mic to my Super.Fi 3s? I will probably only ever use the 10s I just ordered for low risk listening, whereas my old 3s will accompany me to the gym and such and it might be nice to have the mic option if I'm using my...

I have a pair of Super.fi 3s which I use for the gym and am pretty happy with for this purpose. My problem is that the left channel is starting to flake... I guess its time to replace the cables. I've found them for $20 + shipping, but it seems dumb to buy those when I could get the...

I need a decent cheapie DAC that I can use with a SB Duet I just ordered temporarily. I'm in on the Eastern Electric DAC 001 pre-order, but that will take 2-3 months to come in. In the meantime I'd like to start with something cheap and used I can get my money back for. I was wanting to...

I came across this pre-order for a new Eastern Electric DAC incorporating the new Sabre32 9018 DAC and am very intrigued: Asylum Trader - Eastern Electric DAC 001 UPDATED LINK: http://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=72820.0 I've been extreemly happy with their preamp and phonostage...

Hey guys, some of you may recognize me though I don't post too often anymore, as my focus has been on speaker audio. I am very interested in ripping all of my CDs to a lossless compression and using a high end media center solution to feed my big rig. To preface things: I am an analog man. I...

I have a pair of Grado SR-200s I am not using and wondered what they are worth these days. I know most of Joe Grado's HP1000 series phones are worth their weight in gold and I'm wondering what the market value is for his SR200s in good condition.

I just picked up a refurbished gen 5 ipod video 30gb to integrate into my bimmer's sound system via an alpine interface (420i) and intravee ii. With the eq off, my sound bass is very anemic and the severe imbalance makes listening very distracting. The only EQ setting I've tried thus far is...

I'm awaiting delivery of a Logitech X-540 5.1 system for my desktop rig and am contemplating the purchase of an X-Fi card. The only game I really play these days is BF2 and from what I've read these cards really take the game to another level.... particularly setting sound quality to ultra high...

I'm a verizon subscriber and I hate it, but my bills are paid by my business and I'm stuck till 2008. My phone is a piece of crap that discharges within 24 hours and ruins phone chargers. Its the Motorola V60. I want a replacement, I hate cell-phone bling. Don't need cameras and other...

A good friend of mine who know how into music and audio I am got me a gift certificate to itunes for my birthday. Now I'm not much into the aac/mp3 scene, but it was a thoughtful gift and i'd like to put it to good use. Does anyone know here if apple will give me a hard time using the gift...

I don't want to get into the particulars of the situation, as Todd has gone so far above and beyond the call of duty of a dealer/friend that I'd hate list it here and set some sort of precedent, which would be unfair to ask him to live up to... I do feel, however that I must recognize Todd...

A friend of mine's father is sentimentally attached to a pair of Boston Acoustics floorstanders. They are from the last 70s/early 80s and are allegedly difficult to drive. He's tried powering them with a 150 wpc and says that though it sounds ok the NAD is running extreemly hot. I have a hard...

I've got so much music, new and old, that I'd love to hear but wouldn't even think to listen to if it weren't in a jukebox playing on random. Is there anything worthwhile in the <$1000 range as far as mega-cd players go? I've already got an exceptional single cdp, so this would be just a...

I can't find the literature that came with my ER6is, and a quick search of head-fi revealed a few failed attempts to change filters which resulted in damage so I'm hoping to get some direction before I give it a shot. How do I change these badboys? A friend wants to audition them tomorrow and...

I recieved my UR5s a few days ago, but haven't had the chance to do much listening due to a tremendous increase in school workload. I have listened to a pair of them on my phonostage and must say though, they are definitely impressive and a big improvement over the last grovers I'd heard...

Background: Over the course of the last few months I’ve noticed an increasing number of positive reviews and feedback on my online forums about the products of a company called Eastern Electric. In particular, the internet buzz seemed to universally praise a small, point to point wired...

I was thinking up ideas for a fun/creative non-audio thread and came up with the idea of costumes. There are quite a few creative head-fiers out there and I'm wondering what you all are wearing for halloween/have been wearing to parties? If its not obvious I'm the incredible hulk and my...

Hey all, I just wanted to spread the word to the 2 channel guys about an awesome product I've been using for about a month now. After reading numerous glowing reviews on other forums about the Eastern Electrix Minimax preamp, and feeling my system was still wanting for emotion, I gave Bill...

Hey all, I just wanted to spread the word to the 2 channel guys about an awesome product I've been using for about a month now. After reading numerous glowing reviews on other forums about the Eastern Electrix Minimax preamp, and feeling my system was still wanting for emotion, I gave Bill...