The Dynaudio Confidence C1 II's and the Simaudio Moon Neo 340i are new.

 

               

Last two books:    

One:   The HE-500.   Guess I'm a collector of music rather than audio gear.   The HE-500 with my ancillary gear serves all my music needs just fine.

J.S. Bach: Das Wohltemperierte Clavier (Book One) Peter Watchorn, pedal harpsichord     Olga Neuwirth: Chamber Works     Per Nørgård: Symphony No. 7     Per Nørgård: Concerto in due tempi Per Salo, piano     Hanspeter Kyburz: Malstrom; Voynich Cipher Manuscript; Parts  ...

Yes.   Kingwa emailed me the codes but more significantly he sent me two replacement remotes for the very reasonable cost of just $5 US.  The replacement remotes work OK but have to be aimed directly at the front of the amp to transmit the signal.  (Better than nothing.)

G.F. Handel: Radamisto     J.S. Bach: 'Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele', BWV 180     Johannes Brahms: String Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 51 no. 1  

Edward Elgar: String Quartet in E minor, Op. 83     Robert Schumann: Piano Quartet in E flat major, Op. 47     Roberto Gerhard: Symphony No. 4 'New York'  

Wolfgang Rihm: Styx und Lethe, for cello and orchestra; Dritte Music, for violin and orchestra Lucas Fels, cello Gottfried Schneider, violin Southwest German Radio Orchestra of Baden-Baden and Freiburg/Hans Zender/Michael Gielen     G. F. Handel: Theodora  

George Frideric Handel:  Flavio       Pierre Boulez:  Structures pour deux pianos II  

Wow, that might explain why Audio-gd doesn't have the resources to produce a remote control that actually works.  I love my NFB-6 though.

Well the Audio-gd NFB 6 that I have (now discontinued) uses a relay-based stepped attenuator volume control and it certainly is far from being expensive even considering that it's a Chinese product.

What you're saying makes complete sense to me.  I wonder why there seems to be no demand among audiophiles for what is superior technology that's really quite simple and inexpensive to implement.

Clearly there is very little demand for remotely controlled headphone amps.  The few I've been able to find have either way more features than I need and want to pay for or they're exclusively  single-ended and my rig is set up for balanced operation only.   I'm already beginning to accept the...

The The DAC in my CD player is perfect for my needs.  I just want a nice high quality balanced headphone amp to drive my HE-500's  that I can control from across the room like I'd been doing for the past 2 1/2 years with my Audio-gd NFB 6.     I've considered trying to use a remote with...

OK, so yeah maybe I am the poster boy for being "so Last Century".  I don't own a smart phone and I don't do computer audio.  I have a 10 foot headphone cable to my headphone amp which is connected to the CD player of my family room speaker gear.     When I get comfortable in my listening...

[I originally posted this in the "Headphone Amps (full size)" forum but it's probably more appropriate here]   Other than Audio-gd and a few very high end headphone amp makers, emplyment of this not terribly complicated technology seems to be extremely rare.   Why so?   It woud seem to me...

Other than Audio-gd and a few very high end headphone amp makers, emplyment of this not terribly complicated technology seems to be extremely rare.   Why so?   It woud seem to me that the huge added convenience of remote volume control combined with the absence of negatives such as sound...

Good idea.   I'll see if the codes are available from Audio-gd.

Unfortunately I must update this thread with a (for me) major problem.   The remote control for my NFB-6 has stopped working and Kingwa at Audio-gd tells me the only replacement remote he can send me also doesn't work properly.   Lack of remote volume control seriously undermines my...

Ludwig van Beethoven:  Piano Sonata No.  28 in A major, op. 101 and No. 30 in E flat major, op. 109 Ronald Brautigam, fortepiano  

 I currently use the HE-500 primarily for classical and totally love it!  I haven't heard the 560's so can't comment on those, but the 500's can now be had for around $530 so are a great deal IMO.  See my signature for my upstream gear.  My preference is always for as close to complete...

Mirare consistently puts out  recordings with demonstration quality sound.  This one is sublime and is also, IMO, particularly suited to headphone listening:   Great music, ultra sensitive performances, stunningly recorded.  Probably my favorite of 2015.

  Just a few pages from the end of this magnificent book.