Has anything changed besides the storage box? Is one preferable to the other? They were my dream can back in the day and I may actually be able to afford a pair now. (As long as I buy used! Lol)

I inherited an older, probably cheap to start with, Celeron base PC. It does have a DVD player however. Does the PC used for ripping CDs make any difference?

Hi all. Been a long time since I've been active here or actively involved in the hobby. I find myself in pretty immediate need for an over ear alternative to my go to travel pair of ATH ESW9. I'm eyeing the Massdrop (in itself a new concept to me) AKG K553? My at home pair are ATH AD900x so that...

Thanks for the input. What about the Brainwavz HM5? I just ran across them. They seem to have glowing reviews and would be MUCH cheaper.

First of all, let me start with an apology before things get snarky. Though I love this forum, I've become inactive because I simply don't have pockets deep enough to participate at the "hi-fi" level I'd like. I'm decidedly relegated to "mid-fi" by forum standards and even that's a stretch...

Thanks! Just did.

Thanks. That's why I waited a couple weeks. I realize they are a small company, but still. I'll try again and if no answer, I'll move on -- to a different companiy's product obviously.

The reason I ask is I've been trying to get ahold of them for a couple weeks now and I'm having no luck getting them to return my phone calls or emails. All I'm wanting is a replacement power supply/charger for my Pico amp/DAC. I managed to lose the one that came with it. Can anyone with more...

I know this is a reach, but after a morning of trying, I give up. I had my Lexicon Omega running great through JRiver running a wasapi driver. Then my hard drive crashed and when the laptop came back from Asus came back, I of course had to set everything up again. Well the new driver (2.7) has...

So awhile back I came to all of you for a high quality streaming service and you all put me onto Mog. It's been a solid suggestion. I'm not overly thrilled with the interface and occasionally I do get into crappy enough wifi that the streams cut in and out, but that's the cost for higher quality...

What I see is the charging/syncing cable and I have one of those coming. What I meant was one that bypasses preamp and/or dac. Are you seeing those? What are you searching for?

Anyone know if this Zune LOD is still available? Is it a worthwhile improvement? I just discovered I still have my Zune 120 which I thought was long gone.

Quote:   Q and K are the same right? If so, I found the treble of the K701 "grainy" and "unrefined" compared to the AD900X in a recent meetup.

Quote:   I think that would be over playing your hand. It might alert them that they have something valuable and they might start looking for even more. Better to slow play your hand I'm thinking. ;)

  Is it possible to easily go back and forth from using it?

I think you're over thinking. ;) If the genres you post are your go to ones, seems like the MA900 easily wins out over my beloved AD900X. From what I know them, the Philips would be a step further away on the treble end, wouldn't they? Bottom line is you can't get one hp that does it all. From...

Quote:   I'm really happy with my AD900X but we had a local meet up just last weekend where I discovered the T1 does what my 900X does but much better. Wish I'd have tried the HE6 while there too because now I'm hearing they have a similar sound signature. Plus, since I power with old...

Quote:   Do let me know if you find that holy grail before I pop for the T1, won't you? ;)

Can't say I disagree with you. I suspect what we see here is about musical choices as much as anything as I favor acoustically based music and you evidently, electronic. I wish I'd listened to your styles of music more to reference what you're saying. For my music and ear, the 1840 and the T1...

Quote:   My Pioneer A60 does seem a tad brighter than my Denon and Yamaha. Especially with the straight wire engaged which makes sense.

Another meet-up noob checking in. Right off, I want to thank ASR/Steve. His selflessness in organizing this sort of happening is invaluable to the community. Likewise, I'd like to thank both the venders present and those that sent demo units. I know there was at least one piece of equipment at...

So use a free one on whatever you want and be happy? I paid my $50 after trying the free alternatives and deciding it was worth it. When I added a Linux server, the evaluation process started anew. /shrug

Thanks so much! It definitely did convince me and thank you for that. I know my gear sounds better than that most people have yet it's dwarfed by much of the gear listed. So thank you for the encouragement.

I'm kind of hooked on the AD series at this point so would love to hear an Ad1000 to compare to my AD900X if it wouldn't be too much trouble.

Awesome! Now I have to come. Thanks for doing that. As far as bringing gear, I wouldn't mind except mine is so meager, I'm not sure anyone would care: AD900X ESW9 Pico DAC/amp Cambridge DacMagic Lexicon Omega Pioneer A60 Asus laptop (JRiver MC18) iPhone 4S iPod nano