So.... is it open-back headphone?

My god, just how long have been? First time I ever know about you was like 2003 when I was asking my parents for headphones for my birthday present. For more than two decades, you pretty much defined this hobby. Thanks for the excellent amplifiers, headphone information and all other...

Maybe someone can buy stuff from this guy and check for the address. Then again, it's been really long while and he may have changed the address.

Very interesting. I'd really like to hear it very soon.

Thank you so much for the clarification. I retract what I said in earlier in the thread. HP-3 is definitely on my radar again, and I hope you will have better luck on your next job.

I highly doubt the number of people who would benefit from higher dynamic range is majority. The current environment is just too terrible (played from small bluetooth speakers, etc) that most people just won't notice.... well.. that assumes the music itself is not compressed from the first place.

It seems the main reason why they fired @Musiqlovr was for price dispute. Steve wanted original $999, management wanted more. With new MSRP, you can guess who won and who got kicked. I seriously do not think Klipsch deserves anyone's money folks, here in this forum and everywhere else.

Look forward to see impression...3

You really want very warm sounding amp for Beyer T1, especially 1.2 version which is even more harsh than the first generation. With high impedance nature of Beyer, you can go for tube amps. Consider things like offerings from Woo Audio or Little Dot (official webpage ...

It's been a while that I have attended any audio shows. For Rocky Mountain, this is my first time in Denver here after 14 years later. I really did not have much time so I only could visit headphone area only, which really only matters. The condition of the meet was way too loud to make...

I am so glad you mention this particular Koss model. I really wish people would pay attention to companies that actually deserve their money....

No, I don't think anyone here is trying to compare Beats to Sennheiser HD800. The biggest issue with Beats is that its headphones are simply utterly noncompetitive against pretty much any other headphones that are available in same price range AND lower. The cold hard truth is that Beats...

So, here comes the crucial reason why does this thread exist, and we continue to have whining about expensive audio products and so much resistance from people. See.... all of these examples, one common point is that the manufacturers of these expensive products can confidently say... 1)...

Before even we talk about technical aspects, it is now perfectly clear that this particular 'format' is going nowhere economically. Meridian wanted to use format to sell their DACs more. It seems this is not going to sell more DACs nor be successful as a format.

It really went downhill. Once I tried to sell one of my Sennheiser headphones, and I ended up getting so many reports from people (who were not going to buy it anyway) and moderators asking me for the initial receipt to check if I was selling stuffs for profit. I felt disgusted and decided to...

You are selling headphones that cost 400~1100 dollars.   For many people, it's expensive investment, and they expect headphones to be last long enough. But of course, since headphones interact with human bodies, they do wear off and damaged.   What a lot of companies keep forgetting is that...

  Yes. No doubt Dr. Waldrep is one of the sane voices regarding 24bit stuffs. You may also want to visit his blog site too: www.realhd-audio.com

  1.Population density is far low compared to many Asian market => bad for retails.   2.Very hard to compete with online stores => again bad for retails, specially niche markets.   You know, this is really traditional audio dealers' job in the first place, but for many reasons, they are not...

  Actually for HD800, the very first batch had lesser problems with 6 kHz spike. Because they could not get reliably obtain diaphragm material, Sennheiser had to change it to different one after the first few batches, which unfortunately have worsen 6 kHz spike. Regardless, HD800S is a huge...

Wow, how this could just pass without any noticing?   His DIY project page was/is still truly a gem to read.       Rest In Peace.

I really, really hope they tighten QA before charging even more money for their top products.

  Button is indeed loose, but it does not mean it will easily fell off. I am using my Gungnir (more expensive Schiit DAC, which also has a loose button) for a year now, and the button never caused trouble. Sharp edges... yeah that can be an issue tho..   However I really do not think you can...

Actually I got a reply from him... See how it goes..

Today I remembered about the order, and I have not received any words from him for a long time.     I sent him an email, but it seems my 600 dollars had been wasted among with my SR-100.

As a one doing needledrop on my vinyl recordings, here is a tip: If you capture noise signature on 'silent' part of the records, then apply noise reduction, almost all of those high frequency responses magically disappear. They are not definitely coming from the microphone. They are noise...