Why I can no longer see the number of unread posts in my subscribed thread list?   I have been asking for that feature on the mobile version of the site and, there you go, it's now being suppressed from the PC site ?!?     What is wrong with letting a user know how many unread posts in a...

The mobile version of subscriptions page only shows total number of posts in thread. I feel reporting the number of unread posts would be much more useful.

Anyone saw this, page 193 of TAS, Jan'15 edition?   Looks like Audeze's entry to the portable ortho world:  

An interesting discussion with the director of Audionote on enjoythemusic: http://www.enjoythemusic.com/magazine/enjoythemusic_tv/peter_qvortrup.htm About 22minutes in, he shares some news about an R2R dac they've been working, which seems promising even they did not expect much at the start...

Hi guys,   Due to some lucky circumstances, we're able to pull together an meet feature some electrostatic gear typically not accessible to us in Tokyo. It's a bit short notice but the date / time is set already and we are now checking headcount. It does not have to be exclusively stat gear...

Note from Arnaud: I am writing this on behalf of head-fi member Eric65, as he has difficulty communicating in English and his previous automatic translations from French to English using google haven't been too easy to digest. The original post is available...

I have started to post impressions here and there so I thought I might start the official report thread. For those who don't know, Fujiya Avic, a local reseller of new and used AV gear has been organizing these headphone festivals in spring and fall since a few years ago. The thing has grown...

Just announced today, Luxman's p-1u successor, the p-700u. Both balanced and unbalanced output: http://www.luxman.co.jp/presspro/p700u.html

Dear head-fiers:   The Fujiya-Avic store, well known for organizing huge headphone festivals over the recent years in Tokyo twice a year is now having a stop-gap festival organized for the first time. My understanding is that, while the traditional fall and spring headphone festivals are...

  Edit 9/24: new simulation results   For some obscure reason, every time a newborn surfaces at home, I somehow get into the mood to use the software from my work to model the acoustic performance of headphones . Apart from deprieving me from sleep, I have found that this activity helped...

EMM Labs / Playback Designs fans have seen this? http://www.meitner.com/ This MA-1 sounds quite interesting. The ecterior design is rather boring but the inside pics are impressive... Anyone with more info, please share!

http://resonessencelabs.com/   The company is brand new it seems, with staff who were behind the ESS Sabre, so it says on the webpage.   It's an intriguing product by its original looks, promising specs and interesting talk from the designers. It's the first time I learn something...

Fantastic looks and promising specs, as expected from Esoteric, but how about first hand experience, anyone? http://www.stereophile.com/content/esoteric-k-01-and-k-03     K-01: 8-dac version, 1,470,000JPY (~18kUSD) retail price in Japan but seems to be more like 22k in the US.  ...

  Today, I had an opportunity to listen to the new Stax flagship prototype (referred as C32 below) at Fujiva Avic store in Tokyo. They had it for demo during the holidays and I took the opportunity to spend about 1 hour and a half switching back and forth between the C32 and the current Omega...

Like every year, I paid a short visit to the High-End Audio Show in Tokyo.   Pretty much every year, I end up coming back home with more confidence than I am not missing much and saving a lot of money by investing in headphone audio. Well, there's usually only one brand that keeps me...

  I went today to the fall headphone festival organized by Fujiya Avic in Tokyo. I only wanted to check out Stax's new prototype and Ultrasone's Edition 10.   First, I have to say I was impressed by the large number of vendors, a LOT of iem makers, Japan / Tokyo is obviously a lucrative...

Introduction: Although I started posting about this in another thread, the ultimate goal is different so I thought this should deserve its own. The objective of this discussion is to highlight one potential area where the HD800 design can be improved upon, namely it's rendering of soundstage...

I am looking for opinion from you all in regards to the soldering job that's been done on this HD800 aftermarket cable: HD800 cable pictures by acharpen - Photobucket At this time, I will keep the name of the builder private as my goal is only to get independent opinion on the quality of the...

I have recently been shopping for a new headphone amp. Not really an upgraditis but more of a desire for different sound flavor. I am lucky in that I live in a place where I can get easy access to a variety of headphone gear. I thus went to audition gear with my Utrasone Edition 9 headphones...

One of the joys of having relocated to Japan: vinyl appears to be very popular here and it was rather easy to get my hands on a nice player and score new japanese pressings at a reasonable price. I am totally green at this so I read a bit around here at Head-Fi (thanks Memepool and other...

Went to the Tokyo Audio Show today and saw some nice looking upcoming gear from C.E.C. Follow the link below, scans are quite bit though: http://homepage.mac.com/acharpen/Aud...oAlbum122.html I did not stay more than 5 minutes in the packed and tiny room where this gear was playing along...

A few months ago, I was about to sell my home rig and go for the portable way (iPod - Sensaphonics 2X-S). I was seriously hoping I could end this expensive headphone hobby and just enjoy sweet music anywhere. Well, few months later, I am actually back in the game with a new source (Meridian...

First post in a loooong time. Wanted to post impressions about a recent source change: from the Jolida JD100A (with NOS tubes, Mullard CV4004/12AX7) to the Meridian 508.24. Rest of the gear is in the signature ( Grover UR / RSA Stealth / HD650s with Oelhbach). To keep it short: - The Jolida...

Below is a comparison between two players that I own. One is the Jolida JD100A, which I upgraded with RCA 5751 NOS tubes. The other one is a Philips DVD724, a entry level DVD player which does not sound bad for the price (less than $100). The equipment used for the comparisons are the Stealth...

... HD-DVD. The source is an article published in the Japanese newspaper 'Nihon Keizai Shimbun' on 02/27/2004. Here is the translated version of the French newsletter I read (yeah, Japanese -> French -> English, who could trust such info!!!): Quote: The DVD Forum, which gathers...