Hi-Finthen, thanks for your reply. I'm kinda leaning towards the K701 now. Pricing wise, both are them are about the same. One thing that puts me off is how in Skylab's review, he said that if one likes his bass lean, then the Denons are not for him. To put into perspective my musical...

I'm kind of in the same dilemma as the OP. Hope you don't mind me posting in this thread. Our questions are probably the same. I'm looking for a new headphone and both the K701 and D2000 caught my eye. I listen to mostly rock, and I like a clear, detailed sound with good instrument...

It should be a Crossroads MylarOne X3, judging by the red ring on the body. However the stalk should be blue. Or maybe the colors were washed out.

Quote: Originally Posted by DSlayerZX no, it is using dual, in fact, its using JRC4580...... in a very weird, hard to mod form (personally, hate that fact....) each pin is less than .5 mm thick, I can't even cut them off properly whats more weird is that its using a dual opamp per...

Nice to see some positive impressions on the Juli@. I was getting disillusioned with my Juli@. One reason for this was the fact that the Juli@ had some lousy opamps on the output stage. JRC NE5534 if I remember correctly. It's probably lousy enough to be in the jellybean opamp bin. I was...

Crazy idea, but glad to see you pulled it off. And kudos for your effort in saving the planet as well; that HD580 case won't go to waste.

You're breaking my heart

I wonder if its possible to replace the DAC on the C280 with something better, maybe a Cirrus Logic DAC or something else?

If the Headphonia Saga doesn't bother you then go ahead and get it. Like you said, nothing's been really proven yet.

Quote: Originally Posted by scottiebabie strange? yup your're absolutely correct this thread is darn strange. what i find strange is that people dont give a hoot when someones character and name gets assassinated and the rest applauds (on basically the worldstage) without a care for...

hon, how's the new mod going?

Just tried it with my Juli@ at full line out volume. There's some bass distortion alright, but it isn't very apparent. You might wanna try using an attenuator or something.

When I first auditioned it, that happened to me too. It went away after a while though. I also noticed it happens when your input volume is too high. The C&C sounds good but it has to me an unacceptable noise floor. There's an effort going on at the C&C sexy pictorial thread about modding...

I thought that was the C&C XO? Or is it an altogether different amp?

You are right about the caps. What about the opamps though? I wonder if they can be replaced? I was thinking of swapping the AD822BR with the AD797. Noise is one of the issues I have with the C&C, maybe the AD797 can improve it? I'm no expert though... Just a wild guess

Awesome news... Just the right person to review it. Hope for some pictures of the internals as well!

Quote: Originally Posted by Filburt Hmm, the op-amp description is a bit confusing to me. There are four channels' worth of outputs but only 3 buffers. I wonder why they aren't buffering all four channels, even if one of those is being used to split the supply. The only way to...

Judging by the level of interest in this thread I guess there's a really poor chance of us getting any reviews or sonic impressions. Which is a pity... It must sound really good for the makers of this amp to want to charge US$250.

The A700 looks MUCH nicer as well... Well at least to me.

The article is wrong. There ARE PCI-Express soundcards available now, namely the M-audio Audiophile 192HD, Audiophile 2496, Revolution 7.1 and this Japanese one. http://www.digitalcowboy.jp/tokyosty...010/index.html A rather interesting product I must say. Nice pictures, with what looks...

Yes it does look nice. The styling of the front plate is reminiscent of the RSA amps. Did the seller say when it will be up for sale? OT: Is your Samsung TFT able to tilt? I have since avoided Samsung TFTs like the plague due to mine not being able to tilt. I had to get a higher chair...

Thanks for the pics hoh. Sadly, I'm growing a bit disillusioned with my C&C. Looking at a PPA now... I seriously need to mod my C&C soon. Hope your experiments turns out well!

It's times like this I wish I possessed the aural memory you guys have. My lack of aural memory makes it hard to do these kind of subtle comparisons.

I too noticed that the battery pack were just 4 AAAs in plastic wrapping. I thought of replacing them with off the shelf rechargeables too but I have no idea how to wrap them up... I love my C&C, it being my first headphone amp, but I don't like the fact that it over-emphasizes the...

From my point of view, the PA2V2 is nothing more than a volume amp. Not to trash Gary or anything, I think he's a great guy and doing business with him has been a pleasure, but looking at the circuit of the PA2V2 I don't think there's much improvement the PA2V2 can add to the sound. The most...