I've been intrigued by using the 6GM8 during the past week or so. I've been reading up on tubes quite a bit in the past two months as I've never built a tube-based amplifier. I thought using the low voltage 6GM8 could be fun for a first project, to get me started. Of course, just because it's my...

This spot reserved for impressions from yesterday's relatively small meet. philodox and looser101 made their way down to my place from the Toronto area, and soloz2, veteran WNY meet-goer and cable-maker extraordinaire, also made the trip. We had a great time with lots of laughs and lots of...

Title pretty much says it...for the past several years I've found myself focusing more and more on the drums in my music, and it's now one of the three things my headphone needs to do right as far as instruments go (drums, bass, vocals).

I got a pair of K1000 in the mail today, so, of course, I immediately plugged them into my balanced Beta22. I'm completely floored by the sound, but in Head-Fi spirit I'm interested in seeing if anyone's been able to do a comparison between the Beta22 driving the K1000 and the other well-known...

I'm in the beginning stages of putting together a flexy rack for my rig, so I thought I'd pick the brilliant minds (and crazed ones, too) here for tips and suggestions. I'm planning on 3 feet in heighth, maybe 1/2-7/8" threaded rods (what's a good way to clean these and bring the shine out on...

Over the weekend I decided to spruce up the ol' D2000s a bit. First I recabled them with some wire from navships I had laying around. As you can see, the main body of the cable has a square four strand braid, and wires after the split to the headphones and to the xlr's the wires are just a...

I sat down to change out some parts in my amp to change the gain, figuring it would be a quick job (i've changed parts on this board before), but it's not. Everything went fine except one joint was/is ridiculously stubborn. First, I couldn't get the lead out of the hole...it took about 5 minutes...

I've been looking at my Presonus Central Station lately, and my soldering iron is feeling a bit restless. I'd like do some modifications to it that might help it out in its intended function in my setup as a balanced DAC. I already have plans to replace caps and diodes in the power supply...

I'm very interested in picking up the Great March II. Pacific Valve seems to rank it very highly here. Does anyone have an opinion on it's design or possible mod potential?

I just got back into DIY and want to eventually work my way up to a Beta22 (or maybe something else when I get there ). I'm considering doing a PIMETA or a Kumisa III next, but I thought it'd be best to ask the guys who have walked this road before me. Where should I go next, and what additional...

I've got an amp incoming for my Presonus Central Station which has TS/TRS 1/4 phone jack outputs. I need a converter with a male mono 1/4 plug at one end and a female RCA at the other. Does anyone know of any decent options for this? If not, I'll probably just end up getting Mogami gold TS to...

What is your favorite set-up for low volume listening?

Has anyone compared the two? When considering the price to recable and get a 120-ohm adapter for the KSC-75 one has to consider that it will cost nearly as much as the Yuin PK1.

I'm looking at putting together a balanced headphone system, so I was wondering how certain sets of headphones changed when being driven balanced. I'd greatly appreciate any impressions, especially re: HD650/HD600. Thanks in advance

Four of us headfellows gathered together today to have the first Western NY Meet Head-Fi has seen (as far as i know). We had a great time (or at least I did ). I'm a bit tired now to post impressions, but that'll be up by sometime Tuesday. For now, I'll post the lone two pics taken at the meet...

Impressions are IMO/E and without any burn-in. Also, they are with the E2c as headphone as I recently sold my E4c in anticipation of the E500 I've had on preorder for months coming out soon (*crosses fingers*). Setup is Redwine modded Ipod -> Cyprium One -> Hornet -> E2c. Wow...I didn't...

I received my iMod from Redwine yesterday. Wow, good stuff...but now I definitely need to move my whole library over to lossless. I could hear a small difference between 320kbs MP3s and lossless before, but now the gap seems bigger to me. A blessing and a curse Now to find a good portable...

I'm at one of the many crossroads we all face during our journey of collecting audio gear. I'm looking to pick a direction. Lately I've had the fortune to own many different headphones. They've all been sold (well, most of them) due to a health crisis I was going through. I'm now at the point...

I've been considering going IEM when the E500 hits but am concerned about the durability of IEM's. The thought of 3 drivers that small in that little package gets me a little tense. Having said that, I've heard the 2 driver E5c has lasted for most quite well. Anyone have any experience with...

I recently won a bid on ebay for an SP200 with handpiece minus the tip and the stand: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=7607714506 Where is the best place to buy tips and which should I get? A chisel and a conical? Also, I have a ratshack iron stand...that should suffice for a...

I recently went on a buying spree (at Head-Fi? no way!) I had decided that having no real place to sample cans that I'd just go ahead and buy what I could and get rid of the ones I didn't like...it's a plan that's worked pretty well so far (some money loss, but the convenience of trying in your...

In HF-1 spirit, I thought it could be fun to make a list of Headfive Serials and their owners. Thanks to Jon. for looking around for some of these numbers #000 - jude #001 - solbergg #002 - glac1er #003 - Kapkirk #004 - Skylab #005 - MASantos #006 - _beat #008 - granodemostasa #009 -...

So what are yours...here's my tentative list (in no order): LotR: Return of the King I know it's not out yet...but it can't be bad ;D The Last Samurai great movie...worth the year I waited to see it Kill Bill can't wait for volume 2 Underworld Awesome atmosphere and style...a couple of...

I was checkin' out theninhotline.net today and found this: Quote: source: www.theninhotline.net NINE INCH NALS TITLE: bleedthrough (NOTHING) EXPECT IT: "Soon." "The record explores loss and possible discovery of self," says Trent Reznor about the follow-up to 1999's The Fragile...

I have no use for preamble so here are the choices I'm considering: Sharp MD-DR7 ^* iPod 5gb ^ Nomad Jukebox 3 ^ iRiver iFP-195t ^ ^ = Eggo D66SL in addition to I know, I know...three different types of portable players. We've got MD, HD based, and Flash based. I've previously owned...