Just got my 660s in. Let it burn in for a few hours as it sounded very muddy out of the box. Definitely opened up just in a few hours. I'm a long time Grado fan. I was huge into rock when I was younger, so Grados were my thing. Over time my music tastes have expanded quite a bit so I thought it...

How do you like your Valhalla? I was highly considering that one, but what turned me off was the description on their website that says "If you’re expecting syrupy, tubby, euphonically colored tube sound, you’re in for a shock. Valhalla 2 is exceptionally accurate, neutral, and resolving...

@roderickvd @dsrk @mayurs Ahh that makes sense. I definitely want that classic tube sound, I want the full experience with this amp so I'm gonna want a OTL. After days of research and comparing, I decided to go with the Ta-26, as its got the best price and rating at this level. I'm still not...

Thanks! This is way too good a deal to pass up. officially have my first pair of Sennheisers on the way now :)

I'm back in the audiophile scene after a loooong hiatus. I'm considering the TA-30 as my first tube amp, but I'm worried it isn't 'tube-y' enough. I want the full tube amp experience, can the ta-30 provide that? Part of the reason I'm picking it is because I don't have a DAC. But I could also...

I want to buy my first desktop tube amp. The thing is, I don't have a dedicated DAC so I'll need to get one of those too. I'd like to spend about $600-700. I was looking at the xDuoo TA-30 Tube AMP/Dac combo for $600. It looks like it might be a great choice, although it's a little obscure. I...

Yeah in my experience most of what that provides is the options. For example I liked that with foobar a few plugins gives me the ability to use ASIO and kernel streaming which both skip internal processing. I also like setting up chains of filters, which it does well. Ultimately though yes...

So I was shopping for a pair of headphones, when in the reviews of a certain pair I read "There are variants to the 990 that come as low as 32 ohm and as high as 600 ohm". Now I know only this one company makes the same model in different impedance. But I've never considered impedance as a...

Hey guys, So it's gotta have been at least 4 years now since I've been here regularly. Even much longer since I've made a purchase. I've been really busy, and just enjoying my Grado SR-325's + NuForce uDAC 2 HP dac/amp setup. It's served me really well, but I think it's time for me to get back...

Hello again, Head-fi I've been having a problem with my Audigy 2ZS for a long time now. Whenever my CPU begins to do something resource-intensive I can hear the CPU whirring but everything is fine with my Audigy, but when the CPU slows down and the whirring along with it, my Audigy outputs a...

Wow, that's beautiful. Pretty sad that finding a beautiful shot of nature is so rare nowadays, huh?

Quote: Originally Posted by robojack Well, how about a Head-Fi defence lawyer fund, so you can at least plead insanity? I think just being a member of Head-Fi is enough to prove you're insane

The Foobar DSP 'Tube Sound' is supposed to be another one. I use it myself because I like the subtle effect, but I've never actually used a tube amp so I don't know if it's actually accurate. More info+download at http://www.skipyrich.com/wiki/Main_P...oo_dsp_tube.29

Whenever I play WMA files while Secret Rabbit Code resampler is on, the song starts skipping a LOT, so much so that the entire song finishes in about 20 seconds. Nothing I try seems to fix this, except for turning it off. If I go to the console while playing a WMA file with SRC on it says "ERROR...

None of it is anything special, these are just four of the better shots that I've taken. I'm not even quite sure why I like this one. Greatest playlist ever. Yup. Pennies. I think I just got lucky with this one.

I got a pair of CrossRoads Mylarone XB a while ago, and they're pretty good sound-wise. When it comes to build quality, though, they're absolutely horrible. Parts were always loose/falling out and superglue only worked as a temporary solution. Finally after a couple month of fairly light use...

Switch to firefox! And if you're using peergaurdian, try shutting it off, because sometimes that messes with google ads and things like that.

Other than the racy logo, I don't think those thumbnails really have anything offensive to them. The site doesn't seem to actually show any pornography when you view the pictures of the amp.

Post-danzig misfits are HORRIBLE. I honestly can't stand listening to any of it. But the original lineup...one of my favorite bands. There's only a handful of songs that I don't like by them. I also I agree that it isn't exactly the last word in fidelity, it's actually some of the worst...

A Particularly Vicious Rumor would be my most obscure, it's a duo of piano and drums from New Orleans that released one cd then broke up. Still, they made some pretty amazing music, it's pretty similar to The Dresden Dolls.

ooh..A friend of mine had these! He got them from some random store in Wisconsin and they were originally priced at $30, but he peeled a '$5.00' sticker off another product and stuck it on the headphone box and got it for $5.00 because they apparently didn't use barcodes. Anyways, he said that...

Reading his profile reminds me of Patrick82, as a matter of fact, it probably IS patrick82..

Quote: Originally Posted by ndskyz They did the same thing with the P2 early this year. It just means that they are out of cases or PCB's or both. From all that I've read they are going to be making more D2's just not DIP version's. Excuse my lack of information, but what is the...

At the iBasso site it says that the D2's are all sold out, and the product page disappeared. Does this mean that the D2's were only made in a limited quantity, or are they going to get more in stock soon?

Simply amazing. One day, Patrick, I hope I can become as extreme a modder as you. Until then, I'm stocking up on ERS paper.