I’ll take a cheap knob over a rocker any day. With a hundred step digital potentiometer there is much finer tuning than a “press and hope” as you over and under-shoot your volume. The crappy rocker switch. The worst invention in volume control. Like the crappy rockers on mid 8os mid-fi Yamaha...

The official distributor of Hiby products is Holysai, According to Hiby who I contacted about a repair. Holysai no long has them. I bought one off Shoppe from an independent dealer (last time I use Shoppe, what crappy software. Lazada only from now on) There are a couple around that way, they...

I’m in Bangkok and they are sold Out. Amazon in the US says no longer available. I bought a backup! Yeah, nifty player!

Apparently this is now discontinued. So I bought a second one. Honestly, I have no complaints about this player. I think it sounds fabulous for the money and I love the GUI. If you want a study in frustration, buy a Sony NW-A306 which water finally killed on me, thank God. I hated my Sony with...

Well, let me give you another perspective on this comparision. It's 2017, several years later, but I still like the sound and value of these dacs.      I've been using an HRT Music Streamer II for about six years. I was impressed by these dacs because I had spent MANY years looking for a CD...

    Which cans was he blissing out to in the end? The HK I think! Are those any good?

I almost feel like I should go see La-la Land because the critics are insisting on it, but something has been telling me I'd hate it, too. And since you also found Rogue One boring, I think out tastes must run similar so I'll skip it. Thanks for the warning.

Pretty interesting that old Headroom is still near state of the art. I've always thought all it takes it a good set of ears and the right engineer who loves music.

I just returned. THought I'd play catch up around here. Amazed to see so many old timers.

I just found this thread because I'm playing around trying to get a Realist CD-3000 (rebadged Toshiba XR-P9) working (it won't work unless I apply pressure to the case directly above the spindle, somethings not making contact) and I am awed by this thread. That you disassembled and clean those...

For $6 apiece I got some Vitamin Q. You wowed me again. Had these for my Max. With the Muse ... incredibly smooth. Now my speakers sound like HD650s.

please see above! Forgot to quote!

Tomb (if you're still around these days, I haven't been here for a long time) I've been reworking a crossover on a pair of EPI loudspeaker. They uses a single capacitor and resistor as a crossover. I tried some Bennic film caps to replace the old Callins electrolytic but I felt the film caps...

I have to ship some small, but 25 lbs (total) speakers to Hong Kong from California. Does anyone have any tips for getting them there safely and signed for by the purchaser? Any recommendations for a good service to use or experience with a service to recommend them? Thanks for your help!

Oh, yes!   #10: Dark Chocolate Magnesium in 100g 1 Square (29g) 1 Cup Grated (132g) 327mg (82% DV) 95mg (24% DV) 432mg (108% DV)  

  Bwahaha!

Musicians and synth fans, lend a hand with one click (to vote) Hey, I have a couple of the LittleBits Korg Synthesizer kits. They are great fun. They're little LEGO-like electronic building blocks. Korg helped design an analog synthesizer kit, which a lot of guys and musicians are playing...

I took this test. In my book a smooth, refined treble equates with "high fidelity." Consequently, I failed their test miserably as I could hear the treble boost on most of the "hi-rez" tracks. I guess I was supposed to pick those as "high fidelity," I chose the opposite. The compressed tracks...

I just rolled the caps in my Headroom Total Airhead. Don't know if the Elna Silmic II will be an improvement over the Sprague Oscons or not, but "different" should keep me interested for awhile!  

If it only hurts when you're listening to music on headphones, then it's a sign you're damaging for hearing. I did that about 2 years after joining head-fi from excessive use of headphones. If it's a wincing kind of pain, like sharp little stabbing, you're on the cusp (or in the midst) of...

Looks like fun! Chris Pratt is making the move to serious-superhunk lead? That's going to take some readjustment on my part!

Amazon just put these on sale for the holidays: $199   http://www.amazon.com/Sennheiser-Momentum-Black-Headphone/dp/B00AZZNXOK/ref=sr_1_31?s=aht&ie=UTF8&qid=1417252459&sr=1-31

That's a bit of a shame as the seller Adgtron specifically told me they were new and sealed headphones. I could see that someone tried to peel off the refurbished label and then thought better of it. That's a shame. So I got overcharged and scammed a bit. I couldn't find this guy on the list of...