Just thought I'd mention that the latest release candidate has the Bauer crossfeed technology incorporated. It was my favourite OSX player before, now it's perfect. Here. I've nothing to do with Vox btw, just thought I'd share the love for those who don't know about it. N

I'm getting a bit lost in the world of streaming media players and need a simple recommendation, if such a thing exists. What I have is 500gig of ripped music in FLAC format, stored on a NAS which supports uPnP, and a DAC or two. At the moment, I have to use my Macbook as a 'controller', to...

I recently returned from the wilderness and bought another pair of HD600's and thought I was home. Then on a whim I picked up a pair of K340's from the sales corner here - out of curiosity more than anything - wasn't expecting to like them. Turns out I love them. I love the 3D imaging, the...

Two parts post this. First I just want to show off my first DIY project :-) I built this primarily because I wanted to be able to switch easily between two inputs ( two different DACS ) as well as two outputs ( one headphone amp and a speaker amp ), but whats been really interesting has been...

Hope this is the right forum. I've got a pair of 400 Ohm AKG K340's which I would like to try running from a normal ( 1980's ) solid-state amp ( Class AB I think, if that makes a difference ) which outputs about 35 watts IIRC. Is this OK? Will I damage amp and/or headphones? I'm going to make...

OK - I'm getting myself in a tangle here, any experts help much appreciated. So. Originally I was running a mid-fi CD player as my transport, into a heavily-modded Musical Fidelity X-Cans V3, and out into my MS2i's. I could only use about the first 1/4 of the volume dial until it became too...

Hello all - been a few years, but I'm just limbering up for a new headphone purchase, to replace my MS2i's which I've liked a lot, but are starting to annoy me. It's looking like the the Denon D2000's are going to fit the bill on the grounds that they are going to be a slightly less in-your-face...

I've been really enjoying the (new manufacture) 6N1P and 6N1P-EB variants with my v3 after being disappointed with 6H23-EB and actually fairly happy with the stock Jan's, but I still felt the urge to push on. So I ordered some of the vaunted 6H23P-EB which are still in the post, and also...

Can anyone point me in the direction of a website (perhaps) that will give me step-by-step instructions for checking valves and selecting a balanced pair from a group? I've scored some NOS '70's valves for my X-Can from a guy in Russia and I'd like to pair them up - sadly I'm a total numpty when...

Sorry - wrong forum.

... what cable did you use, how easy was it and what if any improvements/degredations/differences in sound did you notice? Reason I asl is because I need a longer cable for my MS2i's and I thought rather than buying an extension, I might have a go a upgrading the cable itself. Cheers, Pluck

I just begun the long and winding road to tube heaven - doing my first rolling experiment with some tubes I've gathered. 6n23-EB 6N1P-EB stock Philips Jan's. First up - I'm surprised to find that despite pretty much unanimous rejection of the stock Jan's across the web - I like them...

Stumbled across these while looking for something else. Anyone tried these 'DT Normalizers'? http://www.headphonesguru.com/ Go to 'Products' - third product down. Pluck

*Edit - sorry, this turned into a very long post and a bit of a rant!* I'm fairly new to this Head-Fi business, about a month ago I set about building myself a heaphone-based system. I bought an X-Can V3 (unmodded at the moment, new tubes are on the way) to power my Arcam CD72, and bought...

Simple as that really - which should I try first? I'm leaning toward doing the tubes first as it's easier and cheaper, and because Pinkfloyd mentions on his (currently down?) site that he does not like the stock tubes - but I'd like to know what you guys think would give me the biggest hit in...

Hi all, I'm about to upgrade my power cables with these: http://www.russandrews.com/lookup/1/...rKord-1040.htm Before I do, does anyone know if it's possible to get audio quality leads like these that have 'side-entry' or 'right-angled' connectors at the business end? Bit short on...

Newbie here - so please scuse my ignorance! I'm thinking of completely upgrading my system (Arcam CD72, Onix OA20/2, B&W DM303, iRiver iHP140) and focussing on headphones rather than speakers, as I rarely listen to music outside of headphones these days! I'll ditch the speakers and the amp...