Hey Friends: I see a few of these phonostages up for sale, right in my prospective price range. The only thing that "concerns" me is that the professional reviews note its characteristic "warmth." From Michael Fremer's original Stereophile review: "If you like a tight, snappy sound, the PhD...

Sometimes a show just takes the time away,,, Interestingly, the HF-1s again prove themselves master of the "poorly mastered" audio track. NK

Well, I'm picking up my red Alfa Romeo Giulia on Tuesday... :gs1000smile::beerchug: Anyone else driving one? NK

Hi Friends: So I've noticed a fairly large amount of Audio-GD products (amps, and DACS) coming up on the FS/FT forums. I find it interesting how many listings note "bought in Dec. 2017," or "had for three months," or something of the like. Is there something to Audio-GD owners unloading...

Hey everyone- I think I may have a driver issue in my 650s... I would very much like to diagnose it by listening to another pair. Let me know if you're an Austin/Georgetown/Etc. local with a set of 650s. It could be fun! NK

Hi folks- So, some months back I purchased a minty pair of 990s (600) from a fellow HF'er. They're quite lovely, indeed. For years I owned a pair of DT-770 (2005/250) and DT-880 (2005/250) and LOVED them. They were both recabled by cantsleep with an Edition 9 cable. They sounded lush...

It's been a lot of used CDs, various downloads from HDTracks and the like, plus a few steams but...   All AIFF (L-PCM) at Redbook.    I'm (as we all are) all about quality, but some quantity is nice too. Now I'm just a zillion items away from DavidMahler's "sizable" collection.   Good...

…for a bit of detail work.    Hey everyone,    My sister just called me and exclaimed that she had stepped on a friend's new Beats (get yer' laughs out now), and a piece of plastic snapped off… Here's some pics:      Note- those are not my hands. She feels rather bad, and wants to...

Hey everyone,   I have a great Audio-GD power conditioner between my Mac Pro 3,1 and the wall. I went to turn on the big machine a few minutes ago, and I heard a rather loud buzz: it sounded somewhat like noises heard form cheeeep SMPS units. I followed the noise physically, eventually ended...

So the last Golf-Fi thread kicked it more than two years ago, here's hoping there's some active players and DIY tweakers on the Board (the latter should be pretty simple!).    I won a sweet Taylomade R1 driver in an outing last week, and it should replace my tweaked-out Cobra S3s.   ...

Hey everyone,    As the title says, I just did the flip/reverse of the stock HF-2 bowels. Maybe I'm spoiled coming from the fall-asleep-wearing-them comfort of the HD650s, but these things just hurt my ears...    Reversing the bowls does space the ear form the driver grille, but my outer...

(Think of this thread as a fun little abstraction)   Hey everyone,   I am currently interning for ten weeks in my university's College of Education.    In order to help in doing and motivating me to do my work, I decided to go for a nice little portable setup for my desk. I am cooped...

Hey, I don't have the screenshot on me now, but I've clocked Head-Fi utilizing a whopping 9.36GB of RAM for "Safari Internet Content." Java and Flash are golden, not seeing issues on other sites. What's going on? Thanks, NK

Hey everyone, I have an Oritek 2 with the gorgeous 2.5 faceplate. Is there any way to reconnect the optical input on the DAC, since I kow the modification disconnected it in favor of coax. Yes, I know the limitations and jitter problems associated with optical, but I need it... Unless...

Hey everyone, it's been a while.   I procured a higher-end integrated amp (c. $2k) for a song, as it needs repairs. I THINK I can do 3/4s of it, but I have one serious dilemma: ribbon cables. The salty SOB who had it before I scammed the dealer: he removed some high-quality parts, then...

Hey guys, I'm wondering just how rough/bad "Promotional Grade" diamonds look. I know they're the lowest acceptable quality for jewelry, but what does that imply? I'm looking at buying my future roommate a little gift of sorts, since I'm happy that she and I got together. I don't want to...

Hey guys, I'm doing a graphing project on Excel using data: records of sea water temperature +/- 50* on the equator with roughly 4,000 points, separated into about 20 graphs. Here's the problem- there are many erroneous points where the instrument failed, and are represented by "-9.99." I...

Hey everyone, I am currently running a pretty tuned dual 2.0 G5 tower.. With the side panel off, I'm averaging 114.8* and 117.2* Fahrenheit on the two processors, respectively. (Room is about 77-78*). I'm interested in adding a G5 Jive: Sonnet - G5 Jive: Internal Drive Mounting System for...

Hey guys, I was cleaning my amp (Jolida 202) which means taking out all of the tubes. The small signal tubes (2x 6N1, 2x 6N2) went swell, as did 3/4 JJ EL34s. However, one of the tube's black "base-key" (the middle plastic part with the notch to show orientation in the socket, yeah I made up...

Hey guys, Tonight I fired up my Jolida 202 (Not "A") for the first time, with a used (hardly) matched quad of JJ EL34s and some brand-spankin'-old (NOS) 6N1 and 6N2 driver tubes. However, I am hearing an odd sound, from the tubes, not the speaker outputs. It's best described as being...

Hey MD; I'm going to be in Chicago from Monday (today) 'till Thursday. Any chance this Head-Fier and *frequent* MD buyer could stop by for a meet & Greet? I plan on bringing/buying some vinyl to demo at Glenn Poor's "Big System" Thanks (PM with details, if you'd like) NK

Does anyone here attend as a student? I know the concept of Superconductivity was first realized at Leiden, do they have any ongoing research in the topic? How about research in Physics in general? My university (Slippery Rock University--Pennsylvania's premier residential...

Feeding off the thread below, I have question.. I'm re-building/modifying a big power amp (Hint: Made by the old PS audio, weighs about 90 pounds). I'm looking at 100uF caps for the input.. I was going to go with a Dayton(Bennic) 100uF Film/Foil, but I've been reading the praises of the...

I tend to sleep on my side... At some point in the night I must have inadvertently pushed my left ear into my pillow with enough force to seal off the ear canal (air pressure). Now I can hardly hear from my left ear.. Did I manage to somehow invert my eardrum? NK

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