Hi all, Wondering if anyone here is knowledgeable enough to help me. I need to clean the innards of a rare vintage Yamaha orthodynamic driver. Dismantling is difficult and requires extreme procedures. I also have a small ultrasonic cleaner (the typical home ones): My question is: Will...

Iv got some earpads on a headphone about 30-40 years old. The pleather vinyl that was on them had degraded so much that half of it flaked off, and the remaining half has gone all 'gooey', so its like gooey plastic tar embedded in the cloth.   I want to clean it all out, to leave only clean...

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Hiya, Can anyone who has tried the Stax 007 (mk1 or mk2) on both a SRD7mk2 (or pro) tell me what they felt was lacking/better vs using it with a dedicated Stax amp? Even better if someone has tried a custom built transformer and can give impressions of that. (i know that the SRD7 arent...

Both the Marantz CD6003 and Denon DCD-710AE are reasonbly priced and good quality CDP. What I find v.interesting about both is that they both are able to take a usb input from an iPod (or even usb hard drive, not a PC though), and use that as a digital source. My question is, has anyone...

I'll get the ball rolling. There were only a handful of us attending so not too many impressions on my end. IEM: I managed to compare vkvedam's Shure SE500 to my Westone UM3x very briefly, using black soft silicone tips. The Shure was a bit less warmer, and had a little more clarity. But I...

Is the stock UE Triple.Fi10(vi) cable made with copper, or spc, or just silver? Thanks

http://www.audeze.com/?p=121 All this talk of the HE-5 Orthos, and how good they are. Im interested in how the LCD-2 compares. They are around the same price range. anyone heard both? Audeze needs to step up and release them!! Are people already on pre-order? Seems like a new ortho age...

Are there any planar iem's around? (or normal two small earbuds like apple buds) Or any ideas of small planar drivers that could be used DIY for such a thing? The only thing that comes to mind is the Stax sr-001, which are planar earbuds. Thanks

Translated version of http://20cheaddatebase.web.fc2.com/AZDEN/AZDENindex.html Take a look at this article. It claims that the company Piezo, made a Piezo headphone in the 70s...at least thats what I think its saying.

Has anyone tried the Zelco Outi vibration phones? Zelco Outi Earphones (white) Headset reviews - CNET Reviews They are not bone conducting phones, rather ear cartilage conducting ones... I had a quick search and couldnt see any actual impressions here. They look v.interesting!

I'v got a 5.5g iPod (well an iMod actually). I bought it from ALO audio in USA, so does it have a volume cap placed on it? If it does I'd like to to know how to unlock it, as I'm curious to hear it driving some tough headphones (yup blasphemous I know ). Thanks

So yup, anyone heard the Mini3 amp and the Pico amp? Looking to know about the differences. I hear that both have similar driving capability. I use v.demanding cans. Thanks

Currently the programme is on hold, Ludoo still has the HP-3, but has not found time to damp them yet, sorry about that, once its ready ill bump the thread again EDIT: Apologies to everyone involved, but the tour is cancelled. Bit of a shame it didnt get off the ground Ok, so Ludoo and I have...

So, My ears dislike supra aural pads (ear pinnae hurt after 20 mins), so I want to convert my supras (HP-50S and maybe others) to Circumaural. I would probably make my own pads. I know that there would be general loss of bass going to circumaural, so I was wondering if there were any...

Take a look at this Superlux HD681 Semi-Open Professional Headphones - MacMusic . Is this a AKG rebadged? And I would assume at $49 rrp its cheaper as well? EDIT: and Beyer DT....880?? HD-330

Hiya, Basically was wondering, if you have a DVD recorder with an S-video input. Will the dvd recorder be able to use its "zoom" into the video function on something plugged into this input (like say a laptop?). Pretty much all dvd recorders can zoom into the dvd, just wondering if it can...

Hi, I once found a site showing an ideal Freq. reponse graph for headpones (NOT flat as a ruler). It was called some fancy scientific name. But I can't find it again. Does anyone know of it? Can you please post a link. Thanks

Hi, I am using a Dell inspiron 6000 laptop with ATI X300 graphics, and outputting to my 4:3 CRT TV using an S-Video cable. And running Windows XP. My problem is when watching a widescreen (very widescreen) movie, the giant black bars on my 4:3 TV means that the picture is verryy small. I...

Hi, Can you give me a comparison between the upper treble (taking about vocal S's and hi-hat/cymbals kinda territory), how piercing it is between the D2000 and any of the following headphones: AKG K1000 Stax Gamma Stax 003 Sony ECR-500 Etymotic ER-4S Koss KSC-75 (read below for the...

Hi, Has anyone got a comprehensive list of headphone manufacturers (specifically full size). Im trying to remember a brand I briefly saw today, it started with a 'P'. Something like Polaco, or something vaguely like that.

I was thinking today about how to get the most from devices like the Pico (and the other popular portable amp/dac's out there). Since all mp3 players out there wont be compatible with the pico's USB input, is there a device out there that is? Basically all it has to be is a small hard...

1.2V eneloops are fine for the Xin SuperM line of amps since they boost the voltage to 5.5v anyway. But what about the Reference? Does that boost too? Or would 1.5V batteries be better than the 1.2V when running higher impedance headphones? Thanks

Hi, My question is, if there is tube guitar amplifier with a speaker out 1/4" mono plug (4ohm/5W minimun rated). (Also another one is 15W into 8ohm) Is there some way to run this to my headphone amp and headphones? My weak understanding is that this requires some reactive element (such...

Ok, I have a set of K240 MP sextetts. I found the pads were just the teensiest bit flat (they wernt that bad). But it made my ear just very lightly touch the plastic grille, which caused annoyance after a while. So I wanted pads which were 'taller'/deeper. I found out that velour pads...