Powered by USB and works great, a little scuffed on the end plate corners and a light scratch on the back (see photos). It has 4 rubber/gel feet on the bottom. I'd be happy to include the pictured J2J interconnect if the buyer wants (it's about 10cm long) Buyer to pay international shipping...

Just measured channel resistance again and faulty channel has changed to 76 ohms while good channel staying still at 66

Quote:   With the channel not working I am getting a difference of resistances between the channels. Left channel (faulty) to ground is 88 ohms while good channel to ground is at 66. Interestingly, when I measured right and left channels the voltage applied by the multimeter made the...

Quote:   I'm guessing I should just replace the cartridge?

Update: Connected each pair of tone arm wires together with a crocodile clip and measured the resistance across the pin and shield of the RCA connectors. Both returned identical results of approx 200 ohms. I am now fairly sure this is a cartridge issue and not the result of my wiring job! Does...

I've just finished recabling a Dual CS503-1 because one of the channels was dead. I have continuity from the start of the tone arm wires right up to the RCA connectors but the problem persists. I have reversed the Left & Right connectors to make sure it is the turntable not the amp (tested with...

OK I think I will just go with the recable and see what happens; as you say the driver is unlikely to be damaged as it does function well most of the time. I'm not really a fan of the Grado cable anyway. I'm praying the issue is not with the solder interface between the cable end and the driver...

Quote:   I would say that there is definitely an issue with the headphones as I bought them from eBay knowing they are in a semi-working condition, with the intention of fixing them (loose connections are quite common so I thought I could recable). I've tested them from a variety of...

I've acquired a pair of Grado SR-60s that are occasionally cutting out on the left channel, but this is easily remedied by just turning the volume up and back down again. I can't seem to artificially produce the cutting out by manipulating the cable in any way, it just happens seemingly at...

Quote: Originally Posted by krmathis Or the 1000+ page (20.000 replies) http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f9/mus...index1005.html thread. Oh so this is how users get such high post counts!!

BUUFFAALOOOOOO!

I used to use a combination of foobar's freedb component and Mp3Tag, although I still had to search my own artwork. You can use iTunes to get artwork for most albums however, and then copy into folders/tags. I don't think there's one perfect program that will do everything just the way you...

Quote: Originally Posted by IceClass Shaving sucks! So true, I try and get away with once a week.. Ahhhhhh off topic.

There's always the pause button..

1x Cambridge Audio 640C V2

Quote: Originally Posted by gautam HELP, i converted the flac to wav, but now the files have a slight grainy sound in the background. any way to solve this. if i convert is back, will it go away? What did you use for converting?

The new sony players from A7/8** onwards don't use SonicStage anymore. Windows Media Player/MTP or drag and drop only.

The rule is never transcode upwards in quality e.g. 128kbps mp3 to FLAC as this degrades sound quality/is a waste of space. If you want better quality tracks you got to re-rip I'm afraid..

Quote: Originally Posted by Golden Monkey Hiow old/new are yours? Mine were doing the same thing, but I've been breaking them in, and it's less apparent now (about 20-30 hours of burn-in). Also, they are very high impedance, which might be part of the problem. If they aren't amplified...

I wouldn't say it was a price point, more the point when you hit "submit" for your membership to this site. There's no leaving...

Quote: Originally Posted by bashot What's wrong with plastic? AFAIK the HD650 and K701 are mostly plastic as well and they don't sound too shabby. If you really want to get picky the drivers of the 325i are still housed in plastic and only the back of the cups are metal. I'll...

Quote: Originally Posted by Elluzion Oh i get it! So most amps and DAC's are seperate. Dude, you made over 600 posts without knowing this?

Also the Not The Nine O'Clock News sketch where he's in the gorilla suit! So clever..

Quote: Originally Posted by krmathis I use 2.4. Works for me... Maybe it's a Windows thing