I am looking for a ride to the show in Las Vegas. I believe that the show runs 1/8 to 1/11.

Hi everyone, I'm glad you're all enjoying the report. antness, I did not see any HD700 - unless that guy in one of the Senn pics auditioning what looked like the HD600 and the HeadRoom amp is really the HD700 and I forgot to ask. Is there a consensus that the designation of the HD600...

The HeadWize CES 2003 Report is ready! It has hundreds of photos of exhibits and products, more than any other CES report I've seen so far. The focus is on headphone and portable audio from well-known and lesser-known companies. All of the images have been converted to JPG and compressed by 75%...

The items are being shipped directly by Jan in Germany. From Jan's email: "Delivery by regular postal services takes around 2 weeks for the larger items (headphones) The smaller items (PORTA CORDAs and opamps) will be send by airmail and take around 1 week. Please note that the...

Hi everyone, Jan Meier emailed me a few days ago to donate some items for an auction to support HeadWize. As many of you know, HeadWize is non-profit and financed to this point entirely by me - with the help of a donated server for the forums (thanks to Ian Scott et al. for this). This past...

Thanks Wab. It looks like a loooooong read. Will get to it later today (I hope).

Hi guys, I heard about this new amp that Apheared built with AD opamps. Where is it?

Did they do a review of the Omegas? What did they say? I haven't seen the latest issue. Even so, one headphone review per year is hardly much. Especially since the Omegas have been available for over a year and there have been numerous reviews of this headphone already.

Yes, that's exactly right. Audio Advisor used to have a drawing of the interior of the X-PSU and it was nothing more than a transformer. The AC adapter that comes with the X-Cans supplies AC at the output so there is no capacitor ripple filtering. Perhaps there was RF filtering. I doubt there...

Stereophile has not reviewed a headphone in years. Apparently, they believe that their readers only care about speaker setups. Many of the phones on their earlier recommended lists have been discontinued. No more HD580, no more Stax Gamma, no more HP-1. And the same is true of the amps: no more...

In fact, you don't even need a toroidal tranny. A simple filament tranny housed in a steel case would work just as well - since the PSU can be placed several feet away from the amp. The cable is nothing more than a 2-wire with a DC power plug at the end. Of course, the X-PSU has that nice...

If anyone else builds "barebones amp," please post pics!!! I love seeing these miniatures. Here are some ideas: pendant amps (basically attach a neck rope) headphone with built-in amp armband amps (amps attached to an armband) hat amps (amps built into hats? )

Gemul, That is excellent work. I am impressed with your SOIC "adapter". Hope you didn't lose your vision soldering those tiny, hair-like pins. And for just $20! I am glad to see that the pocket amp can still be a bargain to build. BTW, what type/brand of pot did you use?

Ok, I've gotten some feedback on the olive background, and I've decided to change it back to gray. I have also changed the white background of the forum navigation bar to olive. The video reviews forum may not be active right away. I see that forum as primarily being for the review of videos...

Hi aos, doesn't a black on light gray background have MORE contrast than a black on gray? I did try a light gray and it seemed to me to be both bright and very contrasty - almost like black on white on my laptop LCD screen. Lini, how about an olive background - which would pick up the color...

Thanks for the great feedback. I have updated the page again. dhwilkin, I will wait until I have the forums configured before fixing the the click maps for the forum navigation bar. BTW, moderator candidates should think about which forums they would want to be assigned to, if the...

Hmmm..... the gray background looks strange? Is that strange good or strange bad? Other opinions? Actually, I think of it more as a gray frame, because most of the text is still on top of a white background.

I have just updated the HeadWize homepage with the new design that I plan to implement throughout the site. Please email any comments or suggestions about the new look to me. I am running a bit behind. Moderator candidates for the HeadWize forums should get an email from me shortly.

ai0tron, probably after July 4 - I would estimate July 7 or 8 - buty no later than July 9. I am redesigning the forum and other site pages both as a response to feedback that some people find the "all white" look too bright and others who think that a colored background reduces contrast. I think...

Hi Jan, I am very excited about your new portable amp and congrats on your successful business! The HeadWize forums will be up again soon.

Hi guys, For those of you who have not been permanently lured to the Head Fidelity forums dark side (just kidding ), the HeadWize forums may remain down for a few days beyond July 1. I am making substantial mods to the forums based on the many suggestions for reducing bandwidth that I...

Eric, congrats on finishing the amp! I just saw your posts in the DIY Amps forum. It did not take you long to troubleshoot. When you get the chance, you might want to transfer the amp to a case with a true battery compartment. Then if you use the amp while travelling, the battery will not hit...

Flumpus, I have not tried Rayman yet. The two GBA games I have are F-Zero and Tony Hawk's Pro Skater. (BTW, Fry's is selling Tony Hawk's for $29.99 until 6/26.) At nearly $40 per game cartridge, I am taking my time to build my GBA game collection. I hear that the game prices should drop in a few...

This has nothing to do with audio. I just got my Gameboy Advance and love it so much that I had to tell everyone to try it. If you own a gameboy color, GBA is INCREDIBLE!!! Bigger screen, faster performance, great launch games with stupendous graphics. And even better, most of the GC games look...

Daniel and everyone, I said this in another thread, but I will repeat: sorry for depriving everyone of their discussion community so abruptly. When I got the bill for the excessive bandwidth usage, it scared me because there was no way I could afford to sustain it. It will be another week before...