Pioneer SP-BS22-LR...designed by Andrew Jones. Best bang for buck passive desktop speakers in  their price range, imho...You really do get quite a lot for your money. Assuming you have some sort of amplification, it's hard to beat these guys. I'm listening to them right now through an old Denon...

is it me or has the Bay Area Headphone Meet impressions thread been hijacked?

Likewise. Can't wait to check out all the great gear & pick up a few tips from experts like yourself. I'm bringing a musician buddy of mine who's visiting from Switzerland. He loves high end audio and is also an excellent drummer. Should be awesome!

Jumping on the bus a bit late here, but I have always wanted to attend a meet. Please count me + 1 in if possible. Will be heading over from Berkeley. Will bring a few pocket sized items, but don't need any table space. Hope there's room. Really looking forward to it!

Will definitely come, happy to help out, and will even bring a few nice, albeit modest, items for others to experience. Will also bring some awesome coffee beans if anyone is interested...

I joined head-fi in 2001. At the time, I had a pair of Senn HD580's, Koss Porta-Pro & Grado SR60's...I rounded out my little collection with JMT Altoids, Porta Corda & Total BitHead amps. At the time, Ety's were the only IEM people talked about. They were the best of the best. So, when the time...

hey, thanks very much for your response...i think the emo is a winner. As much as I'd love the oppo, recabling my senns & getting an rsa to xlr has pushed the budget. I have another non-balanced oppo, 2 panasonic blurays, a rotel cd, a samsung bluray & 7 other portable cd players as additional...

Greetings....I've been out of the game for a while, but recently picked up an RSA SR71B on ebay for $480. I don't have any experience with balanced gear. I have a variety of amps, cans, iem's, etc. One of my scenarios is my trusty Senn HD 580's with clou red jaspis cable (I know...i'm showing my...

Let's not forget the great gypsy guitarist Bireli Lagrene. His record titled "Duet" with Sylvain Luc is a remarkable achievement. You might also consider Mike Keneally's "Wooden Smoke". Extremeley creative virtuostic acoustic stuff... Enjoy!

Hey Everyone, I've been away from this board for awhile and it seems that both of these Ray Samuels portable amps have created quite a stir. My current set up is an iRiver hp120, ety er4p w/4s converter cable and a 1st generation total bithead. Although I own a number of other cans & stuff...

big ditto on the string quartets...Borodin or Emerson (I have both complete sets). Let's not forget Symphony #4 either. That one was held back for many years due to the whole Soviet political thing. It certainly presents itself as dark, stormy & turbulent. Truly excellent.

Ernest Ranglin Modern Answers to Old Problems Telarc 83526 Fantastic recording by 72 year old Jamaican guitar virtuoso & former guitar teacher of Bob Marley. Recorded in 2000 in London, Ranglin teams up with some top flight African musicians to put out some infectious music that is part...

Was recently blown away by the unbelivable genius of Gonzalo Rubalcaba.

This topic comes up every so often...About 3 years ago, I bought a Berhringer HA 4400 Powerplay 4 channel amp on ebay, new, for about $50. I bought it as sort of an experiment. As we know, people around here spend hundreds if not thousands on amps...I figured I would see if there was thousands...

Take a deep breath....it's so easy to let emotions carry you away to the point of either throwing the product or yourself out the window. I'm sure your expectations were so high and you were so looking forward to being blown away, that the dissapointment is magnified. Those Senns definitely...

...and of course we all know what a "steely dan" is, right?

try Shostakovich Symphony #4. Very mean

Are you guys here on earth? 18 replies and no one suggested the great jazz classic of all time.... John Coltrane - Giant Steps

study the tutorials here

most people, (including me) have seen these, thought "hey these actually look like they could work for me" but ended up buying Sony V6's instead.

try Alfred Schnittke Gyorgy Kurtag Gyorgy Ligetti and of course, the great Dmitri Shostakovich not to mention Stravinsky Frank Martin William Walton Alban Berg Anton Webern Shoenberg Copeland

pomogranate - I'm a huge Dylan Thomas fan. Starless and Bible black....

Gloco - one could argue that not being satisfied with the performance constitutes "something truly wrong with the item", besides with Amazon, it's all done through the mail so "dragging myself back" is less of a concern.... Austonia - Actually, I'm not terribly thrilled with the front end of...

Austonia, Thanks for the reasonable response. I have 8 cd sources and each one sounds different from the other. I'm new to the DAP world and I'm getting familiar with the "signatures" of these players. I'm looking forward to seeing more on this subject from you...

I think Amazon's policy is a bit looser here in the states. A buddy of mine bought a portable DVD player, used it for 3 weeks while on vacation in Europe and then returned it with no problem: Taken from the amazon Website: Our Returns Policy You may return most items sold by Amazon.com...