Am thinking of switching to it, as I've still not grown fond of Amarok 2(I doubt a puke smiley exists that demonstrates how much I dislike it). Does anyone know of any good front-ends for it? Hopefully something similar to Amarok 1.4... Secondly, the last time I had a play with it(a year or...

Hello all, Can someone please explain the following to me. Burson Audio offer their discrete-component-opamp modules here, though I suspect the same answer would apply to any opamp installation:- Burson Discrete Opamp On their "Discrete opamp 101", they list a mod of solder a good...

Have tried asking in the Stax thread, but haven't had any responses to date. I'm a tube newbie. I picked up my Stax rig just over a week ago, and would like to experiment with different tubes. It uses the 6CG7/6FQ7 type of tubes. My queries(I'll try and keep this brief!):- 1. I'm in the...

Hi all. Am looking at buying the Stax SRS-4040II package - SR404 earspeakers, and the SRM-006II energiser. But I'm unfamiliar with the "quirks" of valve gear, and have a few questions... 1. I use my headphones virtually every day, for several hours. My DAC, CDP and amplifier are left...

I'm just wondering whether anyone on here, like me, finds that headphones just don't come close to a good speaker setup? Don't get me wrong, I love my cans. And I'm looking at spending a small fortune on upgrading them. But I was brought-up listening to Spendor BBC studio monitors, and my...

Hi all. Have emailed Denon to ask where I can purchase these headphones in the UK for a price comparable to that in the States. Over here, they're £500 from most retailers. Some are down to ~£430, but it's still substantially more than over in the States. I really dislike how, so often...

...aren't those who are diagnosed with it. It's the people around them. My sister has suffered with this for years. I've seen the good times, struggled with the bad ones, and am currently in the middle of something new. She's all grown-up now, married, living in a rented house. Her husband...

I know it's probably a strange request, but I've never heard a valve-based amplifier, so I don't know what I'm missing. What I do know, however, is that I play a lot of music through my headphones and that I'd like to avoid the need to replace components each year. I like solid-state - I can...

Hi All. Started a thread in the DIY forum last night, about the OPA827. I come along today and it's been deleted, and I don't understand why. I've not received any PMs stating what rules it was against, so I'm at a bit of a loss... Would like to know what I'd done wrong, so I can avoid...

Am waiting for an insurance payout after a woman totalled my motorbike last year. Their initial offer was £1700, my solicitor reckons I should be aiming for £3k or thereabouts. All I plan on buying is a new set of cans. Price is unimportant, within the realms of the insurance payout, but less...

Was listening to a couple of their albums last night, and I realised how similar they were to Night Ranger. Figured a few people rated N.R in the thread the other day, wondered if anyone had heard of Magnum? Nobody I know has ever heard of them... fools. They've done some quite good albums ...