Has anyone heard the ATH-M50? Audio-Technica - Microphones, headphones, wireless microphone systems, noise-cancelling headphones & more : ATH-M50 : Professional Studio Monitor Headphones How about their Noise-cancelling Headphones? ATH-ANC7 QuietPoint™ Audio-Technica - Microphones...

I keep finding reference to their products. Cords and speaker cables but I can’t seem to find a website for this company. Is there one? Are they still in business? I just bought some K Works Empowered 1 meter power cords and I’d like to learn more about them. Thanks!

New Decware Select Zen Triode PreAmplifier/OTL Headphone amp http://www.decware.com/newsite/CSP2.htm It looks beautiful! I almost bought one but I needed more inputs and outputs, I bought a McAlister instead but this sure is beautiful and supposedly sounds even better then his other...

Has anyone ever heard a McAlister Audio product? http://www.mcalisteraudio.com/ He’s a small time guy (possibly just a couple of people) in Canada that makes some nice looking, smart designed tube gear so it appears. I heard of his tube amps here on Head-Fi for use with electrostatic...

My dilemma is that my PC is about 25 feet from the stereo. I can either run a long RCA cables (which I already made with Belden wire that sound ok) OR I have to run long digital connections. Either Optical or Coaxial RCA. I’m not even sure is you can get or make a 25-30 foot coaxial cable or...

A friend was astonished at how good his old early 80’s Kyocera Receivers’ headphone section sounded. He has a number of amps and was under the impression that it would take a headphone amp costing several hundred dollars to best it. I have a 80’s Kyocera Receiver myself but I also have a...

A friend was astonished at how good his old early 80’s Kyocera Receivers’ headphone section sounded. He has a number of amps and was under the impression that it would take a headphone amp costing several hundred dollars to best it. I have a 80’s Kyocera Receiver myself but I also have a...

You guys, as usual, were a big help learning about AT clipons and earbuds. I did a search on the ATH-AD700, ATH-A700 and Pro700 SV’s. My impression is that there aren’t many users of them. Why? How do they compare to popular brands like Sennheiser, AKG and Beyer? What models to they...

AT Clip-on Headphones What’s the general opinion on these earphones? I have the KOSS 75’s and think they are great sounding. They are certainly incredible for the low cost. These audio-technica earphones are really beautiful but how do they sound? How do they feel on your ears...

I got a slew of Audio Technica product coming my way. I have to decide what I want, for myself and what I will want to sell. Its all NEW product. What Headphones are worth owning? WHich are easiest to sell? http://www.audio-technica.com/cgi-bi.../headphones.pl I like Sennheiser...

I can’t seem to get a straight answer on this. Since Redbook CD’s are 16-bit, isn’t anything over that just being up-sampled? Some manufacturers call their DAC’s up-sampling, and some do not. So are all 24-bit DAC (specifically Burr Brown’s) up-sampling from a 16-bit Redbook source...

I need some help classifying this vintage turntable. I’ve had it for about 10 years. The gentleman I purchased it from was an Audio Engineer and this was his table for a number of years. He sold it to me without a tone arm. I had my local HiFi shop put an AR (not sure what model) tone-arm on...

PCM or Normal on Denon My Denon DVD player has 24-bit/96kHz Digital PCM 2-Ch Digital Output. The choices are: • Dig/Normal • Dig/PCM • Analog For coupling to a CAL 24bit-96Khz DAC via a coaxial cable what should be used? Normal or PCM? I’m a little confused, its for 2-channel...

What is the difference between a 75Ohm Coax and an Optical cable in terms of quality or stability for a transport CD Player to a DAC? Anyone recommend a cable brand and type that doesn’t cost more then my house ;-)

What is tuberolling?

I’m looking for information on a California Audio Labs (CAL) Sigma II DAC with a 24/96 upgrade. It has a Telefunken tube upgrade as well. ($450 used) What happed to CAL? Can’t find them on them web. I’d be using an inexpensive Denon DVD-1500 for now and upgrade this transport later on. I...