Hopefully Maestro Starkers name will be familiar to many here. I know it will be to lovers of classical music,for he is surely one of the greatest Cellists of all time. His style intense and technical though unlike many modern artists with those traits incredibly emotional and beautiful. One...

I was looking in the Summit-Fi section of the forum and was surprised to see no Beyerdynamic Tesla headphone representation here for they most certainly are high end if you consider high end to represent excellent build quality, materials and technical achievements ! I thought I would start a...

Hi folks, just dipping in with a question, I apologize if is has been answered before, the search facility being what it is here (dire!) I could not find an answer. I am thinking of trading my LCD2's for one of these players but wanted to know something first. I currently use iTunes to manage...

Just wanted to give credit where credit is due. I am first and foremost a happy customer of Musica, have purchased two FAD products from them, the HeavenS and PF IX's. I decided to write a review of the PF's for their blog. If you don't know this they offer the chance for anyone who has a...

I think this is the appropriate forum to post this, I thought of the members lounge but I don't want it to get lost in the stuff that is not about great sound reproduction. This was filmed in 2008 so forgive me if someone has posted this before and also some of what is being talked about may...

Thanks so much for this. Finding subs has been a pain in the AR$$$ for ever here but now in one fell swoop the problem is sorted! Thanks guys :biggrin:

I purchased these headphones from Musicaacoustics .com which is run by the ever friendly Dimitri. Firstly a shout out to Dimitri, excellent fellow, great customer service and super quick shipping from Japan. Really great company to deal with I found! So, a bit of history to show where I am...

Hi folks. Am currently doing research on my next portable amp and was thinking of the usual suspects when I came across a British amp that has me excited with it's specifications I just found out about Just audio and having read a couple of reviews and the just audio website the More powerful...

Well, managed to reach my 1000th post on this wonderful forum and wanted to take the opportunity to thank Jude and all the team that make this such a great place to hang out, learn and end up with music beautifully reproduced which relaxes and eases the days work! I joined just under three...

Not sure if this is the right place to post this, if not then mods please feel free to remove this thread.   I had the opportunity to hear these amazing speakers today and am still in shock at what I heard!   A new company founded by one of the co- founders of Polk audio who then went on...

Just heard the news of Gerry's passing after a troubled life. Thank you Gerry for your long contribution to music. May you now at last find peace.   Sorry, just realized embedding is not allowed, just click on the link though!

I have had several audio revelations over the past few weeks as I have upgraded my portable (and only) system. First to come was the importance a well designed amp has on what we hear. Jan Meiers Stepdance is nothing short of a astounding in it's breadth and capability. It provides a firm...

Just wanted to thank Ken, Valivann,  and team at ALO. Made my first order for a cryo SXC 22G LOD yesterday after excellent communications from Valivann. Very speedy communications and super fast shipping!   I am looking forward to receiving it, I am sure it will enhance the sound from My...

Sunday morning, my favorite coffee shop and I am trying an experiment! I am currently awaiting the arrival of my stepdance so I can pair it with my iPod classic and ety er4s's for my out and about rig.So in the meantime I thought I would try my stax sr001 mk2's out in the real world, well they...

I like to read a lot of reviews before purchasing equipment so have joined a number of forums. The one I spend most time on is this one and then less time on others. I saw whilst googling the Jaben forum. several months ago. applied to join and was told to wait for an email from the...

I have searched quite a bit here but cannot find an answer so I thought I would ask the question!   Is there a list somewhere of members who make LOD's?   I contacted one person who made me one but they do not seem to be around much anymore and I have not had a response from the email I...

Hello there. Firstly thank you for such a wonderful forum, it has cost me money but I am happy about that!   Whilst reading this thread today, http://www.head-fi.org/forum/thread/507835/meier-audio-stepdance-discussion-and-impressions-thread/255#post_6979738   I noticed something...

Hi Folks.   I am currently really enjoying my new ER4S's through Gary's PA2V2. Plenty of power for the Ety's. I also have a Nuforce icon mobile but have found it not powerful enough to drive them well.   I am considering an upgrade of amp and wanting suggestions as to what would be a...

Hi folks. I am trying to decide between these two (unless there are better at the same price!) to use with my iPod 160gig latest generation, ie8's and qables silvercad lod. All my music is lossless and I listen mainly to acustic, folk,Wagner opera's 50's/60's jazz and chamber music...

sohfatfish89? I was looking at various cables on ebay and saw his store, the cables look to be of high quality for a great price but I searched here and could not find a mention. Thanks in advance

Hello folks. I just received from Gary my PA2V2 amp and thought I would share my thoughts on it. I use three systems, all fed by my itouch with lossless files. First is the itouch connected with a Barqy LOD to my Stax portable system. The second is denon C700 right in to the itouch...

Hi Folks, after posting my rig on the your rig thread there have been some great suggestions to get an LOD instead of the kimber tonic interconnect that I use at the moment. I have been googling and searching the forums but I must not be using the correct search words as precious little comes...

About three weeks ago my nearly year old in daily use ER6i's developed a buzz, I contacted the ever helpfull Moe at Etymotic and sent them back. A week an a half later the problem was diagnosed as a cracked tube not an internal problem. All credit to the excellent customer service they sent me...

I have a pair of these wonders and was wondering if i could put shure olives on them, it is really hard to get replacement tips here in Vancouver and I would prefer to get them here rather than the hassle of getting them online, I can get a pack of shure olives in various sizes though, does...

I am new to the forum and have looked to see if there is a thread on this subject, can't find one but if there is mod's please feel free to move this there! So Here it is. Sony NWZA826KB Etymotic ER6i(black) Headphonia portable headphone amp Kimber Tonic interconnect Hope you like...