Thanks to Fritz S. from Vienna, who organized a test sample of the Novo by Graham Slee, this nice little amp currently is on its way through Austria, Switzerland and Germany. So I was able to spend some time with it and compare it to the following amps in my possession: Graham Slee ‚green’...

Hi - as I will be spending some days in Tokyo at the end of June I was wondering if someone might be able to recommend good headphone / hifi stores in Tokyo which also sell the Stax line... Thanks, Matt

I just keep wondering: is there such a thing as a pair of closed headphones with good isolation that would be especially qualified for classical and are still in production? And no: Audio Technicas are not for me - neither do they shut out outside noise enough, nor do they seem to be able to...

To cut a long (well, in fact not so long: it's after all just one page...) story short: they do quite like it. Here's their summing up: Pro: Detail, neutrality [sic!] and musicality all exceed what we had previously thought possible. Admirably unfussy about partnering equipment. Con: Once...

Assumed I went for a GS-1000 with Blue or Black or Silver Dragon cable upgrade: does anybody know if Moon Audio would ship to Europe?

Just saw pictures from a studio session with Bob Brookmeyer and Kenny Wheeler and they are obviously using Fostex T40 RPs in that studio. Anyone ever heard these or the T50s? Are they any good or are they just being used due to being more sturdy than other phones or having better fit /...

Right - finally received what I thought I'd never own myself. I guess that's just a classic head-fi career: started off 4 years ago with no separate headphoneamp and an old Sennheiser from the mid-80s and now have three dedicated amps and ten fullsize cans. Anyway... The latest addidition to my...

Well - I tried to resist quite a long time now, but alas I cannot any longer. So I emailed the German distributor (the one who ordered the PS-1 from Grado Labs) and asked if there were still any available. It seems that he's down to six now and that the total number of PS-1s having been produced...

Philips released a new compilation, a 6 CD set, including recordings from 1955 to 1978.Grumiaux made an enormous number of recordings for Philips and this set restores some which have not been available for many years. The set includes Handel’s six sonatas Op.1, partnered by French...

Anyone heard of Cayin products yet? For further information: http://www.cayin.de/index_haupt.htm (only available in German, I'm afraid...)

So at last: Ms. Krall is back with some music (seems her marriage with Elvis Costello has achieved quite something here... ) After her shallower last studio recordings, “The Girl in the other room” really is more than just a pleasant surprise. It’s among her best albums yet, and it’s certainly...

First post. Right, knowing that the RA-1 has been designed especially for the needs of Grado phones I guess this would be the way to go. Nevertheless I'm still wondering if the Musical Fidelity x-can v3 would be an alternative and if anybody actually has compared these two side by side? I...