Hey Everybody: I wrote this article for my site but I wanted to cross post it here as an ice breaker for the Head-Fi community at large so other beta testers can give feedback. Also, if you have any specific questions that I can answer, I will most certainly do so. This is definitely one of...

I have HM-801 and I am using the coaxial input.  I noticed via kernel log messages that the HiFace is sampling at 44.1kHz, not the maximum supported 96kHz supported by the HM-801.   Can someone with another Mac confirm or deny this?   Can someone with a non-Mac platform confirm it does...

Hi Fang:   Is there any reason why the firmware for the HM series of players can not be open sourced to promote development and enthusiasm for the product?   I am not sure if you have any real IP buried in the firmware itself that might prevent this.  But even if that is the case, why...

Help me out:   On a fellow head-fier's recommendation, I have been listening to Coheed and Cambria on and off.  So back story, I wanted to hear something off their new album so I made a request to a local college heavy metal radio station (if you live in NJ, guess which one...its...

I have a 2008 Macbook Pro (Penryn I believe).  I have an optical line output via the headphone jack apparently.  I now realize that this is an OPTICAL line out so I need a mini-toslink adapter with toslink cable:   http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1596   Okay....but the Hifiman input is...

How £1,000 headphones are made: A Sennheiser factory tour - Crave at CNET UK As reported by Slashdot. Enjoy! Troggy

http://www.sweetwater.com/feature/aes_pass/ FYI...I'm in CA on a mini-vacation but I thought this maybe of interest to the NY/NJ folks. I've never been to an AES show but I hear they are interesting. Not sure if there is a lot of headphone stuff (though Sennheiser is showing up with demo)...

Don't ask, I got really really lucky. UE has made my holidays for sure. Ultimate Ears is still trying to get these out as fast as humanly possible and I just happened to ask at the right time. As you can see I'm number 232 and that these babies have a labeled frequency response of 10Hz - 17kHZ...

I'm really upset. I really wanted to have IEMs for the holidays. I never dreamed that the Triple Fis would miss Xmas and potentially not land till March of 07. I really do like the E500's but thought the treble was slightly recessed and that the midrange was a little warm (but in a good musical...

Just got a call from UE and there has been a delay. Really nice of them to call. This is really unfortunate, but its only another week! I believe Flavio from EarphoneSolutions.com was the first to report this in the Member Trade area but I figure I would post this anyway.

Is there any high-end FLAC player that is portable enough for the gym, etc.? I guess it doesn't have to be Shuffle size but I'm thinking more or less Nano size.

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2019008,00.asp Apparently its been released but I can't seem to find it on the UE site...is this really what it looks like....

Its September, does anyone know if the player is even due out by X-Mas? If not, I just may completely abandon ship.

For some reason, I've gotten into a Gershwin mood. He is wanted of my fav's cause its just so much fun. I keep on listening to one Gershwin CD, I forgot who, but I was wondering what are some of the definitive recordings of Gershwin. Any help comes much appreciated!

I've recently been told that the RSA Raptor is a "hybrid amp" and that is has SS and tube outputs. I didn't know this, my understanding is that this is purely a tube based amplifier with a tube output stage. From the websites they seem like pure tube amps. Perhaps my understanding is off, can...

So I'm awaiting the release of the Triple X (after holding back on the GS1K and preordering the E500 which I both heard extensively at the Nationals) and I need a pair of portable cans for the gym and travel. Anyway, I've been feeling down since my Qualia's are getting dusty since my...

I'm assuming the E500 is still on track for 6/15 release date, retail $499.99. What about the XXX? Any new info regarding these IEMs? I emailed UE yesterday and still have not heard anything (probably the holiday, they are usually lightening fast in responding).

I think when I'm come back from vacation/conference I'm going to pick up the E500's. Great, but now what? Ideally I would like a portable amp/dac solution that runs on battery and sounds superb. I suppose the likely contenders are: HeadRoom MicroStack RSA Hornet Rudistor NKK-01se HeadAmp...

So as like probably everyone on this board knows, last Saturday at 11AM Tool tickets went on sale for NYC in May during their pre-tour rounds. It kinda sucks that Tool Army members don't get presales for these shows (reason why I joined in the first place) but I'm told there will be presales for...

Well its official, my AKG's have been blessed by Mickey...I so hate Disney...but I got the left earspeaker replaced (looks like AKG did a full scan on the right one to be safe too) and it says here plain as the eye can see, AKG K1000 earspeaker, Disney Version! At least I know where to get...

Is this possible? I just realized that the Apogee does have line level control. I know some people use the DAC1 straight to the AKG K1000's, would same principle apply to the MiniDAC as well?

So AKG USA called me (nice bunch of folks, especially the head technician) and my left earspeaker is gone. Cost is $300 plus $10 to ship FedEx. Ouch! I don't know how this happened. My setup at work is an Apogee MiniDAC -> Sonic Impact Super-T -> AKG K1000. I was listening to them for a...

I see on the Wadia page they have the new Wadia 9 computer system? What's that EXACTLY (obviously a DAC is involved)? Also it seems like they are updating the 861 and transport? Anybody got the scope?

So, I've had this problem for a while and I thought the PS Audio UPC-200 would fix it but it looks it doesn't. When I listen to my setup (SCD-1->Dynamight->Q010) I got like some white noise or static like distortion coming mainly from the left channel (also the right but it seems more...

I'm addicted to this group. I absolutely love the sort of background ambient music of Tin Hat Trio (infact I am going to see them this Sunday at Tonic in NYC). Any other suggestions of music like them????? I know they are somewhat avant-garde jazz but I am looking for suggestions.