Quote: Originally Posted by MomijiTMO Not cool at all. Good luck figuring out the noise mate. Any idea on what it might be? It's the exact same noise that it makes when you turn it on..but at times it just repeats..like popcorn popping in a microwave or a machine gun. Bad...

Another point I might add. The inside of the amp looked super clean from the pics the amp's manufacturer posted here a couple months ago. That could have just been a model though, just like pictures of a well prepared Big Mac at McDonalds (they want to make it looks perfect and flawless)...

Got it shipped a few weeks ago from the guy who makes them in China. It's tailor made for W1000's, W5000's, the Denon line, and other low impedance cans. Supposed to sound like the high end Audio Technica ha5000 and has many of the same parts....good news, it does sound really good. For 250...

**Update** Two weeks later, these are sounding even better. I can honestly say I haven't touched my SR80's since. Songs just keep getting better on this. My view is still that with the right amp these can pretty much pull off any genre WELL as long as the recording is clean. Rock, Jazz, Hip...

Quote: Originally Posted by Pars It is an indicator light (LED), driven by a pin on the chip that does the HDCD decoding. Whether it is just flaky (bad connection in ribbon cable), or indicates some sort of malfunction I don't know. I was suggesting to open the case up (probably 2...

Quote: Originally Posted by Pars On my RCD-991, the HDCD LED is driven directly by the PMD-100 filter chip through a resistor, which does the HDCD processing. There is a ribbon cable from the main PCB to the PCB for the front panel. You might contact Rotel via email and they will send...

It's always lit red whenever an enhanced or HDCD disc is playing. Last night it stopped lighting...but it doesn't seem to be fused because it did work..but only for two tracks (13,14)....really weird. I checked the cd and it was pretty much scratch and blemish free. I tried another HDCD that...

Quote: Originally Posted by Happy Camper Contact Grado. They can re-cable at a fair price. You really have to keep an eye on the twisting thing at both the cable entry to each can and at the Y yoke. Otherwise, UPGRADE-thirty....... I just checked with my home setup, they're...

RIP Grado SR-80's ..my first audiophile esque headphones, bought them brand new. They will rest well in the Pizza Box Feb 2007 - Feb 2010 The right side just died today...I will miss them. I noticed from the get go that the cables that come down from the cups would spin together and...

Quote: Originally Posted by BIG POPPA What about the Woo3+ with the Teflon tube sockets, Black Gate caps, WBT RCA's, and the Furutech Rhodium plated IEC with the Furutech Rhodium Fuse? Oh yeah, that is what I have!. It does very well with low impedance cans and the others. How...

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Quote: Originally Posted by kunalraiker WA6 is nice for low imped headphones. How much would it run me used? And how often will a used one pop up?

For Audio Technica W1000's, sourced through a modded Rotel RCD-971. I'm only familiar with the LCIII though. LCIII pros: *I can get the LC III used for cheap and locally. *Supposed to sound way better once you upgrade the tubes *No hum *The people who have reviewed it say it sounds...

headphone amps or a used/demo section would be good too

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