Quote: re dinner:  is there a place in the hotel that can do a group thing for us? that'll certainly be the most convenient option! there are at least 2, maybe more, nearby diners, although i don't have their names or phone #s (if we wanna do that it's good to call them and give them...

No, but I worried about it, as the lines to the switch and back are physically near the signal lines. I would reroute them if I needed to, but so far I don't hear a need.

I followed sunneebear's example and made a balanced amp out of these little guys. Probably for the same reason-- I have a Matrix mini i DAC, and wanted to see what a balanced amp was like, without shelling out hundreds for amp and cables. And it does sound great-- at the moment I'm just...

  Quote:   Thanks! MDR-V200. The circle frames are the right size, but I did have to dremel down the pins to fit in the holes in the sides of the Grado cups.

You can find it! It's a JMoney headband. He used to sell through eBay, and had a website; I haven't checked either recently, but I noticed Headroom is carrying his stuff now too.

I used RIT for the pads on the collapsible mod. I took them out after what seemed like a long time, an hour or so, rinsed them, and they were not yet perfectly black. So I threw them back in, weighed them down, and left them in a very long time-- maybe not overnight, but hours and hours-- and...

  Quote:   Thanks! That's a Switchcraft jack. I bought that cable; would have made it but the Fraggler was selling what I wanted for what the cable would have cost to make. I did make the cables in the middle mod.   The wood cups in the first mod were made by pendles, the spacers in...

I've done a few Grado mods so I thought I'd add a post. The first was to a SR-125.     I bought the cups from someone on Head-Fi, used a JMoney headband and wooden tips, the big earpads, and the Dynamat mod. I found the wooden cups had a really positive impact on the sound; they...

I picked up a new product I like, that some of you might be interested in too. I work at home and my desktop system has become my main system. Over the last couple years I've whittled down my sources to just a few. Ninety per cent of the time I use iTunes on my Mac, though I still play CDs...

Joneeboi you might want to put that new link on your first post. Until I saw this I thought the old site had just disappeared. Glad to see it is still up-- I'm about to try modding some old iPods that need new batteries-- as long as I'm in there anyway. [Sorry, when I clicked the link the...

I have one and it bites. The Pro-Ject's circuitry degrades the line out signal (as compared with several plain jane line out docks I have made to go with portable amps). ALO Audio has a similar product-- a dock with line-out-- pricey for what it is but I wish I had bought one instead of the...

Thanks very much for your answers! I found the 9-pin D connector at RadioShack. I am going to do an adaptor first just to confirm the amp is working, then can decide where to go from there, but long term a panel-mounted connector to match the Headroom one makes sense. I'm going to watch the...

I bought a Hart Chiarra amp on eBay inexpensively. It needs a power supply, not just an IEC, which I hadn't realized. It takes a + or - 15 V supply. Hart sold a kit for the PS too but they seem to be out of business now. I noticed an APS Headroom wallwart I have is + or - 15 V. I thought I...

USB input is for PCs only (according to the manual).

I've used the thin strips of veneer to cover exposed plywood before and those are suprisingly easy to use. I've never tried sheets. Probably a bit harder. I bookmarked this piano black finish page a while ago, if it helps. I haven't tried it myself yet. Hopefully this weekend I will...