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    Sony NW-A40 Series NW-A45/A46/A47

    Hi - As I don't have £100's to burn for the sake of it, I have been chewing over whether to buy a Sony NWA45, which currently retail in the UK for £179. However, I have recently come across a retailer who is selling the Panasonic DP-30R (similar to the Onkyo DP-S1 Rubato, I believe) for £199...
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    Onkyo DP-S1 Rubato / Pioneer XDP-30R Private

    Thanks for the reply. This is a bricks and mortar retailer, so I'll see if they'll be happy for me to the Onkyo/Pioneer side my side with DX50. They don't stock the Sony A45 though. At the "sale" price, the Pioneer is just £20 more than the Sony, but at the original price of over £300, the...
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    Onkyo DP-S1 Rubato / Pioneer XDP-30R Private

    Thanks for the reply. To be honest, I hadn't considered the balanced facility as a possible deciding factor, but maybe I should. I don't have a balanced cable for my phones, I'll see if the retailer will let me try before buying, so I'll make sure I have some tracks on a spare microSD card so I...
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    Onkyo DP-S1 Rubato / Pioneer XDP-30R Private

    I have recently come across a retailer who is selling the Pioneer DP-30R for £199 which previously sold for £300+ and was wondering if any of you have heard this alongside an iBasso DX50. As I don't have £100's to burn for the sake of it, I have been chewing over whether to buy a Sony NWA45...
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    HD380 Pro VS Momentums

    Hi   I realise that your original posting was a long while ago, but I was wondering if you did eventually make the switch from the HD380 Pro's to Momentums.   I am in a similar position, in that I have been using the HD380 Pro's in the office for a few years, as my Grado's are way too leaky...
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    Sennheiser Momentum On-ear and Off-ear sound leakage question

    Thanks for the feedback. I'd also be keen to see how they compare with HD380 Pro's which are really good at sound isolation, but can also sound quite lifeless depending on what I'm listening to.
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    Sennheiser Momentum On-ear and Off-ear sound leakage question

    Hi   I'm hoping that someone may be able to advise on the sound isolation of the Sennheiser Momentum On-ear and Off-ear phones.   I'm looking for something to use in the office. My usual headphones of choice are Grados (I have SR225i's, 325e's, and RS2i's) but they're no good for the office...
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    Grado Fan Club!

      Just a quick follow-on from the earlier postings regarding the differences (or lack of) between my Graham Slee Novo and XCan v2. Having spent some more time with them, but this time with only headphone amp hooked up at any one time, I feel at last able to tell the difference!   The Novo is...
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    Grado Fan Club!

    The Grados I have float my boat nicely, so I'm happy to stick with them, and despite the impressions I might have given in m earlier posting, I'm actually really happy with the results of both the SR325e's and RS2i's plugged into either of the two amps mentioned. What I'm wondering is that if I...
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    Grado Fan Club!

    Thanks - I'll give that a try.   Just to be clear, the two pairs of outputs from my CD player usually feed (1) my main system of Naim amps and Monitor Audio GR60s skrs, and (2) a headphone amp. So are you suggesting that when I have both headphone amps hooked up to the CD player at the same...
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    Grado Fan Club!

    Something is puzzling me.   Over the past few years I have progressed through Grado models, having started with SR80s, through SR225i's, and I currently have both SR325e's and RS2i's. I certainly have no grumbles to make about my headphones, and I'm happy switching between the SR325e's and...
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    Graham Slee Novo Review (Disappointed)

    I recently purchased a Novo as (so I thought) an upgrade from a Musical Fidelity XCan v1 tube amp. The XCan has live with me for about 3 years, fed by my Arcam CD92 and into my Grados (SR80s, then SR225i's, and now into SR325e's). After 3 weeks with the Novo, I was expecting to have sold my...
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    Should I get a Graham Slee Novo or a Graham Slee Solo SRG?

    A week on from my last post, and with 80ish hours more on the Novo, I'm still trying to find a significant enough improvement the Novo offers over the XCan to justify the purchase. In no way am I saying it's not worth buying a Novo, but I bought mine as a un upgrade to my system, having owned...
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    Reply to review by 'daronharvey' on item 'Grado SR325e'

    In the past 18 months I upgraded from a pair of SR80's which I had owned for 4-5 years. I went to the SR225i's, having read comments about 325's being harsh and heavy. But for the past couple of months I have been the proud owner of a pair of SR325e's, and I absolutely love them. In my view, the...
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    Should I get a Graham Slee Novo or a Graham Slee Solo SRG?

    I have just purchased a used Graham Slee Novo, and really like it. It was bought as a step up from my Musical Fidelity XCan v1, but I'm struggling to decide which of the two amps (XCans and Novo) is better. I'm using Grado SR325e's. I thought that by now my X Can would be up for sale, but I'm...
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