Here is the set up i use ZO a lot.Lenovo S-10-3 netbook with 256GB OZC SSD,HotAudio WOW usb dac and Yuin G1A.And yes i use Koss clips for the G1 b/c i find them more comfortable than the Yuin clips.     ZO build quality is good enough IMO. Polycarbonate is strong material and ZO feels...

Danny i use Linux OS so no foobar2k.Foobar is only for Windows. I run Crunchbang Linux on the netbook which is a light weight OS.I use a variety of music players on this other than VLC,like Decibel and Audacious.Sounds good to me.I know that Foobar is better than VLC on Windows. But is there...

I’m using my ZO2 all the time,I bought it 2 months ago so I guess this is the ZO2.3 version?Unlike most people I don’t use it on portable devices or out of a phone jack. I use it on a “transportable system”  consisting of a 10’ Lenovo netbook  and a Hotaudio WOW usb dac.I connect the line out...

I can wear Stax SR001/003 for over 12 hours!Grados no more than 2 hours.

You'll find coffee aficionados ,lets call them coffeephiles,think cheap instant coffee from the super market is bad. I'm not an expert, but I don't doubt there is better coffee out there for a higher price.But I still buy the cheap instant coffee Nescafé or whatever is on sale.I just want some...

Nice work! But no Stax logo

Quote: Originally Posted by dan1son The thing that always boggles my mind is how nobody even wants to listen to them. Not one person asked... . Most people don't even know what "good sound" is.They have no idea what to hear for.

I wish I could hear Joy Division for the first time again !I've been listening to these 2 albums for 25 years now on any format you can imagine:Original vinyl,cassette,Factory CD,London CD,Heart & Soul boxset,DAT,DCC,MP3,AAC,ALAC,MiniDisc you name it. I've probably listened to these 2 albums...

320 kbps AAC sound very good on my set up (2009 Mac mini-->Xindak DAC-5-->Stax SRM-323ii-->Stax Lambda Signature) .Almost as good as ALAC. Lame mp3 320kbps on the other hand not so much...the sound is harsher and a bit less detailed than either AAC 320 or ALAC.

Not as good as EAC but for making audio files for an iPhone iTunes should be just fine as long as you enable the error correction option in it.

Only the first edition i.e. the Factory vinyl had the sides labeled "Outside" and "Inside" AFAIK .The cassette came out more that 5 years later in 1984.I bought the original vinyl release (the one with the textured sleeve) from London in 1983. The original tracklisting is this: Outside 1...

UP doesn't really have sides 1 and 2.Only "Outside" and "Inside".I had the original UK LP release many years ago and for years i used to start listening from the "Inside" side with "She's Lost Control" And i still prefer this order as i'm used to it since i was a teenager.

Unknown Pleasures is a masterpiece of German expressionism.An astounding deput.