I really like my 650's (warm, and fluid, with great mids) but I've got "the itch" and a little more discretionary income so I want to take a step up in performance. I searched and found some recommendations from around 2012 and they all point to the LCD-2. With the headphone market deepening I...

I'm having a lot of trouble trying to figure out how to get Crossfeed and similar effects applied to my Google Play and other streams. I've look through threads but it's not only hard to find the current state of the art but it's also hard to build a mental model of how all the pieces fit...

I don't think all the kinks have been worked out of all the formats and devices. I came across a number of threads where people were having trouble with supported combinations. Particularly troublesome seemed to be streaming FLAC over mobile broadband.

I did a little digging and I think I have a rough answer.   Basically, the Plex server will "direct play/stream" (i.e. not transcode) a file if the client player (e.g. iPhone) supports that format natively.   So if you have FLACs on your PC and you use your iPhone as the player, the Plex...

I'm interested in this too.   I want to stream lossless audio files from my Plex server to my iPhone 4S and pipe that digital data into an external DAC hooked up to my headphone amp.   I think I've got the last leg of this figured out. (Jailbreak the iPhone, download the Camera Connector...

Got the tubes today and I can certainly tell the difference from the stock 6BZ7s. The highs are the biggest difference. They're more pronounced and give the music a little more dimmension but maybe at the cost of being slightly brash. Vocals are more pronounced too but not as much as the highs...

Yeah. Sure. I'll drop. Back in when I've tries them out.

Picked up a "Matched Pair Amperex 6DJ8 / ECC88 tubes,Branded HP,Made in Holland,Tested" from eBay yesterday for $70. They showed the test #s but I don know what the heck they mean. I was just excited to tinker with my new amp. Fingers crossed.

  Quote: Ah... so it's essentially the class of tubes listed by Schiit... 6DJ8, 6922, ECC88, 6BZ7, CV2492, CV2493, or 6N1P   Thanks!

I have the GE 6BZ7 in my Lyr. I had someone recommend Amperex Bugle Boy 12AX7s to me, but they were beaucoup dinky dao $$$. I only got my Lyr a week ago and I don't want to start dropping bone$ for tubes just yet.   At thetubestore.com I spotted the Tung-Sol 12AX7 at $15 each and the...

Quote: Thanks, man.   Just got the Lyr in tonight. Gave it a quick listen. I liked what I heard but the base bloom was still present. Need to dive a little deeper. I'll drop back in when I have further impressions. The Bugle Boy tubes def. sound interesting.

So I got both the Q701s and HD650s but the Lyr hasn't arrived yet. Still I put the set of cans through their paces with my Onkyo TX-SR805 fed by my iPhone. (Note: BTW... I am a total noob and don't have a lot of high end experience to draw from.)   Safe to say, I'm really enjoying both but I...

LordWormwood... Cool Altoid case mod. What do you have in it?

I've heard that too. I'd be happy to report back. Hopefully the comparison with the HD 650s will give me a good point of reference. I'm pretty psyched on the whole thing. Should have something up by Fri at the very latest.

What up, batches!   Just picked up a pair of Q701's to audition. I also have a Schiit Lyr and HD650's on the way.   Right now I'm driving the Qs with my Onkyo TX-SR805 fed by my iphone 4s.   Really enjoying them over my Senn HD280 Pros. It took a little getting used to. The Senns...