Double post.

Quote: Check, check and check again. Also, remember to use a pair of cheap headphones for the first test run. I forgot to do this and got lucky, but it could have turned out very badly for my beloved SR80is.

  Yes, if the cap fails, it could expose that channel to 19VDC. However, unless you wired it backwards, it's just an unfortunate component failure. I wired mine point to point and it worked fine from the get go, so you never know.   Quote: If it was me, I would replace the...

I got a pair of Grado SR80is last Christmas, and I've been listening to them daily since then. I've always read that they really open up when amped, but I had no idea just how much until I plugged them into my brand-new-build-by-me 12SR7GT Starving Student Millet Hybrid headphone amplifier.  ...

I'm in the process of building a cheap hybrid amp and I've been contemplating getting a DAC to go with it. Saw this thing on amazon and for the price I was curious to as to how good it was. Thanks for the review!

     I first got interested in "nice" headphones last September before a family trip to California. I ended up buying a set of SR60is, and I loved them.       Well, come Christmas, I end up getting a set of SR80is. I was ecstatic until I plugged them in. They seemed to be very harsh and they...