After sitting in on one of the various headphone designer / manufacturer seminars, and listening to the hype of how revolutionary their new drivers were and how 3d printing achieved a new excellence in their products, I made a swift exit to listen to these particular headphones before the rush...

From someone who regularly uses a sony x walkman, I can't complain too much with the sq from the SGS2. Poweramp is a must imo, it sounds a lot better than the stock player.

As our precious sony X's are to us and getting increasingly difficult to obtain a replacement, make sure you buy a silicone cover for yours. Even if you think you don't need one it's just one slip of the hand and it could be gone forever. I know it's saved mine a couple of times. I'd be lost...

Quote:   Excuse my dislexia, you are right. Man I wish I never sold mine all those years aggo, tapes were stuipdly expensive though.    

Sony portable DAT recorder DTC-D3. What is my prize?

I also owned a LD mk IV SE with 6H30-DR Russian Supertubes, and NOS mullard pre tubes. While I really liked the sound, I had no idea of how much detail and refinment I was missing out on until I heard an X-can v8p. The LD imo is hyped up and isn't anything special. It's now history.   The...

I'd be in there swapping out the battery for a higher capacity one. No way would I let my X become a paperweight so readily. 

The sound from my sony x series walkman through my d2000's is quite remarkable. Lovely, mature and refined, it's almost as good as my home x-can v8p v-dac rig. Plenty loud enough for indoor - garden listening, very very good match imo. 

Sorry you don't like the X fella, but you really ought to sell it on as there are still people who are looking for one. It's sound isn't hyped up, those of us who appreciate a refined subtle sq love it.

Still here on and off.   Mine was bought on the week of release so that's well over a year, it still puts a smile on my face when I switch it on. Sure it has it's faults but the sq more than makes up for them. Used 99% through the car hifi I'd be screw** without it.

Those Hong Kong £10 ebay  line out dock jobbies work a treat, they sound exactly the same as the sony cradle dock. There so good I bought two.  

My sony x is called "Werz megizmo", The damn thing keeps going walkabout.

Does the line out cable bypass the volume controls?

It seems people aren't feeling the love with the V8P, no idea why it isn't more popular because it's an incredible amp for the money. The sheer amount of detail compared to my LD MKIVSE is no match, the V8P is so much more revealing.

Thanks fellas. The vinyl material is from AS-Essentials It takes a lot of patients, practice and screwups to get the vinyl looking right, it's so easy to **** it all up and get stretch marks. the glue is brushed on and stinks something rotten. I hate doing it but the end result is...