Happy days - got a new DAC, resurrected the old HP1 phones, and have Ripped all my CDs, and have some Morduant Short tiddly speaker in case I don't want the cans on. All is good.   The 'cans' generally sound way better than the speakers, then one day there was a track where the stereo image...

Another vote for Stan Beresford - Stan's the man..   Entry-level: 257----------- Alien (1) AOL Picollo DAC (1) Apogee Duet (5) Asus Essence ETX (5) Audio Alchemy DDE v1.1 (1) Audio-gd Compass (21) Audio-gd Compass - FUN (4) Audio-gd Sparrow (2) AUNE mini DAC + amp (1)...

Wow, this is a lively forum - thanks for all your replies. The HP1 headphones are going to get a new headband (shame I have lost one of the screws) - thanks for the link to instruction for repair - and I'll keep on using them. Although I have had them from new, they are probably getting a better...

Hi Guys,   First post - have just resurrected my old Yamaha HP1s (had been laying about 15 years) to listen to my Beresford Caiman DAC and they sound great - but the head strap is pants so thought they were for the bin.   Went to local Hi_Fi shops and they said Grados - they had never...