It was a big oops in terms of ambient noise, for sure. but wouldn't you say it was much better-attended because you got walk-up traffic from 2-channel folks who were browsing the expo hall?? Just from my memory, the Axpona 4 years ago that i attended (the first ear gear expo year?), it wasn't...

Ok. I caught brent jessee on the phone before he shipped them. I will come up with something else.... Thanks for the reply.

Anybody verify use of E288CC yet for Mjolnir 2??? I just bought a pair but don't want to roll them in until i know smoke won't emit from the amp. I know Lyr users in the past had no trouble..... Thanks in advance.

Jay-z to buy tidal..... ...making jay-z the only musician to ever make money off a streaming service. :deadhorse:

I have found in my experience though, that tubes can be microphonic or noisy with the APV, and silent through other gear. I am not sure why that is... I believed for a while, heck maybe still believe, that the tube socket was to blame. The socket isn't the tighest i have seen, thats for sure...

i can't imagine doing that. adding just one gram of additional weight would be enough to snap the neck.     besides, I don't find the XC lacking in any way that damping material would fix. I don't really find them lacking much in any way, actually...

I'm not sure that's even a possibilty with my set up, sandab. After all, the auralic is streaming pcm cd-quality music directly from a usb networked drive. There is no intermediary. So 44.1 stays 44.1. And 16 bit stays 16 bit. The sound over ethernet is better than wireless at this point...

Got my Aries today. And i know it is quite early.... But, i tried it wirelessly with my main rig, and was quite disappointed. This is vs a stock macbook pro running usb to the PS Audio directstream. Wired, it seems to be a touch better. But the kicker is that i bought it to be a wireless...

jose i know you are dying to hear the headphone made to pair with the mha100 !!!

Just joined the club. took delivery of the LCD-XC from Headroom. so far, i must say that i prefer the way the XC images over even the LCD-3. closed headphones just "do it for me."  the bass presence, the way they pressurize the ears. the way the edges of the soundstage have more palpability...

Quote:   This is very interesting. When we speak, Todd continues to impress upon me that the Peak does well as a preamp.   I have a Parasound JC-2 preamp, and keep thinking that i should give the Peak a listen in that capacity to see what it sounds like...

So glad to see this thread getting so much action lately. lots of great insight and pics...   To give a brief update on my new VPI JMW 3D tonearm and Ortofon Cadenza Bronze cartridge...   The sound just keeps getting better and better. The dynamics and speed of this combo eclipses my...

re:  the cable jacket twisting between the Y-connector and the ear cup.   this is typical for the cloth jacket type cabling.  the D7000 and other denons suffered with this problem.  as do the audio technicas (possibly worse). some people may have never experienced this, others have.  it...

It's available in black now. Except the jc-2 pre. Which won't be available in black for a couple months... The black looks nice.

The pic is a bit misleading. The tv niche is just part of the room. The room is 15 x 30. The parasound was purchased to have separates. The harbeths will move to the home office(with LFD still) and this main rig will have Legacy Audio Aeris speakers. In about 5 weeks. The Aeris has a DSP...

Quote:   Definitely a leap forward.   i know i have better gear now than when i owned the D7000....  but, the leap between D7000 and TH900 is as big as that between the HD650 and HD800.  in my opinion.   it's the difference between a headphone that annoyed me quite a bit but had...

i owned the LD MKVI+ for a while.   great amp for the price.   however, i might be mistaken, but i think it's designed for the 6SL7 tube. can be used with 6SN7.  but i think it affects the output.   making it slightly quieter than with the 6SL7 tubes.   a good buddy of mine bought...

my analogy would be this:   autotune is to music what steroids are to athletics.   all artists today who would be considered great singers instead have an asterisk next to their name in the long run. because they have been using performance enhancers.    give me the pre-steroid Bo...

i heard the HE-400 (Justin W./Headamps's) for the first time this past weekend at Canlanta. and was pleasantly surprised by it. couldn't really hear a huge difference between it and the HE-500 off the gear that Justin had on hand.   his source was an Oppo BDP-95.  i think the HE-500...

sam, i don't think anyone here is going to be able to offer comparisons.   i will only say that the JKenny products should be well worth the difference in price.   i own the JKDAC32. and while i have not compared it to something like the Explorer or Dragonfly, would it surprise you...

mine is serial no. 00687.  came with wooden stand, and the swivels match perfectly.  

^  holy cow. what an impressive shootout.