Does anyone have any experience with using Grado Headphones with a Grado Cartridge? My old budget cartridge is getting a bit worn out and I feel like upgrading rather than replacing the stylus... because that's what I do! I was thinking of getting the Platinum Reference cartridge, but I'm...

Bit of a noobish question, i'm sure! I'm working on a three channel beta22 at the moment, using all the standard component values from the site (gain 8). If I want to use it as a preamp too, is it as simple as having a switch to choose between the headphone output and output phono sockets?

The stylus of my ortofon 05E has broken, so I figure it's time for an upgrade. My budget would stretch to a Grado gold, but would this cartridge be too much for the debut? Any other cartridges that would go better with the turntable?

I've decided to have another go at making my M.A.D. Ear+ kit I've been putting off for years, and I need to replace a few of the bits that have gotten lost over time. I looked on the CPC website for a simple IEC mains socket, and they have a wide selection of mains filters, like this one. Would...

Does anyone know where I can buy stranded silver wire (not cable) in the UK? I want to make my own silver cables from scratch, but I've only been able to find solid cored wire.

For the Ear+ amp I'm building, I'm using a really huge black gate cap in the power supply, purely because I love the way it looks Does using exotic components like this in a power supply actually make any difference, or do they only have that effect when in the signal path?

My only good headphones at the moment are my Shure e5c IEMs (Soon to be for sale cheap *cheeky grin*), and I feel the need to try something full sized for a change. I was planning on staying with IEMs and getting some UE-10 Pros, but from what I've heard of the new Shures, that would be a bit...

Hi. Does anyone who's made any cables with these plugs know what diameter the body of the plugs are? If anyone would be prepared to grab a ruler of your measurement instrument of choice and measure it for me, i'd be much obliged

Anyone who pays attention to my posts here (oh and profingersk8er ) might know that I'm currently building a MAD EAR+ Purist into a Wellbourne Labs wood case. Unortunately, when I was drilling the aluminium top panel of the case, it got quite badly scratched in places. Now I'm trying to...

Can anyone tell me what these are, and what they're suitable for? Can they only be used with digital, or would they be just as good for analog signals? The models in question are the new WBT Nextgen RCA connectors.

As if to mark my reaching 100 posts, last night I had a dream about auditioning headphones. The first dream I remember for years, and it's about something I almost want to beat me up for! Going into a shop and auditioning the RS-1s... I hate you guys (Annoyingly, because i liked them in the...

Does anyone know if it's possibly to use the EMU 1212m cards with one PCI slot, using a splitter, without losing performance? I have a spare mini-itx motherboard I could use as a music pc, but it only has one PCI slot!

I got this stepped attenuator switch from ProFingerSk8er when I bought his MAD EAR+ kit, but I've lost the link that told me how to wire it! I know a few other people here have them as it was from a group buy. If anyone has a link or instructions, I'd be really greatful if you could post them here

As much as I love my Shure E5s, I'd rather have some full sized headphones for home use. I'd considered getting IEMs, but I think I'd prefer to try full size for a change. I can't really afford or justify owning more than one good set of 'phones, so I'll have to sell the canalphones to be able...

I saw the link to these in the sticky, and just had to have one for my upcoming tube amp project! Has anyone here ordered one before? I'm curious to hear what people think of them, taking the price into account... (it's not too much compared to some, but it's still more than I paid for my cd...

...say that you're best off with none, and others saying that it can only help. If you had a choice betweed the following, which would you choose? * Unshielded. * One shield layer over all the wires * Each wire individually shielded * Each wire individually shielded plus a shield over all...

Well I was just about to make a mini to mini using my new pure silver cable... I cut the sheath to the right length, cut all the bits I didn't need, and even tapered the covering so that it wouldn't be such a tight fit in the connectors. Grabbed my wire strippers and went to strip the first wire...

I bought one of these on ebay, but googling the name seems to bring up nothing of any use. Does anybody know anything about them? It sounds pretty good to me, but I wondered if any of you more enlightened people knew if it's damaging the sound in ways i can't pick up on... All I know is that...

I've been put off upgrading my stand alone souece by you people, so i'm probably going to go for a PC based one instead. Since I'd saved a fair bit for the source before this decision, I can easily afford to get anything from the E-MU range. As the PC it will be based out of is rackmounted, it's...

I noticed that the original CMoy article had been taken down last time i made one of these things, which makes building a lot harder if you can't use Tangent's layout! To make things easier on future amp builders, I just made this up in Windows Paint. Hopefully it's all correct, as it's from memory.

Ack! I was making an amp for someone which i promised I'd send today, but it's not working. Being the moose I am, I never saved the schematic, and was just going by the HeadWise website, which now seems to be down. If anyone has a copy of the schematic, please link to it here! Thanks!

This is really just to get some ideas, as I don't have the money yet to buy anything. I'm looking for a cd player (can be seperate transport and DAC if you think it's better) around the £1000 level ($1800). I want something that I will never really need to upgrade from again if possible. It will...

I've been looking around for a pair of full size cans for quite a while now, having only owned the Shure E5s up til now. Last week I went into a local hi-fi shop and tried out the Grado SR-80s... and I loved them! The problem is that I tend not to be happy when i buy bottom of the range...

Has anyone used these before? 0.1% tolerance rating... I was considering using them for an ultimate stepped attenuator, but not sure if I might find something better. Obviously I want to be sure before i spend £150 on resistors!

I'm thinking of upgrading from my E5s to ultimate ears, but I can't find anything on the website about getting them sent here. I've tried emailing them, but always get a 'could not send' message. Anyone have any information on getting UEs outside of the US?