Man, it only took 6 days for my Jecklin Float Model 1 to arrive from Australia (HOPE! The bladder trouble getting better . . . LOVE! EWAN!). They look exactly like the Model 2 as featured in the recent thread on the now invisible certifiably inane board. Here's the picture from that CI...

I’m desperately in need of a new source. I’m currently using a Sony DVP-NC650V DVD/SACD player. The 650V is the 5-disc version of the 500V. The overall sound of this unit with my SinglePower MPX3 is harsh and mechanical sounding. I think the MPX3 is just too revealing to use with the cheap Sony...

I bought a set of Audioquest Little Feet from a local audio store a few days ago. Funny thing is, I think I can hear and see a difference. I have them placed under my cheaper Sony DVP-NC650V DVD/SACD player. It seems that the picture quality has improved quite noticeably: smoother and more...

I just picked up this classic 1974 recording on CD today and am still shaking my head over how good it sounds. Who needs SACD when redbook can be THIS good. I bought the recently remastered HDCD version (although my CDP cannot decode HDCD). Court and spark is one of the best sounding redbook...

http://www.taddeo-loudspeaker.com/ the Taddeo Digital Antidote II is suppose to make digital sound more like analog by correcting the phase errors inherent in the redbook standard. apparently, vocals become smoother and fatigue is reduced using the Digital Antidote II. i guess it's a poor...

I received my SinglePower MPX3 today. Normally, I wouldn’t even think of making comments on an amp until it was fully broken in. But this is the first headphone amp I’ve owned that sounds great right out of the box. This thing sounds so kick-ass that I feel I can’t help but make a few...

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this might be a bit difficult. i'm asking you to pick your all-time favorite beatles song. if your fave is not on the poll, please post. and in case you don't like the beatles, please click here.

NOS tubes = New Old Stock. Old tubes that have never been used and made in the ‘golden age’ of tube manufacture. Modern production tubes = new tubes usually made in Russia, China, or the former Yugoslavia. Issue: do NOS tubes deserve all the hype they get? Based on the glowing...

In case you’ve never heard of this amp, audio advisor is selling it for $235. It is featured in their catalog but not yet shown on their website (so you’ll have to call them for more info). Apparently, AA claims that the db systems amp is the best sounding amp they’ve sold in several years...

I've searched on this topic and can't come up with a definitive answer. It seems like the majority of people like the headphone jack in the ‘trans’ position, and a minority the OTL jack. I’ve heard some people call the sound out of the OTL jack ‘unnatural’ and ‘unbalanced.’ Others have said...

hope everything is going okay on my equinox order. just wishing you a happy big three-five. from one Leo to another, happy birthday, man.

Just got my Grado RA-1 back from Grado yesterday (it took them a month!). I sent it off of repair when I heard significant distortion through it using my HD580s. Grado’s invoice said they could find nothing wrong with the unit. They shipped the same one back to me. Hooking it up to my...

http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/3257/ Some of the younger guys are saying, “what the hell is a horror movie host?” Back before the days of infomercials, local stations had to fill up airtime with something. Usually, it was Brady Bunch reruns and the like. But most markets had a...

Aimee Mann’s lost in space comes out on August 27. I know it’s weird talking about an album that’s not out yet, but I’ve just heard a promotional copy of lost in space. But you can hear streaming digital of all the songs in their entirety (albeit mono) at her web site, www.aimeemann.com ...

Well, I either have a bum unit or the RA-1 *can’t* drive the HD580s after all. Just got my new RA-1, plugged it into my CDP via my outlaw IC’s and . . . whoa! . . . it’s distorted as hell. The sound is okay until about the 9 o’clock position. Then only the left side becomes distorted. I...

Just got back from the headroom world tour Detroit. Unfortunately, I got lost and was an hour late. So I only had an hour’s worth of listening to do. That’s too bad because I easily could have spent four + hours in there. So I must say that my impressions are the VERY initial kind. I would...

half off on (most) wireworld IC's, speaker cables, and power cords. http://www.audioadvisor.com/store/mf...orld&MFGID=201

for those of you who don't know this artist, micheal hedges is technically in the 'new age' category. i know, i know . . . i don't like new age either. but aerial boundaries is probably the most incredible guitar performance i've ever heard. it is simply unbelievable that most of these songs...

i'm sudying abroad next term and need something portable to use while in europe. i'm thinking of going for the ety ER4-P and a decent panasonic portable CDP. my current set-up is the senn 580 and creek headphone amp (which are, of course, too big to take with me). my question is how does the...