I am wondering if anybody has any experience with demo sale items from couple of online music gear retailers, such as Audio Advisor, Music Direct, etc. Their demo sale items typically are 20% to 30% below new price. I have called them to ask about demo sales before. They all say demo sale items...

I am interesting in getting a Schiit Lyr, but its rather high THD bothers me. According to Schiit's own specifications, Lyr has THD less than 0.1%, which is considerably high compared to many other amps around the $500 range. Many of them have THD less than 0.01%, which is ten times less than...

I listened to a pair of LCD2 rev2 lately with Benchmark DAC1 Pre's headphone jack. I have used HD650 in the past intensively. While the sound from LCD2 completely blows me away, I do feel LCD2.2 is actually a bit brighter than HD650. As a result, my ear becomes more fatigue by using LCD 2.2 than...