I'm upgrading my Senn HD-580s (+ a venerable Oehlbachs cable) to HD-650s + a cable from Toxic Cables.   Currently I have an E-mu 0404 USB into a maxed-out PIMETA as my source + amp.  Wondering if I should consider upgrading the amp.  I'm into bang-for-the-buck, which I typically assume means...

Overall: The iPod is a fairly quality piece of work hardware and software wise that is marred by horrible default earbuds, poor format support, poor gapless/prebuffering support and an extremely ghosty (i.e. slow response time) LCD. iTunes for Windows is... iffy. Packaging/look &...

After the left side of my Sennheiser HD-580 cable died (only about 17 months old too), I decided to splurge and get Jan Meier's Oehlbachs replacement cable instead of the stock cable. Jan and his U.S. partner were a pleasure to deal with, very professional, responding quickly to my questions...

Warning: long story ahead. Yesterday my wife called me at work and said, "I just got home... USPS tried to deliver your amp, I called them and had them hold it at the post office so you can go pick it up tomorrow." Ohboyohboyohboy! You see, I am a relative newbie to HiFi and Head-Fi. My...

Haven't seen anybody mention this CD, so I thought I would give it some props. Ever since I got it nearly a year ago it's been my favorite CD. Excellent production for an independent, quite varied stylistically (from techno to death metal to downtempo to crunchy hard rock, sometimes all in one...