I finally made my extension cable last night. I used solid core cat 5. It will not be moved around so I'm not concerned about cracking solid core. It's about 35 ft long and I noticed I had to turn up the volume a little bit on the amp. I just hope I'm not getting any degradation in sound...

I was thinking about getting the DT880' s or 990' s will my EF1 drive these or should I be looking for the 250 Ohm cans? Maybe it would help if I gave the specs. I don't know what this stuff means so maybe you guys could help me out here. Opamp: OPA275 Tube: 12AU7 (SINO) Frequency Response...

I want to put a jack in the wall like this :   http://www.parts-express.com/neutrik-rean-nys230-1-4-stereo-jack-non-switched--092-124   Would this be good or is there something better to use? Also what do you use for stress relief for the wires on the back side so they aren't just hanging...

Hello...I've been reading a lot of posts here and can't decide what to get for Rock music. I love the 580's for Classical but I would like something else for Rock. I want to try a sealed back phone and was leaning toward either used Denon D2000's, new Denon D600's or AKG 550's, or maybe...

This isn't a head amp board but I'm a noob trying to replace some caps and I'm trying to figure out how to hold this thing when I desolder the old caps. Any ideas would be appreciated. http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/a...1/P1000431.jpg

I'm trying to desolder some capacitors on a board. I turned the heat on my Hakko up to 800 deg. and still can't get the solder to melt. what am I doing wrong?

I want to order a Hakko 936-12 from HMC Electronics and I need some help picking out a desoldering wick and some solder. I was thinking about this : Kester Solder SN63254466: Kester Wire Solder, Sn63/Pb37 Alloy, .025" Dia., #44 RA Flux, #66 Core Size, 1-lb. Roll, Kester P/N 24-6337-0018. Would...

I have two sources, a cable box and a dvd player and one input on my EF-1. Would an RCA splitter at the input of the amp to receive both sources cause a problem if I only have one at a time powered on?

Whats the best way to clean the center (banana plug) hole on a silver five way binding post? Anything I might have around the house would be nice. Thanks Willne1

Anyone using there cable TV box with Music Choice channels? I use it all the time connected to my EF1 with my HD580's. Non stop music and REMOTE Control...hard to beat. I'm surprised that after doing several searches I couldn't find anything about cable boxes here. I have a Motorola DCT6200 box...

I just got my EF-1 today. Can I break it in by just leaving the power switch on.... or do I have to have the phones connected with a signal passing through? William

I'm a noob trying to get some tools together and it looks to me from the pics I see here in the forum that these helping hands are pretty junky. What do you guys recommend I get? TIA William

Whitch one of these do you guys think would be better for my HD580 phones. Or maybe something else would be better in that price range. I know it might depend on if you like tubes or not. But this will be my first amp so I don't know yet. I'll be using it with a B&K Reference 50 preamp. TIA...

Hello everyone, been reading a while but this is my first post. I have a Clip and the CX300's. I don't like the cord being different lengths and all the noise I here from it banging against me while I'm walking. I was thinking about getting the C751 from what I read on this forum. I listen to...