Can I ask some questions: How is the soundstage of the L3000 (depth, width, heigth)? How is the balance in the midrange and how are the transitions from bass to midrange and midrange to treble? Any particular noticeable jumps in the frequency? In what areas are less expensive headphones...

Currently I have to read a few English books on political and philosophical topics with many words I don't understand. Is there a good and small digital dictionary which can fit into my pocket, which is recommendable? Thank you.

Quote: Originally Posted by oneeyedhobbit Are we quite sure thats a super mini? The internals don't look all that special, and the build quality (particularly the globs of solder hooking the opamp into that adaptor) don't exactly reek of the quality more commonly referenced in connection...

Thanks for the replies so far as they have been very helpful to me. I've also found some information on the Sennheiser HD 280 Pro and the Sony V6, which are both cheaper than the other headphones listed. How would these two compare to the others soundwise? On Ebay Germany I have also found...

After having settled on my home setup, I'm looking for a closed portable headphone for unamped and amped use with an old Porta Corda (white colour). I will mainly use the headphone unamped but also occasionally amped. My budget is $200. Therefore, I'd like to ask a few questions: 1. Which one...

I need to find the most stylish and good looking portable headphones for a Christmas present. The Audio Technicas look nice but besides that any suggestions? Thanks

Can vague generalizations be made on soundcard vs. standalone. e.g. 100$ emu 0404 against a good 200-300$ cdp (Pioneer 563 or Philips 963)? Or maybe Emu 0404 against a Toshiba?

Quote: Originally Posted by Jan Meier Audio Valve is currently working on an all-tube amp that has crossfeed. It will be produced exclusively for Meier-Audio. It should be ready in a few months. Also Headroom did have plans for producing their own tube amps but I'm not sure whether...

As the title says, I'm looking for a tube amp that has an integrated crossfeed. The reason for this questions obviously is that I want a tube amp to drive my Senn HD 650 with but I just can't live without crossfeed. However, at the same time I don't want to use an external crossfeed device...

Quote: Originally Posted by crazyfrenchman27 HD-25s sound very small too me (almost like an earbud, certainly not a sound that envelops you). I don't know why that might be... It sounds almost like a sennheiser trying to be a grado, but with the aforementioned sound quality I...

How would the HD 25 compare to the Grado 125 in sound quality only because I figured they'd be in the same price league? What about other open headphones in that price range and is it good for gaming? I'm really interested in these headphones now

Quote: Originally Posted by rodbac Pinkie, you're showing exactly how little "school" you have experienced, I'm now thinking, so don't take this too personally. "School" doesn't refer to just those classes that have "set questions and set answers", like calculus and history. "School"...

I'm looking for a pcdp with great sound quality and at least some sort of anti-shock. I've tried the Sony D311 and although the sound was pretty good, the lack of anti-shock was very annoying, for exmaple when I had to restart the CD just because I was going downstairs. Size doesn't really...

You sure, you aren't sponsored by some sort of medical association? I think I'll just go to a doctor and let him check my ears / remove possible ear wax. Thanks for all the information! Quote: Originally Posted by lini Bayerdynamic: Do you smoke? My right ear seems less sensitive...

Quote: Originally Posted by 3lusiv3 Are you talking about hearing difference when using headphones only? Isn't one side always louder than the other side? Headphones only, but it's always the left side louder than the other. Quote: Originally Posted by plainsong My...

Recently I have noticed that my right ear isn't as good as my left ear anymore. Does anybody know of a good device to control the sound balance without degrading the sound quality too much? I was thinkin of the Sennheiser tool from Headroom but they stated themselves that that device is not...

Do tube-based cdps such as the tjoeb 4000 need a "warm up" time because of their tubes or will they work just as any other cdp? Thanks

Please note that I haven't heard either amp but from what I've read I suppose a top-spec PPA with diamond buffers should be in the same league.

Althought this question might have been posted a couple of times already, I was still wondering whether with a 600-700$ budget I should rather buy a pair of low-end speakers + integrated amp (for a small dorm room) or a pair of Senn HD 650 + cable upgrade + headphone amp, for mostly classical...

Well, KS doesn't work either. I got the foobar with integrated KS and when I try using KS it says ERROR (foo_out_ks) : KS output error: error opening device. And as said, winamp simply crashes.

Quote: Originally Posted by lan Bayerdynamic, what soundcard do you have? For the time being I only have a onboard chip: Realtek ACL650 6Ch And I use Win 2k

Hi, call me incompetent but I just can't get either Asio or Kernel Streaming to work on foobar or winamp. I download the files from this one japanese site where everybody downloads from. Then I opened the zip archive, then went to the folder "bin" then there are several options: "normal"...

Sorry for the double post: moderators: please delete this if possbile. Thank you. Hi, call me incompetent but I just can't get either Asio or Kernel Streaming to work on foobar or winamp. I download the files from this one japanese site where everybody downloads from. Then I opened the zip...

Thank you for all the posts! A few questions: I've checked the AOS website. Is the Piccolo the same as the PPA DAC (if put into an external enclosure)? EDIT: I checked the website again...it is the same...the sostenuto looks tempting as well... Does a decent transport + an external DAC...

Hi, right now I am trying to build up a system around my Sony CD3000. I will get a proper amp in the future (ppa, perreaux or whatever) but right now I am rather worrying about a decent source since the amp can only amplify what's already there.... Actually I have 2 questions, a specific and...