A word of warning for users of a Beyerdynamic Headzone connected via Firewire to a Mac: Apparently the Headzone no longer works with a Mac running under Mac OS Ventura. Looks like Apple has killed its Core Audio support under Ventura. Still appears as a Firewire unit in the System Overview but...

I'm still deeply unhappy with my Denon HP-500. Six months later, it still sounds like the audio equivalent of a cold draught. Worse, all my music sounds as if it had been recorded in a totally dry room with all microphones stuffed deep into the individual instruments. It's been gathering dust...

Sooner or later, Tunein will pull the plug on Rogue Amoeba's Radioshift software. A real pity but it doesn't look as if we'd be able to do anything about this.   Does anyone know of a replacement for Radioshift? I particulalrly like its many possibilities for programming recording events...

What's the general verdict, if any, on the quality of the Headzone Pro as an A/D-converter and Headphone amplifier, disregading its surround/HRTF features?   Ralf

Does anyone know when the original K240 (600 ohms) were introduced?   Ralf

Prof. Dr. Fritz Sennheiser, the founder of Labor W, later to become known as Sennheiser electronic, has died on Monday at the age of 98. http://www.sennheiser.de/sennheiser/home_en.nsf/root/press_releases_180510_biographie