Hi there, I'm just thinking loud here... Would the PPA have enought power to drive the K1000? What about using one PPA for each channel? I tried to find specs on power rating of the PPA, but couldn't find any. Thanks

Anybody got a clue? I've paypaled him money for some tubes some two months ago and still haven't received any goods. I've tried to contact him through his paypal email and through head-fi pm with no response. Thanks

Somebody posted this at the audioasylum today: True confession time from the closet life. I am one of the most sickly twisted earspeaker fanatics that I know (actually, I'm the only one that I know). On this blue note, may I suggest two things: If you have a largish walk-in closet, listen to...

Anybody else experiencing slow cable service through COX in Orange County? I'm averaging about 50kbit/s during downloads and often it takes literally minutes for anything to happen. I'm considering dropping the service and go back to dial-up unless there's a technical problem on my end.

Hi there, I thought that some of you may appreciate listening to high quality binaural recordings of audio dramas. Check out www.zbs.org ZBS Foundation is a non-profit organization that puts out weird and whacky audio plays. My favorite is 'The fourth tower of Inverness', which isn't a...

I'm looking into redoing my cable for my AKG K1000. Do you guys think 20ft is too long a cable? Anybod got any recommendations about which cable to use (brand, specs)? Thanks

Hello everybody, I'm trying to find a one-box solution for the living room. Must Have: * Good sound (haha) * Enough power to drive AKG K1000 and regular speakers * Decent headphone circuit for regular phones * Built-in phono stage * Easy to use * Kid proof, no boiling hot surfaces...

Hello there, I'm looking for a high quality male RCA connector that can be mounted to a chassis preferably with isolating washers. Finding male connectors without threads for homebrown ICs are easy to find and so are female threaded RCAs, but I can't find a threaded male. Any input?

It probably happened already to most of you, but I'm really angry. My mother send me a CD from good old Germany across the Atlantic and I can't rip it to my iPod. Adding insult to injury, when you put it into your harddrive, a small player application starts and plays the CD in 48 bps mp3...

Thanks for tuning in. I've got my AKG K1000/Bottlehead Paramour/Bottlehead Foreplay system up and running for about four weeks now, so I'm over the first overenthusiastic reactions and proud papa syndrom and ready to post a review of this system. Since the AKG K1000 headphones are the only...

Greetings to all accoustical music lovers! I've just received my SACD copy of the latest Los Angeles Guitar Quartet album called Latin and played it yesterday night. This is great music to sit back and relax with especially with headphones. The latin tunes they are featuring are...

Dear fellow Headphone geeks, Over the long weekend I finally finished my Bottlehead Paramour 2A3 tube amp kit and I would like to share with you my initial impressions. My system consists of a Clearaudio Champion turntable with a Rega ST250 Quintwire arm and a low output moving coil Benz...

Hey, just wanted to let everybody know that my wife just gave birth to our third kid. Wife and baby are doing fine and I already have a suspicion that the baby girl is going to dig AKG cans big time! Since she's female she won't develop the 'my bass is bigger than yours' syndrome and just...

Hi there, I've just completed (or so I thought) my first DIY project after having kept my iron in a closet for a decade. I've decided to start small with a CMOY amp and low and behold I mixed up + and - and fed the opamp with the wrong polarity. After correcting my mistake the opamp gets...

Hi again, Today was my big day and I finally decided to get stuff on order: * AKG 1000 from Headroom. * Foreplay preamp and paramours mono blocks from Bottlehead. I know some other folks here have tried this combination sucessfully. Is there anything I should be aware of? Any...

Hello everybody, Has anybody heard the Cairn 4808 A integrated amplifier yet? It has a separate headphone amplifier circuit inside and stereophile found it decent. Anybody tried AKG1000s on the speaker out? What makes it interesting to me is that it may be the one box to drive regular and...

My team just lost 0:2. Listening to Miles' Kind Of Blue masterpiece. After hearing the first track, So What, I'm feeling much better! Hey, anybody heard of Brazilian made headphones? (They know how to do Samba, though).

Dear fellow headphone geeks, Please help me out with suggestion about my next purchase. Disclaimer: Please, all my comments down below are subjective to my ears. Nothing of this should be taken as a review or as the truth. This is what I hear with my ears and my system. There should be no...

Hello everybody, I'm travelling a lot and got a portable Panasonic 580 CD player with Etymotic 4Ps and I'm very happy with the sound. Only drawback is lugging around all the CDs for my trips. Question: Will any of the hardrive based mp3 players come close to the sound of the CD player? My...

The subject says it all. Is either the iPod or the PJB100 powerful enough for the etys 4s without an amp? Portability is an issue for me and I don't like hauling an amp around. Should I get the 4P or the 4S?

Hi everybody, I wonder, what do you guys think is a good cost balance for all your stereo gear. Let's assume for the sake of the argument that all equipment is worth what it costs, i.e. a $2,000 amp is a $1,000 better than a $1,000 amp. I'll make a start: I think a single source with...

Hey Rick, I'm noticing that your icon looks younger every week, how come? That reminds me, I think I saw your icon you've used a couple of month ago on a poster at a wall. I couldn't read that quickly what it was about, have you had a concert in Orange County lately?

Boys and girls I need your help: The whole mess started about a year ago when my cousin asked me why I don't get into listening to music more seriously. (I play several musical instruments and love to go to concerts and live music has been with me all my life) Having small kids and absolutely...

Hello there, I've got a question here: Does it make any sense to buy a DVD Audio without having a DVD Audio capable player? Looking at Audio DVDs in stores they all have DVD Video capable audio track, but is the sound any better than regular CD? Would I need a dts decoder?Why is it all so...