Hey all, Long time Head_Fier, but developed tinnitus and have stepped away from our wonderful hobby. I have sold most of my cans but have a few special ones I kept. I am looking to move them to a great home but wanted to get thoughts on current market value on these since I haven't seen one...

I can't find anything on the Turbulent site detailing changes between all the Magnum drivers. I have a Magnum Lite v2 MS2i (Symphones drivers and aluminium housing) that I subsequently upgraded to V2.5.   Since then Symphones has stopped doing the lite and full alu mods and are focused...

Has anyone tried out the Concero HP? I'm curious to see how well it works with a variety of cans. Could be a great all-in-one portable box.

Quote:   Good point about resale. That crossed my mind too and I saw a killer deal on Senns IE80s for a little bit more than the XBA-4 so pulled the trigger. When they get here AND if the XBA-4s are still on sale with the 14 day moneyback, I'll pick up a pair and do an A-B.   Looking...

This is an excellent review. Well researched, well presented and with an opinion at the end.   I'm late to the party but I saw these in the shops when they were launched and balked at the ridiculously high RRPs. You could get TF10s, ER4P etc for what Sony were asking for with plenty of...

Anyone managed to compare the XBA-4 vs the 40?   While it seems to have been discontinued, lots of the old XBA stock remain in the system and Sony Australia are still keeping the website for this series live.   Local stores have started deep discounting them from their ridiculously high...

My God, this is never ending. I quickly went from V1 to V2 (or was it 2.5) and now fast forward to V4 and then the X?   I'm just going to wait for them to come up cheaper on the aftermarket.   Wait: X-drivers are only US$130 shipped internationally. Guess my spares wood or MS2 cups might...

Quote: Thanks A. Just wonder if I can get the V2s upgraded to the V4s. OR just simply get the V4 drivers. I have some spare cups and headbands lying around.

God, I've been away for a year and the thread has ballooned to 151 pages and the Magnums have gone from V2 to V4.   I had the V1 which I upgraded to the V2. Can someone tell me in a nutshell what changes there were between the V2, V3 and V4 to save me trawling through 100+ pages! Thanks!

Quote: Didn't stop them from releasing LCD-2 rev 2 did it? :-)   But LCD-3 is pitched at a higher price-point in order for there to be *some* product differentiation. Until we get final specs and details to compare and see if the extra $$$ is worth it, it's all speculation.   The...

Quote: Hey,sorry for your wallet.   Seriously though, this is quite endemic of the 'flavour of the month' rage that plagues HF.   I've no doubt that companies like Audeze are putting out good product, but they need to keep pumping out new revisions and expand the range to keep a...

You can look for used B22 (Beta 22) her on HF or commission someone to build one for you.

Quote: seriously??     Yep. The extra money went towards a holiday and some other hobbies.   But I kept my Grado GS1000i. :-)   Quote: Hey, you're right. But somehow, paying half the price of a set of cans for velour pads just seems...wrong. But my mind words in...

Quote: Completely different sound signature. The HD25 are closed cans and the 668B is semi-open. The HD25 has a lot of punch and energy (PRAT I guess) but sometimes feels fatiguing to me. The soundstage is also smaller than the 668B.   But the 668B are so cheap it's worth getting both. 

Delete. Sorry, double post!  

Bump! Anyone care to chime in?

I joined the Superlux train sometime late last year. It made me realise that I had been spending so much $$$ chasing incremental upgrades (sorry about your wallet, I know).   So I sold my sold my HD800 and K1000. And kept the Superlux. I was using cans that cost more than 20 times the price...

Quote: I can't seem to find it.   The Nuforce Icon page only has a picture of the RJ45 pin assignments as below. Assuming this is for those who want to DIY their own cable from scratch?   If so, does that mean that for the + and - connection, I can twist everything (except DO NOT...

Hi all,   I just picked up a second-hand Nuforce Icon (http://www.nuforce.com/hp/products/icon/index.php).   However, the previous owner strangely cut off the banana plug ends of the supplied RJ45 cat 5 speaker cable. The cables look something like this...

Quote: I'm overseas and away from my rig till Aug/Sep...will send pics when I get back! I bought mine in April 2010.   I have a pic of the board from when I was trying to isolate the problem: http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/714/gigawork.jpg/   To be honest, the upsampling...

Great review.   I own the same Lars DAC though my casing is slightly different from yours. The board and DAC implementation is the same.   However, I've had the upsampling card stop working TWICE. All happened when I was burning in the DAC. 70 hours in.   I sent it back to Hong Kong...

Anyone else have further impressions of the V3 Magnums?

At this rate, the V4s when and if they are released, will be completely Rhydon-designed. IE: Since he is getting a machinist working on gimbals etc, why not go the whole hog and do the housing etc.

People bang on about how overwhelming the bass on the V2s are. This isn't entirely true. It booms COMPARED to the V1s. I think that the bass issue is greatly exaggerated and has become almost an accepted fact here.   It's not. The bass is deep but not overwhelming. It doesn't boom at all. It...

Quote: Hurry and order the V3 so that I can buy it at a discount from you when you get bored with it...in say, two weeks?