I would generally prefer relatively minimalist pads (not big wuzzy-fuzzies) but would be happy to hear all recommendations.

Has anyone had this problem, and how did you fix it? Thanks, Don

Is there a notable difference between the coax out and the usb out?

I am not sure where this post goes. I am using my IPhone with a camera connection kit to get an usb input to a Mytek Brooklyn and HD800 by my bed. This sounds remarkably good, but I would like to have something that has more storage and that I could leave hooked up most of the time. It would...

My right channel on Westone W4R went out.  I think the problem may be the cable. Westone tells me the W4R is obsolete and cannot be repaired.    They will give me a special deal on an upgrade to current model--$375 plus shipping..   Thanks.  I am old-school enough to think $400 items are...

I have had a P-51, I think, five years. I got it shortly after they came out. For a long time, it surprised me when it needed to be charged, and I would charge it over night. Gradually, it needed more frequent charging.  Now a charge is good only for about three hour of  play time. It is a...

I am interested in music.  Audio gear, as far as I am concerned, is a necessary evil. I find comparing components a tedious and confusing experience. So I have been using 3 Ipod classics, an RSA amp, and Westone 4R IEM, for several years.  As long as the gear doesn't call attention to itself and...

I am interested in music, not interested in gear.  I got a couple of Ipod classics--one 5th, one 6th gen--an RS P51, and Westone 3 (replace with 4R, at some point) and forgot about it.  This arrangement sounded good enough that the equipment didn't get in the way of the music, so I was happy...

I am using Westone 3s out of an Ipod classic. This is an amazing 6.5 ounces of muic. How much can I improve it with a high-end portable amp? 5

The ULN-2 is supposed to be an excellent DA converter (and, of course, much else). How is the Heaphone out amp? Thanks in advance. db

I have read a big percentage on the posts of the HD800. I wish I had kept count, but it seems to me in retrospect that it is mostly jazz-classical listeners who like the HD800, and pop-rock-metal-electronic listeners who are lukewarm or negative. Does that seem like a fair estimate? A...

The prices on these big cards coming down quickly.

I see that I have now asked enough questions to be advanced from Junior Head-fier to Head-fier. I have been doing fairly serious audio for a long time. I always have some cans around--SR-80 at present--but I have never really taken them seriously as a way to listen to music. But I have gotten...

I had been a tube guy all of my life (a long time) but a while back I bought a pair of Red Wine Audio S-70s, which are now upgraded to S-70.2, and I am quite happy with my system. When I decided to look into getting a high-quality head amp and phones, however, I thought I wanted to add tube...

Quote: Originally Posted by Donald North Those breadboard radios are beautiful. I've seen them before but forgot who made them - thanks for mentioning Atwater-Kent. I've been thinking about building a 845 amplifier for myself this way with all the tubes and components displayed. One...

I started in audio when tubes were the only options. I built some monoblocks when I was in highschool, using 1625s, a twelve-volt filament tube otherwise with the same specs as 807s. You could buy 1625s military surplus for, I think, 29 cents. I built Dynakits and restored Dynaco stuff I found...

Okay. I have been doing high-end audio since tubes were the only choice, and I have always had some cans on hand, but over the last couple of years my Ipod Classic (80gb) has become more important to me. I liked the sound of the ER4s, but they didn't like how much I sweat in the gym, and I had...

So, to locate myself: when I first got into serious audio, one used tube amps and vinyl because there is what there was. Of course, I have always had some cans around, but have only recently begun to think of them as a serious way to listen to music. I put together a stereo system beginning...

My ER-4Ps are intermittent, and the problem seems to be in the plug. I am probably just going to cut it off and see if it looks like I'd have any luck soldering on a new plug (I built a lot of ham radio gear back in tube days, so I know how to solder), but any prior advice would be welcome...

I have been involved in the highest end audio I could afford since the 70s, but I always thought of phones as something for when the kid was asleep or there was something wrong with the speaker system. But I am trying to learn about phones and particularly portable phone rigs as a serious way to...

I just joined Head-Fi, but I have looked in from time to time for a long time. It is certainly one of the most attractive audio forums that I know of. I am not really an audio guy, but I have been dragged into audio because I obsessively listen to music. When I listen, I listen. I can't have...