I like the way the SD spreads out the soundstage, moreso than the Zu which is more forthright and centered. Guess I'll just have to get another Zu until they figure out what is wrong with their connectors. A shame because I just sold my Zu last week. Glad to hear that it wasn't just me and my luck.

I love the sound of the Silver Dragon headphone cable, but within a few weeks a short started developing in the right channel. I sent it back to be fixed and after about 2 months of waiting it came back fixed. Then again the right channel has developed a short after about 3 weeks since it came...

You can definitely get a dac for $150. Ebay would probably be your best source for a cheap dac. A lot of times you'll see Audio Alchemy dacs on there in that price range, sometimes they'll come with a DTI, which reduces jitter and makes it sound a whole lot better. The Musical Fidelity X Dac is...

Quote: Originally Posted by JaZZ I don't want to conceal that with two of my SD the right channel broke: the original as well as the exchange cable, in both cases near or even within the earpiece connector. In the second case I've repaired it myself -- had to slice the connector...

When I had the 580's they would come out easy, for some reason these seem almost glued in. Gonna try that sit down stand up method when I get home.

Is there any trick to removing the stock cable from the Sennheiser HD650. I have been tugging at these things for months now. I'm scared I'm gonna break em if I pull too hard. Anybody got suggestions?

All I can think of is check your cables, make sure they're on tight and not defective. Switch the left and right cable to make sure that it's not just one cable that doesn't work. Make sure your source is not defective in one channel. Turn on the headphone processor, if you still hear sound out...

Well besides the fact that you are paying for the technology which is in theory better than regular dynamic headphones, they also take a lot of electricity to drive. They use very high voltages, and their circuitry has to be built to handle that, and maybe protect you from gettin zapped, which...

Does anybody know how the Audigy 2 digital output sounds? I just ordered an Audigy 2 ZS Platinum before reading here about how bad it is for music. But, I wouldn't be using its dacs for music, as I have a much better dac in my home system. Is there a noticeable difference in the transport...

I was in your shoes once. I used to use my Sony 500 watt reciever (mid 90's) as a headphone amp. The first headphone amp I personally purchased was a $400 tube headphone amp. Now there are things that you are gonna find each one does better. The tube amp is not going to have the bass and...

I have a Headroom Home, the same model on Audiogon, that I got off ebay for about the same price. I use it with the Sennheiser HD 650, and it sounds pretty good. At first I wasn't very satisfied with it, sounded bright, bass wasn't very strong. I was using a PS Audio Ultralink dac and Kimber...