I'm sure it was expensive then.    When the Technics SXLPS 900 came out, this was the first discman with DAC quality and a remote-control  It cost around £300 ($450US) in the 1990s - probably round £1000 in real terms today!      Alas, electronics depreciate.  The D-11 had a number of...

I found my Mac burner for CD Rom and music data had different speeds.    You can optimise the recording quality by slowing down the writing speed, and then it will probably be better than Spotify.    If you are ripping tracks from Spotify via an outboard DAC, the sound quality will probably...

I don't think it's that rare.  My DEJ-01 Anniversary edition however is :D   If you have a copy of your battery code, it's possible to find it from Japanese importers.  You can buy rip-off explosion friend cheap ebay types, but the originals are not that dear.  Sony used an array of lithium...

I have a Samsung S2, S3 smartphone and 10.1tab.  The 10.1tab is the slowest of the bunch.  S3 is the fastest.  I got the S3 free apparently, from loyalty for being scwd by my phone contract for years.   I hate buying technology like this which takes about a year for me to master, and then is...

Absolutely!  I found out the bag lady way with too many vases.    The aesthetics of the vase as a container, mirrors the function of the room, another container.  For form to flow one to another, it must be fluid.   That is not to say, the vase should leak - rather  - its organisation within...

"Just a general query. I used to read a lot, but unfortunately that habit seems to have dwindled in the past year or so. Any tips or suggestions on how to pick up the habit again? I have so many books on the 'to do' list but I rarely get around to reading!"   Don't know if this applies ...I...

Top audio purchases of 2015?   - large python skinned san xian lute.  Now I've got to learn to play the dam thing!    - Grayzna Bacewicz - Complete string quartets by Amar Corde (finally!)  Incredible female composer whom I've loved ever since the Warsaw Piano Quintet and the Wilanow Quartet...

Thanks for the fun read Pharoseye!   It's not too late lol...this reply is even later.   I can't say I'm a huge gear head acquisition syndrome head_case, although I have 3 portable amps now (only because I keep mislaying the really tiny Pico Slim and think I've blown it and dropped it...

It's great isn't it?    I must've got my chrome coloured first edition one about the same time as you.  Love it lots with my Sennheiser HD25/Amperior set up for running.   Works great for the Beyerdynamic T5ps - shockingly well!  The leatherette case is a bit battered but the little amp is so...

They are great for clamping headphones around like a stand :D   Here's one of my favourites by Locatelli for  Driade:   https://shop.mohd.it/en/vaso-qing-i-d14913-2.html http://cdn.ambientedirect.com/chameleon/mediapool/thumbs/5/6f/none_176x176-ID7585-4099aa23e4a290c8b18f6037114cbdf8.jpg

Happy New Year!   Apologies for the delay ... away for Christmas listening to lots of music on the hi-fi instead of headphones :)   I think my tablet, Samsung S2/3 are well used/old and wearing out, or the bloatware problem as you suggest, has got the better of it.  I tried deleting bits and...

Hmm...I only had about 10 full albums on my Galaxy S3.   It freezes intermittently ...whatsapp screen gets locked or letters don't appear; screen takes about 10 seconds to switch over and I have to clear the programs.    The Samsung 10.1 tablet is doing that now - maybe inefficient?  But I...

I know it's only just been outted on Massdrop and delivered recently, but since this is Head-Fi, has anyone disconnected the fixed cables and rebalanced them yet? :)

TTVJ Milletts Portable Amp!  That will go well with heavy metal ... you also get the pure ringing metal of the tube design :D   For under $100...tough call.  Anyone other than Fiio users know.   I'm on a Pico Slim which is superb for driving 32ohm impedance amps.  40ohm...it's starting to...

Wow - your experience of the iPod is exactly the same as mine.  I still have mine, but it stutters and doesn't make it easy if i switch computers.      I never learnt how to use digital ipods and phone things for music.  I had a few albums on my Samsung Galaxy S3 but it keeps slowing the phone...

I don't know...when I was listening to my minidisc, everyone else I knew had been moving on to hard drives like iPods.   I never kept up with technology.    The problem, after 9 years, is the earphone connection with my minidisc player is now loose.  I guess this can happen with any source...

Many thanks - wow has it been that long since I was last here!   The Vox portable amps are okay - not the best but great for practice.    I ended up with a Yamaha THR5 practice amp which has a headphone socket which the guitar plugs into.   It works very well and feels more alive than the...

Hi,     Long time no post :D    I hope everyone's doing well and listening to great stuff.   I'm still on my mini-disc player with my TTVJ Milletts Hybrid portable amp and HD25ii.    Thing is, I stopped listening to music for some time due to the wobbles.     I mean... my mini-disc...

Hi there,    you might find the sound stage of the Momentum way too compressed.  All the Sennheisers I have tend to be darker or veiled.   The Audio-Technica ATH-M40x seems to be the more vivid out of the choice you've listed, not that the Shures should be overlooked either.   The Sennheiser...

any comments on the isolation quality of the Thunderpants? Esp. compared to the best of the isolating closed backs?

does anyone here play electric guitar? I play acoustic but need a silent option before I get kicked out of home...always wanted an electric anyway.... Is it possible to hook my Milletts portable amp or Pico slim to some portable guitar pre amp without the big black boom box? If you have a...

    Quote:   I don't know, but my Michel Gyrodec set up is.        I use digital all the time - two fingers to those noughts and ones evangelists who think that technology's advances make analogue vinyl obsolete    If you need to ask the question, it might help if you...

Sad to see the OP is now banned...?     Well I've had my Sennheiser HD25 IIs for over 5 years ...and they are finally breaking.  The magnets are damaged, and it cost me US$70 just to get them fixed last year, so I think I'll retire them after they go completely.    The Shure SRH840, I...

Shostakovich:    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khpm7RLFnGw&feature=related   Rihm:    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7Wwn6rHoZw   Bartok:    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLtLW56TH7w&feature=related   That should get you started :)

Quote: I haven't used this board for over a year, so it's funny seeing how the same old questions come up again.     The Senn HD25 IIs do benefit from portable amps (depends on the amp).  I use a TTVJ Milletts Portable with mine.  It is absolutely first class.  The sound quality opens...