On my way home frome work tonight, the DJ on the radio said something that just totally ruined my day. Motley Crue, the band that REALLY got me into rock, is planning their "farewell" tour. I heard that and it felt as though someone kicked me in the gut. All four of the original members will be...

I just recently purchased a Newcastle 980 CDP for a starter hifi system for my son. It's a wonderful CDP for the price I paid, $225 used on Audiogon. This unit has an amazing amount of features for it's price point, digital inputs and outputs(toslink &coaxial), fixed and variable outputs...

I have a pair of Senn. hd-535 headphones and have a problem. It started with the right side cutting in and out, I figured maybe the baby got a hold of them and damaged the cable. So, I called Sennheiser up and ordered a new cable. The new cable does the same thing. I think I have a problem with...

I just upgraded my speaker cables and was wondering if I was allowed to list them here?

I was wondering about Stax headphones (electrostatics), are you required to have a certain type of headphone amp to use them or will something like an MG Head OTL work? I was wondering because the other day a guy I know was telling me that he used to own some Stax headphones and how he really...

I was wondering if any one has tried a Nordost Red Dawn IC with an MG Head. I'm running a California Audio Labs CL-15 CDP > Cary Audio SLP-50B > MG Head OTL. My current IC is an IXOS Aptimus Perimeter. My current headphones are AKG-501's and Beyerdynamics 831's. Any opinions?????

Has anyone tried any vibration damping for tubes??? I see that Ensemble makes vibration dampers they call "Tube Socks" and I believe I had seen another brand on Audiogon, Top Hat. Anyway, I was just wondering if any one had tried these yet, I'm thinking about it for my amp and pre-amp, (MG Head...

I'm new to the head-fi gear and need some advice. I've got a real problem at home, since my wife had the baby she says I can't play my home stereo at night when I get home from work. All I'm allowed to do is sit there and admire what my $10K bought. So, I need something that sounds REALLY good...