My classic car/truck love started when i was a wee child. My Dad owned a shop called Chuck's Auto body and Restoration. I grew up watching my Dad work on classic cars. The love was born there. My job was to clean the shop and do the sanding on the vehicles in the shop. I have seen cars from the...

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Jeez...looking through this forum...so many DAPs. I need something quick as I am heading off on vacation at the end of this weekend. I rarely do portable but would like something that is fairly inexpensive, works well, can power 32 ohm cans no problem and has blue tooth. SQ is important to me...

The whole point of this post is to maybe find an amp or two I have not considered so I can maybe do some additional research before buying. Tubes preferred or a Hybrid. I have a few amps in mind but wouldn't mind some recommendations if some of you are willing to provide them. Budget: $1000...

I found a guy selling one of these with the stage 1 upgrade for $500. It is in great shape and going over to test it soon. I read reviews and user comments on this CD player but I'm not sure if the value is there. The guy is selling it for another family member who passed away. I'm told he was...

Never mind. I made my choice.

So I've listened to the PSB M4U 2 and Sennheiser Momentum M2 as well as the Bowers & Wilkens P7, DENON AHMM400, V-MODA Crossfade and the PSB M4U 1.   Of those I preferred the PSB M4U 2.   (I know these are all considered portable but I chose this forum as for my use they will be in house...

I'm replacing my Pagoda with another Pagoda...   But I want to buy a second DAC for my office. Looking to spend around $12-1500 USD.   The Pagoda I own is amazing. It is silent. I do not know it's there and that is what I prefer from a DAC.     What else out there competes with 'neutral"?

I recently purchased the HD580 on Ebay and received them last week. I gave them a good listen over the weekend and I noticed that when listening to music that is more bass heavy like pop and electronica that the right driver has a very slight distortion in the lower FR. The left driver sounds...

Hey guys. Been reading threads all day on these two amps and I'm getting no where fast.   Here is the skinny;   I currently own a Bryston BHA-1 & Garage1217 Polaris.   I have owned the Project Ember in the past.     I miss tubes. I love my Bryston and don't plan to ever sell it but I...

I did a quick search and didn't see this posted anywhere. Thought I'd mention it.   Mass Drop has the DV336SE at the moment for $219.99 + $14.99 shipping. (Normal price is $299.99)   https://www.massdrop.com/buy/dark-voice-366se   I was tempted for a few minutes but this isn't really what...

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I reluctantly sold my Ember today and have this last weekend to enjoy it. I thought I would like to get my thoughts down on this amp while it is fresh in my mind...literally listening to it as I type. I'm no writer so this should be interesting...   This amp has been with me for 6 months now...

Hey gang. I currently own two Garage1217 amps; Ember and Polaris.   I have to admit I'm quite happy with these. That said I have been looking over the web for several months now for a sub $1100 amp. I would prefer tube.   Can any of you suggest some you have heard and enjoyed? I'm thinking...

I cannot find any reviews of this unit though I have found reviews for the older and other DACS. Does anyone here have any experience or own this DAC? I'd love to hear your impression of it and if you have experience with their other DACS as well then I'd like to know how the Pagoda compares...

Well after the LA Head-Fi Show I have come to the conclusion that I want a new DAC. It has to be a dedicated DAC with no amp in it. It has to have USB, Coaxial and tos-link inputs. It should be asynchronous but doesn't have to be. It has to be very good. I'm willing to spend around $1500 and...

I have been all over the web looking for a device that will allow me to input RCA from my tablet. 3.5mm to RCA to RCA in on dac.   I found the Maverick Audio TubeMagic D1 but I really wanted something without a tube. Is there anything else out there that has RCA input?   I would like to see...

I recently picked one of these up for my Ember amp and I noticed that my tube gets much hotter now compared to not using the Novib. Without the Novib the tube gets warm at most but with Novib it actually gets hot. I can hold the tube without being in pain but its quite a jump up in temp. If I...

I have a question. I have my HK 3490 acting as a preamp for my headphone tube amp. I'm using the tape out of the HK to the input of the tube amp. And I have the speakers selected to OFF on the HK.   I have my LCD-2's attached to the tube amp and my Grado's attached to the HK headphone input...

So i bought a new old stock (new in the box 1961 treble clef logo Amperex Holland Bugle boy 12ax7 tubes with the Large O getter and perfect matched triodes.)   This tube test perfect 100-100 where 70 is the minimal good on my sencore.All my tubes are tested for shorts,grid...

I'm going to purchase a hand made headphone cable for my Audeze LCD2 and I'm wondering for those of you that have tried pure copper Vs pure silver as well as copper coated silver & pure silver with .1% gold etc..   I would like to hear what you use and why you like it.   Since I do not have...

I ordered today a Project Ember amp for my headphones and I was looking at several models of dedicated dacs to match up with the Ember when I started thinking that my HK has 2 AKM PCM dacs on-board.   Do you think these will be fine for the Ember or should I continue my search for a dedicated...

Hey Head-Fiers!   I'm in the market for a good 'Home' headphone amp. I've been searching through posts here and reviews on the web and I'm totally overloaded at the moment with all the amps out there.   I'm torn between tube and solid state first of all. I've always wanted to try a tube amp...

Hey guys! I'm in the market for a portable amp or a portable dac/amp. Of the two I'm not sure which I should invest in and I thought that you guys with way more knowledge than myself might have the answer I'm looking for.     I want to use it paired up to my windows phone (Nokia Lumia 1020)...

I've owned this mobo for a couple of weeks now and I have not tried the onboard audio yet. I have it disabled and been using my Creative X-Fi USB external sound card. I also own a Creative X-Fi XtremeMusic but I don't use it due to needing a flexijack for digital out. I also own a M-Audio Delta...