I might be really stupid so don't kille my confidence completely (o and selfasteem too ). But only one negative connection? A mini 3.5 mm plug has three contact surfaces, R, L and GND. There are mono plugs with only R OR L + GND. In both 2.5 mm and 3.5 mm sizes. When I have built cables I...

I think you are right CaptBubba, it seems to be doing crossfeed stuff. I have to say that I really don't like it that much on. Sure it makes the music sound warm, but all the detail dissapears I like super-stereo (that might be the wrong name for it..) I try to avoid using the antishock and...

I got a Panasonic SL-S650 today from ebay. It has some kind of bassboost (XBS), and three modes: live, xbs, off. With xbs mode, bass is boosted. Whereas in live the soundstage seems to be changed, and bass boost seems also to occur. Is this right? What does the live function do? Narrow the...

My friend has been looking in to buying a new CDP and has tested all of the cd players you mention + a few others... The AMC he tried he liked in the store because it has XLR which is usually only found on really expensive cdp's. But he didn't like the sound of the player it all, it looks nice...

I live in sweden: Today I saw a girl with a pair of Sporta Pros, which isn't a common sight, usually people here who have Koss phones have a set of Porta Pros. Saw one guy walking around with a pair of serious 600 ohm AKG's with a small headphone backpackm thingy, it was during winter and he...