The replacement driver finally arrived today. I ordered it through the Sennhesier web site last Thursday. It has a white screen which is different from the original one. Well, it's now in burn in mode. Hopefully it will pair well with its twin. My initial impression is good so far. Many thanks...

It was a bad day. My HD600 right headphone went wrong, there was no sound coming out from it. I opened the driver to try to fix the loosen connector and the connecting wire. The wire was so thin that I broke it. I tried in vain to fix it but no success. I tried the Sennhesier website to find...

Penguindude ... Great review and very informative. Many thanks. Yang is offering a similar version MK IV (SE) except with a different tube set and components that he calls a special edition. Wonder how it will sound in comparison with MK III in your opinion? I'm seriously about the MK IV...

Clarity and transparency is what I am looking for in a good amp. It has to do with the architectural design of the amp circuit, and that is what Xin has been working to improve upon in the SM family ever since its inception. As of now C&C scores better in that regard in my judgment. Opamp...

Hi, mrarroyo: It's AD8616 the default opamp that came with LE. I haven't tried other opamps yet. I am hoping Xin will finalize his latest design and comes up with an upgrade plan soon for LE. As of now, C&C XO is my favorite that plays particularly well with K-501. However I miss the full and...

I have been listening to C&C XO for the last three days. I have spent quite some time listening to a variety of music from classical to vocal and jazz with a sense of new discovery and better appreciation. It is a fanastic piece of work and it's growing on me. Here is my setup: iPod 5G...

Quote: Originally Posted by fhuang i heard it yesterday. unbelievable. easily better than C&C Box +. the bass is great. clean, tight and lots of bass. you get even more bass when you switch on the bass buttom. soundstage is pretty good. while i'm typing, i forgot i pretty much forgot to...

Just installed the latest CVS 9/18/06 build. The UI was almost ground to a halt when the software EQ was enabled. Looks like the current build is in great flux...

Quote: Originally Posted by Febs Yes, I can make playback skip when using both the software EQ and crossfeed on a 5G. But the skipping is significantly reduced over what it was previously. If I turn off crossfeed and use only the software EQ, I have no skipping at all. Thanks for...

Quote: Originally Posted by Febs This is not accurate. There was a change made yesterday that improved task switching so that the playback thread gets a higher priority. This does in fact result in significantly reduced skipping. It does it at the expense of the UI thread, which means...

Quote: Originally Posted by StanleyBuchanan I will say that all these settings (Along with the -12 cut suggested later) sound awesome... however I can't run the software EQ without unbearable stuttering... so I'm running everything short of the software EQ settings and it's not bad at...

Update (9-18-06): Just installed the 9-18-06 CVS build. The UI was almost ground to a halt when the software EQ was enable. Looks like the current RB is in great flux... I had some good experience with the 9-16-06 build. I did not hear any MP3 skipping. No precut was needed, however the user...

For no reasons, I now have a good collection of MP3 players. They are: MPIO FL100, Rio Forge, Coby MP-C741 and Sansa e140. They all run on a SD card and a AAA battery cell. Well, not to mention my beloved players: iRiver H-120 and iPOD 5G that are all Rockboxized, Rio Karma and recently a Rio...

I want to share some of my experience using Rockbox Crossfeed on iPOD 5G and iRiver H-120, Xin SM3-V3 and Sennhesier HD600. Rockbox is an excellent piece of software. Rockbox works especially well on iRiver and iPOD for its excellent DSP functions although iPOD still needs some optimization in...

Classicalguy: Sorry for the confusion. A 1.2V rechargeable should work fine, its play time depends on the mAH. A 1.5V alkaline gives about 8-9 hours. Yes, you need the player connected to a PC via a USB to cut and paste between the memory and the SD card. Do let us know your impressions...

Hi, 1. Not sure what you meant. Just put it in and use it, like a normal AAA. Use a paper clip or something to help if you have a big thumb. 2. Just turn on the FM tuner, then press Rec. That's it. The record file is in 256kbps MP3. The SQ is pretty good. 3. I filled in the internal...

I have been playing the Rockbox Crossfeed in IPOD 5G for quite some time and have been enjoying it ever since. It is one of the best implementations I have ever found in DAPs. The audio roll off problem is now fixed in the latest build. Great thanks to the Rockbox deveopers! The soundstage...

I did a headphone-out and line-out SQ comparison on my IPOD 5G with Xin SM3-V3 headamp and Sennhesier HD600 a few days ago and found no perceivable SQ difference. This has been confirmed and discussed extensively in another threads. I found instead a better SQ on Rockbox than the Apple...

Bangraman, thanks for the excellent review especially the efforts you put into it. I can imagine the whole process is like wine tasing, with careful choosing of the glassware, the chilling temperature, the vintage and of course the venue itself. Neverthesless to everyone Music is sweeter...

I have not ruled out a SQ difference in both. I believe there will be a SQ difference but just that it is so insigificant that I have not detected it in my listening. I have pointed out in another thread that the Redwine mod could possibly make a significant SQ difference by physically...

I don't have a Turbodock, and so can't comment on it. I have used Sik ram din for awhile but no longer now. It's more convenient for me to use the headphone out instead, and save the port for other things such as an external battery charger etc.. Music listening always fills with subjective...

To those who hear the SQ difference, it will be helpful to look into how Apple designed the line-out and headphone out in the 5G. Below is part of the DAC WM8983 signal path diagram referenced by the Rockbox developers. It has appeared to be identical to the speicifc CODEC used in 5G. You...

It is important to control the volume on the headphone out on the iPOD 5G when you do the SQ comparison with the line-out. Apple fixes the line-out at 0db and that corresponds to 90% volume level on the headphone out. Here is the setup: I played lossless WavePack files on Rockbox. Volume...

Quote: Originally Posted by digitalcat How do you like the supermini-3 with K501? I like the sound of AD8397 but I wonder if there's another opamp that has more soundstage and a little bit warmer sound. The MINI-3 with gain and bass enabled drives K-501 very well. K-501 is my...

Quote: Originally Posted by digitalcat Supermini has always been my favorite amp. For me it's the perfect balance between sound quality and portability. Xin is the only amp maker that uses AAA batteries, I think it helps to reduce the weight and size significantly. I could not...