The 300SEI is an excellent speaker amp, as long as you can deal with its power limitations. Small high efficiency speakers are the ticket. Omega, Lowther, Coincident, and DiCapos are brands I've heard work well. The Audio Asylum will give you a lot more info. By the way, if you get the...

Tube Rolling - The act of switching tubes of the same general class, from different manufacturers, and different years of manufacture into the tube sockets of a piece of audio gear in order to listen to the differences in sound. This is usually done in order to improve or tailor the sound to the...

I seem to remember that this ad was up a couple of weeks ago, but then disappeared. I don't know if it is the same seller or not. While this is the first SEI 2A3 that I've seen with a headphone out, I'm fairly certain I saw two of these integrated amps for sale at Upscale Audio a few years...

http://www.roundsound.com/micro.html Supposed to sound really nice, for the money. I noticed Upscale Audio just added Gallo to their lineup, but I don't know if they carry the Micros.

I'm listening to a Blockhead with the 650s right now. Crossfeed engaged, treble boosted one notch. Sounds very nice!

I'm surprised that no one has mentioned the famous Stax "fart". To me that is the most annoying feature. Search for the term, you'll find lots of discussion about this.

If the first 10 minutes bothered you, you did a good thing stopping it there. It only gets worse. Ultimately it didn't make sense to me, but it was one seriously creepy movie. OTOH The best horror movie (some would call it suspense) to me is the old Clint Eastwood movie, "Play Misty for Me."...

I still see Carlo listed as a moderator on the Music and Outside forums. Maybe a quick PM to Jude to see if he is still active would be in order?

Has anyone asked the builder to comment on these pictures? Perhaps even supply his own pictures of a variety of his other amplifiers? There may even be some philosophy behind the way these are built. I certainly have a bias towards a clean layout myself. But I am not an EE and have no...

One thing to take into consideration about ASL products in general, is that occasionally folks have found some reliability issues. One place you might check for opinions on this subject is over on the Audio Asylum. http://db.audioasylum.com/cgi/search...htext=asl+mini Good luck.

Audio Electronic Supply (Cary) makes a nice little unit. $600 assembled, $400 DIY. There are upgrades available that will take the price to $1,100 IIRC. http://www.audioelectronicsupply.com...&prod_num=PH-1

Moody Dragon, I could certainly be wrong. I'm not an audio engineer, I don't even play one of TV. However, in looking at my XLO Reference Recordings Test & Burn-In CD, I noticed a number of tracks dealing with phase. Track 2 - Voice In-Phase Track 3 - Voice Out-of-Phase Track 10 -...

Sony has stopped making the R-10 because of the Qualia. Now if the Qualia tanks, then they might build the R-10 again. On the other hand, IIRC the R-10 has always been built by hand, and then only when ordered. So if you shoved enough money at them they'd likely build you a pair. It would be...

Tuberoller may kick my butt, but I'll use an auto analogy here to explain what I think may be happening with upgraded power cords. Nearly the first upgrade a car nut will make is to get an aftermarket air intake system. These usually run around $250 or so IIRC. They all seem to increase...

IIRC There are several "test" disks that will help you make sure your system is set up correctly as to phase. BTW Do we now add "Phase Rolling" to tube and Op Amp rolling in our sonic bag of tricks?

Are the L-3000 cans worth the money? If you collect things that are also usable, then perhaps yes. If your intention is just to listen to them, and damn the collectibility, they probably are not worth their asking price new. If you could hold on awhile, you'll eventually find someone willing to...

It just doesn't get any better ... "So, so you think you can tell Heaven from Hell, Blue skys from pain. Can you tell a green field From a cold steel rail? A smile from a veil? Do you think you can tell? And did they get you to trade Your heros for ghosts? Hot ashes for...

Well I've always had a deep respect, And I mean that most sincerely. The band is just fantastic, that is really what I think. Oh by the way, which one's Pink?

I own the Leatherhead (AT-3000), the W-2002, and the R-10. I've posted quick impressions before, but I'll do it again. The Sony R-10 is an excellent headphone, that soundstages better than anything I've heard before. Depending on the amp, it may be a little light in the bass department. I've...

http://www.divertech.com/uhcsignature.html You might do a search for this product on head-fi and see what opinions exist as to its quality. But I think it'll do what you want. By the way if you get this mod done to the Cary, let us know how it goes. I've thought of doing the exact same...

The question about integrateds gets asked a lot around here. You can probably search and find quite a few opinions. For under $2,000 you can find a used Cary SLI-80. A lot of folks like it for both speakers and headphones. I know I liked mine when I owned it. Additionally, you might find a...

I have to be honest, I saw the thread title and had a completely different idea about what you meant by the term "manbags". I'd have to vote no. If you can't stuff it in your pockets you don't need it. But that is just me.

If you can get your hands on one, try to pick up a Carlo modded Sugden Headmaster. Something about the way AT voices their high end 'phones goes amazingly well with the little pre-amp. I've got the W-2002 and thought it sounded better with the Sugden than it did with my old Cary SLI-80. Not that...

It would be interesting to compare the modded Sony against the stock unit. As is mentioned in the thread, the stock unit was A+ rated by Stereophile. I did note that the amps being tested were decent but far from SOA, like a Maestro, Blockhead, Blue Hawaii, or similar. I wonder if that would...

Mr. Wright has offered to do the fix for free for me, even though I'm not the original customer. (Kelly (of Head-Fi fame) had the unit modded originally.) It is just me being lazy in not getting it sent off so that the fix can be made. The trouble is a very soft, almost morse-code type sound...