I have a acquaintance over in Kolkata who wants to demo a pair of Sennheiser HD800s but apparently the nearest show room is in Mumbai, which is 2000km away . My question is if anyone knows of a hi-fi shop (near as possible to Kolkata) that at least stocks the HD800s and may possibly let him...

Quote: Originally Posted by Voltron It was available online and Sovkiller is the one who would know if his friend moved it elsewhere or just took it down eventually. Sorry. Thanks for the information. I think I'll leave it for now. The reason I was looking for the video is...

Quote: Originally Posted by beerguy0 Is this it? Video of Steve Hoffman lecture at the 2nd Head-Fi meet - Club Polk Thanks beerguy. Unfortunately that link is dead (as are the ones I found on head-fi).

Quote: Originally Posted by krmathis As far as I can remember it was never put online. Copies of the DVD was distributed worldwide among Head-Fi members though. Thanks for letting me know. I remember watching it myself a while ago, so they must've changed their mind since...

Hi, Sorry if this is posted on the wrong forum but I was wondering if anyone had a link to the video of Steve Hoffman's lecture back in 2007(?) at the Can Jam. Thanks.

Hi, Sorry if I appear to be lazy but I was wondering if anyone had information or links that show the differences between the Benchmark DAC1 line up, if there are any, in the D/A conversion section. What I mean by this is that: if I were to compare the DAC1s using a CD Transport via...

Quote: Originally Posted by pekingduck iPhone is not offically supported BUT from some early adopters iPhone does work with dock Quote: Officially all products must be approved by Apple – technically, I suspect that Onkyo could not get approval for the unit to be...

I'd be interested to find out if this has bit-perfect output. I'm not sure if I trust the press release, but it specifically says: Quote: Next generation Onkyo dock delivers Bit-Perfect Audio from iPod players and syncs with iTunes I'll keep an eye on this thread. Fingers crossed.

I guess one of the advantages of dealing with smaller businesses is that it doesn't take long to speak to someone who knows what they're doing . I'm quite surprised about the experience with Benchmark... but I guess I shouldn't be.

I recently managed to lose one of the tiny case screws when I was opening up my TA-10. I couldn't find a replacement screw at any hardware stores and being a little AR, it was irritating to have a missing screw . So sent an email to Trends Audio and got a response the next day. They are...

I would recommend Sony MDR-7506 (MDR-V6). They isolate pretty well and have a gentle mid-bass emphasis that works really well with hip-hop. They're a bargin on the FS forum (if you can find them).

Closer comparison:

This may be a silly question but has anyone actually tried to use a HD6XX cable on the HD800? From one of Jude's photos of the HD800 plug/socket (posted on the other thread) it looks as though the pins are about the same width apart ~4mm for both HD800 and HD6XX. Quote: Originally...

Quote: Originally Posted by AlanY I'm not sure that there really is any genuine difference between hip-hop and rap any more. It used to be that rap was the pure "gansta" or mindless stuff and hip-hop was complex and interesting, but there's so much less of the interesting stuff now that...

I am really glad to see that there are still some fans out there who care enough about hip-hop to realise that there's a problem with what it has become. IMHO the problem is that, nowadays, people who buy and listen to hip-hop don't love it for the music (i.e. the lyrics, the flow and...

In my experience the K701 were harder to drive (i.e. required more turn on the volume knob) than the H650.

Quote: Originally Posted by Iceroid bad = majorly rolled off treble good = everything else x 2 If you're someone who likes an open and airy sound, you will be (at least initially) very dissapointed with the E500. From my memory, I seem to remember the E5c were quite similar...

This is quite shocking to me. Catwoman sent me various PMs about trading my MS-2i with her HD650. It all makes a bit of sense now, as she was adamant about wanting to trade and not buy. I feel very fortunate that I didn't go through with it.

Quote: Originally Posted by SAP7 Google Grado in the UK. ANY dealer will supply the parts. Stone audio, superfi, etc etc. Quote: Originally Posted by chrisco I tried Stone audio and couldn't find anything that I was looking for...same goes for the other searches you...

I should be able to come along to this. Right now I don't know what I'll have left of my equipment, as I am downsizing in order to build a better speaker rig . The only stuff that I am "likely" to have is: Koss KSC-75 Shure E4c Sony V6 WNA headamp If someone is driving who can pick me...

Quote: Originally Posted by mrarroyo I have been ofered one, it is a demo unit fully checked out by the factory tech and with a 2 year warranty for $899. What do you all think? That's rediculously cheaper than in the UK. And funnily enough they are much more common over here and...

I agree with many of your observations akwok. They look fantastic next to your gear...almost as if you planned it . I ended up selling all of the cans I owned at the time (HD650s, W2002 and HF-1s) when I got my K701 as I found them so versatile. The overall tonal balance makes it (imo) the...

Quote: Originally Posted by lator I added X-10 to my audio chain pretty early due to not so good availability here in Finland. Later this summer I am going to complete the Small X-series with X-Can, X-Psu and X-Dac. Atm. the X-10 is sitting between E-MU 1212M and Rega Ear. Few weeks...

Quote: Thanks for the further comments. All the reviews for the X10 have also been outstanding and none have mentioned dramatic colorations or fuzziness. The X10 is also limited to just under 5000 units being made due to the rarity of the tubes. I'm going to call amusicdirect to see if...

I haven't heard the X-10 tube buffer yet, but I don't see the benifit on adding an link in the audio chain - no matter how you look at it, it will be adding *some sort of distortion. Whether or not it sounds "pleasant" is down to personal preference, but to the purist, it doesn't matter.