Have some humility and restraint folks. Especially when asking for recommendations. "I want deep tight bass, natural sound with warm midrange, clear sparkling extended highs, lots of detail, great soundstage for < insert price > !" Me too mate, me too!

I keep on running into mentions of new version of HD600, but can't find any information on it, or specifically the differences between 'old' and 'new'. If you know a thread - point me please. If someone can give me a straight answer, that would be best =). Thanks!

Greetings folks. With respect to soon-upcoming release of this much-anticipated (and much-delayed, for better or for worse) IEM, I am going to run a loaner program to get some honest reviews out. Read: if you participate, you agree to write an extensive review. There will be 10 spots...

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Where do these two manufacturers acquire the cases for their amplifiers? Does anyone know? I am slowly contemplating a very large project, and wanted to also find a stellar case to go with it.

1. What are the dimensions of the drivers (Including whatever is going on electronics/cabling wise inside, all the junk required for the membrane to make sound) of the SR-303/404 driver?\ 2. Is it possible to acquire one from Stax without buying the actual headphone and if so, how much would it...

Greetings, this time I am looking for recommendations to expand my collection of piano recordings. I prefer classical, but there has been a number of jazz records that entertained me also. I like specifically acoustic piano, and if in jazz - then in the piano trio iteration. Particular...

Mods: please don't put this in the other forum. These are just pointless in terms of discussion of portable / in-ear equipment because they are most practical as desktop systems. In the spirit of informative threads, this is second installation to get people to know an alternative for their...

And has some thoughts? This is listed to have fully balanced operation, with 24/96 DA conversion, 114 db dynamic range and noise floor. Can be used with external PSU or using 6-pin firewire connector to be powered. Has coax inputs/outputs also. Headphone amp built-in, but has analog outputs...

One of things that continuously comes up in discussions of e-static equipment is lack of versatility - you either use one of the few dedicated amp, mostly from Stax, or you buy an out-of-production transformer box and use power amps, but getting a transformer is an activity of its own. There...

I am always puzzled - why do people think Stax are actually too expensive to use? A typical head-fi user building a home setup will put together a rig using a $200-300 headphone + $200-300 amplifier, resulting with a rig around $500. Then when a user is interested in something new and someone...

Synopsis.: This thread is introduced as a simplified information source for new users, as looking for answers is becoming more and more difficult despite the helpfulness of the search functions. I am hoping this community will help me so we can create a decent list of popular easy to acquire...

Greetings folks. This time around I am trying to gain some insight at the market of DACs that can be used for transportable purposes. Mainly the point is that the equipment has to be used from a laptop, and the rig can be used pretty much anywhere I can find a wall wart (thus battery...

I am looking at two currently in production versions of this headphone: DT48 A.00 and DT48 E. DT48 A.00: 5 ohm, designed for aural/acoustical investigations, brutally sensitive at 110dB per mW. Quoted 16hz - 20 khz, but without the dB error margins. DT48 E: 25 or 200 ohm, designed for...

The question is fairly simple, and for a reason. I am less worried about other aspects, all I want from the headphone is neutral sound in order to have accurate timbre. Here are the limits: Price: $700. No electrostatics, for reasons not to be disclosed. No out of production headphones...

Hey, jazz/fusion lovers here, point me to some quality albums, I am looking for sax lead, but love to hear other instruments in play too (trumpet/piano/bass/guitar/percussion ). I am already familiar with: John Coltrane Branford Marsalis Brian Blade Fellowship (Afinidad/Perceptual) Maria...

Looking for discussion regarding this product once again. Original Bel Canto products were not interesting to me because of their fairly plain boxy look (>$2000 product looks worse than my surge protector?). From what I understand, in 2007 Bel Canto revised some of their products, DAC3...

HeadRoom balanced with DAC = $1400 Benchmark DAC1 with USB = $1275 How do they compare (tonality, detail, soundstage) when driving headphones balanced or single-ended? I am deliberately placing emphasis on USB here because of my need for it, and bringing up these two to be as similar as...

As the title says... I am looking at more developed portable/transportable amp/dac combos available on the market. It is set to compete with pairing of Ultra Micro DAC and Micro Amp pairing ($1000 vs $1200), but has 1/4" and 1/8" output jacks, along with being bound to one chassis, and...

What I use: Amplification in question: speaker amp with SRD-7 Pro. (either Consonance A120 Linear which I have now, or Dared VP-20 which would be my amp of choice if I knew of it when buying speaker amp). Ignore the case of what source will be used. Basic questions: 1. Can I use such a...

Who here thinks that Apogee Duet being marketed only for Apple users is a bunch of ******** **** **** ******* **** ***. < few more paragraphs of asterisks here > / rant mode off Discuss:

Way too small to call a review, and to be just a tad humble, I am honeslty not qualified, nor have the gear for outright reviewing equipment...but I did want to give a short organized description of what this headphone is up to. Pictures not provided, there is plenty available in the main...

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So, here is part of an experiment that got started by my friend, antonyfirst (some of you may know him from fairly large amount of information he puts out about IEMs). The idea is simple - word's out on the streets that going balanced with Senns is the way to go, but exactly to what extent...

HUGE new Vibez Firmware - abi>>forums Read all about it, download it, run it. No problems on mine so far, no SQ changes that my current headphone gear can reveal, but interface is smoother, more capable, and more personalized.