I am looking for a headphone to use late at night to listen to rock music on my laptop. I am downsizing from a HD650/Tube Amp/DAC system that doesn't get enough use to justify the cost. At work, I have a Grado HF-1 which I enjoy a lot. I want something that sounds similar for my late night...

I know it's a subject that's been around the block a few million times too many. However, I was curious as to the origins of the phrase "Sennheiser veil." I wanted to know which head-fier it was that coined the phrase, so to speak. All in good fun, of course. History leads us to the...

I did a short comparison of my portable headphones today, so I thought I would share the results. JVC HA-FX55 $15 Sound - Bassy and veiled.Freq - Strong Bass obscures midrange. Has some large valleys in midrange/upper midrange. Artificial sounding. Recessed midrange. Detail - Lacking in...

I owe it to Craig to let everyone know the great service I have received from him. It started in early January when I began inquiring about purchasing one of his amps. He patiently answered my many questions and wasn't upset when I ended up buying a used HD300 instead of a new one. When I began...

This won't be a full review since I don't have much to compare it to. I'm posting here, rather than DIY, because there is a commercial version available, the Chibi Saru DAC. Associated Gear Interconnects are DiMarzio M-Path. Headphone amps include DIY Pete Millet Tube Hybrid and DIY...

A few questions (probably easy and stupid) that I hope some of the experts can answer for me. The DC offset on my SRM-3 is about 4V in one channel and 9V in the other. Now I assume that since the bias is 580V these amounts are not that big in comparison, i.e. around 1-2% or so, and shouldn't...

I'm looking for help determining two things, Comfort and Isolation Level of the following circumaural closed isolating headphones: AKG K271S Beyerdynamic DT770 Philips HP170 Sennheiser HD250II Sennheiser HD280Pro Ultrasone HFI-650 As a standard for acceptable comfort, I would cite the...

Here's some pictures of my recently complete META42. Nothing new really except for the rotary switch for the modified linkwitz crossfeed. I had to mount the crossfeed sideways because I measured once, rather than twice, before ordering the case. I got the solid machined aluminum knobs for $1.25...

I finally got around to implementing a mod to cmoy's modified linkwitz crossfeed circuit to enable it to use a 4 pole 3 position rotary switch rather than two DPDT toggle switches. I came up with such a scheme and sent it to Tangent. He kindly wrote up a section about the scheme here. Before I...

Ok, I'm talking about the K2 remasters of the Bill Evans Trio with Scott Lafaro and Paul Motian, including the great Sunday at the Village Vanguard and Waltz for Debby. I've got the original CD remasters from OJC, and then I've got the K2 remasters of Portrait in Jazz and Waltz for Debby with...

I've borrowed my brother's digital camera, so I had to snap pictures of all my headphone stuff to share with all of you. My main headphone system My work system, including DIY cmoy w/ buffer output stage My portable system, including DIY META42 Closeup pics of my...

Where to begin? About a dozen or so people showed up, enough that I was kept busy helping out at the Etymotic table, but with free time to listen to much of the gear and talk a lot with the two Todds and Tangent. Todd's a very nice guy, Headroom is lucky to have him. A lot of hard work and...

Sometimes you've gotta hurt those you love most. With that in mind here are some brief summaries of bands I love, most from the 80's. Feel free to join the love fest yourself. Please take no offense at my remarks, I know I won't. U2 early - Our anger inspires us to look for something better...

Hi, My wife's birthday is this weekend and I thought I might get her a new mp3 player. She uses this exclusively for jogging and other workouts. My requirements are: 1. Inexpensive ($150 or less) 2. Longer battery life with KSC-35 (she currently has a very old Diamond Rio, which gives...

Hi guys! I'm thinking about getting the Star Wars and Empire Strikes Back music soon, and would like some recommendations. The main four I am looking at are: Star Wars Trilogy [Box] 4 disc set with the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack for each movie, plus a bonus disc 1993 Star...

Final Conclusion Below is the initial review I wrote after 3 days of comparing the Elite-840s to some of the other headphones I own or have access to. Since then I have used the Elite-840s as my main headphone at work for a week straight in order to see how my impressions would change after...

Assuming I just want one level of crossfeed, is it ok to just use a spst switch to open/close the middle branch of the meier natural crossfeed circuit (i.e. where the 2.2K ohm resistor connects the left and right signals)? I'm just asking because SPST switches take up less space than DPDT...

Well, I finally got my package from mouser last friday (see thread in general forum for details) and built my first amp this weekend. I followed the cmoy/hansen schematic except for the following: - Power supply is a 12V 800mA regulated/filtered ac adapter instead of battery(s). - 1uF...

I have to share with you all the package delivery from hell, thanks to Mouser and UPS. This is for a package travelling from Texas to Utah. 1. Jun 29th - I order some DIY headphone amp supplies from Mouser and give them the correct address. 2. July 5th - UPS attempts to deliver the...