Instead of worrying about the cable, I would seriously consider buying a new amp to compliment the HD800

Soundmatters foxl speakers. The best.

Was this announced October last year?

The beatles are in a class by itself; the Stones should be compared to bands like L. Zeppelin, the Who, and maybe U2.

The Beatles. No contest. Lennon & McCartney are much better songwriters than Jagger & Richard. The Stones were even singing Beatles' songs in the beginning.

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Is EC still taking orders for the current run?

I don't mean to hijack the thread, but does anyone have any experiences with Empirical Audio's expensive offerings? Do they bring about audible or significant improvements?

There are always more that you can try. For example, you can get more hardwares. If you really want to tweak the sound, you can get a USB to S/PDIF converter (eg, Trend UD10.1, off-ramp turbo2), connect it to another DAC which feeds the pico that is being used only as an amp!

The latest offering from Singlepower (ie. The Transparency) should be one of the best.

Quote: Originally Posted by grawk For $55 that probably uses a drv134 to balance the signal. I'd say that was a less than ideal solution. The cheapest good solution is probably a pair of cinemag cmli 15/15b transformers. I have a pair of those in my amp, and they work pretty well...

They are inexpensive solutions that allow one to convert an unbalanced source to a balanced one. One example is the Art Cleanbox. Do they really work without degrading the sound quality?

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The A5's have adequate bass, subwoofer is not necessary. I pair the A2's with the Velodyne microvee, which might be out of your budget.

I like small things. I used to have the A5's but they are too big for a computer set up IMO unless you listen at high volume levels and want room filling sound. The OP says space is a concern so A2, which I have now, should be a better choice. With a small subwoofer such as the microvee, the...

The fifth beatle was Brian Epstein, the manager who made them famous.

I actually prefer the A2 for near-field listening and its small size. I pair them with a Velodyne Microvee subwoofer and the sound is great!

It seems for certain Jena Labs will lose a lot of business now. But I am curious whether merchants such as ALO will also be affected. Ken uses JL wires in a lot of his mods and I wonder whether head-fi memebers will boycott the use of JL brand wires.

Assuming there was already damage to the headphone when JL received them. They said nothing but went ahead to repair them. Why they did not just stop and inform BF or send them back/decline the repair? Because of greed. They thought they could easily fix the defects and recable the headphones...

Would love to read a response from boilingfrog.

Quote: Originally Posted by KB AAAAHHHHhhhhhh!! ..... despite having competing vendors that might not like me or my work I still would not say ill of them or post photos of others’ work on my forum or webpage. Ken I have to agree.

Morph, would you send your R10, if you have a pair, to jena labs for recabling? I surely wouldn't!

Headphones are our hobby. If I want my headphones taken apart I would want someone like Alex to do the job, not someone from a big company like Jena Labs who just wants my money. Thanks to boilingfrog for sharing his story.

Quote: Originally Posted by Morph201 Ok, I have an email from Michael and Jennifer stating, in full, the events as they saw it. I would copy & paste it into this thread, but I feel I should not overstep Michael and Jennifer... I believe they will post their response soon enough. I'm not...