So I finally just got my MicroDAC today after 3-4 weeks of waiting for it on backorder... I admit -- I was a little skeptical of how big of a difference this would make. However it's been on said on here that bypassing portable player's DAC for external DAC such as MicroDAC has similar...

looks like they just put it up....

Warning, long post ahead I recently acquired PS-1s and absolutely love them. However, I decided to go all out and will be upgrading my GS-1 to Balanced Gilmore Reference and would like to run these PS-1s balanced. Unfortunately I think I have to make this decision "blind" (so to...

I recently contacted a manufacturer about getting one of their balanced amps for use with PS-1s that I am looking to get recabled as balanced and possibly my XLR'd Zu 650s. I was surprised at the response: "It's generally not recommended to use the balanced outputs direct from a source to...

Never thought I'd spend $1400 on headphones but I do admit I am pleasantly surprised. I was thinking I would not find much difference between these and the much more reasonably priced MS2i's but the difference enough is for me to justify keeping the PS-1. Was also expecting the bass to be...

Hi, I'm wondering what the best way (highest sound quality) to adjust the volume for songs, considering that for my setup of PC --> DAC1 --> GS-1, I have the following options: * volume on the PC * volume on DAC1 * volume on GS-1 amp So for example do I put the volume on PC and volume...

Hi everyone, I currently have: Headphones: SA5000, MS-2i, 650 Amp: SR71 I'm looking to add a Benchmark DAC1 pretty soon. I would like to get a home amp and particularly something that will shine with the MS-2s. I've heard Gilmore Lite excels at this and was leaning this way but then...

In researching whether to get the MS-2s, I saw a lot of threads on here about Alessasndro's slow response to emails, etc. So I was expecting to not get my order for a while. I placed an order with them a few days ago and to my surprise they shipped it out Express Mail Next Day. The shipping...

Hello, I am very new to the head-fi world but have jumped right in *SR-71 *Ipod 4G *XM MyFi (not really hifi but this is what got me started thinking about Total Airhead, Total Bithead etc) *mini to mini BlackMax *headphones now: ER4S (plane), HD555 (at work *headphones to be sold...