The meet was very nice and a successful event. About 30 persons arrived of the 40 registered, unfortunately some had to opt out because of illness or unexpected happenings. We who arrived had a very good time and I hope to meet the others next year. Big thanks to nc8000 and others who helped...

First Swedish Head-Fi Meet September 11-12, 2009, Stockholm I participated in the meet the entire Friday and I hope that the continuation on Saturday is equally great (meet is still going on). This was my first Head-Fi meet and it was a great success, no masses of participants but...

The SAC amplifier is a dedicated amplifier for K1000. A limited edition is announced on German Ebay for delivery in Feb. 2009 (text also in English). I checked a little about previous impressions at Head-Fi and it seems to be a decent amplifier, but how good is it? Anyone who has compared it to...

I use my HE60 with a preliminary adapter and should find a better solution long term. Recabling could be a better alternative than an adapter and there are options at Headphile, Moon Audio and certainly others too. What is your experience of recabling? Does recabling improve sound and how...

I got my first HD650 shortly after the introduction in autumn 2003 and have been very satisfied with it. Now, I need one more to have as my main headphone at another location. It arrived yesterday and it is not often I have an opportunity to compare a new and a burned-in headphone side by side...

I have upgraded my computer to an EMU 1212M sound card. I am very satisfied with it and it is fun, but my only earlier experience is my previous standard card (built-in on motherboard) which I hardly used. The EMU sounds good with my EarMax Pro amplifier and Grado RS-1 (equalised to get rid of...

I happened to see that LC Audio offers an upgrade package for Philips 963SA. The special is that it includes two separate clocks, one for CD and one for SACD. Also an upgrade of the op-amp in the analog output to AD8066 and a few Black Gate caps. I was not impressed by the sound of my stock...

This is just an idea, I wonder if it is possible? I read in the last number of Stereophile about the Placette passive volume control. It is a stepped volume control with 125 steps and Vishay resistors, remotely controlled. Intended to be used instead of a preamp. Would it be possible to bypass...

I was looking for a secondary (or rather tertiary) headphone to use for really bad and harsh recordings. These can contain great music so I was looking for something warm and not too detailed. Have seen the new K301 Xtra described so. I found that AKG has made some changes in the model line...

I am seaching for a good headphone for rock. I didn't like the HD600 because it lacks tight, deep bass and is to laid back. When I saw the HD650 is coming, I sold the HD600 and the Clou cable that had positive effects but also worsened the separation between bass and the upper regions, somewhat...

In a thread on Sony R10, the question of another legendary headphone, the Orpheus, turned up. It was said to be discontinued but I had recently seen that Sennheiser still advertise it on their homepage, so I sent an email to Sennheiser to resolve the problem. Of course, something we must know at...

Vibration damping is mostly relevant when you use speakers and the sound induces vibration in other components, especially source components as CD players and turntables. It should have very marginal importance for headphone only users. I will here give my first, positive impressions of a...

I have now burned-in my W11R for 200+ hours, tested it with three sources and compared it to Sennheiser HD600 with the Clou Red cable. I think the W11R improves during these 200 hours, but that the harshness many have experienced it not mainly a fault in the W11R. I have really experienced this...

I will here present some preliminary impressions and thoughts about the Audio Technica W-11R headphone and compare it to Sennheiser HD600 with a Clou Red upgrade cable. The W-11R belongs to the W family of headphones with the somewhat cheaper W100 and the W2002 at the double cost (price for...

I posted a thread that I bought the last W11R from Audiocubes. I got a newsletter from them that they now have found seven more that are available. Don't think this is a marketing trick, when a product is discontinued there is always some rest stock that may or may not appear. One member has...

I just got a message from Audiocubes that I have purchased the last W11R. Good luck because I have spent some time on research and I seem to get my sample. Bad luck for others who may be interested. I had really preferred that more persons got this phone rather than being one of the few, as...

I have read some reviews on the AT headphones at Head-Fi, thank you for that. No one seems to have heard both the W100 and the W11R. Inspired by Tomcat, I made some babelfishing. I found a Japanese review of several AT models, but the quality of the machine translation was so bad that you had to...