First off, I know these are completely different animals in that one is open and the other closed.    I'll start off by saying that I currently have a pair of 225i headphones running un-amped from my iPhone 5 playing lossless files. They're broken. I think. I loaned them to someone for a...

Just tossed mine into the valhalla.     Already I can hear the difference. Especially in the bass. It's just... there now. Where it should be. Imaging is really great. Really really good.  So far this early in, I'm liking them. Very musical. The volume seems a touch louder on the left...

Quote: I'm such a nerdy new-dad-to-be that I noticed the Cybex Aton before the headphones! Love that carseat. Also, the headphones aren't bad either. 

I posted, then thought I'd check out the schiit site. Answered my own question.    That's new I guess. I've been looking for a set of short interconnects for the bifrost and valhalla. This is pretty convenient. 

Sorry, what is a PSYT?

I was looking around for some tubes to try out and came across the Gold Lion 6922. Someone in another thread happened to mention it too. I was looking for the prices of them online and am a little confused. They are about 50 bucks each on one website, and on another they're about 80 for...

How's the Music Hall MMF 2.1. There's one on the local CL for 150   http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/ram/ele/3188103312.html   Did some initial looking around and it seems to be decent entry level table.  How does it compare to the Pro-Ject stuff?     S-

I'm looking to get a turntable. I've always kinda wanted one, but that was back before I knew what I was doing and talking about. Now that I know a little something, I'm kinda taken aback by the prices. I just saw a used turntable on audiogon for 22,000. While I'm sure it's pretty awesome, I'd...

Sorry - yeah it's going to be a bifrost. S-

Yes. As I don't yet have a DAC, it's all there is to do. And all but 20% or so of my music is lossless, yes. I'm working on getting a DAC, but it might be a couple if weeks.

HD650's

All my music with the exception of maybe 20% of it is lossless. It's running right into the amp. I dont have a DAC yet. Yes. It sounds better thru the amp, but straight out of the Mac they're not as bright. Just more... muffled and less powerful/impactful. I'll stick with it, but I hope they...

I only have about 10 hours on it so far, but man it's (bare with me here) bright? Shrill? The highs are ear piercing. It's very fatiguing. I can only listen to it for about an hour or two at a time. Any time there are S's or prolonged cymbals, it's like getting stabbed in the eardrum with a...

Alright - what's the accepted or safe practice for plugging headphones in / turning on the amp.    I thought I did it correctly last night. Source was off. Turned amp on with the volume knob all the way down. Let it warm up for about 1 min, plugged 650's in *POP* *CRACKLE*    Schiit! What? I...

Well, the delivery notification came in so I raced home to plug the Valhalla in and get some impressions.    It's making a huge difference already.    Lossless/various mix of 320kbps > iMac > crappy cables > Valhalla > HD650   The soundstage actually seems to have decreased slightly...

Yeah, but Gizmodo has bashed them before, it's like they can't make up their mind....   "So Beats By Dre headphones sound kind of terrible by audiophile standards. Minus "kind of."  http://bit.ly/IXbx92   People can love them all they want, it doesn't make them high-grade audio though...

Sometimes Gizmodo says cool things about headphones. Sometimes they don't. (Make that most of the time.)   This is the opening line for an article about the new Fanny Wang 3001 NC headphones they "reviewed."   "If we've learned anything from Beats by Dre, it's that adding a little bit of...

I think I commented on how great the soundstage was compared to the HD555's but I think now that I've listened a little more, that I was actually experiencing greater separation of the instruments rather than the soundstage.    Granted these impressions are/were based on brand new 650s with...

Yeah, I don't think I'm going to go crazy.... but since the whole tube amp, rolling thing is new to me I definitely wanted to get some tubes and check it out. See for myself how the sound changes  based on the tubes rolled.      S-

Quote:     Lol. I thought based on your understanding of the price you must have been from over there, or around those parts.    38 Doesn't seem too bad for a case like that...   S-

Ha!   Just replied to your comment in the Valhalla Thread.   Like I say there, I'm not sure I'm the best at describing what I'm hearing, but I'll do my best and post some early impressions.. What's the consensus on HD650 and burn in? Yes? No? Maybe? Listen to them while they burn...

Yeah, I'm excited to get it. It'll be my first tube amp, so it should be interesting.  I'm not sure I'm the greatest at describing what I'm hearing, but I'll do my best. I saw some Philips Orange Labels on the FST forum for about 100. It seemed like a good deal, but I think I'm going to try to...

#492  -  Learned how to set up secret bank accounts and channel money and funds through undisclosed locations in order to hide purchases from the ever seeing, all knowing wife. 

I went ahead and bought the Valhalla. It should be here tomorrow. It really did seem like the best amp in my price range, and now that it has the added benefit of being rollable, it should work out just fine. I was hoping to find more people that had the newer Valhalla that had done a little...

Lol. Thanks. I love The Oatmeal and he apparently shares my love of sriracha too.    Bearacha flamethrower! Loved it. It's also a walpaper for my mac I put up every now and then.    Yeah, I wasn't able to determine the price of the case as it's in some foreign currency that, as an...