A question to those lucky who had a chance to listen to (A/Bing even better) both of these cans. I am looking to get one of the two. Where I live the price difference is more than twice. I wonder whether it's worth it, REALLY. Or is it the same story as with A700 and A900, where a700 would be...

After being a happy user of the original Laconic HA-03, I decided to upgrade to a higher-end product of the same company - their HA-04AF. I've seen that the manufacturer posted info about this amp in the Submissions thread, so check for technical...

Given a completely disastreous situation with the availability of external dedicated DACs in Russia, I am currently considering buying an external USB soundcard to use it as a USB DAC only. Hence the criteria: 1) takes USB input 2) able to bypass any of its own opamps 3) has a decent...

This is my first attempt to make a meaningful contribution to Head-Fi, so please be merciful! In some of the earlier posts I was asking about a cheap, small external solution to provide decent analog headphone output to my workplace PC. After checking opinions, reviews, availability etc. I...

After a few weeks of enjoying my original AKG K501 Litz Cable Mod, I contacted the guy that makes these wonderful cables and asked a question that quite a few K501 owners would ask themselves: "Is there a way to get just a tad more bass in my cans?" So, this copper wire genius scratched...

I want to buy a cheap and small external USB audio solution to add to my workplace PC. No need for extreme audiophile quality. Sole use - to power easy-to-drive AKG K55 to listen to some CDs and (mainly) MP3s of varying quality at work. Internal soundcard is not an option, as I don't want to...

I bought these back in 1996, during my trip to New York. At that time I thought this is the best sound from a headphone one can imagine Now I know this is not quite the case, but at that time they've been very heavily used, and are damn well burned in! As I moved to more serious cans, Aiwas...

I've come to a point to think about enhancing the sound quality of my PC as the main source for music playing. Currently I have an Audigy2 ZS Platinum, and I am really happy with its performance, stability and convenience in games, movies, Skype etc. But I've heard that in terms of music playing...

For some weird reason, I can't see any pages of the Amps' section - hence unable to re-read some older threads... Is there something wrong with the BB engine, or have I messed up some view settings????

In my search of good closed-back mate for my AKG K501 (menage-a-trois it was called in another thread - heh! , I came across Ultrasone products. I did not see them particularly actively discussed on this forum, but wander whether there are any owners or at least people who demoed them. If you...

Having looked thorugh a few dozens sigs of head-fi members, I've seen lots various "Team" designations. Some are more serious than others hehe, we've about started another funny one in my "Closed back cans...." thread LOL! I wonder whether there is a team of lovers of AKG K501 - in many ways...

Dear fellow head-fiers, I am looking at adding a closed-back pair to my existing K501. So far, based on my budget (or what's left of it ) and preferences, my search narrowed down to these three models. The problem is the following: while Bayers and AKGs are available in stores in Moscow, so...

From the discussion in the members' lounge, it seemed that a few people would be interested in seeing some impressions about a rather exotic piece of gear I mentioned to own - a Russian tube headphone amplifier Laconic HA-03. So, here it goes This baby is designed and manufactured by a...

Dear tube amp owners, I assume you've all gone through a tedious process of meticulous testing of various head amps with your gear before you went on witht the purchase. So you should have listened to multiple choices. I'd very much like to get some statistics on one particular aspect of...

Hi, everyone! Was waiting impatiently for account validation to say what a wonderful resource this is! Dunno how many Russian members you've got, but now you have one more for sure Love headphones, love my K501, will certainly buy at least one more closed-back pair for impact and punch...