Hey Peete, can you possibly give a quick and dirty comparison of the Franken Zero's Dac section with that of the compass? I'm thinking of getting one, but it would certainly have to far surpass the Franken's Dac capabilities.

Peete, you'd be happy or horrified to know that I've not slept since my last post. I've been suckling on Frankies lactating sonic mamaries ever since, taking quick 30 minutes here and there to freshen up, but, now I finally must get some rest or I will become looney. As evidenced by my previous...

okay, just got past the 200 + hour burn in, listened to Radiohead's In Rainbows, it feels like my brain was just abducted and injected with a dose of sonic bliss. All the frequencies are settled and the sound is just starting to get BIGGER and more visually tangible. Speechless!!!!

assuming you have the tone arm and cartridge and stylus that's included with your turntable. I would recommend getting an azur 640P phono preamp, that'll then plug into your darkvoice amp or amp of choice and then you plug your HD650s into that. Pretty self explanatory. The mac - dac - amp -...

anyone with a burned in earth opa that they'd like to sell? ; )

My next step in audio is power supply issues. Would I benefit more from getting a power conditioner or an upgraded power cable? The wiring in my house is pretty old, but I do no hear any hum or noise coming from the power.

The getting parts out is a easy two man job!! get the board vertical and secure, desolder a leg at a time while your friend takes a pair of needle nosed pliers gently pull when the solder gets liquid. then reapply the heat on the pad for 4 - 6 seconds while your buddy lines up the solder sucker...

there are much better products than the Headroom Micro Amp for the money. Headroom has done a great job advertising, but in reality their products are on par with amps that cost half as much.

Also I've concluded that you have to be really anal and selective about your sound to be considering a cable upgrade. We're getting into things that "normal" people just don't care about. Remember, you have to gauge a cables performance on two levels. One is the immediate WOW factor and the...

I've had the Blue Dragon and the Cardas, and I prefer the Cardas by miles. The blue dragon is really thin and analytical sounding, and being made out of silver, you'd think that it would deliver more harmonic content than the Copper in the Cardas... but it doesn't. Also another strange thing is...

Peete, I found great pleasure in doing the mod. Good to hear that the frequency will balance out in a few more hundred hours haha. Right now it's a little cloudy and distant sounding, but I'm sure it's a passing phase. The hardest part for anyone considering the install is getting the old...

yeah, the zero should go for no more than $120.00 used, in stock config

Sennsay I think currawong is selling his zero with the Earth installed

nearing the 120 hour mark. The bass came back!!! whoo hooo!!! mids are becoming more prominent and more grippy and textured. The highs are becoming more and more delicate, almost disappearing..... sound stage is becoming smaller but deeper. Hmmm need more burn in time, I hope the highs come...

Quote: Originally Posted by dBs Ugh, I dunno how people can do that. If I dont get enough sleep in a 3 day stretch (just need to meet a certain amount over that time ~12 hours), I get literally sick until I finally do go to sleep). I wish I could do the little sleep thing, but no...

Quote: Originally Posted by Uncle Erik I also think the HD-600 would be a safe choice. It has almost the same sound signature but is more neutral. Another option is to try a solid state amp. Tubes can be soft and flabby with bass, but solid state cleans that up. I totally...

I noticed that the link to the compass page is taken down. We have to direct link to it, is Kingwa getting more orders than he can handle?

Okay in the 70-80 hour range of burn in. The bass has disappeared, and the sound-stage has become comically wide. man what a ride!!!! expecting more changes with in the next few hundred hours.

Honestly, people who can't hear the diff between the stock Senn cable and the Cardas HAVE to be DEAF!!!! There is so much more air around the notes when Cardas cable is in use, the soundstage become holographic, the treble extends and delivers MUCH more harmonic content than stock. Also the bass...

I really lucked here, the headfi'er I purchased the cable from did not ship out the item yet and was kind enough to give me a refund. Given the circumstances of the cabling logistics, I'm not gonna ignore a man who spent years fine tuning his vision, only to neuter it with an amateur soldering...

make sure you get an aftermarket cable for the HD650. I'd recommend the Cardas, it'll really dig deep into the sound and offer you attack and decay that's missing from the stock cable. You can usually find one for 150.00 around here used. It's an obvious change even plugged directly into poor...

well I emailed James and here is what he said. Scratch the re-termination idea, it's not cheap nor does it make any economical sense. Thank you for your email and questions. My apologies, I did not realize you were interested in converting the balanced cable to full specifications...

yeah man, dollar for dollar and hour for hour the best money and time I've ever spent on audio. Now it's paying back in spades.

Hey everyone, I need to reterminate my Equinox cable from balanced to S.E. What do you think the best phono plug is? I've auditioned the Cardas phono plug and the Neutrik NP3X-B. Does anyone know the stock one that comes on the Equinox?

what's the differnce between nickel and gold, soundwise?