I recently bought a second hand Marantz SA 7001 in order to listen to SACDs alongside my main rig - Rega Planet, Musical Fidelity X CAN v3, X-PSU v3 & X-DAC v3. I was surprised to find that the SACD signal doesn't work with the digital output on the Marantz. Perhaps I shouldn't have been...

I just missed out on purchasing a Musical Fidelity X-DAC v3, have decided this might be fate and that I should seek advice on where to go next. I have an old Arcam Alpha 9 (SE, I think) CD player feeding a Musical Fidelity X-CAN v3 and Grado SR 325i headphones. The Musical Fidelity has a...

I currently own a pair of Grado SR 235i which I use with a Rega Ear headphone amp. I listen to classical music and want to get a new pair of headphones, but closed this time. Current possibilities from reading threads here are Beyerdynamic DT 770, Auto Technica ATH-A900 (or possibly...

I would like some advice please. I have a Creative Zen Touch 20gb with which I am very happy. But, it is full, very full. Compounding this is that I am ripping cds at ever high bit rates (currently 320kbit/s but this is not high enough). My cd collection is entirely classical, and I listen...

I am shortly to go on a long flight and want to buy some headphones to use with my Creative Zen Touch on this and future trips. I am torn between a number of options. I am interested in Shure E2c and Etymotic Er-6i - sub £100 represents my price range. My reservations about IEMs are about...