Genuine replacement Grado L cushions cost about $30 a pair, but there are many Chinese knockoffs on ebay that sell for a fraction of that price.   My question would be: How many of those cheap Chinese knockoffs replicate the foam density of the original and genuine Grado L cushions?   Grado...

Has anyone tried it?   www.whathifi.com/marantz/cd6006/review

I am currently using an older battery-powered amp, the trusty Meier Audio Porta Corda. The Meier has driven my Grados pretty well, but now I am looking around for a "budget" AC-powered amp to do them further justice...   I am running the Meier with internal switches set for "Class A" bias...

I know that it's a relatively new headphone but I'm wondering if anyone anywhere has taken a crack at a custom recabling job yet...

How does it sound?

As I'm up for a Grado RS1i listening session, my rule of fit comes to mind.    Hold the bowls (if you're using standard Grado bowl earcups, as I do) with your index finger on the backside of each bowl. Put the headphones on, and using the placement of your index fingers as an index, line up...

Reading the specsheet for the Opera Consonance Cyber 20 headphone amp, I see that it is rated to output 1 watt into 32 ohms, while no specs are given for voltage output. I am a dummy when it comes to the ins and outs of amplifier design, so I ask: Is there a way to estimate what the Cyber 20's...

So.., I'm thinking about putting a 4 pin XLR on the Senn cable, and connecting directly to stereo amp speaker terminals using a K-1000 cable. Has anyone done this (successfully)?

Just a heads up... Bryston 2B LP, 60 watts per channel SS. A few versions of this amp are available. My version has XLR inputs and a headphone jack on the face, typical of the "Pro" version. But unlike mine, the Pro version has volume controls on the front panel. The headphone jack is powerful -...

I am interested in trying out the "SRRP" headphone amplifier, as shown on Pete Millett's DIY Audio pages. The parts list and schematic are downloadable from his website. This project might be a little too advanced for my skill level. Thanks for any advice.

Many of us know that the UHC is a switchable, transformer based impedance-matching device with both speaker connections and a headphone jack. It is inserted between a loudspeaker amp and the loudspeakers and allows one to use a normal amp for both headphones and loudspeakers. My questions...

... Don't know how many T amp users already know this, but recently I have discovered (via email conversations with Michael Mardis, www.michael.mardis.com) that using the Sonic Impact T amp with headphones is probably a bad idea. Why does he strongly advise against using the T amp with the...

Not an amp/headphone combo I hear much about, but I'm wondering what the latest findings might be...

Just wondering about this, because it seems like so many people who try AC filtration or AC regeneration devices in their loudspeaker systems end up selling them. The complaint often seems to be that both types of devices can quash "dynamics" or "homogenize the sound", etc.., Suspicious that...

Of course, audio interconnects are much more than tone-controls. But since millions of listeners use interconnect cables as tone-controls everyday, I'd almost like see IC cables classified by "tone" as well as by construction, design, etc... Many of the truly experienced lunatics amongst us...

Recently, the SS amp I've been using keeps blowing one or both of the 2.5 amp fuses that are placed next to the IEC powercord connection on the back of the amp. I've replaced the fuses twice so far but the same thing keeps happening. The amp is only a few years old. The right side fuse seems to...

Singlepower has informed me that their Basic SLAM amp ($799) can be configured to suit the needs of the AKG K-1000 for the total price of $949. I was wondering if any K-1000 owners here have tried this amp...

I'm now thinking that the amp one uses might be the biggest obstacle to overcome when evaluating headphones. I will not completely ignore what seems to be the general consensus of the K-1000's bass "quantity" - that it's a little on the lean side. But still, I wonder if any K-1000 owners are in...

... and then later on, realized that it would become your "hi-rez" format of choice - regardless of cost? Originally, my motivation for collecting vinyl was to amass the largest amount of music I could for the least amount of money. I owned an old Yamaha TT plugged into the phono stage of my...

I opined to myself the other day that of all of the different types of "soundstaging" experiences one may obtain through conventional headphones, the Grado soundstage may actually be the most natural-sounding one. Why? Because, more often than not the Grado soundstage experience puts you smack...

Some audiophiles would argue that all CD players, even the cheapest ones, are "98% to 99% perfect", and that the differences we claim to hear between them are mostly imagined. But my mind wanders along different lines. I recently compared two pretty good CDP's in my system. One was my own Sugden...

Headphile's $345 ultimate cable upgrade removes the PCB's from the K-1000 and hardwires in completely new cabling (the PCB is a notch filter designed by AKG to "lessen standing waves determined by ear shape and speaker angle"). Larry at Headphile thinks that AKG has "overdone" the notch filter...

Is this cabling upgrade worth it ($345)? Thanks.

... backing a (low back) listening chair into a corner when you listen to the K-1000's? It struck me the other day that, if the head of the listener was within several inches of a wall-boundary, the sonic reinforcement might affect the sound of these "earspeakers". Possible? Advisable? Also, has...

First of all, hello from "Michael G." (new member)! Now, down to the Nitty-Gritty... Grado 325's have the reputation, in some circles, as being "...too bright...". All I can say is that I have the very opposite opinion of them. I can only describe their sound as silky, smooth, warm, musical, and...