Yes, that does make sense. Thanks Stillhart, apologies for missing that.

Just received mine yesterday, and am very much enjoying the sound straight out of the box, although I only have single ended headphone cabling at the moment. I'm very exited to hear this amp via the balanced out.   I did have a question regarding the switching. The manual states that the far...

username: jonataun   Love to see some HiFiman  products

  They've taken out print adds for this (the EL-8), in Stereophile at least, that state "At CES South Hall Booth 22018", so there will more than likely be a lot more info at the very least.

If your looking at used, might I also suggest checking out the ALO Pan Am? It's a brilliant little amp that has great synergy with the lcd2's, with the added bonus of being small/transportable, and having a halfway decent built in DAC. Of course, as others above have said, you can't really go...

No other cables. You have to supply the rca connections and the usb cable for the modi   Schiit does sell a very short set of rca's and a short usb for connection between their products called PYST, listed under accessories

The modi is usb powered, so just the usb connection in, then rca out to amplification (in this case the magni). The magni does need an AC adapter for power, which it comes with.

So I thought I would throw another option out there for the OP. The Aune T1 dac/amp combo. I just received this piece of kit a few weeks ago, and I have to say, I'm impressed.   It's a very good sounding unit, to my ears. It falls inside the price range of the other gear being discussed...

  Thanks, Matt. You recognize those PBJs?         Thank you.   No, it's not the stock base. That's something I came up with.

So, I finally got around to building the crack I bought during the Bottlehead free speedball sale last year.  Had to see what all the fuss is about.   I have to say, I'm thoroughly impressed.  I don't have any experience w/ any of the other phones in Sennheisers line up, but you can count me...

do you mind expanding on the differences your hearing between the T1's and the T90's, rommy?

I think the Alpha Design Labs GT40 has everything your looking for, and the DAC is suppose to be pretty good, as well, though I've never heard it myself.   http://www.musicdirect.com/p-12443-alpha-design-labs-gt-40-usb-dac-headphone-amp-phono-preamp.aspx   Edit: Scratch that, just...

So, I wanted to say I'm quite overwhelmed with the response that I've received to the pictures I've posted. Because there is so much interest, I'm going to spend some time figuring out the feasibility of making a number of these. Please keep in mind that these (both the stand and the skull) are...

Quote: LOL, yeah, that's probably the best place to start, right?

Quote:   Quote:   Quote:   Quote:   Wow! I honestly didn't expect such a positive response. Thanks so much for the compliments. To be honest, my brothers and I have chatted about starting something up to maybe sell these in the future, but I really had no idea what...

So I took a couple closer shots of the stands and skull for those who were interested.      

Quote:   Thank you very much!   Quote:   To be honest, I have no idea what I'm doing when it comes to photography.  I got that camera as a hand-me down gift from my dad when he decided to get a new one, and I would just end up embarrassing myself if I tried to use it at this...

Quote: Sure. It's actually a skull made out of solid teak. One of my brothers had the idea to make a helmet stand for his motorcycle helmet.  We did some designing and mock-ups, and made one out of MDF w/ a high gloss paint. The final product turned out really cool, so I decided to do one...

Quote: Thank you very much.   Quote: I didn't buy them, they're homemade.  I'm glad you like them.

  My humble little listening space...

It's been a while since I owned the FA-011s, so being this is going off of memory, take it w/ a grain of salt.   I definitely agree with ninjames about the soundstage and especially the instrument seperation being on another level w/ the HE-400.  The  bass on the the FA-011s is very...

Would love to hear your personal inpressions of the AKG's w/ the music you listed once you receive them and have had a little time w/ them.

Quote:  I would recomend checking out  Chris_Himself for good quality  lightweight cabes for the HE-400. Excellent  cables, and Chris is a great guy to deal with.

http://www.stereophile.com/content/peachtree-dac149it-da-converter   If your interested, Stereophile reviewed it.

Will do.  Thanks.