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Greetings fellow humans. I have long been developing unique and cutting edge audio stuff solo but I have long dreamt of the day where I would meet someone legitimately interested in audio design such as I to combine two brains into one. My question is simple. Is there such a person out there...

Let's say I was a new startup audio company that sells ultra high end amplifiers, dacs, and headphones. As a new audio company, how bad of an idea would it be to miss this upcoming canjam in NY and why? Assuming I could not make the next few canjams. What are the benefits to an exhibitor...

I spend a lot of time designing audio gear but I am mostly an analogue guy and I'm running into walls when trying to design digital and high speed switching circuits such as Dacs and class D endeavors. Mostly due to money constraints but also because no one on the web wants to answer my...

I've spent the last couple of years designing amplifiers in search of the perfect sound. A culmination of my R&D has recently lead me to achieving my goal to a degree I never expected. I won't make any verbal claims about the sound because we all know (or should know) that 99.999999% of...

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After almost 2 years of amp design I'll soon have my "ultimate" design up and running and I want to integrate a dac into the design at an offset of anywhere between -30v to -160v meaning it must be floating and also meaning I must design it myself or at least have a sufficient understanding to...

Are there any audio electronic enthusiasts in Connecticut near Hartford, preferably the Farmington area? I've been building up toward my own amplifier business after creating amps that put the expensive big name ones to shame for a fraction of the price and I've been looking for a like-minded...

Does anyone have any instructions or advice for me on how to replace a faulty HD800 driver? Otherwise it's a $550 repair cost to sennheiser and that ain't happening.

Does your standard store bought DAC have a DC buffer at it's output? I ask because I want throw a bias voltage onto the grid of an input tube but I don't want to fry my dac.

PREAMBLE - SAFETY PRECAUTIONS   Before building/modding your amp, you are supposed to be aware of all the safety rules that go with this activity. Voltages and currents may turn you into this and in some cases this     even when switched off or unplugged.   - Always unplug your amp...

I've almost reached the summit of what I can do with headphones. After hearing a low-fi speaker system at someones house I realized that a high end speaker set-up could potentially make it sound like the band is in the room with you.   I hear electrostats do this best, along with everything...

I'm in the middle of doing a massive component upgrade to my MKVI+ amp. When it's done it won't even be recognizable. I've been wanting to repurchase a pair of th900s for a while now but I'm hesitant. Does anyone own a pair of balanced terminated TH900 that they wouldn't mind me coming over...

Hi, I'm wondering if there is a point where voltage on a power decoupling cap is too much? Is there a negative effect on using a decoupling cap at 1.1kv rather than 500v? Other than size.

So I made a custom balanced cable for my hd800 from canare cable and I didn't fasten the  solder joint in the headphone connectors with something so the wires were basically hanging on by the solder. I tried to be careful with it but the solder eventually snapped in one ear and after a few...

Hi, I'm looking for the best bang for my buck in dacs and I'm wondering how the Gungir and the NFB-1 stack up to each other. The NFB-1 looks really nice inside and reviews claim that audio-gb makes great price/performance items due to chinese production costs. What I don't know is how much...

Sup dudes! This is my first audio review ever and I'm probably going to blow your minds a little bit in one way or another. I spent a few hours at Stereo Exchange today and made direct comparisons between the my HD800s and the HE1000 and MHP1000. I used the EF1000 amp which had multiple...

Hi, I purchased an amazing amplifier and I need a dac to match it up to. I have the LD MKVI+ amp which is on par with or better than the WA22 amp. I also own the HD800 headphones which are one of the most revealing headphones. I want to buy a dac that will not let me down. I know some people...

Hi, I purchased an amazing amplifier and I need a dac to match it up to. I have the LD MKVI+ amp which is on par with or better than the WA22 amp. I also own the HD800 headphones which are one of the most revealing headphones. I want to buy a dac that will not let me down. I know some people...

I know a lot of people hate the idea that cables sound different but is there any agreement that wire purity contributes? For example Mogami cable witch is made of OFC copper vs other expensive OCC copper with 7n purity type 6 litz with cotton and all that other jazz.

Hi, I have a Little Dot MKVI+ which is said to sound as much as 3-4x as good as it's price suggest. Heralded as one of the best if not the best price/performance amps out there. I also have a pair of HD800s, one of the most revealing headphones. So I'm trying to get a dac to match up to what is...

What if  I opened up a store that contained just about every popular headphone, dac, and amp from all the major brands and connected all of the dacs and amps together through a digitally controlled analog switch so people can use a touch screen computer to instantly use any combination of amp...

Hi. I'm purchasing type 6 copper litz for headphone and interconnect cable. I notice that toxic cables has the mundorf silver gold solder on their litz cables but I hear you have to use a soldering pot to solder litz wire, which doesn't use normal solder. I don't know if I want to be using tin...

I've been looking all over the internet and I can't find a guide on how to reterminate my HD800 stock cable to 4 pin xlr. I know nothing about cables and nothing about soldering and I don't want to dice my cable up without a sound guide. Does anyone know of any?

Heelo. I've been considering making my own amp for a while now. I have a basic understanding (more or less) of what the different components do individually. What I don't understand is how they come together to make a headphone amp. When I see the inside of headphone amps I see what seems to...