I'll be sending the 560s out tomorrow - I wanted to today but ended up being stuck on a call for work until after the local UPS store closed.  I will say this - these are simply the best headphones for piano music I've ever heard.  Buying these just to listen to Rachmaninoff would be...

  They're here now, the post office attempted delivery yesterday but no one was around for a signature so I picked them up from the post office just a bit ago.  GloryUprising - you're next, I've sent you a PM for your address.

Quote: The 78mm diameter is crazy, the Mundorfs I bought I think are 48mm and they'll be enough of a challenge to mount. 

Quote: I agree - personally I'm not really expecting a noticeable sonic change by adding the big caps, I'm doing it more out of my desire to keep tinkering with the amp.  I've already changed the pot, added a bypass cap, added the Speedball, rolled a bunch of different tubes, etc, and...

Cool, thanks for the responses everyone.  The capacitor holder looks pretty much perfect Ben, but I might just go forward with the zip tie anchor with screws and ties since I can grab everything I need from Home Depot on the way home from work. 

For anyone that's put in some big/upgraded caps, how did you mount them?  I'm thinking of using a metal punch to punch holes in the alloy top plate and then using some screw-in zip tie mounts, but would like to hear what anyone else has done.  The caps will be Mundorf M-Cap 100uf/250v, so...

Quote: Yep, it's DIY, but the Bottlehead kits are a lot of fun (and not difficult) to build.  I built the Crack kit and then added the Speedball and a few other upgrades without ever having picked up a soldering iron before.  You get an awesome amp (without paying the add-on costs for...

The Bottlehead SEX can drive efficient speakers and the LCD-2s: http://www.bottlehead.com/store.php/products/single-ended-experimenters-kit

First, there's obviously quite a large price difference between the T1 and the HE-500, so if money is a concern than there may be some advantages to the HE-500s in terms of left-over funds for an amp and dac.   I recently demo'd the HE-500s for 3 days, and I listen to mostly classical and...

Has anyone changed the ear pads and found that they drastically altered the sound characteristics of the 880/600s?  I've had mine for about 2 years, and the ear pads were getting somewhat flat, so I replaced them about 2 weeks ago and now it seems like the bass is far "boomier" than I remember...

Quote: I would be that first person, they arrived via FedEx this morning and I'm listening to them now (Hilary Hahn playing The Lark Ascending) and absolutely loving them.  I have a pair of HD-650s coming from Amazon tomorrow and I'm tempted to return them and pay the extra for the...

I just got a UPS shipping notice from my order on Dec 13, I guess I know what I'm doing this weekend!

Quote:   I recently got the 1-RNCs and spent about 8 hours on planes with them in the last week.  The bass is absolutely accentuated far more in passive mode (to the point that I found it unpleasant running off both my O2/ODAC and Headroom Micro Stack) and is a bit more controlled in...

Budget/Entry level (Below $1000): FiiO E17 (1) Audio-gd DAC19DF (1) Yulong D100 (1) JDS Labs ODAC (1) Headroom Micro DAC (1) Mid-level ($1k-$2k): Metrum Octave (1) High-End (Above $2k): Eximus DP1 (1)

Quote: Ralf,   I can play 24/88 files I purchased off hdtracks without any issue (I just specifically tested https://www.hdtracks.com/index.php?file=catalogdetail&valbum_code=HD00028947419921) with Foobar and the ODAC.  FWIW I don't know if or how the downsampling would work, but it...