Haven't been listening for a few years and all regular hifi gear remain unused due to toddler takeover of mancave    At present, I'm considering an iBasso DX50 and IEMs for a budget of $500, no amp. Listening preferences include classical and jazz where acoustic tonality is more important...

Thanks for the kind words, oicdn

Quote: Originally Posted by jigster How did the K1Ks sound out of the Silvertone. Thinking of checking them out. Wonder if there's a discount for locals ? (Me living in Singapore) Hi jigster, compared to the Silvertone I preferred the K1Ks with the BAT VK60 monos I had then only...

Thanks, kugino. And to answer your question, fran, the Kuzma Stabi S holds its own very well compared to the Yorke S7. Both use AC motors and measuring their speed using a LYS strobe made me appreciate the Kuzma's belt-driven subplatter. If the SY has a weakness, it's that thin rubber belt...

Quote: Originally Posted by robm321 Beware of having so much to tweak with the speakers, while it can be fun... it can also drive you crazy and never let you settle... Thanks, robm321, in my case what prevents me from going nuts is that everytime I have a guest come over the...

Well, the speaker I called the "long lost brother" of the AKG K1000s (the Duevel Bella Luna Diamantes) have now moved on to their new owner. I've also given up my hunt for the Grado PS1s a few months back as a couple feeding frenzies in eBay made me feel like a wee guppy swimming amongst sharks...

Reason I'm asking is because I'm "patiently" building up posts so I can post a WTB but am curious whether doing that is historically a less successful method than watching the 'bay along with a few hundred fellow vampire snipers

Pardon the naive question-- if ebay sellers are for coveted headphones like these are more often than not members of the headfi community, why don't seekers post WTB ads?

Here's a review of Rodarmer's GV: Quote: It is a rare pleasure to be able to recommend a recording of such astonishing musicianship. Kurt Rodarmer has crossed several barriers with his transcription of the Goldberg Variations for guitar. Rather than adopting the common practice of...

Quote: how about trying to get someone to build you a 3 channel B22... Unfortunately, this won't work for me unless I manage to hear the amp elsewhere first. Quote: I think the AT-HA5000 is at a similar level of sound quality as the Raptor when matched with AT headphones or...

Viktoria Mullova Watch her Chaconne on Youtube ***** And if you love the Goldberg Variations, here's one not to miss-- an unprecendeted effort by Kurt Rodarmer to play it on the guitar--

If you haven't seen him before, here's a treat: Jake Shimabukuro on ukelele playing "While my guitar gently weeps"

Wow, thanks, vcoheda! I haven't heard of this particular model and it looks very interesting. I've always liked SP and this is good homework

Please qualify your recommendations with pairing cans. Thanks!

Imo, the K1000 is one of those components that, as much as possible, you'd like to stick to tried and true amp combos. While I haven't heard the B22 nor the F1, I've heard the K1K driven by Aleph 30s and the pairing was excellent, albeit a bit bright (although it's possible to compensate with...

What about the PSB Alpha B1? Slightly higher @ $279 retail, the actual price might fall within budget. Fwiw, Stereophile recently gave the Alphas a nice review--- "Overall, however, this is superb measured performance for such an affordable speaker, and demonstrates that some excellent...

Thanks vcoheda. And Michael, yes, the OC9mkII is a good cart, I'd say performing at least on the same level as a Dyna 20XL. I could live with this cart and not feel shortchanged... just not indefinitely, but then same goes for almost all carts

Thanks for the welcome, Rob, and the reason that I'm considering a PS-1 instead of its HP brethren is that I haven't heard either HP-1K or HP-2. I did hear the HE-90s at the meet and wasn't blown away as much as, say, the Sony R10s... but then it was under show conditions, I didn't get to play...

Quote: Dude, I noticed your analog set up. Wicked! How good is the Dynavector XV 1S? Among the better carts in the market, I believe it can hang with the top Zyx, Transfiguration and Lyras. As you go up, certain brands (like those three), tend to sound more alike. Or put another way...

Secret Just kidding, I prefer not to dwell on what's not there yet. Must clean house first.

Just the Vmoda + Total Bithead at work.

Concise but very useful, thanks iamdone and robm321.

U didn't say whether you'd like classical, jazz, other so how about Trio Balkan-- Otherwise for classical the Romeros have 3/4-guitar commissioned pieces and there's lots of jazz guitar duos, etc.

Btw, I did end up selling the K1000s to Nightfire, who's an officemate at our company's Montreal office. And I truly believe he got more out of these cans! A couple of Nightfire's threads: DIY F1 K1000 - 1 week later

Quote: Great pics - I had no idea the back of the room was so close. Oh yeah, there's a couch some 15 ft from the speakers and that's where guests sit. But since the Duevels don't image like direct radiators, I prefer sitting nearfield, say, 5-6ft away on that massage chair. (Yipee...