well i was thinking of buying myself a buffalo dac. yes i'm going for a more expensive dac i will not take any lower quality. even the keces is very good for the money, it needs to be better. but manaox2 do you know that there will be something out, or are you expecting some manufactures...

i thought so, 300 dollar is a bit to much. well maybe not, but can i connect a balanced out of a dac, to a non ballanced in of an amp ? and if you are saying that before christmas there will be a nice dac, are you refering to something specifically ? thanks oh we were posting at the...

hello everybody, the same old question all over again. i need a dac, it has to be USB, and i don't want to spent to much on it. i need it because i'm gonna put it before a TA2020 chip amp (charlize) and a bob brines fostex fe167 full ranger. i was thinking of a monica usb dac. it...

no one ? i'm gonna cry me a river

hello everyone, my headphones are falling apart, they are all akg's, i would like to hook up a new cable. what can i buy, and more important where. i know i can buy cardas starquad (mini) and lot's of other things, but still i think they are quite heavy cables. can someone...

hello everybody, i'm making an psu for an xcan, i know there are a lot of topics on this, but still i haven't found the answer; i wanna build an psu like grotto, that means an encapsulated transformer 2*0-12v at 30va. but what i wanna ask is: is it short circuit safe, because there...

hello everybody, i wanna build myself an headphone amp. still don't know what to build cause i don't know what kind of heapdhone i will be pluggin in. maybe a closed headphone, at this moment i have an akg k500. m3 or dynalo are both quite good i think. so i'm looking for some people in...

hello everybody, i have been reading a lot last day, and i thought: well i think i know it, i'm gonna make myself a wna: but then : wna is closed. so off again looking around. i wanna make a amp for my akg 500, probably i will buy an 701 or hd650, we will see. so within that price range...

thanx guys, for all the information, i'm gonna look further the guy didn't use the pure silver all the time, he just experimented with it. so it is not in his normal setup. but how long does it take before silver oxidates ? cause you could use silver with a slight coating like anti-cables...

hello everybody, i'm new here, but that didn't stopped me from reading a lot, i'm in the hot pursue of a real high end cable. And come to the conclusion that is very hard to find one. allright you can pay 200 euro for one, but that's not just my wallet and cup of tea. please don't shoot...

i'll take a close look to the pa2v2 yes i have noticed that there is a DIY part; but i found more information about amps and diy then in the diy part; that's why i hesitated to post it there, but thanx a lot for the link. greetings fille

hello everybody, i have an akg k500, which i wanna refurbish, that is : an new speaker cable and new strings which hold up the adjustment wearing mechanism.. so i have been searching for hours for a good speaker cable. good god, i have come to read things, but after hours of reading i...

hello everybody, i'm new here, and i want to buy an akg k701 and also an amp. i have looked around very well already on the forum. (oh yeah, i want to build it my own, hopefully i'm in the right category of the forum) I don't wanna pay to much for the amp, let's say 200 euro parts and pcb...

thanx everybody, i have made up my mind, it's gonna be an akg k701, but first i'm gonna refurbish my k500 and i'm gonna look for an amp. but i'll post that in the other parts of the forum thanx a lot

thanx guys, for the numerous reply. with not disturbing others: i mean not disturbing others in another room, so open headphones isn't a problem. i mean that's the only way to go for me because closed ones are much to claustrofobic for me. i don't mind sound from outside sliping in, my...

hello everybody, i'm new here, but i'm an audiophile for long, at least theoreticly (i'm reading a lot, building or buying requires money). I have bought already a few headphones, but none of them are good enough. i have bought an akg k401 something like ten years ago: but the sound was much to...