I think the A & K's at $400 range is a steal. It's the build quality as well as the sound that make these a jewell. Sound quality, it is extremely neutral and will not wash or color a recording or hide its flaws. But you can adjust the EQ as needed. As you know I do have an AK120ii forsale -...

I have one for sale @ https://www.head-fi.org/threads/fs-astell-kern-ak120-ii-portable-high-resolution-audio-player-price-drop-again.923902/#post-15508374

That is how much I paid for mine from Beach as well. I Highly recommended the 120II over any other DAP I have ever heard to date. Also I picked up the Pelican 1030 case which the 120 fits in snugly, while allowing enough room for phone, cables, airline adapter and power plug.  The perfect travel...

An interesting option is the i1030 which has the cary sections for the cords, earbuds, etc. this may be an interesting one, but only comes in white and yellow :-( 

ok, about to go traveling with my AK120II.   Want to get a Pelican case for it.  What size do you think would be the best for holing the AK120 II, as well as earbuds, very small charger and usb cable?  The 1020 case looks a little big, do you think a 1015 micro case will work? 

While doing research on Lossless,  I downloaded 2 dozen albums and MQS files from LINN and others. I also have a program called Similarity App. In this application you can run an Analysis of a files to see lots of information about the audio track. Most of the files barely had any peaks in the...

Ok, here is an observation I made today. While doing research on Lossless due to Music Alchemist's comments and links above.  I downloaded 2 dozen albums and MQS files from LINN and others. I also have a program called Similarity App. In this application you can run an Analysis of a files to see...

Correct,  have 2 nice home systems.  A Very clean tube amp with speakers that have no cross overs for classical and jazz/blues, and then I have a Bryston ( 20 Year Warranty! ) amp and DAC with 5 speaker surround for that hard thumping music and movies.   I went though Many systems until I found...

Great, deleting them makes it Much Easier, add remaining ones to playlists :-) 

Great info!   I have just bought the last system I will ever need :-) 

Soon the be the proud owner of a the AK120II  ( just ordered today )   I do have a question about the UI.   I have a Large collection of full albums, I would like to start to eliminate the stuff I just have no interest in.  Of course each album may have a song or two that I love and want to...

Wow, I would hate to disagree with you, I can play a 88Khz audio files on my home system and I have used the dBpoweramp to down convert with to 256-355kbps range, and both my wife and I can absolutely hear a difference.  The sound stage falls apart, the resonance in the voice is gone, the...

OK guys thank you for all of your help!    I pulled the trigger.   Here is what I decided on:   Source: Astell&Kern AK120II.  It has all of the spcs I was looking for, got Great reviews and looks fabulous. I wanted something a little bight, as my home setup has all silver Kimber cables and...

Looks like i'm joining the 150 club.. After Lots of research I found the devices I wanted to get, only to be presented with the opportunity to get the LAB 1  After reading everything in this thread ( and others )  it seems like a no brainer and decided to go with these.    Next is to pair them...

Im interested!   I agree with your terms and conditions.   Or I can come to your facility as I;m here in the Bay Area. 

Wow, that is a very limited run, you would figure that 3D printing was meant to make things easier to mass produce :-/  

I Really like the Sony MDR-Z7, seem to be priced right, the frequency response of 3hz to 100Khz will make the neighbors dog insane!!!!  But how well will they travel and sound.... The speaker seems to be huge in these as well. Looking forward to hearing them! 

The Lab 1 sure looks impressive! and I like that it can be used by others too ( wife ) ... 

Thank you Za - I'm not really into the CIEM's. I do not feel very comfortable wearing them, and i'm a little old school on that one am still not sold on the ability to get super high grade sound from them, due to size.    I may be wrong and I am new to this, just starting my learning and have a...

I took a quick look at the  Beyerdynamic T5p.  I do like the look, but the cables are not removable. This is an issue for me as I Love to play around with different cables for different types of music.  Having 3 pairs for my main system.   I think this wil be just as fun for headphones as...

So far the 2 I have found that look promising:   1. Ultrasone Signature Pro 2. Oppo PM-1   Any others or opinions on the above? 

Thank's Uncle Al, I'm already learning A Lot and hoping with the help of this site to pick the perfect headphones the first time ( hahah ).

Hello, David here, lifelong audiophile looking to get into headphone: mixed use of home and travel.  Looks like it'll be really interesting hunt to see if I can find the best of both worlds..

Hi, I'm new here, my first post actually. I'm an audiophile, mainly big traditional systems.Recently I've been looking to build a home/portable solution that can be used around the house, connected to my systems, or when traveling.   I listen to a little bit of everything, but prefer electronica...