I have a time-critical req for assistance. As there is no guarantee the perhaps one person who can and is willing to help also reads the Smyth A16 thread with any frequency, I'm [cross] posting a few pointers to that request for visibility. Mods, please permit this otherwise frown upon...

I have a time-critical req for assistance. As there is no guarantee the perhaps one person who can and is willing to help also reads the Smyth A16 thread with any frequency, I'm [cross] posting a few pointers to that request for visibility. Im begging for a kind soul to assist me. Please see...

Have any of you used a simple Y-cable with success to take one AES3 source and fed two DACs from it? Or did you need to use something like this impedance matching cable to have success...

I was researching a DAP on my phone when I clicked a link from the very top of a Google search on a page that looked identical to Head-Fi's Mobile theme.  I thought I was on Head-fi.  I didn't really pay attention to the site hostname on the Google search results.  As it's on the phone, you...

I bought a good condition FMJ DV139 a few years ago. It is indeed filled with goodness. And I've continued to watch eBay sales of Arcam source players since.  I've come to see a big divide I can't readily explain. Equating number of bidders with interest, the FMJ CD23 seems to garner a lot of...

  So now that I purchased a new-to-me old Adcom GDA-700 with AES/EBU inputs, it's gotten me wondering.  I'm currently driving it over toslink spdif from a new Little Dot CDP_II (one of the few produced).  It's good.  But I can't help ponder would it be 'gooder', in a sonically significant way...

Now that I won the auction and I don't risk competing against a reader I inadvertently notified about the auction, I can ask... lol   For those that know and have 1st hand knowledge, Is the Adcom DV139 still all that?  I mean, sure it uses 6 Wolfson WM8740 DACs ... but my $109 FiiO E17 uses...

When I purchased a DT880 around the time I joined this forum I purchased two of them; one to leave at work and one to leave at home.   After getting a work-from-home arrangement w/my company, I pretty much stopped listening to headphones as I could crank speakers; but recently returned to...

I have no idea if this story played outside of the NY Tri-State area.  But there was this dog napper who was caught on tape. He was prominently sporting headphones.  I couldn't help but wonder and be aghast with the thought, could he be a member here?  :p    ...

hehehe...   I plan to get a Cowon D3 but wanted something to play my non-ripped CDs (I have about 400 of them), plus I was asking myself why do I have to listen to my collection compressed or ripped in some lossy format all the time?  (yes, I have/rip FLAC too, and will be doing more)  So I...

I just switched over to FiOS from Optimum Online. WOW, the "Reunion" station rocks! ...an Urge Radio channel as opposed to only the MusicChoice channels I previously knew from Optimum Online (I still have those too). What's your favorite? I just learned of a band from the 70's named "Head...

For approaching 3 decades now I've had a desire to learn about tube amp theory enough to build some of my own equipment. Now, having a renewed interest in audio in more then a casual listener sense from my recent foray into headphones... the two tube headamps and two high-end speaker hybrid...

I wasn't sure what forum would be best, amp, headphone, etc., so I put it here where I think the common denominator is ... where the emotional musical experience is discussed. So with that intro, here's the request for your thoughts... [not too long-winded'a intro for once. ] What...

Hi there. My California Audio Labs CL-10 burned out a few years ago during a lightning hit to my house. Does anyone know of a repair/mod shop where I might be able to get it fixed (and maybe modded if available)? Thanx much, m8o

The title says it all. Head-fi if running a new banner ad. If you click 'Search' the z-order of the pop-up puts it under that v-moda ad, and there's no way to do a quick search from there or click Advanced Search. ...must ... find .... antidote... need .... to .... search...

I'm thinking of buying a Audio Alchemy DDE v3.0 with HDCD. They're like 10 years old now. Are they any good by today's standards? Most notably, in comparison to something such as the Mhdt Labs Paradisea or other tube DACs sold at Pacific Valve? I know there's no 'oversampling' or 'upsampling' ...

Ok, this could be in the portable thread or here, as it bridges the gap and is really encoding/playback oriented. Inspired by what I am listening to, I was posting in the "what are you listening to right now" thread, and decided to abbreviate it and post the full observation tangent here in a...

....Help me decide what my next purchase will be. (under probably $500 but that can be flexible.) I'm going to make this thread a comprehensive 'inventory' of reasonably priced -- and perhaps a few a bit over my self-imposed idea of 'reasonably priced' -- tube or tube/SS hybrid head amps...