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Thanks for reading. I'm selling a near-new pair of Sennheiser/Drop HD6XX headphones with original packaging and accessories. $295 AUD plus shipping within Australia or NZ. Reasonable offers considered. Payment via PayPal. I bought these directly from (Mass)Drop about six weeks ago. At the...

Thanks for reading. I'm selling a near-new pair of Hifiman HE560 v. 4 headphones with original packaging and accessories. $295 AUD plus shipping within Australia or NZ. Reasonable offers considered. Payment via PayPal. I bought these directly from Hifiman about a month ago. At the same time I...

@boneless3vil A fool and his money are soon parted. Start with $1,000 or less and try a Sennheiser HD600 or HD6XX (Sennheiser/Drop), a Schiit Jotunheim (or similar) with a DAC module and some well recorded music that you like. While you're bedding into this sound for six months to a year, do...

You're a good man and credit to the community.

My P7 pads have given up the ghost. Does anyone know where I could get a replacement pair? Encompass, who do stock them, don't ship to Australia. Bowers & Wilkins haven't responded to a message I sent about a week ago. Cheers!

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Just like that sleepy lion in the jungle, a new pair of headphones is always only a-whim-away. In this instance the whim compelled me to buy a pair of Onkyo HP-200. I couldn't find many details except their inclusion in Onkyo catalogues from 1979 & 1980 in which it appears to be the favoured...

Thanks @kibot Not all tube amps are created equal. I didn't like the HD600 from the Vali and I didn't love the HD650 from the Bottlehead Crack. If tube nervosa weren't a thing I'd probably have spent $3k plus on something special like an Eddie Current amp, but the tube gods' demands are many...

I've owned the HD600 before and wasn't impressed. It was flat and un-engaging running from a Modi MB 2 -> Vali 2. I simply could not understand why people raved about them. Last week I bought a new pair at a good price. Totally different experience. The SPL Phonitor has brought it to life. I...

Thanks for reading Brand new Dekoni Audio Elite Fenestrated Sheepskin Earpads for Focal Elear, Clear & Utopia. I purchased these from Addicted to Audio last week for $149.95 and a purchase invoice verifying this be supplied on request. I sold my Focal Clears on the weekend before these arrived...

Thanks for reading. I'm selling my original Focal Clear Professional open-back headphones. Purchased new from Addicted to Audio, Melbourne, in September 2021. Since then they have seen about 300 hours of use (an hour a day on average). They are in excellent condition, but have the typical...

Thanks for looking. I'm selling my SPL Phonitor e headphone amplifier, which includes the optional DAC768xc module. I purchased this brand new from Addicted to Audio, Melbourne, in September 2021. A copy of the invoice is available upon request. A brand new face plate was fitted in late July...

Glenn If you're reading this I hope you're doing OK. Nate

Sennheiser HD650

If I had money to throw around I'd buy a passive preamp with a remote something like Khozmo have to offer. Crank your amp volume up all the way and control the volume through a higher quality motorised stepped attunator. Not cheap, though. https://khozmo.com/balanced_stereo.html

LOL How the headphone landscape has changed in the last 10 years! Fancy calling the Clears "mid-fi".

Feel free to send them to me for testing LOL!

Yes, cap changes impact the sound, but suitable film capacitors can be very expensive indeed. If you do decide to try out some replacement caps, remember that the improvements they offer are marginal to most and inaudible to some. Spending a few bucks is fine. However, IMO, instead of spending...

Has anyone heard Eric's paralleled 6BX7 amp driving lowish impedance headphones? My primary headphones are Focal Clear OGs with a nominal impedance of 50 Ohms. Would they play nicely together?

1. SPL have been using the "small batch" excuse re text wearing for a few years now 2. It's absurd to expect the user to not touch their equipment and, frankly, this would drive me mad 3. Rapid text wearing on an entry level Chi-Fi amp would be unsurprising. At the price point of the Phonitor...

Have: Focal Clear OG and B&W P7 Want: A pair of closed headphones with very good isolating qualities and excellent sound quality for $2K or less. Does such a beast exist?

As mentioned earlier, the text on my Phonitor e faceplate wore off very quickly. The SPL agent here told me they'd replace the faceplate but that I'd have to send the amp in, risking damage/loss in transit and a few weeks without good music. I asked the agent if they would send me the...

After having lived with the Phonitor E for 6 months I can describe it as a smooth, punchy, clean and detailed piece of kit when paired with a slightly EQ'ed pair of OG Clears. Two criticisms: 1. The inbuilt DAC wouldn't accept a signal from my Sony UltraHD bluray player 2. Text completely wore...