Hey guys, Thomas Mayer, the Elrog God himself, is working on a new Series of Audio Equipment. The compactron Series. He recently shared some news of the DAC which is a scaled down Version of his DAC with 801 output tubes. Blog Entry All pictures and info have been shared on his Facebook Page.

Hey guys, I recently started to dab into heavy EQ with convolution filters. Right now I have fun with EQ'ing one headphone as close as possible to the FR of another with the help of AutoEQ. I then want to A/B my eq'ed headphone to the original. However I have no Clue how to reliably...

Hey guys, Now that I own a high end audio setup, I want to improve the experience by adding a nice chair. Currently I dream about an Eames lounge chair. Since the original from Vitra (I'm in EU) is way out of budget I'd like to get a replica. There are some well done replicas out there, the...

Hey guys, With Audeze releasing their new estat tomorrow I'm looking for a fitting energizer. I already have an amazing speakeramp and for cost efficiency reasons I'd like to use it in conjunction with an energizer. I don't even know what's on the market and which of these things are any...

Hey guys, I wanted to create a thread dedicated to KR Audio tubes. Those seem to be among the pricier current production tubes but also of good quality, well worth a consideration vs NOS in sound quality. I'm looking for a few new tubes and wanted to gather some of your impressions. KR Audio...

Hey guys, I realized this Amplifier has now thread of its own yet. Audion is known for producing tube amplifiers since 1987, and 2018 they released their First? dedicated headphone amplifier, The Silver Night HP1 http://tubeamps.co.uk/product/silver-night-hp1-headphone-amplifier Basically a...

Hey guys, I am planning on getting a Rockna Wavelight Server in the near future. However the Device has only LAN functionality and no WLAN. Which options are there to "upgrade" it for high end audio purposes? I know that LAN is superior for Sound quality but im my current Appartement this...

Hey guys, Not sure if this is better here or in the cable subforum. My system nears completion and yesterday I started with Power Management. I included a PS Audio stellar P3 and it brought an obvious change to the sound. Now I am thinking about Power cables. I'd need 3-4 in total (amp, dac...

Hey guys, My system nears completion and yesterday I started with Power Management. I included a PS Audio stellar P3 and it brought an obvious change to the sound. Now I am thinking about Power cables. I'd need 3-4 in total (amp, dac, Power regenerator itself and next year for the streamer)...

Does anyone have any experience with the most affordable of PS Audios Power regenerators? I'd be especially interested in comparisons to the Audioquest Niagara 1000/1200/3000 models.(which are powerfilters and no generators but in a similar price region depending on where you live)...

hey guys, Looking for a list of all 12au7 tubes which are currently in production. Ideally with a short sound description. Hope the experienced tube rollers can help here.

hey guys, hopefully someone can answer my questions about digitizing CDs. Does it make any difference in sound quality wether you rip them with any cheap CD rom drive from a PC or a high quality CD Player? Does it make any difference in sound quality if you use Windows Media Player for the...

Hey guys, I was shocked that there is no dedicated thread for primaluna amps here. I know that they are basically speaker amps, but the way their headphone out is implemented makes them also amazing headphone amplifiers. https://www.primaluna-usa.com/integrated-amplifiers Please share your...