A pleasure doing business with jpsingh! The Hifiman HE adapter looks like it is fresh from the manufacturer 👍🏻

I use it with an iPad or iPhone, an Apple lightning to USB 3 camera adapter, a longer/stronger aftermarket USB cable, and either the iPad charger or an Anker USB PowerCore battery supply. It can drive HD 650s decently and is simply delightful with my ER4S. Basically, nice if you are...

Likewise, Chris. And feel free to get in touch ahead of your next trip! Phil      

Many thanks to everyone, starting with Chris and Travis, for organizing this very nice, well-attended event. That was seriously good work. Kudos to all.   Although our visit was very casual and we did only a little sampling, we got the sense that things are taking off in Austin and we feel...

Excellent news for Head-Fi and all of us - kudos.

Definitely drink it soon! No decisions on a serious headphone rig yet and competing expenses (house). You have set the bar pretty high by exposing us to the Cavalli plus Stax combo ;-) We'll look into driving our trusty AKG 701s better than the built-in amps in our Apogee boxes (FW Duets, MiniMe...

Very happy to join in on March 2... (If I am not already in Europe by then - no firm travel dates yet.) Ahead of SXSW definitely sounds like good scheduling.   (And thanks again, BTW, MorbidToaster, for introducing my wife and me to some very serious gear at the mini-meet at your home.)

It may interfere with the pairing of dock-connected interfaces designed for the iPhone/iPod Touch. I have been experimenting with it to connect an iBasso D1 to my iPhone 4 and once the iPhone thinks it's an iPad it stops talking to my GuitarJack 2. BTW no joy with the D1 - it may require the hub...

The Sonoma Wireworks GuitarJack model 2 is a $150 pocket audio interface with ADC and DAC built in. The headphone monitoring output is excellent for the size and price. I use one with my iPhone 4 and FS Atrios. SQ is comparable (considering it has its own hp amp built in) to an iMod 4g. Designed...

Quote:   OK, I'll take that back to defer to WiR3D's previous caveat regarding this approach.  

As a well-known Stereophile columnist would say, "je ris mon mauvais rire" (I laugh my evil laugh).   OK, I'll daydream a little, FWIW:   HF is a huge, sophisticated, groundbreaking operation. It makes life much more enjoyable for thousands. It should not be allowed to fade into...

I can navigate and post in Tapatalk but no search function, and the app throws up error messages pointing to a 3rd party plugin developer as causing integration breakdowns. Naturally, the website is essentially unusable except on a PC or Mac, which means it is getting left behind fast by...

Hi, I live in Austin and I'd love to join in. I was prevented from getting serious over the past few years by repeated moves and remodeling but I'd be very keen on hearing a serious hp listening system at long last, especially with electrostatic or planar magnetic drivers. I have some basic...

Belated thanks for the good advice. Due to moves and remodeling I had lost track of this thread. I got a replacement RatShak wall wart (a nice one with several output voltages and polarity reversal) and will consider looking for a US repair job. It is an excellent interface and I hope nothing...

Hi -   I wonder if anyone has had a similar problem? The OEM AC adapter that came with our iBasso D1 (bought modded from Ted Yun two years ago, a versatile little audio champ) abandoned a prong inside an outlet. That was a bit shocking (morally, that is).   Should I bother telling iBasso...

Aw, heck -- I went ahead and ordered four from <https://www.audiocubes2.com/>. Hopefully enough charge cycles and battery hours to keep the PCDP running for the remainder of its life. Lots of dodgy stuff out on the web, BTW, and the best feedback is from the minidisk user community.

Quote: Originally Posted by terrymx Sorry to spoil any sale plan but I feel I can get them for a lower cost. What's good outlet for you?

Quote: Originally Posted by GMF2010 I have two of them that I got with a Sony CD Player that I think saw 10 hours of use. I'll charge them up and make sure they are working fine. I'd be willing to let then go as a pair for $40.00 plus whatever shipping comes to. Let me know. Hi...

Quote: Originally Posted by Golden Monkey ...are there fake ones? Heck, I'd rather not find out the hard way. The battery market is apparently filled with fakes and unreliable imitations...

Dear Head-Fiers: I'm trying to decide on a safe U.S. retail source for new Sony NH-14WM gumstick batteries. Any recommendations from satisfied customers? I don't mind paying a little more to make sure the article is genuine, BTW... (peace of mind ;-) Thanks for any pointers, Phil

Quote: Originally Posted by KB What empresses me about Audioengine is that the A2 has such good bass and overall warmth for such a small speaker, and the price is VERY very good. I'll second that. Just got to hear the A2s we bought from Ken for a friend and it's uncanny how those...

I use an iBasso T2 to drive Atrios M5s, with a 1st gen nano as source via a line-out dock connector from ALO. It makes everything bigger, airier, and smoother, especially where dynamics are concerned. The handling of the treble is much improved, as in far lower distortion and listening fatigue...

Well Guys, After many distractions, I finally have all the bits and parts assembled and charged and loaded and I'm delighted to report that both my wife and myself are getting just what we hoped for. The portable 1g 4GB nano > ALO line out dock connector > iBasso T2 > FS Atrios M5s rigs...

Welcome back... here we're dealing with a kiddie burglary and some vandalism at the house we just leased out and I have to confess we foisted a nano>iBasso>Atrio M5s system on a friend on his way back to Beijing. So my first tests are all centered on the portable rig right now. The Atrios are...

AW, SHUCKS... The more I look at the price of Grado RS-2s, the more I glance sideways at Beyers and AKGs (I'll pass on the Senns if the top end it too rolled off). Frankly, the K701s have received very laudatory reviews from a number of quarters and that included sessions with pop music. I'm...