So who knew the Pico DAC/amp (Dominat0r's) could drive K- 701s. Turns out it sounded great with the Focal Listens, too. Heaps o'headphones late in the afternoon

Quote:     Well, I can only call 'em like I hear 'em. Some components seem to change a lot when they're new and some don't. In this case, I had the 420s handy for reference, so the change was pretty plain to hear. Sometimes, it's pretty obvious why something breaks in the way it does -...

Back at CanJam '08 I made it my business to listen to every universal IEM in the house. Out of all of them, I liked the sound of the Shure SE-420s best. Since then, there have been so many new IEMs introduced it's impossible to listen to them all. This one or that one has sounded promising, but...

Hi. I've been out of circulation for a while, so I guess I'm bumping an old-ish thread now.   This was a great meet, which proves you don't need a mob of people to have a good meet. In fact, it was nice that everything was so mellow for hanging around and chatting. Even at that, I realized...

Indeed. Is there an impressions thread?

Hi Ron,   If we're not there on time (early morning and I don't get along) please let the chef know there will be two of us for lunch.   I have only the bridge to cross at this point, not the whole state, but still.... 9 AM!   Thanks.

    Quote:     Bonnie and I will be there.  

At this late date just about everything's been said.   I do want to pop in to thank everybody for a great meet. It was great people, great gear and a great time.   My $.02 worth on some of what I heard.   The Pete Millett designed Pinnacle in Todd the Vinyl Junkie's room was a real...

Loaner program?

OK. Here is a picture of the "Mark II" Plug. As you can see, I cut a taper and relief in the body right at the remaining "flange". Now, it has a much better grip on the little boss that's down near the jack itself. It only takes a little less than a quarter-turn to unlock it, but in most normal...

Quote: Originally Posted by dean0 +1 you may struggle to find a 2.5mm jack that fits, no-one so far has been succesful, only option is to hard-wire. Something I may consider in the near future I'm using a Mogami mini-quad on mine. Sounds a fair bit better (or different anyway)...

Quote: Originally Posted by dean0 B; Take a dremel to the hole and file the locking threads. What I did was to take the body of a 2.5 mm plug and grind off the two sides to make flats (which fit through the first profile of the jack). The bits of flange left on the plug work as...

I've had the 840s for about week now. Here's what I think I know so far: The first hour out of the box is pretty scary. Mechanical, congested - not a pretty picture. I think they start breaking in pretty fast, but they went in a picnic cooler with a bath towel for a while. After about 48...

Pricing update: B&H seems to have a memory lapse about ever having offered these cans at $160. I emailed HeadphoneSolutions, though, and they are offering them for $159 shipped (but not with the free PX100s. It's either one or the other). To get the discount, you paste "SPECIAL PRICE...

Hi, For ease of searching, I'm posting this in its own thread. There's a lot more about the Sophia 274 here: http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f5/woo...0/#post5750339 and here: http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f5/mod...5/#post3849727 and here...

Hi, First off, a hearty thank-you to John and his crew for putting on one fine weekend of festivities! I'm a bit late posting impressions - it's been a nasty week. you basically don't want to know - but impressed I still am, so here are some bits that were highlights for me. Better late...

Lost and bewildered. Wayne points out that I posted my impressions in the wrong thread. Rather than do a permalink and all that, I'll just paste and repost them here. Sorry 'bout that. __________________________________________________ ______________ ... and a good time was had by all...

Vinyl - it's high res music you can actually get your hands on. High-res downloads are nice and some people even prefer them to vinyl. But of all that are available, if I bought every single one that interested me, it would be - maybe- two dozen albums. With vinyl, on the other hand...

Ooops. That does fit the the forum schema. I'll just cut/paste over to the impressions thread. Not that I said anything profound, but someday, somebody may be searching..... -Carl

Hi Mark, At the moment, I'm in self imposed exile with the World's Worst Cold. As soon as I can breathe again, I'll give a shout. -Carl

... and a good time was had by all. Thanks for doing this Mike! Some impressions that come to mind (or remain in what passes for my mind): The star of the show was Mark Reid's new tube amp. Everybody was so blown away listening to it, nobody asked if it was OTL. It had one transformer on...

Hi Rederanged, Since my last post, I've only been able to steal a half-hour listen, just before work, when I could stop and start the stream from my server. So, in that less-than-ideal framework - amp warming up and glancing at my watch all the time - I tried to jot down some effects you...

Bonnie and I are in for Alligator Alley -Carl

Quote: Originally Posted by rederanged They DO have the ability to compare their decoded data to the original, and I'm pretty sure they would have done this before they released the SB into the wild. I doubt like all get out that the data is different. I would suspect...

Quote: Originally Posted by m1abrams Other things may effect the sound, such as the extra load causing jitter, or taxing the PSU creating more EMI. However I am skepitcal that you are in fact getting a noticable sound difference. Exactly. And thus the original question, which...