I've been in this hobby since the late 90's and now I'm getting too old. I have some eustachian tube dysfunction of non-specific origin and has impact on my hearing in my left ear. It's been going on for months with no hope of treatment or remedy. Anybody else aging out of this hobby?

I found an old box at a thrift store last week and decided to turn it into a ground travel box for my LCD3's and Topping DX7 Pro. I got the fabric for 12 dollars, the Foam was on sale for 15, the latches were 7 and the box was 7 so 41 dollars total. I decided to keep the box in the destressed...

Hi, I'm looking for a DAP that I can use with my current desktop DAC/Amp. I'm using windows currently but changing music on my tower is inconvenient in my studio. I want to be able to just pick up a small device and pick a new album to listen to while I work. I also want this device to have a...

First I'll state that I have no affiliation with this seller in any way. I just was looking for a headphone stand, ran accross this sale and took the risk and bought 2. It's just the cheapest stand I've seen of it's type. I don't know if it's solid wood or anything that's not in the listing. I...

Hi, I have a handfull of Amperex 6dj8/ecc88j half of which appear identical with the exception of the getter. Some are circular plates while the others are halo shaped. There's minor difference in the font of the numbering. The halo shaped getter tubes have a smaller lettering while the ones...

I bought about 5 pair of the old style marshmallow when I found them at Ross Dress For Less at 5 dollars a pair.    I loved them.   However I've either broken them or given them away over the past 5 years and I just bought a pair of the new style and my god they are awful, muddy mess.   ...

I bought about 5 pair of the old style marshmallow when I found them at Ross Dress For Less at 5 dollars a pair.    I loved them.   However I've either broken them or given them away over the past 5 years and I just bought a pair of the new style and my god they are awful, muddy mess.   ...

I've been buying mid-fi and hi-fi headphones for about 10 years starting off with grado sr-80's and I've gone through all of the upper-end headphones of major manufacturer's (senn, grado, alessandro, AKG, AT et al). I've owned a few headphone preamps, portable amps, interconnects, tried to...

I'm sure that I could have done some searching and answer this question but, you see, I'm afflicted with laziness and absolutely cannot. It's a horrible affliction that infects 99 out of 100 forum goers and as of this time, there is no cure. I do have a semi-legitimate reason for asking this...

These photograms by Adam Fuss where he eviscerates rabbits and the gastric acid when in contact with the photographic paper causes these wonderful kaleidoscopic colors to appear. They're quite stunning and bring up a ton of questions about the ethical problems that arise when you kill animals...

The right channel went out on my ipod after only a few months so I sent it into apple. They said that the damage was caused by accident damage or abuse. I don't believe that I handled it in any neglectful way or there was accidental damage. Has anybody tried to force apple to honor a warranty...

..or if it is even a drill bit at all. I'm of course looking at the metal structure that is below the ferrofluid. YouTube - Sachiko Kodama, Yasushi Miyajima "Morpho Towers -- Two Stand

I lurk mostly but my post count is starting to add up. I won't be all that long until I am granted headphoneus supremus status. What a long strange trip it's been being 1/15th of the way to headphoneus supremus. I've bought a pair of hd650's, sr325's sr80's e5c's a feel hd200se and sr71. Who...

I bought a used pair of Alessandro MS2i's and they have had quite a bit of the silver paint missing. I'm thinking about repainting it back on but was hoping for tips. Has anybody done this with any success? The main problem I see is not getting any paint on the areas that aren't supposed to...

It seems that 1/3 of the headphone for sale forum is WTB topics. When skimming i'm constantly seeing something I want to buy but then notice that they just want to buy it too. For me it's getting irritating. How about you?

I'm a tube/hybrid noob and am thinking about getting one of these amps but know almost nothing on the subject. Is there a resource out there that can show me the rules of basic operation and then answer questions I don't even have yet? Thanks!

I'm almost surely going to get this amp for my HD650/mobius headphones but am having a hard time finding reviews or even an impression of how this amp sounds. Do you or have you owned this amp? Would you be willing to scribble down how you FEEL (nyuck nyuck) about how it sounds? I'd greatly...