Thank you all for the replies. This is simply a loan program, nothing is exchanging hands or being traded. She;s simply going to listen to them and then ship them back to us. I'm trying to minimize customs fees and if any taxes. I'll be shipping my hd-580's to someone in the states and then...

Quote: Originally Posted by IPodPJ The chip designers will tell you no two DAC chips with high specs like these will sound different and they are all perfectly flat within the range of human hearing. It is all in the implementation and the output stage. I'm not sure whether I believe...

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A friend and I are going to be shipping a pair of headphones, amd and dac from the USA to anohter friend in Canada for her to give them a listen. He;s on the east coast, I'm in the mid-west, she's in BC. What would be the best,safest way to insure no, or little custon fee's or taxes?Nothing...

I don't have any experience with anyone being autistic, but from what I know, and my own symptoms from brain injury I would think what "type" of headphone would depend on whatever the student will be able to tolerate wearing. Then the strong possibility channel separation will be as big of a...

Good luck getting it starightened out. Looking forward to hearing what you think of it.

If you like the Senn sound I'd go ahead and upgrade to HD580,600,650 and enjoy those out of your soundcard until they get well broken in before getting an amp.

I'd bet a vital body part, that any Solo is not discrete... ok, let me save something.... at least up until the SRG. I say this cause I think the Novo , up until that point, is the only discrete up until then.

Quote: Originally Posted by Oedipus Rex Hi, I bough Sennheiser HD-650 yesterday, and am really blown away by them even though they are not even burned in yet. But, im currently using Tandberg tca-3002 preamp as my headphone amp, and was wondering if I really need a dedicated...

Quote: Originally Posted by oqvist Thanks I hadn´t found any info on it . Will look into it. I like the Slee Solo and I could keep it forever. But it would have been nice to see if the SRG really is better Oh it's obviously better, IMHO. Put it this way, I'm sure you could...

Quote: Originally Posted by Xenozx so being able to hear those extra details like foot steps and weapon fire wont be beneficial? Like I would almost think it would pull some of the duller sound out so you can hear it, and position it better? Would I just be better off getting a...

Quote: Originally Posted by oqvist What! You can upgrade an older Solo to SRG status. How much would that cost and how skilled do you have to be to do it . But am I right with burn in the SRG is not warmer then the Solo? Using PSU1? Graham Slee is still working on the kits...

Every since my review, I have been thinking how best to describe the difference between the Green and SRG Solo's that I heard with my ears, my gear and only having my HD-580's to use, also having never heard any other headphone gear. Not to mention my short, but sweet time listening to it.Now...

Thanks to Miguel for the loan of the SRG, and thanks to Gradofan2 for cutting his time short to squeeze me in. I'm really glad I got the chance to compare the Green Solo with the SRG/PSU-1 combo. I also compared the smsp wallwart with the PSU-1 on my Green Solo. Let me preface this with I...

Quote: Originally Posted by musicmaker I would love to try the Solo with the PSU1 sometime. My KICAS Caliente arrived last week. Has close to 100 hours now. But I really like what I'm hearing with the HD600 and the Sony MDR-CD3000 with the Caliente. Dunno, maybe someone...

Quote: Originally Posted by chinesekiwi time to bump this as I have a curious question. Well, I got my DT880 600ohms today! Yay! I am curious about a couple of things though. On my Rockhopper M3, although is, as described, I do hear a bit more bass impact, the volume knob on my M3...

Quote: Originally Posted by oqvist "......But well I like the Slee Solo great dynamics, detail, quite transparent and warm while still being tight and easy to hear details. I was quite interested in the Goldpoint headphone pro since it was a reported good match for my headphones as...

An amp/dac combo is a compromise. Separate amp and dac will outperform combo. Other's can give you a better run down on different products. IMO be thinking about how much you want to spend? Do you like your current amp, or what do you like/dislike about it? Where do you want to go in...

I haven't heard it myself but from everything I've read about it, the Graham Slee Novo is supposed to be hard to beat for the money @ $400. Even more so since the GBP to USD ratio has come down to what I believe now would equate to $307 and change as I type, verify that USD @ 200 GBP. It's a...

Check out the review of Graham Slee's Novo, fully discrete (amended, thought it was class A, but now can't find where it says it ) for $400. http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f45/or...2008-a-354511/ mrarroyo had a beta Novo at the mini-meet in Florida.

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I don't have any experience with laptops, but everything in a laptop is a compromise and everything is stuffed in there so closley. IMO I would go with usb, coax, or optical out, depending on what you have, so that would remove your soundcard from the equation. But would also require a dac...

Also, try and hold off until you can get more opinions, preferably from those how have a lot of, or have heard a lot of different amps. That's alot of coin to drop. Also, maybe search the for sale forum, not sure who much you would lose hearing something and turning it over if you didn't like it.

Quote: Originally Posted by GordonFreeman Am I getting as much for my money buying a British product like that? I know its stupid but for solo money the other two are in reach and certainly do win out in the sex appeal department. Maybe the Headroom products are right up your...

Quote: Originally Posted by GordonFreeman I think im kinda leaning toward the Solo or the Raptor. I haven't read anything that really impressed me about the WA6, and tube rolling with the WA6 seems like it could be an expensive journey. I wanted a tube amp but if it functions the way I...