Hey guys, is a desktop amp built late 2005 with max amp/dac modules the same as an ultra desktop? Thanks!

You know it happens. You are enjoying the music when all of a sudden you start analyzing sound quality instead. My name is canman and I suffer from audiophilia nervosa. Few things in life give me more enjoyment than immersing myself in music and a great system helps me get there. But sometimes a...

The dark and shiny surface of this can is tough to photograph with a point and shoot camera. It doesn't show the glow of the dark woodgrain well, which is beautiful. The w11jpn is in one word: engaging. This is the set it and forget it type of headphone. In other words, just press play and...

Here's my useless rant of the day, but this is an honest question: Why do forum users still post 56k warnings? Don't 56k users know that their connection basically screws them from viewing anything useful? These warnings seem so outdated to me. I don't anyone who uses a dial up modem any more.

My ipod 4g hit the dust. I think its the hard drive. I am now looking for a new DAP. I am thinking about a flash based player so that I don't have to worry about the hard drive. I like how small and thin the nano is. Problem is, I enjoy the larger capacity of the hard drive based players. The...

Considering all the growth that Head-Fi has gone through in terms of members and exposure, I think the time has come for an update to the Forum FAQ. Many inexperienced to the audio world come to Head-Fi in search for help and answers. It seems to me that there are always newbs out there...

Hey Todd, Is AKG no longer shipping the K1000? Is there stock leftover? I have regretted selling my previous K1000 and I have a feeling now is the time to order.

After selling the Meridian I am in a bit of a void for a good source. I am strongly considering getting a Pioneer DV-79avi universal player so that I have a good DVD player with HDMI outs for an as yet unpurchased HDTV monitor. I am attracted to the DV-79avi because I have seen the excellent...

I have an IBM T42 laptop with a 14" screen that I just got on Friday. It's the standard company issue. There is bad pixelation apparent in lighter colors, even on the menu bar in Internet explorer. Is this due to a less than stellar quality LCD or something that I have control over?

Does anyone have the part number for just the headband cushion on the HD-650? I want to order one from Sennheiser USA and they don't have just the cushion in their system (yet they do have one for the HD-580). Just because its not in their system, doesn't mean they don't have it. Take the...

Normally, I don't like going into debt, but borrowing from a home equity line would make it possible to get a new HE-90. Would you ever go into debt for your ultimate headphone?

I've been enjoying the Headroom Micro w/ desktop module for a few days now. The desktop module is a free upgrade over the standard module with the only tradeoff being lower battery life (Headroom quotes 8-10 hours on 2 9V, compared to 15-20 hours with the standard module). I've been listening to...

Last month, my Omega II began cutting out intermittently in one channel. I sent it to Koji at EIFL and I received my headphones back from Koji exactly 30 days later. Total cost was $270 plus about $90 in EMS shipping to and from Japan for a new cable and supposedly new diaphragms. All things...

Here's an interesting bit about Joe Grado designing a new microphone over at the asylum: http://www.audioasylum.com/audio/gen...es/378617.html Whatever the deal is I think its cool that in his retirement he is still experimenting and innovating. Way to go Joe.

How can a colored headphone sound so detailed and transparent? Furthurmore, how can a headphone that is considered colored offer the clearest window into a recording short of the Qualia and Senn HE-90? The coloration of the R10 seems to come from its ability to make tones sound richer than...

I am having a strange problem with my newly acquired R10. These headphones seem to be super sensitive to any line noise. When hooked up to either the Earmax Pro or the Singlepower Maestro with no music playing there is noticably loud white noise as well as a subtle oscillating clicking noise...

I am interested in any comments on the new Tori Amos album, The Beekeeper. I have been enjoying some of the new cuts on the radio, like the duet with her and Damien Rice and another one I forget the name of. What I have heard so far seems more straightforward and less rythmically complex as her...

zzz is selling a KGSS / Omega II on audiogon for $1700. Great deal. http://cls.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls....ull&1114336775 It also comes with extension cord and stand. I have done 2 deals with Dennis in the past. While his power supply in my old KGSS amp was sub par (lacked proper...

I find it surprising that a manufacturer comment was deleted from a sale thread of a broken amp. In the following thread, akio posted a broken PPX3: http://www6.head-fi.org/forums/showthread.php?t=103703 Mikhail posted that the amp was under warranty and that he would repair it for free...

Sometimes it is necessary to take a step back and appreciate all that we normally take for granted. That is my new years resolution for 2005. This might seem insincere coming from a guy who is not lacking from material goods, but the truth is, no matter how much you have it is human nature to...

I recently tried the Bogdan Gold/Silver Spirit XLR interconnect cables at Hirsch's house. I had previously been using Cardas Neutral Reference XLR for my Meridian/Stax/KGSS system and I had been happy although I felt that sometimes the music could be congested-particularly with classical music...

Derek Trucks is one of my favorite guitarists and one of the best bands on the live scene. I didn't know about this special 2-CD set until I saw it for sale at a concert I went to. Live at the Georgia Theatre is a show from 2003, featuring a bunch of songs from Joyful Noise among others...

Has anyone ever upgraded their KGSS or Gilmore Dynamic amp with Black Gate power supply capacitors? The four Black Gate caps that would go into the KGSS are very expensive. With labor the upgrade would run about $500. Has anyone ever done this upgrade and if you did was there a tangible...

Qualia 010 impressions: A few of the guys got together for a mini meet at Hirsch’s place on Saturday (see pictures in the meets forum http://www6.head-fi.org/forums/showthread.php?p=1118372). Stevieo brought his brand spankin’ new Qualia 010 headphone with him. He was kind enough to burn it...

I'm getting some strange looks in the office today, but I don't really care because it sounds good I am using a Joseph Grado HPA-1 to HP-2 fed by an iPod 4G and a Canare 3.5mm to RCA cable that I assembled. The iPod is loaded with a couple of albums ripped in EAC and encoded to Apple...