Hi all, It's been a long, long time since I post/browsed here. I've just joined the Dagogo.com equipment review team writing audio equipment reviews and other audiophile related articles. Dagogo also hosts the annual California Audio Show (CAS) here in the Bay Area. This year, it will be at...

Hi guys, Don't know where to post this question. Hoping you computer-savvy youngsters can point me to the right direction. I have a fairly new desktop computer that I had just purchased from HP about 6 months ago. It came with Vista Home Edition preinstalled. I just received a copy of the...

This topic has not been discussed too often here, and the point has not been stressed enough. Just to share an experience I had over the weeeknd... I've not been paying too much attention to my headphone gear for about two years now. One reason was due to the fact that I was traveling for...

I have had this amp for quite a while. Although it was enjoyable listening to it driving a pair of Sennheiser HD650 w/ Zu Mobius cable, it never really "touched" my heart. The amp came with a pair of EH Gold 2A3s. After doing some research on Tube Asylum, I purchased a pair of Sovtek 2A3s. They...

Just built myself a line-out cable for my X5 based on the How Grown Audio's 4-strand silver cable (and some other tricks I learned from building other cables). I took the advice and ordered a few extra of those docking connections (on the X5 side) so I can try different cables. It was a good...

Would you be kind enough to let me to listen to your X5 for like 10-15 minutes? From all the discussions and research, I think this is the one I want to get, but I would like to at least "audition" it before buying one.... I live in the SF Bay Area but travel to Seattle for few days every...

OK, my resistance towards buying a portable player has finally worn down. I managed to travel about 50% of the time last year for work. (That's 6 months away from home of the entire year. Trust me, it's a lot of time on the road.) I was living off my Sony Clie "palm pilot" which has the ability...

I'll be flying into London this Saturday and will be spending two months working there. Can somebody tell me what the weather is usually like this time of the year, and what to wear? Thick jackets? Sweathers? I'm from California.

Hi guys, Boy, do I feel like a technology dinosaur! And I'm only in my mid-30s..... Alright, you youngens of the Y-generation, and whatever generation they are callling you 25 and under folks! Please help me with this question. I've decided to get a 4G iPod Photo (60GB) so I can send it...

Hi guys, Quick question. In terms of sound quality, is iPod with lossless format the best portable solution? I have a PC. I remember hearing something about linking up iPod to PCs, like there are certain things you cannot do with the PC version. Can I transfer music using lossless format...

Santa delivered my Christmas Gift three weeks late! But better late than never. The amp spent the last two months crossing the pacific ocean on some freight ocean liner. I wasn't expecting it to arrive for another month or so. But I was plesantly surprised to find a box at my doorsteps when I...

It's been a while since the big meet we had in San Jose back in August. Just wondering if anyone has new toys to show off? And if people are interested to get together again in the near future? There will be two major audiophile events coming up mid year, a national Head-Fi meet in April, and...

Hi all, I've been tube rolling through my RP5.1cav on and off for the past few months. Started off with some Mullard 6DJ8s, 6922s (great midrange, but bloated bass), then Siemens 6DJ8s, 6922s (overly emphasized midrange), CCa (great mids, but glare on high frequencies) and various generations...

I had posted an review on an amp here last year. It has been permanently placed in the amp review section. I was visiting the manufacturer's website yesterday and was surprised to find that the manufacturer has posted my entire review on their website, word-for-word. At the bottom it says...

One of the capacitors or resistors in my amp has gone bad. I have no skills whatsoever with electronics. Does anyone here live in the San Francisco Bay Area and can help me out? I am willing to pay some money. Basically, there's a random static-like noise coming out of the right channel. I...

OK, I am really buffled with my new Rudistor 5.1cav! This is the latest as Rudi upgraded the board before shipping it out. I just checked his website and it is not even listed on his website, but the circuit board does say 5.1cav. I tried it with many headphones at the local meet 2 weekends...

Alright, I am loosing control! I just could not resist! I just bought a Rudistor RP5cav that I had been eyeing for the longest time last summer. The unit arrived today at FedEx. The FedEx guy driving my amp around town finally got back to the regional pick-up station after two failed attempts by...

Hi all, I was intrigued by this Cayin headphone amp (Cayin HA-1A) through an earlier discussion on this board. Cayin discussion I e-mailed the distributor in Taiwan, and he told me that he's out of stock and has decided not to import this amp into Taiwan anymore due to the high price. I...

Any Hong Kong members here? Can you guys recommend places to go in Hong Kong for hi-end audio gears? Tubes? I am interested to go do some window shopping the next time I visit. There's one thing that will be on my shopping list for sure: Shelter 90x cartridge. Where should I go to find some...

I know that many people have been inquiring about this amp from China. I had read the review on Positive Feedback and had inquired about it on the board on several occasions, but no one seemed to have heard it firsthand. When I found out that my friend could get me one for a good deal in China...

It's driving me nuts! I've been trying to post images on this site without too much success!!!! I know that you have to upload the images (all converted to 72 ppi, so files are small, something like 50KB/file) to a hosting site, then insert them in here using the "insert image" button. I...

Yeah, I know, you guys warned me about this before. I was just an innocent new guy looking to add a headphone amp to my system few weeks ago. Noticed I said AN (which means just ONE) amp! After spending a good amount of time hanging out around here reading all the reviews, posts, opinions, etc...

Can anyone explain to me about what is considered high impedance and what is considered low impedance when it comes to headphones? What is the cutoff line (in terms of numbers) between the two? Can you name a few examples of headphones in each category? What info/spec do I look at on an amp to...

I was on the web searching for some more information on the $110 hybrid amp that doobooloo was gracious enough to help set up a group buy for and I ran into this website in China showing a guy who had done some major tweaking with his "$110" amp. I stumbled across a page of pictures on the...

I had finally narrowed my choices down to two amps, Larrocco PPA and Rudistor RP5. I had been lurking casually on this forum for the past year or so, but recently the search had become more intensified as we are expecting a baby. I am sure my wife would be happier that I don't blast the music in...