Hey everyone, First off, let me just say it is nice to be back on the forums again. I feel like I finally want to make the next step to try out a tube amplfier for my SD modded HD800's. Currently I am using a Marantz CD6005 as source and the Audio Technica HA-5000 amplfier. I really enjoy the...

Hey guys!    I thought it would be a good idea to make a thread dedicated to playing live chess on this forum. Just simple knowledge of chess notation is needed! Here is an example of the notation system. I will make the first move with obviously white and the next person to reply moves with...

Hey guys,   I already see a Nikon and Canon thread but what about a thread specifically meant for pictures. It would be nice if people put their photographs that they enjoy here in this thread to share with all of us! Next to the picture it would be helpful to know the camera brand, lens...

Hey everyone,   After returning home for vacation to Canada I returned to my beloved home rig, the K701/EF5/1100HD, while in Poland I listened to the superb W5000/HA5000/Stello. I had lots of listening to do and it was apparent that the K701 rig was incredibly harsh at times while missing...

Hello Everyone,    I have been enjoying the combination of my HM-601 player with my HA5000 amplifier and W5000 headphones. The HA5000 amp provides excellent extension and smooth sound to the W5000, while the HM-601 produces softer transients with full and warm sound, so what's the problem...

Hello everyone,    I have the Parasound D/AC 1100HD powered by the ATH-HA5000 listened through the W5000's, and yesterday I have found that many songs sounded "digitally" harsh... So just fooling around I connected my amp directly to my Ipod (AC Coupled) ( I know it's crazy ) and all of a...

Hello everyone,   I recently purchased the HA-5000 amp, and it's voltage is 100V from Japan. The problem is that I travel from North America to Europe a lot, and would like to have a converter to have two outputs for both north america and europe for 100V. Is that even possible? Cheers,  ...

Hello everyone,   Need some help, purchased the ATH-W5000's and enjoying them a lot with my technics system upstairs, but with my main rig, the EF-5 and Parasound D/AC 1100HD it just doesn't work very well together. Does anyone know a reasonably priced AMP/DAC combo that is slightly on the...

Hello everyone,   (THE STORY)   I have always been interested in these cans, they have beautiful looks, and sound characteristics that would interest me. After pulling the trigger and buying them from another member here, the anxious wait began, and so did my unexpected sonic journey. I...

Hello everyone,   I have just came back from Europe, to find my brand new HE-5LE's waiting for me! One problem, I really didn't like their sound signature. Don't get me wrong they have very defined bass, full sound, but slightly to warm and is missing that "sparkle". My friend on the other...

Hey guys,    It would be great if I could get some insight into this weird problem I have with my set-up... First off my set-up is MacbookPro -> Parasound D/AC 1100 (optical) -> EF-5 -> K701. I have been listening to a few albums lately and found that with one particular song (flac files)...

Hello everyone, I have been in this hobby for some time now, reading countless threads, opinions, reviews on headphones, all aiming for one thing, to be better than the next headphone... Always trying to push the bar higher, adding new technology, marking the pricer higher, implementing fancy...

Hello everybody! I think we all have those albums in our collection where it almost hurts to listen to, and leaves you feeling blue... This thread is dedicated to all those "heavy" albums that sap your strength away and leave you feeling raw and bare. Best served on a lonely night, with a...

Hello everyone, It's been a long and expensive road in the world of audio... But finally I have settled, the only thing missing is a DAC that is not my Macbook pro... Here is my current set-up: HE-5>EF-5>Macbook Pro As you see that DAC is the missing link, otherwise, I could not be...

Hey guys, I already searched around numerous threads looking for the best option to replace my LD MKIII amp. I want something that would be a considerable upgrade in sound quality, since the LD MKIII is great, but just doesn't have the juice... I was thinking of getting the EF-5 amplifier...

Hello everyone! I would greatly appreciate it if you guys could list some of the most strange, dark, surreal, abstract, experimental and atmospheric inducing soundscapes known to your ears and soul! This has been my favorite genre of music for years now, it takes patience and an open mind...

Hello everyone, I am really thinking about changing my amplifier, even more so after reading the review for the EF-1. My question is, I have a Little dot MKIII with M8161 drivers and 6H30Pi-DR power tubes, would a switch to the EF-1 be a noticeable one, or a downgrade? Also the EF-2 looks...

I have a really big problem, and I am trying to decide what's at fault... I have an LD MKIII did the 6H30Pi-MOD (changed the 68 Ohm to 120 Ohm resistor), now I got my new 6H30Pi DR tubes, and it seems that the right channel is louder than the left?!??! only happens after about 10 minutes of...

Hey guys, I have decided to make the 6H30Pi Mod on my MKIII and I was wondering on what the sound difference will be, I heard that the Power tubes only give a 15% sound difference maybe more, but I already rolled the driver's and I am really happy with my M8161's... So I decided to purchase...

Hey guys, I decided to make the "bullplugs' for my LD MKIII amplifier, I have the Mullard M8161 driver tubes and love the sound, I want to change the power tubes, to the Mullard E182CC, so that way I would have an all Mullard tube sound, which would be amazing, would this combination be...

Hello everyone, its nice to post something on here since I cannot remember the last time I posted... I just wanted to share my experience with you guys, before we begin I should state my system set-up (I know its far from perfect...) Laptop->MKIII (M8161 tube upgrade)->K701 or DT 150... I...

Hello everyone, any help here would be greatly appreciated, So today my new tubes arrived, M8161's, I did some research and found out about jumpers are needed to install these tubes, so i looked beneath my amp and saw the jumpers thinking they where already active... oppps, i know it was...

Hello everyone, I just found out about Szymon Kuran's Requiem Postmortem and was wondering if anybody has actually heard of this composer and if they actually listened to this requiem. From what I have heard it is beyond words, very dark but so haunting. Also does anyone know where to...

Hello everyone! I have two questions, starting with the most important. 1). I have never thought possible that music so simple could do so much with so little, that effect was devestating, Alina by Arvo Part, I have tried all types of music, classical, rock, electronic, ambient and most I...

Hello everyone, Today my friend and I decided to use the MKIII as a pre-amp to my technics system (which is old) we where just fooling around not expecting much at all, maybe worse quality if anything, The speakers consisted of two towers with three drives each. We proceded to turn on a...