One advantage to stepped attenuators today is that it can be dificult to find good quality multi-gang variable pots where each gang tracks precisely with the others (L/R balance). An ordinary potentiometer's L/R balance can change depending on where the knob is. That's not a problem with a...

Sounds great and no DACT regrets. I was apprehensive about getting the DACT but found it to be a non-issue. I don't have any volume concerns and use low gain with my LCD-X. Depending on the recording I usually end up somewhere between 10 and 1 o'clock. The increments between steps is...

Same here - the stealth look. Love how it looks and above all sounds. (Listening to Al di Meola - Consequence Of Chaos on SACD. Nice bass.)

Apple makes a Lightning to 3.5 mm headphone jack adapter for $9.

I got your point. But I think LCD-X benefits tremendously from an amp. Certainly no one would even consider an iphone LOL

Yes you could. LOL But why would you?

What I also like about the GS-X mini, besides that it's sound like a wire, is the balanced and unbalanced inputs and outputs. This leaves the choices of DACs to be wide open. Getting back to the sound, it can be disturbing at times to hear a very familiar recording and for the first time...

Admittedly, the LCD-X is heavy but on my thick skull I can wear them all day. I also wear glasses and don't have any issues. Certainly a pair of cans you would enjoy in a lazyboy and not actively dancing around. Don't have a long list but the cans (were) in my stable are (recently sold) Grado...

I don't post often. Just been lurking and reading over the years. But after hearing my new matte black GS-X mini with Audeze LCD-X cans I have to say I am simply stunned. I can hear John Bonham's squeeky speed king like never before. It's so clear now that it actually distracts me from the...

Mine has shipped - Yippie! Thank you Justin! You can go to FedEx online and have it delivered and held at a local Walgreens where you can pick it up.

Have a LCD-X on the way to be paired with a GS-X mini. So psyched! Anyone pair the mini with their X?

Only a week? That is fantastic! After I placed my order I PM'd HeadAmp to confirm they saw my "Matte Black" request in the instructions. And they did, so, we will see. I would be peaved if I received the wrong finish and would likely send it back :-| but that champagne finish had my eye to...

Just placed my order - matte black as well. Anyone here waiting and for how long?

^THIS Anyone? I know how to solder, I just need to know the resistor/jumper configuration.

http://gilmore2.chem.northwestern.edu/projects/showfile.php?file=gilmore3_prj.htm http://www.head-fi.org/t/592999/headamp-gs-1-a-forgotten-treasure http://www.head-fi.org/t/470353/review-for-sheer-audio-ha-006-dynalo   The DynaLo I have for my Grado 325s...

When you think Grado, think Gilmore DynaLo http://www.head-fi.org/t/589983/headamps-gs-x-vs-gilmore-lite-for-high-end-grado   For $250 ($450 Special Edition) you can get one of Acoustic Fun's Sheer Audio HA-006+/++ http://www.acoustic-fun.com/   That's what I use with my Grado 325i  

Quote: Have you considered a reading comprehension course?   Wow! 2 years?  In reading comprehension?  

My point is that instead of violins I bet blind testing would show no difference between an 5532, a LME497nn or OPA627 or any other respectable opamp.  The only reason that an opamp becomes popular in the DIY realm is because of pompous hype.

Quote: BINGO!  Congratulations - you go to, er, the back of the bus?    

Quote:   You are projecting.

Double-Blind Violin Test: Can You Pick The Strad? http://www.npr.org/blogs/deceptivecadence/2012/01/02/144482863/double-blind-violin-test-can-you-pick-the-strad   Something to think about.

I bet that useless Ferrari in your barn impresses the ladies  eh? Vrooom VROOOM....

Quote: Who are you to say how someone should spent the fruit of their own labour?  

Looks interesting.  Looking forward to your review.  I may pursue this one if there is another GB.

Quote:   KG's 2004 take on the TPA6120 http://www.head-fi.org/t/72796/tpa6120a2-best-headphone-amp-in-the-world#post_829706 http://www.head-fi.org/t/72796/tpa6120a2-best-headphone-amp-in-the-world/15#post_830655   How does it compare with "The Wire" - LME49600?   The LME49600...