I recently came across a swiss shop which does carry this Grado at a decent price (other said: more or less at the american price and not at the usual x2 european price)... I read most impressions posted in this forum but I couldn't find much specific to my needs. Basically, I listen almost...

The last part of my setup optimization has entered my home yesterday. It came already partially assembled and getting it ready took around 1h and one half of work from me alone. It looks very nice btw!

I know this depends from the source too, but just curious...what tubes are you preferring witht his headphone?

Anyone tried these? finite elemente: highend furniture, bestwig, germany, deutschland, designermöbel, high quality, beste qualität, racks, hifi-racks, hifi-rack, hifi rack, audio-rack, audio rack, pagode master reference, signature, spider, level plus, cerabase, cerapuc Do they improve...

Based on your experiences, are there any differences btw the D-Getter and the Round Getter variants of this tube soundwise? Is one better compared to the other one? Thx!

I know there was a B52-tubes thread around some time ago, but it looks like the search function isn't working for me atm (reports no results for B52?!)... Ok, after some time spent with stock tubes I'm thinking about strying something else. This is what I was thinking of: 12AU7 Mullard...

I looks like going balanced with Grados isn't a much discussed issue...not as much as with the HD650 anyways. Do you think it's worth to go balanced with these cans? Do the differences justify the costs like it was for the HD650? Thx...

Sony MDR-R10 - Oferta Solo Stocks Yes, this guy seems to have 2 of these to sell at such a price (ofc he has 0 votes on Solostocks). Asked him if that auction was still valid; he replied asking me immediately for my address to ship me these (a quite suspicious rush). Well, not exactly "ship...

Being the B-52 my first (and I guess it will last some years) go into tubes world, I'm just curious about the possibility of improving its already impressive sound. Considering my source, my cans (see my signature), and my preference for great symphonic works, are there some recommendations...

Here is it, sitting on my Marantz SA-7S1. http://web.ticino.com/asolari/images/IMG_0099.JPG http://web.ticino.com/asolari/images/IMG_0101.JPG http://web.ticino.com/asolari/images/IMG_0103.JPG

While waiting for my B-52 to arrive, I'm choosing some balanced interconnects to link it to my Marantz SA-7S1. Following some reviews, I've come to the conclusion of buying cables from Vacuum State. They produce two types of cables: one with an high capacitance and ultra-low inductance, the...

While waiting for my Apache to arrive, I'm thinking about headphones connections. Of course, the interconnect source-amp will be a balanced one. Probably, I'll order some balanced interconnects for my HD650, although I haven't used that heapdhone very much recently. But I've to admit that I'm...

After a wait of exactly 3 months (!) I finally got my new player this morning. Just attached it to my Meier Opera to start the traditional burn-in. Until this will be over, I won't go into comments. It looks built like a tank (and weights like a tank, eheh). Couldn't be happier as for now.

I'm planning to upgrade my old SA-17S1 to this new, high-end model (once it arrives on the european market). Recently, I almost only use my Grado headphones, although I sometimes like to use my old HD650 too. I listen 100% classical, mostly large-scale symphonic music. I currently own an...

I'm thinking of throwing myself into the ultra-highend world once this player comes in the european market (does anyone know when this is planned?), but first I would like to know if someone in this community already had the chance of evaluating this new player and maybe to compare it with...

Now that the high-end 2-channel SA11-S1 has been out for some months, had anyone the chance of comparing the sound quality (stereo only, of course) of both players? Would an upgrade from the 17 to the 11 be justified?

Has anyone had the chance of testing this new, 2-channel only high end Marantz player? On the paper, it looks quite impressive. I would like to know especially how it compares with my SA-17S1.

I just got this player. I'll use it mainly with my HD650 paired with my Emmeline XP-7. What do you sugget as filter setting (normal/custom)? I couldn't find any hints about the frequencies that the filter cuts when set to NORMAL...when set to this position, is the full potential of the...

What's in your opinion the best portable CD player currently available in terms of sound quality (which doesn't necessarily mean "bass")? Currently, my "portable" equipment in based on an Iriver Slimx 550, an Emmeline XP7 headphone amp and Sennheiser's HD650 headphones. Are there better...

I'm thinking of buying some high capacity Ansmann (250 maH) NiMh 9v batteries. In fact these are 8.2V batteries (Plainviews aren't available in Switzerland, ordering batteries from USA would require shipping taxes higher than the product's prices...). Does someone know these batteries? What I...

Haven't found a device that is compatible with all formats yet...does one exists? Maybe even portable???

Just curious...these amps seem to be the most discussed in these days...but anyone compared them yet...what's your preference? I mean especially on sound quality and power. I know the XP7 is a portable one, can be powered with batteries, and most of all you don't have to deal with battery packs...

I recently purchased a Total Airhead from Headroom...then, hearing that from December there will be a new model, I sent it back to upgrade to the new 2003 Total Airhead. Yesterday I read some informations about the Porta Corda 2, but couldn't find any detailed reviews and most of all any...