Portaphile Review             Introduction     The Portaphile 627 is a class A amp that has been crafted around a shoebox design.  Much like the Dynaco ST-35 was for the high-torque shoebox designed 60’s amps so the Potaphile 627 is for modern portable amps.  Though...

During shipping one of the three grommeted screws snapped and I would have to re-drill and tap it to put another in which would just be and arm and a leg in the process.  A lot of people talk about the "floating suspension" with these turntables and how those screws are not even supposed to...

There seem to be about three stages of these that Empirical Audio has gone through. I've been looking to purchase one and have found a couple on various sites, but the price ranges are all over there place. The newest one's obviously costing the most. Is there a huge difference between the...

Quick question, when "upgrading" turntable parts it seems to me that the only real parts that need upgrading are the stylus, arm, and phono amp. The stylus creates almost all the the sound as it is the only thing touching the vinyl. The arm carries a lot of that signal so it seems of equal...

So I have the option of purchasing a set of AKG340's with the modded grill or upgrading my dac to an audiogd DAC-19MK3. My current rig is in my signature. What do you think, would a new flavor of headphone appease my audiophile needs or should I wait on those for when I have the proper source. I...

Quick question, below is the picture of the Chibi. I have a modded zero dac, as seen in sig, and I have the chance of purchasing a Scott Nixon Chibi that was further upgraded by Nixon himself after the orginal sale. Will the Chibi be a substantial upgrade over the zero? Still don't know if the...

So as seen in my signature I'm currently running a slightly modified Zero dac to my DV337. There has got to be a better DAC out there to compliment my DV. I am willing, and really leaning towards, the Audio GD DAC 19MK3. Is there anything else in that price range that can compete with the Audio...

I recently got a 64 bit computer and tried to reinstall the driver for my USB Transit from M-Audio. Its the 64 bit driver they now have, and everything in the install works fine. As soon as I connect the transit though the comp recognizes everything except for the device. So it appears in the...

I am considering a new DAC to replace my Zero that has been upgraded, as seen in my sig. The new DAC is a Msb link iii & p1000 with the full nelson modification. I have seen pictures etc and the units are in very good condition. He just needs to get rid of some extra gear. My question is, has...

Hey I was wondering if anyone had heard the Darkvoice 337 with any of the grado line up. Specifically the RS-2 up to the GS-1000. I realize that the Cans are very sensitive and with the DV being so powerful just wanted to know how this pairing worked out. Thanks for your input! colin

I just purchased an OPA Sun V2 from audio gd. Shipping was quick, unit sounded great throughout the burning in period. I noticed last night, about fifty hours in, that the left channel had a huge amount of distortion. This increased over the course of an hour and I decided to let the unit burn...

Ok so I turned on my system the other day, my entire setup is listed in my signature, and I noticed that I had to turn the volume up all the way until the knob would not turn anymore to get my speakers to a "listenable" level. Listenable being described as loud enough that the person in an...

This thread may not be very interesting to most but I just have a couple quick, or so I hope, questions. I just got into the anologue business with a BIC 940 turntable. Yeah it sounds ok, but are there any mods that you can easily perform to turntables to increase their sound? Could I put on a...

Hey I'm new to this whole turntable arena and recently inherited a BIC 940 series turntable. Its almost never been used and just been serviced so it works like brand new. I wanted to squeeze a little more sound out of it though and wanted to know what I could do, if anything, as far as putting...