I've stopped following this forum when I saw guys here hearing USB cables, and then someone PM me like 'stop criticising, it's all about money here, it's bad for business allright!'. Thought I'll share one story tho. Visited one music prof at his house (international recognition, both in...

Hi folks,   I would appreciate some critique on the following upgrade that I plan to do for my JKennys modified Hiface.   It is currently a Jkenny mod (I guess mk1, partial powering by 2 batteries bypassing regulators, but still using USB power), connected to a low power Via epia ITX...

Hey,   I got the impression that blind testing discussions on Head-Fi are explicitly _censored_, _marginalized_ and moved to the _outskirts_ of the forum, to one geeky sub-forum, mysteriously called 'Sound Science' (who cares about science anyway?).   Here is my own experience: in one...

Hello, Recently I've been playing with different DAC's that I have: Valab NOS, RME Digi 96/8 PST/RME HDSP9632 (both based on AD1852) and ESI Waveterminal U24. My setup is Shanling PH100 amp and AKG k701 cans. The thing is this: I find the differences between those DAC's minimal to none...

I find their 1970s recordings very nice. Is there anything else like them?

Hello, I noticed one thing when listening to quite many tracks (lossless quality) with my k701+Shanling PH100. The volume is never past 1/4 max. The thing is - on peak volumes in some good quality recordings (e.g. during trumpet solo loudest notes) there is a noticeable 'cracking'...

Hi all, I was wondering if someone could recommend me a decent headphone amp for a subj. setup, in the price range up to $400. How would e.g. Audio-GD c2c fit in the whole picture? Or maybe a tube amp? Now I'm using k701 directly plugged into my RME, sounds pretty nice for me, lots of...

Hi all, I am new here, have been reading this great forum for a while, really impressive knowledge base. My current setup is Notebook USB-> ESI Waveterminal U24 -> AKG K-701. Everything seems to sound OK, but I feel I could get more from my AKGs, especially when I see how many nice things...