I plan on trying out stax sooner or later and I have been researching a bit on the transformers. My first question is about the impedance across the transformer. I read that the primary sees a load of Zs * (Np / Ns)^2. When the headphones are hooked up across the transformer will it actually...

I have been thinking about ordering the counterpoint kit but all the resistors are 1%. I have read on the buffalo32s that part of the upgrade in sound quality came from using 0.1% resistors. Can anyone tell me which resistors I should upgrade(in signal path and stuff) or should I just use 0.1%...

I searched through the forum and I saw a few other people asked about this but there was never an answer. I just sat down and did this in the last half hour for myself and it worked out very well. When you cut the cable at the stock trs plug, it looks very similar to the D7000 cable pictures...

I just got a Firstwatt F1 amp yesterday and I my setup right now is pc->buffalo->F1->K1000. I have to turn my pc volume way down(35 db down in foobar2000) to be able to listen at a normal level. I want to put new resistors in the ivy to make it put out less voltage. I'm using the standard...

Pics are in this thread http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f5/sha...ad-amp-280277/ I haven't been able to find a schematic anywhere online. The voltage needed by the mosfets is +/-20. I opened one of mine up and measured to make sure. It started around 16 and climbed to 20 over maybe 30 secs...

I've read many reviews of how the senn's behave when balanced. I just wanted to know if it will be too similar to the K701's to be worth the money. Has anyone spent much time with both headphones balanced?

I wanted to test a balanced signal in only the right or left driver of my headphone to see if its worth the cost/trouble to buy another amp and redo the cables myself for balanced. I would have the inverted signal hooked up to the ground of the headphone and the positive to the normal + side for...

I am looking for a companion to my K701's. I decided on the ultrasone brand because they sound like fun headphones in regards to their bass/presentation and I know they will fit me well. I have a narrow head and headphones like audio technica do not fit me. I was convinced the 750's were the...

I have been waiting for them to start popping up on ebay and today one finally did. Its still more than I'm gonna pay so I thought I would post it here in case anyone is looking. Microsoft cashback is at 15% so its 850 for the cans and 8 bucks shipping. I'm not selling the item or...

I started messing around with the equalizer today because imo the K701's just sounded rolled off/flat at the high end. I went off the headroom frequency response chart and did the best I could. Anyways after listening to a few songs(rock/metal/rap no jazz or classical) with this equalizer on...

So apparently now I am getting a Citypulse DAC DA7.2x II instead of the Zhaolu and I saw it has balanced outputs. Then the gears in my head starting turning. Since the Shanling PH100 has 2 different inputs, couldn't I mod the input/output connectors and just make the aux + cd inputs work at...