Headphones and monophonic sound Inspired by the discussion with Bigshot on another thread about historical recordings, I took Furtwängler's Beethoven 9 from 1952 as a casestudy. It is a great performance, but the sound quality is obviously lacking for today's standards. When mono recordings are...

I've been lurking at this message board for the last few years. Whenever I'd look for headphone information, I'd find links to this forum. I've become somewhat of a headphone junkie over this period of time, and I'm always looking for a new pair of headphones. I'm kind of a cheapskate/on a...

Hi all. I've heard the stock opamp in the Little Dot 1+ is a bit unrefined--loose in bass, a tad congested, and generally lacking transparency. Thus, I bought an AD823ANZ. But my question is this: I've heard a lot of good things about the 627/637, 2107, and a few others. It would be great if...

Hi I am a music lover chasing for quality sound but I am deaf in my right ear. I want to check if anyone can recommend me some DAP that have mono summing function with better sound quality than iPhone, which I am using right now. I have tried to use iPhone as a source and connect to other...