Haven't had to come to Head-Fi for years now after being finally satisfied with the purchase of my Miracles. That was until one of them broke after being trodden on at a concert after being knocked out of my ear (hence my need for a remold). To say I am devastated would be a understatement!  ...

Cool to see this thread still kickin' 

You poor bastards. I can not believe this is still unfolding for some of you. (followed this from the start, just re-visited Head-Fi).

The first post is finally back up to date guys. Sorry for anyone that felt neglected during the past month - life has been busy!

Quote: Done.

I am not sure if anyone has seen this yet but I figured I would cross post it.   Quote:   And from my readings it is likely to be released along side a mid-tier solid state headphone amp (or the same dimensions) in Q1.

For those of you based in Australia not yet aware i-Enjoy now has stock of the Bifrost. Prices for the non-USB model is $450 and with USB it is $550.   From what I can gather it is first in best served so if you have been waiting don't dally!

Quote:   Somewhere buried in the first post is Jason saying it is OK to stack them, with the amp on top. So yeah, it should be fine.

Keep it on topic. Cable debates are boring at the best of times, but more so when they are off-topic!

Good thing this thread has a lot of pictures recently... :/

Quote:   Err... you do realise you really should be using a phonostage in the equation don't you? It will sound **** without one... Read up all about RIAA curves and you will understand why.

I would not worry about variations. Those graphs are for illustration purposes only, to give you a warm fuzzy feeling that they have been tested and to reassure you that you are buying a quality product (in my opinion at least). Differences are easily explained by variations in placement when...

Quote: Listen to it and decide for yourself. An amp can certainly change the sound (for better and worse). Having an amp fed from a true LO is preferable, but it does not mean double amping is by default a sin.

Quote: Not my post but here we go:   Here are some of the non-snake-oil reasons you asked for: 1. Automatic sample rate switching (as you noted). Briefly, iTunes has to be closed, Audio MIDI reset, and iTunes then reopened in order to play a track with a different sample frequency...

Quoters fail.   Regardless, nice write up warp08!