Gentlemen,   Wow...have not been on here for a long, long time, probably five or six years. Quick "credits": I used to own a crapload of cans, starting with Grado SR-80s, Audio-Technica Hokkaido "woodies" (forget the model number), through Sennheiser HD-600's, Etymotic ER-4P's, Grado RS-1's...

Hello, all. I KNOW (!) this is only somewhat head-fi oriented, but think of this as helping a fellow listen to good jazz at work where he otherwise could not... I have a plantronics headset and a problem! I need someone with some EE or general tinkering background to help me out, if...

For some reason, a few Sonic Impact T-amps showed up on the SI-5.com site last week at $39, and knowing the current short supply, I bit. Ended up being $45 shipped (vs. say $30 shipped from a $20 discounter). The nice thing is that for the extra $15, I got those cardboard SoundPax speakers and a...

Hum-diddly-dum...yeah, I am interested in a non-headphone amp. This probably would belong in off-topic, but that's gone now. What I am looking for is this: I have a pair of Linn 5110 wall-mounted speakers. I would like either a ready-made OR kit amp (tube, solid state, whatever, doesn't...

Hello, all. I am interested in building an input switcher. I need at least four stereo inputs and would prefer a high-value but not high-cost solution for this. Small is best, so long as it doesn't interfere w/sound quality. I will be switching between turntable, CDP, digital piano and...

Just got a 0.75 meter pair of the "new" Bogdan Princess IC's, upgrading from my old Magwire Nakeds for my Music Hall MMF-5 turntable>Bottlehead Seduction phono preamp>KGSS>Omega II's. The difference is huge. REAL music is flowing through, very tonally balanced. Real rhythm and pace, nothing...

Hello, all. I have a KGSS with Omega II's and a Bottlehead tube phono preamp. The preamp is relatively rich, tubey-but-extended-on-both-ends, etc. and the tubes are warmer and fatter sounding, with nice, sweet treble. It is not as speedy with leading-edges as I'd like (hasn't fully burned in...

Hello. I am looking a small recorder with a mic input to capture voice conversations. Part of the time, I will be using this in environments with loud music playing. I have had a MD unit in the past with a separate mic preamp and a stereo mic for recording concerts. I don't need that...

Hello, all. I will soon be building a Bob Crump/Asylum power cord as well as assembling a Bottlehead Seduction Phono preamp. A long while back (almost I year, I think), I asked Mouser to add some silver solder on to my order, foolishly not specifying which, and they sent me the Kester "245"...

Hello. Does anyone have any of the IEC and/or wall plugs left over from a project of theirs for the Asylum/Crump Power cord? http://www.audiotweaks.com/diy/bobcrump_pc/page01.htm Barring that, where is a good place to get them? Regards, Matt

Hello, all. I heard Grado SR-60's for the first time at our Florida meet and HOT DAMN I want a pair for portable use. They are FUN. Anyhow, I have been looking for cord and headband mods to make them more portable, but coming up with nothing. Can anyone here point me in the direction of a...

Hello. I use a Plantronics headset at work which uses a regular miniplug for common ground/earpiece/microphone (I'm not sure which is which on the plug, though). What I want to do is build an adapter that would allow me to: 1. plug the adapter into my headset jack 2. plug my portable...

EDIT: I am getting no responses to my original post, so let me reprase it: I want clear, airy sounding portable cans, but do not want that drastic Ety seal, rubber or foam. It does not matter if they are in-ear or on it, I just want something that folds up compactly or is an earbud, etc...

Hello, all. Xin Feng apparently no longer makes his Fixup Ety replacement cables. With this in mind, here is my plight: I blindly believe everything Dr. Feng says, because he has consistently steered me in the sonic road I've wanted to travel as far as audio purchases go. With this in mind...

Hello, all. I foolishly sold my Fixup.net modded SRF-M35 a week or so ago with the promise of Sony SRF-M37V glory, since according to Dr. Xin Feng of Fixup.net, Sony had increased the values of the capacitors over the M35 to the proper values, etc., with the implication being that the sound...

Synopsis: I may have just made the single biggest mistake of my audio life. Review: The other day, while perusing Fixup.net's site for interesting tidbits of info as I sometimes do, I came across the fact that Sony released a sucessor to the SRF-M35 radio. This one was interesting, as it...

Hello, all. I have been using my AudioAdvisor RDII for eight months now to clean over 500 records, and I have yet to open that plug and get anything out of it. Lord knows I've tried: I've opened it over the sink and shaken it, I've tilted it all around, etc. and nothing happens. Can...

Hello, all. I am not interested in paying $149 for a Creek OBH-2 power supply, but I would like that same sonics upgrade. I would like to either buy a Stancor-for-the-Art-DI/O style pre-made supply somewhere, or make one. I see RatShack has a switchable 18/24V PS, but it's AC-to-AC...damn...

What follows are pics of the KGSS being built for me, for use with SR-404 earspeakers: I thought you all might be interested. It seems the dude at Headamp.com is almost done with it, so I am excited to get, hear and post some sort of review on it. I spent a solid...

Hello, all. Is RatShack part no. 273-1690 good enough to act as a replacement for the OBH-2 ps upgrade for the OBH-8? I notice the mA rating is higher (good, I presume) and the output voltage is the same. The only difference, I guess, is that the RatShack is not "regulated," whatever that...

Hello. I have been trying to get a response from Headamp.com about the amp I sent in for and for nearly a month, I have gotten no communication back. Is this odd? I've read around in reviews here that the "communication sucks," and I did agree to a sort of special project deal with him...

Hello, all. I just wanted to take a second to let you all know that, as my sig suggests, I got totally burned on eBay on an autograph auction and only learned the perilous dangers of buying autographs from eBay after the fact. I purchased what was purportedly a Judy Garland autograph...

Hi. I just saw this post in an email digest I get: "A couple of weeks ago I asked if it was typical of DVD players to not pass track IDs to the digital output when playing CDs. The Daewoo combo DVD/VHS player I bought did not, and the comments I received from others indicated this was...

Just for the sake of posterity and future reference, I wanted to post this information, followed by a question: I have a turntable, preamp, Stax SRM-313 amp and Stax Classic II cans which were humming. On 5 on the amp, the hum was pretty clearly audible. Long story short: I switched the...

Hi. I have a Music Hall MMF-5 with a Creek OBH-8 Phono Preamp and I've been eyeing the Goldring 1042 cartridge, but now I've been informed by Mantra Audio that dropping in the 1042 stylus (aka the D42) into the 1012gx cartridge body effectively makes the whole assembly a 1042, as the only...