Not sure i'm putting this in the right place, mods please move if that's the case :) I'd like to draw some attention to the GBVP, Brimar are looking to bring Valve manufacturing back to Britain and are looking for volunteers to make this happen...

Currently rocking a Schiit Lyr 3, but i'm not content with mere tube rolling. I want to learn how to build my own tube amp but my knowledge is minimal, circuit diagrams look like hieroglyphics to me :) Of my knowledge, i know the incoming audio signal passes to the grid of a triode and is...

Aquired a set of HE-500 from ebay for around £280. For the money, is there anything that can compete? I like the sound signature but you know how it is, there must be something better :) I like the speed of planars and the bass extension, i'd like maybe a wider soundstage than HE-500. Can my...

My Maverick D1 is on it's last legs, volume pot has gone all crackly. Wondering if anyone UK based can modify it for me? Probably want an ALPS blue pot on there. Probably look at getting better output caps etc too. I'd look to do it myself but never seem to have the time.

I Like listening to my planars and i used to use a Schiit Lyr to drive them which obviously had tons of power but was a hybrid. How comes you don't often see pure tube amps that can output such power into headphones? I'm talking something that can even power a pair of HE6's and make them sing...

*EDIT* List of the popular tubes so far, maybe slightly biased towards tubes i own because i can't remember all the good tubes currently :) i'll edit in peoples impressions at a later date. In no particular order: Top 3 popular tubes: Sylvania 2 or 3 hole "Bad Boy" Foton 6N8S Ribbed for her...

I've knackered my Fischer FA-011 drivers while messing about doing mods and stuff, didn't like the sound much anyway    Was wondering if anyone knows where i may acquire a pair of decent quality 40mm drivers?   Many thanks :)

I've decided to look seriously into getting into electronics, up to now i've dabbled here and there with extremely basic stuff and bought some equipment, but i have no idea how to design and build my own stuff.   Eventually i want to be able to design and build a headphone amp, weather it be...

Yes i've ordered some tubes which are incompatible with my Lyr and i want to figure out how to convert them into compatible ones    Basically i've ordered some E80CC's which are both 12v and 6v, the problem is with one of the pins, pin 9 on the E80CC is HCT (heater center tap), whereas pin 9...

Have a Maverick D1 and was considering using the OPA627 upgrade that maverick offer.   Just confusing because the op-amps in there are just a chip, but the ones they're selling are a chip soldered to some sort of circuit board, surely it wont fit?   This is what they're...

Wasn't sure where to post this, i bought an Amp so thought i may as well stick it here.   Anyway i'd just like to share with everyone what excellent service i received from this company.   Had a problem initially, ordered a Schiit Lyr and an Asgard turned up instead, mistakes happen so i...

Was messing around with my HTC HD2 smartphone and it really has surprised me at it's sound quality.   Now it's not stock Android i'm running, if anyones interested it's running Jelly Bean 4.1.2 (PacMan HD2 v1.1) the phone originally shipped with Windows Mobile 6.5 so was fun and games...

Currently using a Maverick D1 DAC/Amp to power these beasties, the output power of the amp is 1 watt.   Now the headphones sound brilliant to me, can be driven nice and loud, and no bass clipping at all unless i EQ the bass up, without EQ they are noticably bass light.   People say these...

Looking for a powerful amp on a budget for these things, and must be obtainable in the UK.   Currently using a Maverick D1, but the bass clips when i start EQ'ing it up a few notches.   I've seen the Hifiman HE adaptor that you can plug into a speaker amp, but wouldn't know where to...

http://shop.frogbeats.com/   They'll enable them on the website tonight, very limited stock so keep hitting that refresh button.   They'll be priced under £80 from what i understand, they use fast worldwide shipping, better than waiting 4 weeks for them to ship from Russia!   If you...

Not sure if we have a thread like this yet, so please merge if we do.   Anyway, what's everyones broadband speeds? I've recently gotten BT Infinity fibre optic (FTTC) and thoroughly impressed so far.     Only downside is BT's use of bandwidth shaping, downloading through any means...

The brass things that stick out of the cups for attaching/detaching the cable, any idea what they're called and where to get them?   Got Fischer FA-011's incoming and i'm thinking of recabling them, detachable would be nice.

When i EQ these for more bass they tend to distort, i'm talking only a +4db increase in the bass range, is that normal for planars or is it a sign of the amp running out of power?   Running a Maverick TubeMagic D1 that outputs upto 1w per channel.

Was looking into silver cables and stuff, and was pretty shocked at the price tag of some of them, so i'd like to have a bash at making my own.   £200 for this? http://www.ampcity.co.uk/headphone-cables-recabling/headphone-cables/hifiman-he-x-headphone-cable-silver-fidelis.html   Erm...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Sony-Walkman-NW-A857-64GB-A850-Series-White-/320629190251#ht_1659wt_1396   Looks real nice but can't find any info on it at all, like to know if it supports FLAC and if it's coming to UK or US any time soon.

Anything that would be a good replacement for these? when i got my he5le's someone had cut a hole in the discs, so i'm looking to replace them completely.   head direct quoted me $5 + $25 shipping so it's safe to say i won't be taking them up on their offer.   So if anyone knows what...

I've not quite gotten into understanding impedence and power and stuff, but i spontaneously decided to order a Maverick Audio TubeMagic D1, should be turning up soon.   I've got HifiMan HE-5LE's, the specs of which are:   Sensitivity: 87.5 dB, 1 mW Impedance: 38 Ohms   As for the...

Now i've got used to the Hifiman planars i fear i've driven myself up a one way street, i'm liking all the treble detail and the excellent mids, but the bass is just so... absent.   Would there happen to be another headphone out there with the same amount of detail in the mids and treble but...

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I know we strive for the best in sound quality, but in looking for that alot of people around here must have come across some of the worst sounding equipment too.   iPod earbuds don't count, or the Dre Beats, they're too commercial, and that dead old horse has been flogged and turned into...