It's literally in jerg's sig, Hifiman Regrilling mod

EQ in a lot of respects have two die-hard groups (some also just lie in the middle): There are the purists that say you should not alter the sound in any way and those who are listening 'for fun' (Which you'd assume would make 90%+) who say why the hell not! Following on from my point...

Maybe this is a bit of a pretentious view but Audio is an 'Artistic Hobby'. Though not artistic in itself, you're learning to appreciate fine subtleties and nuances in an artistic creation... The difficulty in this is that, it is as much a learning/training process as a simple appreciation of...

Quote: Does this by any chance mean we'll see a pair of Heir Audio 4.Ais? I might have already pulled the trigger by that time but I really need to get hold of some universals and I'd love to have an audition with a portable rig or two, maybe even just some DAPs.  

I will try my very best, I have work commitments on a Saturday (thankfully in London) although that may hinder my chance to bring much to the table. I'll see if I can get someone to transport SR-507/007 MKII or some maybe mix it up with some 'high end' Grados which have sadly seen little action...

Funnily enough acoustic treating, dampening etc... was one of the first things I arranged after I was 'happy' with my system. I went to an audio festival many moons ago that displayed the effects of 'perfect dampening and positioning' and I always knew I was going to have a dedicated room for...

As already noted the money will be going towards a speaker set-up but this is more for general interest, as far as headphone (or headphone related) purchases are concerned.

I have to agree... As stated in my sig.

Ahhh, everyone is playing it safe? Is this Head-Fi? A high end audio forum and people are saying they'd save the money...

I still haven't managed to listen to the Blue Hawaii, though I have always heard very good things. As to the old Sr-007 MKI vs MKII vs SR-009... For me it falls to personal preference, I think the idea (and some people will hate me for this) of audiophilia has been left way back at the $1000...

I'm financially stable and have no real concerns for the future, I have been told if I go back to University will be given £10,000 as a reward along with all the usual bumpf.   I'm a single man who's too 'self involved' (however you wish to put it) to put this kind of money towards a charity...

Quote:   Yeah, Beosound 5 just had 2 installed ;)

Quote: As we know with most things aimed at an ipod market they can still scale up massively with decent equipment. I imagine that's geared towards the 'i want to spend money on headphones because they're expensive and i don't want beats' crowd (probably the biggest market). No doubt...

Quote:   My partner is out and about right now in my SR-001/MK2, the only stax product I could imagine anyone wearing outside... But saying that i've worn RS1s and AKG 701 outside (both look ridiculous on).     

(UK) Hifiman RE262 ampcity £99 from £130 (probaby dropped more because of re272 rather than a deal but that's about £6/7 off standard price in the states and that's pretty good going) - Best value iem, (if you're a fan of mids) in my opinion.