After about 5 owners and many years of service, one of the headbands has snapped off of my ATH-AD2000s and left a nice scratch. Is there any hope of getting a replacement here in the US or should I try my luck with J-B Weld?   The plastic towards the inside has been partially removed in this...

I picked up a vintage 1946 Warwick C103A AM radio the other day at a garage sale and I've been evaluating what needs to be done. Most of the resistors have drifted substantially (from 3% to 300%!) and it needs to be recapped (electrolytics with Nichicons, Sprague Black Beauties and Micamold...

I just had another EHX style (this time "Groove Tube" branded) 7591A tube die on me. This time it was nice and died by putting out far too little bias current (~25mA vs ~47mA) instead of the typical short-and-glow-red death. Life span: about 4 months.   I've counted at least 9-10 boxes for...

I was shopping at the university bookstore this afternoon when I discovered this monstrosity:         No thanks!

I have an issue with the power quality that's being caused by my small dorm refrigerator (a Sanyo). Every time the compressor starts and stops it sends a rather loud click through my headphones- especially on my McIntosh. The chain of power for all of my audio equipment is as follows:   Wall...

Example:   Go to http://www.head-fi.org/products/audio-technica-ath-ad2000-open-air-dynamic-headphones Click on the product image Bottom right of image viewer: Image 1 of 0   For the few I've tried, this bug only seems to affect products with a single image.

As an experiment today I cobbled together a working pair of Kramer KSC75s out of my two broken sets- BAD IDEA. Although nowhere near the quality of my Sennheisers they've made me realize just how boring the HD-595 is. I've been considering an upgrade for months now but this has pushed me over...

My McIntosh MAC 1500 receiver developed a small 60Hz hum yesterday and today I checked all of the power capacitors- they're OK (infinite resistance, capacitance as rated or higher). I have reason to suspect that the FM section of the receiver might be the culprit since it is the only section...

Anyone else heard of this? They're coming to Des Moines Thursday and I'm pumped! Sennheiser Sound Tour It looks like they'll have some cans on hand to try on- HD-800? I hope.

I've unfortunately ran into more problems with the vintage McIntosh receiver I rebuilt some time ago. I noticed earlier today that when I turned up the volume (for a low volume source), the cones on the speakers were traveling significantly farther than they ever should. They moved in a...

Last year, I rebuilt a vintage McIntosh MAC1500 I found and restored it to beautiful operating condition- new caps, resistors, rectifiers, etc. It's worked wonderfully (albeit with some occasional bias adjustments) until last Friday, when it suddenly developed a humming noise mostly in the right...

Update 1/25/12, for those getting here via search My 1500's still going strong since I created this thread a few years back. Since then I've replaced the two burnt out resistors in the power supply with Dale CW-5 12k 6.5w resistors. I've also bypassed the rectifier diodes and larger capacitors...

Update: I have reserved a HeadFive and I am very close to sending the payment. Given my needs and current equipment, is this a good choice? I spent several hours listening to the following setups today, and I am now convinced I need an amp for my Sennheiser HD 595s. 1. iAudio X5L->Cheap...