I see it for sale for <20 shipped, isn't that too good to be true?

  I did try reflowing all the solder joints, although those ground pins have been making life difficult even with the iron turned up to 850F.  Are there any other checks I might do?  The fact that the y2 board is mated to the y1 seems to make some debug checks difficult.  

So sadly I am having issues with my y2 build... the y1 side works perfectly and i can hear music just fine.  When I mate with the y2 board, all the voltage checks are fine (5V pin reads out at around 4.85ish, which I think would be ok?)  Initially when I set it all up, I was getting music out of...

  Yeah I was using some SE530s.  I tested this on some Grados and it was not as bad, although I can get my HD650s to listenable levels at 25%, which is still way too much volume considering I never want to drive 650s with this.

So I just built a SkeletonDAC and it's working to great success with 470uF Nichicon KWs as my output caps.  I was planning on using earphones directly out of this DAC, but damn, it is really really really loud.  I have to lower teh volume down to 1, and then halve the volume in foobar to get to...

talk to nikongod.

Todd, I emailed you to confirm my HF-2 order, but I wasn't sure if I should get an email back to confirm my confirmation. Order number is 5670

I didn't realize how many whiners frequented head-fi. Oh wait, maybe I did.

It won't say 225i on the headphones, but it should have thicker cables and the driver housing chamber should protrude out.

baby PS-1's, just what I was hoping for, nice!

i carry my mini^3 and it drives my headphones nicely (ER4S) Especially since I'm a student, a) I have limited desk real estate b) i like to study on campus a lot.

PS-1 has some punchy bass.

Quote: Originally Posted by moonboy403 That's the sound signature of the K501 I think. The mids are a bit on the lean side. Do you own K501s? Because the mids in my K501 are the best thing about it.

You act as if a 1c increase is nothing. 1c increase over 100 years is pretty ridiculously fast...

Quote: Originally Posted by les_garten Ahhhh, excuse me! Who elected you the Grado Police! I'll bet I can rummage thru your past and find a Cassette tape, or an MP3 or so. . But he's also right. There's a reason why drivers and such are strictly controlled by Grado and...

If you think the PA2v2 is anything like the PPAv2...

sweet. I don't think I could handle working on a thesis for 5 years. I've witnessed the pains of grad students though, especially the one I work with in lab.

Quote: Originally Posted by Beagle Factor in taxes and that's close to $2400. Is it 2.4 times better than the GS1000? the GS1000 only costs $1000 in Canada?

The music machine, a la the breakfast machine, except it doesn't make music at all, it just shoots you! YouTube - Family Guy - Peters breakfast machine

I'll buy them off you for $8.99

blah blah blah law of diminishing returns. You should probably get out of this hobby if you feel so strongly about it.

I own SN #1650 on the SR-325i, but I'm thinking about selling. I want to move up in the world of Grado (RS-1??).

i would never buy anything from that man given his history.

do the ms-1i's come with bowls or comfies?

Quote: Originally Posted by amb The answer is it would sort of "work", but you will suffer major performance loss. Its specified minimum supply voltage is 10V, but we have only about that much after the battery is just freshly charged, and will drop to around 8V-8.5V over most of the...