Headphones: Balanced & Electrostatica combination of things. i always wanted a 300B tube amp, eddie current has a great reputation for amps and build quality, plus the all powerful new toy syndrome. once i committed to the BA, it was... posted over 15 years ago | View comment | |
Headphones: Balanced & Electrostaticupdate.sold my RSA B52 and Cary 306 SACD. main setup now is Eddie Current Balancing Act (BA) with an Audeze LCD-2 (planar headphone) or Grado RS-1 (older pair with buttons). Also in much us... posted over 15 years ago | View comment | |
Headphones: Balanced & Electrostaticfew updates.b/c i use the HD800 almost exclusively (now with a moon audio silver dragon v.2 XLR cable), i have sold most of my other headphones. what's left is an HD650, SR325, RS1, HF2, an... posted over 16 years ago | View comment | |
Headphones: Balanced & Electrostaticfew updates. * thinking about selling my O2 as i prefer my HE60 and generally use that when i want to listen to a stat headphone. next question is whether i keep the KGSS, since the HE60 is... posted over 16 years ago | View comment | |
Headphones: Balanced & Electrostatic@ Bigamp: haven't done much comparison of cables with my HD800, but the headphone is truly excellent. so much so, that i am selling most of my other headphones because i don't see myself using them... posted over 16 years ago | View comment | |
Headphones: Balanced & Electrostaticsmall update. haven't listened to my rig much lately. but i am still making changes.i want to get a tube-based electrostatic amp. the amp i am considering most, assuming impressions are fav... posted almost 17 years ago | View comment | |
Headphones: Balanced & Electrostaticminor update.have spent enough time now with the Cary 306 SACD to say that it is as very good player. i don't think it is necessarily better than my G08 though, just different. the G08 has ... posted about 17 years ago | View comment | |
Headphones: Balanced & Electrostaticsome updates.i'm lazy and can't deal with CDs anymore (or much). plan to move a portion of my music collection (all non classical and opera) to a music server. i now have a Cary 306 SACD (n... posted about 17 years ago | View comment | |
Headphones: Balanced & Electrostaticrecently picked up a Grado PS-1.it is a pretty rare and of course expensive headphone. sounds very good though. decent resolution, natural tone, great bass impact - maybe a bit too much. to... posted over 17 years ago | View comment | |
Headphones: Balanced & ElectrostaticAUDIO SETUP (Aug. 31)1. Meridian G08 CD PlayerSits on: Wooden End TableIsolation: Boston Audio Tuneblocks (underneath) Mapleshade HeavyHats (on top)ICs: Nordost Heimdall... posted over 17 years ago | View comment | |
Headphones: Balanced & Electrostaticmy understanding is that the vibrations come from the units themselves. for example, using and then not using isolation or vibration devices with a separate power supply results in a quite noticeab... posted over 17 years ago | View comment | |
Headphones: Balanced & Electrostaticthe RSA B-52 is definitely a significant upgrade over my Apache. but at almost twice the cost, one would hope/expect it to perform at that level. i am having great fun listening to my dynamic headp... posted over 17 years ago | View comment | |
Headphones: Balanced & Electrostatica change to my system.i recently acquired an RSA B-52 fully balanced headphone amp/preamp. it is similar to the Apache, but it is tube based, where the Apache is solid state, and is the top... posted over 17 years ago | View comment | |
Headphones: Balanced & Electrostaticupdate. a few changes in my system.my He 1.2B was still not working right, so i returned it and the matching amp for a refund. once they get the problems worked out, i may revisit this head... posted almost 18 years ago | View comment | |
Headphones: Balanced & Electrostaticanother update.sold my nordost heimdall RCAs - a tad too bright and forward for my purposes. still like the XLRs though. replaced them with some siltech paris ICs with wbt nextgen RCA conne... posted almost 18 years ago | View comment | |
Headphones: Balanced & Electrostaticsome updates.the HeAudio electrostatic headphones are excellent. i have recently exchanged my pair (the 1.3) for the newer model, the 1.2B, which has a nicer look to it and a slightly bette... posted about 18 years ago | View comment | |
Headphones: Balanced & Electrostatichere are my initial impressions of the EH-1.3 which were posted on another website.okay. i'll throw out some initial impressions. but bear in mind a few things. i was told that the headphon... posted about 18 years ago | View comment | |
Headphones: Balanced & Electrostaticsome updates.sold the balanced DT880. just too similar to some of my other headphones and not getting as much use as it should. plus it excels at music (electronica, for example) which i ha... posted about 18 years ago | View comment | |
Headphones: Balanced & Electrostatici made two purchases recently. one is the furutech RD-2 CD demagnetizer. i have always been curious about this device as i am always looking for ways to optimize CD playback. one reviewer said that... posted over 18 years ago | View comment | |
Headphones: Balanced & Electrostaticjust to recap some things.in terms of ICs, this is my history. for SE, i used various $20-$30 cables, then a zu oxyfuel (which i liked and used for a good while), then an element cable twis... posted over 18 years ago | View comment | |
Headphones: Balanced & Electrostatichere are my initial impressions of the RSA apache, which were posted elsewhere. nothing has changed. i still think it is one of the best amps i have ever heard.DAY 1. i just received my apa... posted over 18 years ago | View comment | |
Headphones: Balanced & Electrostaticas for tweaks, i don't use much. i have 6 cardas myrtle wood blocks. i use 3 under my G08 and 3 under my Apache - for both 2 front and 1 back center. the Apache is a two piece component, power supp... posted over 18 years ago | View comment | |
Headphones: Balanced & Electrostaticjust purchased an audioquest NRG-5 power cord. i plan to use it with my G08. i'll see how it compares to my current power cord, an element cable red storm.the heimdall XLR is starting to gr... posted over 18 years ago | View comment | |
Headphones: Balanced & Electrostaticas for my meridian G08, it is the only expensive player i have owned. i have heard other good players - ones from cary, esoteric, marantz, cambridge audio. but it is hard to compare when you are li... posted over 18 years ago | View comment | |
Headphones: Balanced & Electrostaticas for my headphones, i have 5 pairs (have owned over 10). i use the sennheiser HD650 with a balanced zu mobius-2 cable. the HD650 - a slightly laid back, warm sounding headphone - has great textur... posted over 18 years ago | View comment |