kublakhan

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Crank it up just once
The rule of thumb is that if your volume knob goes to 10, never go past 9. If it goes to 11...you ROCK! 
Blind Shoot-out in San Diego -- 5 CD Players
Nice job! I wish more people who had the means would do this kind of thing. 
audio advice
yes!http://www.high-endaudio.comthis is arthur salvatore's site. 
Help with decision on selling Sony SCD-1
You can sell your SCD-1 for around $2k and buy a 777ES for $1k and you'll have the exact same sound minus the XLR ability and $1000 to spend on the ladies...or audio if that's your bag I had a 777es and it blew my CEC belt drive out of the rack on... 
Excellent review of CAPACITORS Must read
I love the way he describes his feelings about getting scooped by Salvatore! Is he the mad scientist type?And yes...BRAVO! 
Devendra Banhart - Anybody listening ?
Two more recs from another site that worked:FeathersVetiver (Banhart plays w/ them sometimes.)What's Space Oddity? The name of the group?? 
Does an integrated DAC/Headphone amp exist?
I have a PC only system now with a Benchmark DAC1 and the headphone amp inside is very nice. Not as nice as my Melos SHA-1 headphone amp which is smoother, but I had to do some serious A/B to decide if the Melos was worth keeping (it was.) I'm usi... 
Devendra Banhart - Anybody listening ?
Based on recommendations I bought a Sufjan Stevens cd (seven swans) and Bonnie Prince Billy (summer in the southeast.) LOVE them both!! 
Most Effective Tweaks
just tagging this one 
How far should you be sitting from your speakers?
'hot tweeters?' I feel dirty. 
EMM LABS CDSD/DCC2 Tweaks
Did you ever get the Singlepower amp? What are the specs? How do you like it? How does it sound with the HE90's? How about with other headphones?I have a HE60/HEV70 combo and am thinking of a custom Singlepower amp too. 
AKG K701
Go to head-fi.org for these questions.I would absolutely buy the Sennheiser 650s. These cans are almost always in people's top 5 and usually #1 unless classics like the sony r-10 (at $4000) are listed. For realistic prices you can't go wrong with ... 
Entry level amp?
What's your budget? Does the amp need to be made in the US? Tube? Solid state? 
Is the e-mail sounds like a 'SCAM' ?
Lak... it is NOT safe to wait until your bank clears the funds. Banks by law have to give you access to your money after so many days (I forget how many.) Often it's after this date that the forgery is discovered. Then you're out the money and in ... 
Is the e-mail sounds like a 'SCAM' ?
there are fake money orders and certified checks all over the place these days. just google fake money order and you'll have more than enough to read. click on 'images' and you can see what they look like