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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: The ATH-M40fs costs $40 but … by Romy the Cat on 2007-04-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Interested in reading more of your headphone experiences in Audio Discussions  11 Replies 
…it is not the point. I do not think that you need to try anything else. I replied to you not with the intention to tell you what to try and what to buy - I habitually do not do it and you could get this idiotic counsel at many other sites. The reaso...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: ATH-40fs and the most interesting headphone amps to me by SearcherOfBetterSound on 2007-05-02 
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Ok, I ordered this a day before making the thread, and got them yesterday. These are overall the best headphones I've used, having neutrality, details, and natural sound. What's important to note is that when you touch the back or inside, you don't r...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: PP by N-set on 2012-09-26 
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[quote user="Paul S"]N-set, are you pretty sure that the "direct drive" tube amp need not be PP?  Does the Stax amp have +/- typical RC output?  Would it perhaps make more sense to "update" the Stax amp?ATH-50 cans would sure make your life easier......

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: Placette and headphones by Romy the Cat on 2008-03-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The ultimate buffer – light in the end of a tunnel in Audio Discussions  36 Replies 
I asked Guy Hummel to put a headphones jack into my new unit. Guy put the jack, the switch that redirect signal to headphone or to the main output. It is so cool to have a headphone option – I have no idea why I did not ask him to do it before. In ad...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: Romy, these look like most of the only other possibilities that might ... by SearcherOfBetterSound on 2007-05-06 
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I've sort of "analyzed" your thinking (more like taking what you've said so far and continued with my own ideas) and come to the conclusion the most you could do in "your" (could be more like mine) type of way to try to improve yo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Nah, you didn't really offend me by SearcherOfBetterSound on 2007-04-27 
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Or at least after visiting this site for a bit, and "knowing" about you more, not too much, because I realize you are like "graveyard serious" about audio, heh heh.Anyways, yeah, the point from me was to try to get you or others to think more positiv...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: My new Headphone Amplifier by Romy the Cat on 2006-03-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Headphone amplifiers. Baby Melquiades? in Melquiades Amplifier  27 Replies 
Ok, the Headphone “Baby Melquiades” protect is over. Well, kind of over as there are some issues still are hanging in there. A brief summary. The initial idea was to use the Melquiades’ input stage to drive headphones.  Unfortunately it did not...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Interested in reading more of your headphone experiences by SearcherOfBetterSound on 2007-04-26 
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Headphones can help people build good cheap systems, and/or also not have to worry about the room, annoying others with loudness. There's some ground to cover that shouldn't be THAT hard or expensive. If you've "given up" on finding good headphone so...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: Plate into Cap? by Paul S on 2012-09-26 
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N-set, are you pretty sure that the "direct drive" tube amp need not be PP?  Does the Stax amp have +/- typical RC output?  Would it perhaps make more sense to "update" the Stax amp?ATH-50 cans would sure make your life easier...Best regards,Paul S...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #22: Surviving in Bagdad... by jessie.dazzle on 2011-04-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: What to do in office? in Off Air Audio  33 Replies 
I'm right there with you, temporarily installed in the middle of a Bagdad intersection.So, one day not too long ago I slipped out during lunch and picked up a pair of decent, closed-back, full-size, fairly antisocial looking headphones (ATH M-50s) an...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Here's where I stand now and what my future goals are by SearcherOfBetterSound on 2007-04-26 
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Hmmm...let's see, I'm pretty young, to the point where I don't have any major source of money income, so I do with what I can when I can and want to, just like many other suffering young and/or poor audiophiles. It's like this, I don't listen to any ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: We're getting onto something here at least market wise by SearcherOfBetterSound on 2007-05-03 
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I've always used to think the headphone market wasn't really that bad, more like a very healthy, "you can't go too wrong" thing. While I've already thought differently before making this thread, you just keep shitting on my face trying to wake me up ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: We and our headphones. by Romy the Cat on 2005-07-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Loudspeakers and headphones in Audio Discussions  25 Replies 
I can’t say that I like the headphones that people call “good.” I have heard a number of high-class phones, including the one that I was told cost over 5 thousands dollars and I was not impressed what I heard. Some people suggest the while I used tho...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: My Cat hates tuna but she loves beef in gravy… by Romy the Cat on 2007-04-26 
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Hi, SearcherOfBetterSound, welcome… I like headphones a lot and being a software developer I been using them for years. I do not pursuit for “better” headphones then I have. In my past I did - was baying “better” headphones, was baying and building ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #21: The Placette and headphone. My half-impedance rule. by Romy the Cat on 2008-04-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The ultimate buffer – light in the end of a tunnel in Audio Discussions  36 Replies 
Yes, the Active Placette would drive headphone, still I do not like the sound. I get way more proper sound when Placette driver my “big” system then what is drivers headphone. I use headphone quite aggressively but mostly for “technical listening” (l...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Advanced-Transition Horn Designs, by Marcel Batík by N.B.C. on 2026-04-22 
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https://at-horns.eu/release/Ath-AP1.pdf ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: Wand Bruckner LPs by steverino on 2025-06-14 
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The only Wand Bruckner LP set was on Deutsche Harmonia Mundi in the late 80s. I have some of those LPs. There was also a box set of the Symphonies. They were all with the Cologne Orchestra though.(Kolner Rundfunk Sinfonie) ...
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