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It is near the place were my girlfriend lives, so I will be able check it out later in the week. I will need an adapter cable as well to use it with a headphone amp, where to get one?

The only thing which worries me a little is the seller, because he's the moderator in that forum and it's a little bit like HF where some comments about products mysteriously disappear, and after some search I found out that he has a K1000 so I'm not sure it is that one or another that's practically new... Still, the exchange rate is so bad that it equals even less than 500.

I've never heard one but I won't buy it without hearing it. And of course, I know that listening to it in a quiet enviroment is important, the ESW10 is quite the opposite of that so I could end up with a dynamic rig and sell everything else. I would have to sell either the dynamic or electrostatic setup more or later anyway, but this is the first time ever when I see a K1000 showing up locally.

I'm getting sick of local deals but I found one again...K1000 new in box for about 500 EUR. Should I start selling something which I have and go for it? Would it work with a Gilmore Lite (as a temporary solution)? Thanks.

SR-X MKIII

I would like to bump this thread because I could finally compare a stock Aurvana Live! to my recabled one (I chose D5000 cable) and I have to say, even I notice the difference. The most important thing is the bass, which has tightened up nicely and lets it sound more balanced. And also the highs are not sibilant anymore. Because of these things it is not fatiguing to listen to. I used them straight out of the Sansa Clip using lossless files, I guess the difference would be bigger from a decent source and headphone amp. But the cables are still at the customs so maybe later on can try this with the GLite (but only if the other one won't be recabled by then;)). The ESW10JPNs are still way more exciting to listen to(no contest, really), but these are more comfortable and on par with them in terms of isolation/leakage and costs much less. And that's partly down to the volume level which doesn't need to be turned up as high as it used to be. To sum up, I think they are quite nice for the money as a 'starter' closed headphone and it is worth to recable them because it is a surprisingly easy job to do and it gives noticeable improvements to the sound.

This also seems to be an interesting project once it finishes: BuffaloDAC

A new custom title, I like this forum. Anyway, a new thread opened at the other forum here, somebody with 7 posts claims that the LA2000 trumps everything. I would certainly say so, but only in terms of the pricing, which is insanely high. He is waiting for a Rudi to drive it... These two really deserve each other...

It doesn't really have a competition so it should sell well even at this price.

It seems to me that this headphone wants to be the poor man's Qualia.

Wow, flashing custom title. I want that.

I'd rather buy a used HE60 for this price.

Ships only to Germany Are there any sonical differences between an old and a later K1000?

If anybody in the EU is interested, I found an early K1000 at a reasonable price (500 EUR) http://www.hifi-forum.de/index.php?action=browseT&back=1&sort=lpost&forum_id=173&thread=4697

Happpy birthday!

Happy birthday to you! And happy new year! That's going to be two hangover in one;)

I couldn't win the Stax CD auction, maybe next time

A big package came today and I was surprised how small were the things that came in it.

Nice pics, let's hope it has some similarities with the Abrahamsen DAC (but according to the price difference that is very unlikely)

After some weeks, I'm beginning to appreciate the qualities of the ESW10. Somehow the comfort is getting better (I would rate it 'OK' at the moment). And the other thing that I noticed: it is so small that I have no trouble wearing it while I lay flat on my back in the bed. And it's great because I can concentrate on the music listening more easily in that way. Can't wait to try it with a proper amp and source to see what it can really do.

And this is just the electrostatic collection, nice

Because my T1S has the normal bias connector I am seriously thinking of trying a vintage Stax till my DAC arrives(and till then I will get a good mini-RCA cable to temporarily solve the problem). I am thinking of the SR-X MKIII to be precise. How much they worth these days? I've found two of them on ebay but I don't know if any of them can be considered as a safe buy. Please share your experiences, thanks(comfort is not important at the moment).

Wow this is quality stuff even if I can't listen to it with my Stax yet. You made me want to win that CD even more, thx and merry xmas

Thanks a lot! Will post mine as well if I manage to win the auction

http://data.hu first button from the left is the upload, 100 MB per files is allowed and it is fully free.