mark vann posted an article on The Frugal Audiophile - Oct 1, 2009, 4:32 pm
I've been listening to my Grado SR80i headphones since I picked them up for my review. My reference cans, the AKG 701s have been sitting on their little silver stand ever since the Grado's ar...
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mark vann posted an article on The Frugal Audiophile - Sep 2, 2009, 9:57 pm
Traveling With Audiophile Cans Last year I was traveling a LOT. I missed my music so I started toting my DAC, DIY USB to SPDIF converter, PPAv2 headphone amplifier, and Grado Sr60 or Sennheiser HD580 ...
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mark vann posted an article on The Frugal Audiophile - Aug 26, 2009, 7:05 am
This post is post 3 or 3 in the Sr80i review. Grado Sr80i Recap My initial listening with the Sr80i cans was with an Apple iPod. The Sr80i headphones sounded above average but I suspected there was m...
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mark vann posted an article on The Frugal Audiophile - Aug 17, 2009, 12:32 am
Things always seem to take longer than expected. I need to keep that in mind when setting the tempo on this blog. Its unfortunate but I have to work a day job that keeps me from tinkering with this st...
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mark vann posted an article on The Frugal Audiophile - Aug 15, 2009, 1:08 pm
Grado Sr80i headphones and their box In part 1 of my SR80i review I mentioned that Grado headphones struck me as looking peculiar. There are some other things about the Grado Prestige Series that I f...
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mark vann posted an article on The Frugal Audiophile - Aug 12, 2009, 2:26 pm
I am still working on Part 2 of the SR80i review. While I was working on the review I couldn't help but notice that Axiom Audio, to whom I have zero relation, has a July 2009 feature titled "The ...
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mark vann posted an article on The Frugal Audiophile - Aug 11, 2009, 12:14 pm
Contents Of The Box In my previous post I mentioned that Grado headphones struck me as looking peculiar. There are some other things about the Grado Prestige Series that I find odd. These are not bad...
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mark vann posted an article on The Frugal Audiophile - Aug 9, 2009, 4:34 pm
Grado headphones have always intrigued me. I have seen them for years and I can't remember when and where I first heard of them. What I do remember is that I have always heard great things about G...
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mark vann posted an article on The Frugal Audiophile - Aug 4, 2009, 11:32 pm
My experience with Polk's customer service was great. For starters, when I called Polk Audio an American answered the phone! Kudos to Polk for employing a U.S. worker! It is nice to talk to someon...
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mark vann posted an article on The Frugal Audiophile - Jul 31, 2009, 5:28 pm
I received the Polk RTi A1 speakers today. Unfortunately one of them proved to be defective out of the box. The tweeter in the defective speaker refused to do anything. This was a real bummer since wh...
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mark vann posted an article on The Frugal Audiophile - Jul 27, 2009, 5:02 pm
The good folks over at Decware have been whipping up tube powered goodies for quite a long time. I have limited experience with them but I have listened to a buddy's SE84C 2 watt amp from Decware ...
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