Hey all, I'm searching for a cheap dap ~$250 USD that can support tidal and it relatively well built. I had a hiby r6 pro and 2 units both had their 3.5mm jack break within 2 weeks of me using it, so I think I want to avoid hiby products unless I got really unlucky with 2 lemons. I work in a...

Hello, I am choosing between a Noble Kaiser Encore and an Empire Ears Legend X. Looking at the black friday sale for the Legend X, I see that It costs around 1950 dollars to get a CIEM, whereas the Kaiser Encore would set me back 1350 for a full reshell from AAW, including shipping there and...

Hello, I've been looking into CIEMS and possibly selling my at home set up to fund a TOTL portable setup. Would using CIEMS for ~ 6 hours a day cause more hearing damage than using Planars for 3 of those hours?

Hello, I'm shopping in the CIEM market under 1400 USD, preferably less. So Far I've been looking at: UE18+ PRO Warbler Prelude Lime Ears Aether I value: Imaging Soundstage/Sub Bass Treble Mids in that order from greatest to least. I currently listen mostly to rap/edm, a good song to give an...

Hey, My oppo HA2SE is currently having major issues with the micro usb input, so I need to use an analog input instead. I'm trying to find a 6 inch or less USB C to 3.5mm male to male, but I can't find anything. Custom cable manufacturers don't even offer analog to digital, so I'm lost. Could...

Hello, I just purchased an Audeze LCD-X. I'm quite pleased with them. I was just wondering if purchasing a custom cable would give the cans a noticeable improvement; I'm not expecting anything drastic but you get what I mean. My budget is $150, I researched a bit and moon audio cables are great...

Hey, I'm looking for an upgrade from my 4 year old m100s. I've felt the need to upgrade for a while. The genres I listen too include mostly edm, and slightly some others. I will link 3 songs that are very close to my preferred genres below. Anyways, I have a budget of around 500-600 dollars for...

Hey there Head fi! 3 years ago I bought a pair of m100s, and they were fantastic while they lasted. But they're starting to wear down, and theyve gone under use for 5 hours every day for the 3 years, and I'm looking for an upgrade. My budget is 350 including an amp, and its good to note that I...