Alrighty, y'all. I'm looking to upgrade my FiiO E10K to a new DAC and amp (combo or discrete, whichever) with more juice and a couple extra features. I'd be really grateful for any help. Budget - >$250 USD, and that's firm. The Modi 2 Uber / Magni 3 has everything I want, but I don't want to...

Hey all,    So, I must just have some oddly shaped earholes. All the IEMs I've ever tried either don't seal correctly, are uncomfortable, or both. I'm looking for something very portable and inexpensive that still has somewhat decent sound quality. I mention earbuds specifically in the title...

I'm thinking about picking up the sr80e in the nearish future. I've heard they work really well for rock, but how about music with a more acoustic focus? Folk/Folk Rock, Indie Singer/songwriter? And how is the soundstage? I've heard Grado's house sound includes very forward mids, but I'd like...

Hey, Head-Fi. I just jumped into the headphone hobby pretty recently with the ATH-M50x, and now I'm looking for my next set of cans.   I'm looking for--as the title says--a sub $150 open-back headphone that I'll use for music as well as gaming. But, I'm not planning to buy them immediately...

Hey Head-Fiers.    Here's a question from a newcomer to the headphone hobby. I see people talk about their home hi-fi setups all the time. I understand the importance of a good DAC/amp combo for a high end, high impedance pair of cans to really sound their best, but is that what people mean...

Hey everyone.    I'm looking for a relatively inexpensive DAC/Amp as my first purchase. I feel pretty certain that I have it narrowed down to the two models above, but if you have a different recommendation at $150 or under then I'd be glad to hear it. My planned setup is a MacBook Air going...

Hey everyone.    I'm planning on making my first DAC/amp purchase soon, and I have it narrowed down to the two models in the title: the Audioengine D1 and the NuForce uDAC-3. Both seem like really solid pieces of equipment from everything I've read either here on Head-Fi or elsewhere, and I'm...

Hopefully this is a pertinent topic for this forum.    Has anyone else experienced a soundstage in a pair of headphones where what (I think) should be in the dead center is slightly to the left or right? This happens mostly with vocals for me, and sometimes with bass frequencies. The thing is...

I'm looking for my first desktop DAC/amp. Everything I've read on the Audioengine D1 makes it out to be a fantastic product for the price--which isn't too bad--but it's still double the price of the E10K. Fiio from what I know also has a pretty good reputation for having bang-for-your-buck...

I've been looking around for an eventual first pair of open headphones. I've never so much as seen a pair in person, but the idea of a really spacious soundstage appeals to me a lot. As mentioned in the title of the thread, I'll use them for a lot of more mellow, mostly acoustic Folk and...

Hey everyone. I'm not altogether new to the world of audio; I've owned some decent headphones and done some reading up on audio terminology. I guess I know what sounds good in theory, but I have a hard time putting all of it into practice. I can tell if something sounds good to me, but I don't...