i'm 90% sure it's due to the cable messing up. it started going last week, and messing with the cable seemed to fix it. when i tried them yesterday, the sound was completely gone in the right ear so now im back to ksc75's for a little while. can i get some recs for an iem under $50 that's...

well, i want to build a new setup over the coming months that i can use between both a laptop and a computer, and so im going to need a usb transport. however, seeing as there are so many different ones (ua-1ex, transit, hagusb, empirical audio stuff, xitel pro hifi link, etc), i think one...

if im starting from scratch to building a new setup (upgrading phones though), what would be the best order to buy components? i was thinking transport*/external soundcard, amp, psu, dac, phones, cables, but is there a more logical order to buy? *i'm not exactly sure what a 'transport' is...

is there a better chance/is it more likely that if one uses a same-brand setup (e.g. channel islands vhp-1, vac-1, vda-2; firestone cute beyond, fubar II, supplier; musical fidelity x-cans, x-dac, x-psu), then the setup overall will sound better as opposed to mixing and matching? asthetics aside...

first post! i apologize in advance, ive been looking around these forums for a bit and i think i have a decent idea of how this stuff works, but there are still a few things that are unclear to me. right now i have hd 595's (120 ohm version) hooked up to some crappy onboard sound (i know its...