Many moons ago I had UEs worth $500-600 which ten or so years ago was an expensive pair. They broke easily. I've had hd650s which I have not replaced that are falling apart, but functionally working. Ten years of ownership. I bought Shure SE535 and have replaced the cables now once as the...

So I get cut outs on my audio with my Sure SE535 IEM's and am looking at getting replacement cables. I was looking on ebay, and the bluetooth with mic option looked pretty cool, but concerned about this crapness of quality. Bluetooth with mic, originally from China...

I was looking on ebay for a bluetooth optical audio receiver, found this, wondered if there was anything better i should consider http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Wireless-Bluetooth-Digital-Optical-Fiber-Coaxial-5-1-HiFi-Audio-Receiver-AU-/162286577124?hash=item25c908a5e4:g:a50AAOSwKfVXKcTl obviously...

So I just bought myself a pair of Shure se535's. Haven't received them yet but am very happy with my decision. I have all my music in lossless and atm will be listening on a Galaxy s5. I will consider a portable amp in the future, but I really want a cable with a mic and noticed this in my...

So this adapter,   http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/151775942180?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT   I was wanting to purchase this to setup between my samsung s5 and an amp/receiver that has 2x optical in 1x out. it sais it only does mp3 aptX, SBC & AAC. So all my m4a and...

does the continual usb 5v power to dac feature on some of the higher end 2011-3 motherboards, what is that about.   if i had fibre optic cable out of mobo to a seperate dac, powered seperately, than at that point it doesnt matter how the audio came out, if it comes out via fibre optic than it...

im doing a new system build and was wanting to ask a few questions about running the asus xonar essence one into a marantz SR6200 receiver and then into 5.1 speakers as yet undecided.   if i run an optical out from the asus xonar essence one into the receiver, it will run 5.1 or stereo in a...

Hiya,   wanting some recommendations for an IEM with a mic that works with the samsung galaxy s5.  Seems everything is made for apple (yawn).  so yea any recommendations...    wanting to spend around $100-$200, not using a portable dac or amp but music is almost always lossless.    Advise...

so i have hd650 with custom cables.  and i had tried my friends hd558's and they sounded heaps louder ?  what am i missing here,... what am i not understanding   anyways i found myself an amp and want to run optical out from soundcard into the amp and plug headphones in and that is doing...

  wondering if there is a way i can connect the iphone 3gs via line out to my car, i have a connection that comes out of the glovebox atm as standard that allows connection of ipod/iphone/n8 etc but allows browsing only via the menu system of the car rather than scrolling through on the...

    new to the forums been reading a bit about the imod for the ipod,    read on red wine audio the makers of these imod cables;   "We take the analog output (line out) signal off of the Wolfson DAC chip and send it directly to the internal 1/8" headphone jack (converting it into a...

  which cables are the best considering i want to use a dac and amp with sennheiser hd650s.    ,  Cardas Cable for Senn HD580, HD600 & HD650 (10ft) listed here?    http://www.headphone.com/accessories/cardas-cable-for-senn-hd580-hd600--hd650-10ft.php   or if i had a dedicated amp i...

hiya, very much a newbie on audio based technology but love music and have had a great set of headphones, hd650s, for several months now and am enjoying but wanting to get something to drive them better. some of these questions may seem stupid to the audiophile/expert but at this point i...

hiya all.. wanting to get myself a nice soundcard for predominantly video editing, some games, watching movies and listening to music.. i have a sound panel at the front of my pc box and wanting to know if i can hook my soundcard up to the front panel without loss of quality... any feedback...

heya all, relatively new here.. im sure its been posted before.. however... im wanting to convert all my cds to flac and run these on my ipod.. to my understanding im going to have to run ipodlinux, which is just an install program so shouldn't be too difficult. that'll run the flacs...

hi all, newly registered user and have just then received my brand new hd650s!! ohhh yeeaah. a few questions am a total newbie 'audiophile' but definitely have the appreciation for quality sound. have had some ultimate ear 5 pros for my ipod before but ran over them with my chair. found them a...