I was on the Chinese headphone forums and saw an discussion of a bug in the ES9018 chip. They uploaded an email from ESS to prove their point. I'm not a DIYer so I don't know exactly what they're talking about, and what the actual problem is.       Quote from the forums...

Sources:   http://www.phileweb.com/news/audio/201210/16/12626.html and   http://av.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/20121016_566403.html   Quoted:   （株）オーディオテクニカは、本日開催された新製品発表会にて、BTL方式のヘッドホンアンプ「AT-HA7000BTL（仮称）」を参考出展していた。製品化は未定。試作機の写真撮影も禁止されていた。...

Audio Technica recently just announced a series of new models, with the most interesting one being the portable ESW11LTD!   http://popculture.blog.so-net.ne.jp/2012-10-12   Price is a whooping 63,000YEN!   Also announced ES500, ES700, CKS1000LTD and the AD2000X

The DUNU DN-17 are a new line of IEM products developed by Dunu in 2012 that uses silver cables. I received these around two weeks ago before I left for my vacation in Beijing. Beijing...was really boring and I had nothing to do for the week so I did have a good listen of the DN-17s. Here I...

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Equipment: Yulong D100 Matrix M-Stage Chinese Customs Toxic Cable UPOCC Silver + 1% Gold CIEM Cable. The connectors were MS Audio Rhodium plated 3.5mm plugs. No name Pure Silver Cable from Jaben     Songs JPop: Girl Next Door – Infinity fripSide – Only My Railgun Yui –...

Retrieved from: http://www.ibasso.com/en/news/show.asp?ID=112     DX100: The DX100 is our reference Digital Audio Player (DAP). It can play most of the 24Bit/192kHz Lossless music. The whole design is based on the ES9018, which ESS claim as "The World's Best DAC Chip". We are...

When I bought CDs, I often didn't look at what format they're in, especially since the price difference between them aren't great. Now I want to buy a CD Player, and I'm confused if K2HD/HDCD/XRCD/LPCD requires a SACD Player to get the most out of them?

Well I just got my W5000 for a few weeks now. When I'm listening to it, wow the jpop and voices sound amazing. Then comes the background music, it gets covered by the singing. In fact, it gets covered so much that some parts of the music is inaudible by the W5000s, but very audible on my much...

http://www.jvc-victor.co.jp/accessory/headphone/inner/ha-fxt90/index.html Costs 10,000YEN, planned release during late April 2011. Uses metal housing, but only 3 sizes of ear tips... It uses a diaphragm of...carbon nanotubes?! Translated Specifications and Features: Type name HA-FXT90...

I just stumbled across the Icon uTrack (link below). It looks really nice, but for the price, I'm wondering if it would be a good buy? http://www.icon-global.com/ShowPro.aspx?ID=25 Thanks!

What drivers does the ES3 use?  Can anyone tell me where else the driver is used?  (E.g. low driver in UM3x, high driver in ER4 **This is made up, someone tell me the real one)   Thanks!

I'm going to Beijing for vacation tomorrow, and I was planning to bring my ER4P and XB700 with me. I thought that the XBs could keep my ears warm while I listen to music :P   Would they die in Beijing? The temperature would be below 0C   Oh and, thanks(:

Hey guys, Has any Head-Fiers done any remolding or adding additional drivers to their IEMs to make them into customs? Do ALL the companies tune the sound to JH/UE/Westone...? Are there tuning into other sound signatures?   Thanks!

Hey guys, I found a DIY amp maker in a shop nearby my place, and he claimed to be making high performance:ratio amps. So heres a solid state im interested in, which he said is neutral, transparent and fast.   From the picture below, can people tell if the components are good or not?  ...

What amp do you guys suggest that is the most Clear Transparent and Detailed at <$300 range? (Its good to have a DAC built in, but not necessary)   It going to be home use only, and to power low impedance phones and iems.

I'm using the ER4P currently. Is there an IEM that can provide me with more details than them? I just want all the details possible, every single bit. Details is the only requirement!

I want to get a desktop amp, but I'm new to this and don't know whats the difference between tube and solid state. Can any head-fier tell me whats the difference in sound between those 2?

http://www.impulse-audio.net/index.php   Thats their company website. I'm interested to know how good their products are. I wonder if anyone from Hong Kong owned their products before?

Please give opinions about Bass Quality and Quantity: XB700 vs Tours vs Turbines (not pros).   XB700s: Deep bass, recessed mids but prominent highs. More details and separation than Tours and Turbines. Larger soundstage than the rest.   Tours: Big mid bass, not deep at all. Prominent...

Does anyone here have fake turbines? I got some for $23 yesterday, everything (yes box, tips and stuff) were fake, but They sounded pretty good. Deep bass (much deeper than Tours IMO) and warm sound. Nothing like a fake China earphone at all! They sound a bit like the CX300IIs, but with more...

Yeah, I know how crappy they sound, unfortunately I have a pair of Tours which I dislike. I want to experiment with whats the best they could sound.    Has anyone on head-fi tried to amp them? Do they sound better?

I want an amp that can be used with the XB700s (and the Beats tours for the move, but thats not really a big deal). Price limit would be <$100 (around, could shift a little). Will be using it on my laptop, but preferably portable, and weight/size is not too big of a matter. Would prefer no knobs...

I'm not an audiophile or any kind. But I recently thought of improving my music on the laptop (considering my portable music player is my Vivaz phone...). I want to try a cheap amp that would fit my XB700s, and I found the Fiio E5. Does the E5 work on a laptop? How would I need to connect it? ...

I tried my friends Beats Studio he recently bough and thought the bass was weak and overall was weak too... Is this just me? I own the tours and thought the bass was ok, but it was punch. I liked how low the XB700s went, but i want the punch the tours had I owned the CX300II and thought...