I currently own a Sennheiser IE6 and love them. My friend was telling me about the FiiO E7 amplifier and how it would make my music sound "mindblowing". Will there be a significant difference in sound quality, or will there just be slight improvement? Im using a 4th generation ipod touch.  ...

I am a musician with significant hearing loss, trying to protect the hearing I have left by using IEMs onstage. I currently use a universal fit pair of M-Audio IE30s which I run off the headphone output of a digital mixer (MOTU Ultralite Mk3). I specifically chose the MOTU because I can create...

So i've been searching for a headphone amp for a while now, and that is the only one I found that's available for me: http://www.smproaudio.com/index.php/en/products/headphoneamps/qamp It is a budget amp, but I think it must be better than my computer or ipod. So what you guys think...

Hi all... i have an M-Audio Fast Track Pro soundcard and wondering how it compares to the Fiio E7 as a DAC?  I *think* the Ultra is would be better... but wondering if anyone knows...  the Ultra does so much more am wondering if a dedicated DAC would be better for listening (only) situations...

Introduction   I started planning this review around the same time I joined head-fi and saw how useful multi-headphone comparisons could be for a newcomer. I put my meager (at the time) collection of portable headphones to good use and tested them against each other. What started out as a...

I just got a pair of HD600's for the first time.  I used to own many Grado's (usually ran un-amped) and departed headphones for a while for speakers.  I recently acquired the Senn's in getting back into headphones after a hiatus (forgot what I was missing).  I think the HD600's were the...

Hiya, first post! Title says it all really. I'm thinking of buying the HD 650, which will be my first headphone of this kind. I have a pioneer hdj 1000, which is good for djing, but sucks for producing. I will be using the HD 650 to produce techno/house tracks, and to make a proper mixdown...

I have heard the Shure's and the AKS's. I am going to be using these with my iPhone 3GS and my Macbook. The AKG's sounded low in volume because I am guessing the impedance is high (55). I liked that they were VERY comfortable, and that's it. The Shure's sounded nice and the volume was good. The...

I've owned these three studio/dj cans and have taken various notes, so I thought I'd share my impressions with you guys. There are plenty of threads on the 840s vs M50s, but not too many that compare the Q40s against them.   I'm going to write some more later, but for now I'm just going to...

Just got my M-Audio Q40 headphones today and WOW. Totally love it. After reading through all the threads about the Q40 cable, I thought about how I could substitute the cable without spending a fortune. Turns out that Amazon has some nice cables that I could modify to fit into the Q40's...

Just got my M-Audio Q40 for $119.50 with an $9 replacement cable from Amazon. I cut out the rubber 3.5mm rubber housing to make it fit. It looks and works great with a shorter 6' nylon braided cable. The bass, sound quality, fit, finish and isolation is very good. I was going to get a Audio...

Hey, I own a pair of M-Audio Q40s that I got on advice of this forum. They sound great, but have a very long and delicate cable that I have not yet found a short, sturdy replacement for. Either way, they're a bit delicate, expensive and big to take on-the-go. I'm after a lighter over-ear...

randomly thought i'd check the prices on these and i saw   http://cgi.ebay.com/M-Audio-Studiophile-Q40-Studio-Monitors-/280530916478?cmd=ViewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_2&hash=item4150f2147e   30mins left!  imo if you can get them below even $100 its a great deal, try up it by 10 last on...

Folks what can of these has more deep bass , unampted ?

Hey y'all. Haven't posted in a while seeing as for a while I was in audio bliss with my M50s and my ER-6 Isolators. Unfortunately, I think it's time to replace the IEMs, as my last pair of tips is disintegrating, the strain relief is totally destroyed, the shirt clip broke, the yoke to keep the...

Both are about the same price + shipping to canada. I'd say that about 50% of my music library is hip-hop, but the rest of my library is filled with anything from techno to classical. I've read great things about both and narrowed my search down to these 2, but I don't know which to chose now.

alright so im now deiciding between the m50's and the q40's im looking for : loud sound but detailed, nice bass and durability (i can drive over to m audio in toronto to get repairs done so durability isnt my biggest concern) help me make my deicision guys:)

A few months ago I purchased M-audio Q40's and I'm very happy with them, they sound great. They have quite a bit of clamping force; using my contact lenses I have no problems with the headphones, but with my glasses the headphones press the glasses against my head and they start hurting in a few...

Another Head-Fi’er had posted asking about the M-Audio Q40s. No one had a pair at that time. I had not heard of these headphones till then but was very intrigued since I have a pair of BX-8 monitors that I love. I started to think – wouldn’t it be cool if M-Audio can capture the sound of the...

Hi everyone,   I currently own the following equipment:   Technics SL-1200MKII -> Shure M97xE -> Cambridge Audio 640P Phono Pre-Amp -> Woo Audio 6 w/ PDPS -> HD650s or Technics SL-1200MKII -> Shure M97xE -> Cambridge Audio 640P Phono Pre-Amp -> M-Audio Audiophile 24/96 -> Audioengine...

Hi folks!   I'm about to buy a pair of monitor headphones (don't know yet what), a tube headphone amp and also a pci audio interface like M-Audio Audiophile 2496 or E-MU 1212m, which are know for they processing capabilities, and I don't if it's still mandatory to have a DAC connected...

My friend is looking into doing some basic audio recording (voice work, mostly) with a Shure C606 microphone and his laptop, so I recommended that maybe he get an external sound card with a decent ADC to give some kind of a boost in quality. His budget ain't huge, but it would be nice if there...

Hello,   I am in the market for some professional monitors for computer speakers. My question or rather recommendations for a interface.   I would like to know what you are using in this setup. I will need a left and right 1/4 outs. 96/24 or higher. PCI/PCI Express/External.   All...

There are new products at Meier audio. Here is the website link, http://www.meier-audio.homepage.t-online.de/, and here are the new products are a NUFORCE ICON HDP, and a M2TECH HiFace.

M Audio sells two versions of this, with roughly equal specifications for the home recording crowd. I've used an mbox2 for a while, and my dad wanted this for a portable setup. The Fastrack, or Fastrack 2 is a revised model with a few design improvements - such as moving all the outputs to the...