I'm having a weird issue using external USB DACs on my PC (Windows 10): I occasionally get a half-second audio cutoff when starting an audio file. For example: when starting a YouTube video (will miss the first word if it starts right away with dialogue), or starting a song (will miss the first...

First, I'll let the images speak for themselves.   I spotted these at the Montreal Audio Show last month (March 27th-29th) at the Tri-Art Audio booth. The guys at the booth told me this pair was lent to them and they didn't have much information about the headband. Needless to say, I...

Hey guys, I have to get this off my chest. I'm hoping people can chime in with their experiences as well, because I can't be the only one! Context: My main headphones are the LCD-2; my source is a CD player that outputs a fixed 2 Vrms. With my Burson Soloist, the LCD-2 are driven pretty loud...

I've recently acquired a NOS GE JG-5751WA to put in the 12AX7 tube position in my Cayin HA-1A. It plays very nicely with most music... except Metal. I guess the lower gain takes away some crunch of the guitars. Fast shredding, for example, sounds kind of smudged now. I've done a couple of...

I've recently bought a Cayin HA-1A tube amp to pair with my HD600 (source: Rega Apollo), and I find that the Sennheiser headphone is now slightly too bass-prominent coupled with the tube amp; I used to drive them off a Corda Headfive, with which I was already starting to notice a slight bass...

Here's the deal... I'm buying a new CD player this week probably, and had my eyes on two models: Rega Apollo and Cambridge Audio 740c. Demoed both, kind of leaning towards the Apollo (in part considering all I've read about it). However, with HD600s and a Headfive amp, bass was noticeably...

I'm planning to upgrade my rig in a not too distant future: - New source: From Sony carousel CDP to Rega Apollo - New headphone amp: From Corda Headfive to Caliente OR Solo to power my HD-600 (mainly) and K701 (taken a backseat... might sell them eventually) I'd rather stay with SS and...

Major release and not one thread yet? Well I'll start: What's up with the sound quality? The remastered CD sounds good but not great. However, the remix CD... wow, loudness and weird layering of instruments. The layering wouldn't be so bad if only it didn't change mid song! For example...

Hey everyone, I have a Meier Audio Corda Headfive coming soon and I was thinking about buying a pair of K701 after hearing that they go well with the amp (which came to me as a sweet post-purchase surprise). My source is a budget Sony CD player (CDP-CE375). The built in DAC uses a "hybrid...

I currently have an entry line AV receiver (Harmon/Kardon AVR 146) which I personally think is not driving headphones very much. However, I COULD BE WRONG, so if I am, let me know! Let's say that I'm right: my headphones are not driven near their potential with what I have. I would then like...

Hello everyone, First of all, I don't consider myself an audiophile. I don't have much of a trained ear, I am just looking for a nice, pleasant and spacious sound. Now, I just bought a new setup recently because I thought I could get something a little more decent than the JVC MX GA-77...