EDIT 05/2021 newer/better/badder JCAT USB XE version review is up: https://www.head-fi.org/showcase/usb-card-xe-jcat.25121/reviews#review-25788 -- Hiya my fellow audio buddies, I'm very surprised not to find a dedicated thread for this groundbreaking USB controller and I would love to share...

Hey guys, been messing around with this nice little toy for a few weeks now and I figured it would deserve a modding discussion thread here together with my own observations and subjective impressions as in my opinion there is a tremendous amount of potential to unveil from it...

Hey guys, apparently some orthos come with polarity reversed:http://wiki.faust3d.com/wiki/images/2/24/U70review79.jpg   http://www.innerfidelity.com/content/more-diy-orthos-and-two-akg-k-340   http://www.innerfidelity.com/content/diy-orthodynamic-headphones-dbel84-page-2   The...

Hi there, it's been a fews hours that scripts aren't workee anymore: http://www.imagebam.com/image/3e8ff4350897722 FF32, W7SP1. I didn't change anything, I've cleared my cache and cookie and still no dice. It's been working fine for months, did you guys change anything today? Hope you can help,

Hi there, got a DDH-1 loaner thanks to my local reseller and I felt like this product would well deserve its own thread here on head-fi together with a quick review while I'm at it       The official product page can be found at http://amimuse.com/ami-musik-ddh-1/   Its user manual is...

Hey guys, my local Firestone Audio reseller recently received the new 2013 models and after checking their website, I couldn't resist borrowing their new "Custom Cute" USB DAC and post impressions in here while I'm at it       Here's the official url...

Hi there, it's been a while that I didn't post a review and I've been messing around with third party USB PSU's for quite some time now(I'd even dare calling it an OCD at this point )....several followers of my Stello U3 thread asked me for further details and other Stello U3/DP1 claimed to hear...

is there any way to ditch the ugly orange background that's been showing up since a few hours ago please?     I'm colorblind and dark blue on orange is barely readable to me, I can't find any way to change the color theme in my profile options either 

Hi guys, I'm quite surprised to see that there is no discussion thread about this very promising DAC+headamp combo from Linnenberg Audio so I thought I'd create one       A friend of mine ordered it a few weeks ago, he's been really thrilled by its performance and wanted to hear my...

Hi guys, I thought it would a good idea to discuss about this very promising DAC from Human Audio that happens to be both battery powered and using a fully discrete output stage: http://www.human-audio.com/humanaudioeng_muto.html     It's very refreshing to see new ideas put into...

Hi guys, pretty much every 6 months we see a new transport that becomes a game changer....async used to be all the rage, but now it's all about battery power, and LiFEPO4 grade at that due to their excellent specs.   A friend of mine who owns a non-USB Benchmark DAC-1 wanted to spend $500ish...

Hey guys, so many threads end up closed due to Team ThreadCrap whose members always feel like showing biased measurements and explaining to the world that their $90 amp sounds exactly the same as any $3K amp, meaning that anything costing more than $90 is audiophool snake oil yada yada...they...

Hi guys, I'm very happy with my "Stello Eximus DP1", it sounds truly amazing to my ears...but we all want moar moar moar, and I guess the next step for me would be to go balanced    This listing on audiogon has raised my interest into trying a possibly even better sounding headamp...

Hi guys, It seems that no one posted impressions about the brand new Stello U3 yet, so I'll give it a shot   I should state that I'm from team anti-purple prose, so I will happily discuss any technical aspect of this new transport and will also try to translate my real world impressions...

that's FF5 final w/ head-fi: any chance for a fix please?

hi there, I'd like to send a message to a taobao seller but new accounts have to wait 1 week before being allowed to do so...anyone could lend me his account please?

A friend of mine was seeking a good sounding cheap solution to computer audio...Firestone recently decided to update their 24/96 Spitfire S/PDIF DAC w/ a 16/48 USB input and a swappable opamp.   I've received it today, as he wants me to pick a matching opamp for him. Unpacking:   Let's...

There's a lot of ppl deeply into headphones cups damping on this forum...how do you guys work out whether your're listening to the cups resonances "back-wave distortion" or to the music "untouched" reverb?   Ideally it'd take a very dry reference recording and judge by ear?   There seems...

why can I read all the posts from ppl on my ignore list?

hi, I was wondering, why don't you make pages for long PM's? because at this point we're forced to create new ones as your software doesn't create pages :/   25 messages/page would sound reasonable.   Thanks,

so here we go, I just saw Jean-Michel Jarre on national TV, he's selling some "breakthrough" loudspeakers that will allow you to hear your music like you've never heard it before: http://www.jarre.com/   I haven't studied what he's selling yet, and it might actually end up being very...

It seems to be impossible to sort your subscriptions by last post time...why not? sorting them by original post date doesn't help.

Hi, I was wondering...   cd3k: http://i462.photobucket.com/albums/qq346/zephyrusrain/Photo12.jpg   cd900st: http://www.iafif.net/weblog/photographic/090218_04.jpg   is it due to SONY being careless? or do all pleather earpads flake out like this after a few months? the cd3k earpads...

Hi, there's been a site update a few mins ago...it's got great sides and bad sides too IME.   I run IE6 on XPSP3, and I've checked all the "accessibility" options to ignore colors/fonts sizes and colors...I used to be unable to click on REPLY in Private Messages, I always had to temporarily...

couldn't have said it better: http://www.amazon.com/tag/music/forum/?&cdForum=Fx1YA4ZE83NG9MC&cdThread=Tx37E2NRD99YUKC