The DT990 Pro 250ohm has been around for some time now, so I picked up a pair for just over £100 online. The general opinion online is that they are too bright, with too much emphasis on the treble. Other than that, people seem to like them. My opinion is that with my most direct comparison...

Having spend around £100-£150 on headphones a few times and doing some research to buy my first new headphones in a decade, if anything deciding what to do is harder now than before. Ten years ago there were not many reviews. Now there are loads, from YouTube, to forums to the reviews left by...

My beloved AKG K271 cans are coming apart after a decade of solid use. I am looking for a replacement with some rather specific requirements - 1 - Closed backed, but can be open, mainly for use when home alone. 2 - Over ear, for same reason as above. 3 - Fabric, not leather or similar earpads...

What bothers me is this view that you have to try before you can comment.   You do not have to try sticking your fingers into a socket to confirm that you will be electricuted or not. There is sufficient evidence out there to show you it is not a good idea to do so and by not doing so you...

A great live album needs to capture the atmoshpere of a live concert. It also needs to be well recorded. It helps if the musicianship is very good. I think that is difficult to achieve.   My favourite live album is the Penguine Cafe Orchestra's 'When In Rome' which manages atmosphere...

The theory and measurements are here   http://www.ovnilab.com/articles/cables.shtml   which states   "But in spite of those brain tricks or marketing voodoo, there can be some times when swapping different cables into your rig really will cause an audible difference! Here's how: the...

Highly recommended for its breadth of available music (it excludes the usual suspects such as The Beatles, AC/DC and Metallica), the ease of use and quality of its streamed sound.   http://www.spotify.com/us/blog/archives/2011/07/14/hello-america-spotify-here/

Since ABX and blind testing is banned elsewhere in this forum, we should have a similar ban on the constant subjectivist argument that they hear differences between all sorts of hifi kit and components from opamps to cables and that difference is caused by the hifi component itself.  ...

EDIT, the makers of Proteus Purist Audio Design state that the cable shown on the Japanese site linked to is a fake, explaining why there is a Belden cable inside a cable that costs £2500 a metre. Until someone is brave enough to take another PAD cable apart, we should take them at their word...

Cable makers and many of their customers state they can hear a difference in their cables. They are correct as they can hear a difference in the cable. However, what causes that difference? Here I argue it is not down to the cable itself, there is nothing inherent in a cable that changes...

I have noticed this on my profile   "You currently have two (2) other users subscribed to your activity feed."   but I cannot find out any details of who they are and what my activity feed is. How do I find out?   Thanks

Using the following definition, based on Wikipedia   Indie music originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, the influences and styles artists has been extremely diverse, including punk. psychedilia, rock and country. Originally used...

Null testing seems to be to be a very good way of finding out if there is an audible difference between different hifi kit. My understanding is that such tests invlove recording any sound or music with one setup, then the same sound or music with another and subtracting one recording from the...

Any bikers out there? Must be a few at least.   I started the learning and testing process last October and got a Yamaha YBR125 in January. I have done about 2000 miles since then in all weathers and have now sold the car, so biking is permanent for me. I sit my final tests in a few weeks...

Sighted listening - you can see what you are listening to. As used in the vast majority of review situations, both with hifi media and hifi forum members giving their opinions on hifi.   Blind listening - you cannot see what you are listening to, but you are not tested as to whether you can...

A contribution to another 'appreciation thread' has made me dip into a genre which is obscure to say the least, but one that has been on the go since the late 1960s and has produced some absolutely fascinating and challenging music. Stealing Wikipedia's definition, Minimalist music is  ...

I use earplugs when out and about on my motorbike. I was wondering if I could start to use IEMs instead and would like some recommendations for ones that could act as ear plugs and be used with my Nano on longer journeys. Budget is a paltry £20 max. I would need to be able to take off the rubber...

This thread is for the appreciation of modern prog rock. Not the giants of 1970s prog such as Yes, Pink Floyd and Genesis, nor the neo prog of the 1980s with Marillion or IQ. I am talking about now, bands and artists who are flying the prog flag at the moment and where progressive rock is today...

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The ASA (Advertising Standards Agency) have finally ruled against Russ Andrews quite a long and drawn out dispute over claims of RFI rejection on their mains cables and how that makes them different. RA had appealed but that appeal has now been rejected.   Simple article here   ...

Here from Eurogamer   http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-vs-hdmi   and a report from the consumer magazine Which? (can't link as you have to pay for access to their site), found that   When Which? lab tested the following HDMI leads, the cheapest lead proved just as...

What are the reasons why two different cables will sound different from each other?   Is capacitance, inductance or resistance the main reason? Is it the way that the cable is made, silver/copper, solid core/litz?   Then, can those differences be correlated, e.g silver has more bass than...

I am taking motorbike lessons and by next Easter I hope to be on the road. My nearest dealer is Aprilia and I like the look and costs of the Pegaso. It is cheaper than the similar BMW F650.   Have any of you experience of Aprilia motorbikes? Some say they are not well made or reliable. But a...

Starting with this article by Robert Harley, first published in 2008 in The Absolute Sound   http://www.avguide.com/forums/blind-listening-tests-are-flawed-editorial?page=1   The main part being -   "The Blind (Mis-) Leading the Blind   Every few years, the results of some blind...

Unfortunately a friend bought this fake ipod Nano off ipodsnanosonline, a Chinese 'company' selling 5th gen Nanos for £59. Frighteningly, if you search for a 5th gen ipod Nano, it is one of the first sites to appear.   The site has a McAfee symbol and a Verisign symbol, but both are copies...