Normally, when one picks up the phone at 3am, it’s an emergency. Unless the twin towers have been attacked again, or someone’s in a life-and-death situation, you jolly well wait until morning. The mad scientists at Warbler, though, live on 3am calls to each other. I don’t know about you, but in...

Perfect Seal in Kansas is run by a stellar guy, Michael Martinez. Over the course of doing my Fit for a Bat reviews, I've had the pleasure of corresponding and working with many sincere, wonderful individuals. These guys have mostly all started their own companies out of a burning love for...

Fit for a Bat! - Flagship IEMs Shootout       The Contenders (in alphabetical order) 1964Ears | Adel A12 Advanced AcousticWerkes AAW W500 AHMorph Clear Tune Monitors CT-6E Elite CustomArt Harmony 8 Pro Jerry Harvey Audio JH13 Pro FreqPhase Lear Audio LCM BD4.2...

What better way to spend a sleepy Sunday afternoon than to locate a suitably deserted coffeehouse (yes, they exist!), and meet up with some friends?   As we say in Singapore, NPNT (No Pictures No Talk), so here we go...   The Appetisers: Amps, DACs and DAPs   The Main Course: IEM...

I know a few of us have this now, but I guess nobody got around to open a new thread. So here it is:   Mimouille's impressions: http://www.head-fi.org/t/549298/review-spiral-ear-se-5-way-reference-a-new-level-of-resolution-review-posted-5-15-12/2190#post_11481042 average_joe's...

Setting up a new thread for the Clear Tune Monitors CT-6E Elite. It's their new flagship. I loved their previous products, and have a CT-6E on order. Anyone else had a chance to try them or ordered them?

Just saw this has been launched! Here's a shootout between the UM Mason and UM Mentor on erji.net: http://www.erji.net/read.php?tid=1777546

Chi-town, Chi-sound 'Sensaphonics Custom Sleeves' is a slice of the Windy City By jelt2359 | Jan 8, 2015     Silicon Sensaphonics Custom Sleeves for Shure SE846. Clear, orange and yellow design.     Like the many other venerable institutions of Chicago, Sensaphonics converges around...

Just had a chance to audition AAW's newest flagship, the W500. Love the elite imaging on these IEMs. Anyway, I tried looking around and couldn't find a thread on them, so I went ahead and started one. My impressions are here...

More details to come. Second oscillator, gapless playback, 2 second startup, 24 bit playback, including ALAC and DSD, improved wheel... ESS9018x2, and amp with OPA627x2, OPA2107x2.

Price now announced at $2999. Price now announced at $2999. speedracer1's chat with Fang: http://www.head-fi.org/t/748334/hifiman-he1000-planar-dynamic-flagship/2805#post_11458693 Impressions: (cradon, earlier prototype) (vs F1j amp, and vs modded he6)...

Recommended price RMB 3999, which is about 650 USD. More details to follow....   That picture says dual dynamic drivers custom IEM.  

I got this idea off of Toucharcade, where they have an ongoing series called 'RPG reload'- every week, they play a legendary RPG that came out years ago, just to relive the magic of old.   The idea for the IEM reload is to dust off your 'retired' gear of old- the gear that you used to love...

In the midst of all the Kickstarter madness, JH reflections and so on, I thought one flagship IEM has been a bit neglected. The Legend R. Competitive prices aside (I try not to consider price, since that doesn't quite help to keep upgraditis at bay), I think this is one of the best sounding...

Scores to Date- Click to read review. If unclickable, the review is on this post. (Scroll down!)   The Best (9.6 and above) Earwerkz Legend R: 9.7 (Comparisons with the NT6 here, under the NT6 impressions) Noble K10: 9.7 CustomArt Harmony 8/8 Pro: 9.7 JH13/16 FP: 9.7 Hidition NT6/6 Pro...

Just joined the kickstarter on these. Typically this would be way too early to start a dedicated thread, but one of our most respected members already has a review out, so I guess it's time to start the discussion. Not only is it 1964's new flagship, it also has the all-new-super-cool Adel...

Could only find an announcement thread, and since they're here in my hands and I appreciate them, therefore this thread.   Driving them from the headphone out of my HM801 (GAME card), I immediately hear the bass I've been hoping for. It extends very deep, and is extremely punchy in a way my...

I've been generally happy with my Hifiman HM801, but the EQ on it is really awful. I like to EQ to change the sound of my phones to different music (eg. add bass to r&b), so I would like an alternative solution. No amps/dacs combos please, I have many portable amps but nowadays am too lazy to...

Hi Y'all,   I'm using my Hifiman HM801 as a desktop DAC via its line-out. I love that I can play music off its SD card.   However, with my amps I've found a great value-for-money improvement with going desktop instead of portable. Should I do this with my HM801? I'm looking at...

Which do you prefer? Why?

These two juggernauts (in reputation, not size) are being released almost literally on the same day. Which will you guys go for?

So.... the first batch is out, the second batch is arriving, and our quest for audio portable nirvana has finally ended!!! Yeah okay I admit it. I'm not sure even I believed that first sentence. What I REALLY meant to say was: this is Head-fi, so of course even before the dust has settled...

I can't figure out why all the other threads on this are in the 'fullsize amp' category. This thing is so small! Certainly smaller than my iQube, and thinner than my D10. Anyway, just got it to use with my JH13s. The synergy is amazing. It is so soft and seductive. It sucked me into the...

Recently I've noticed a myraid posters who seem to be from overseas (and I mention this because I have my suspicions about MOT tactics in China) who have been answering 'get the AMP3' to just about every question- be it best earbuds, best amp, best DAP- no matter your needs, get the AMP3, they...

Anyone had the chance to compare the D10 to the IQube V2? I'm looking for a portable DAC/Amp to feed my JH's..