Since the 2012 thread is now closed, this will serve as a placeholder for the 2014 Meet.    Currently I am unable to invest much time in this before the summer due to massive amounts of work. Let's figure something out! I invite anyone motivated and passionate about this event to take over...

VSONIC GR07 Classic Color 2014 Edition Unboxing and first impressions   Vsonic released another incarnation of their succesful GR07. Let's sum up the total GR07 line-up so far to avoid confusion:   - GR07 (discontinued) - GR07 MK2 (according to rumor; discontinued as of 2014 yet still...

    DUTCH/BELGIAN/GERMAN HEADPHONE MEET 2012 post your impressions and pictures here!     Organizers:   Tilpo Negakinu   Participants: HolyCheese Coop Ultrainferno alexdepalex paaj moaksb Chulta onyu steven2992 sepinho hifimanrookie Ultrazino...

Have you ever seen someone totally Frankenstein a Sennheiser HD600 and a DT880? No? Well I hadn't either, untill I read this:         http://zelfbouwaudio.nl/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=15732     If you translate the thread, it's in Dutch, you'll notice some pretty...

DISCLAIMER: This is part one of my "Rise of the Rebrands" series of reviews. The Brainwavz HM5/ Fischer Audio FA-003/ Yoga CD-880 is up next. Part one is about a Conrad.com rebrand of the Yoga CD-340. Yoga is the OEM manufacturer of, among others, Fischer Audio and Brainwavz headphones. This...

I work as a photographer/videographer in a marketing design team for a Dutch business intelligence company. Part of my work is doing and styling video interviews for marketing use. When I'm out doing these interviews on external locations I use a very basic rig:   - Panasonic GH2 HDSLR -...

To celebrate my 1000th post:   Remember that great review of the Superlux headphones by Headfonia and Joker here on Head-Fi? Remember how hard they are to order? Let me refresh your memory with a little quote from Headfonia:   "All in all, the HD668B is a kind of headphone that “wows”...

  Saw a pretty interesting article over at National Geographic. Imagine what this could for music. Check it out!   "Ker Than for National Geographic News Published May 16, 2011 People may one day be able to hear what are now inaudible sounds, scientists say. New experiments...

DISCLAIMER Ok, first of all: I normally would never open up a Head-Fi thread just to bash a headphone. I understand the complexity of personal taste and the difference between people when considering the perception of beauty. I even work as a marketing designer for crying out loud! But this, my...

Hey boys & girls,   I'm moving into my new appartment soon. Breaking up with your girlfriend after living together for years is the best excuse to finally build yourself a decadent mancave/ tomb of debauchery and geekiness. I have a spare room that I want to use as my...

  About half a year ago I bought a Sony X1050, a LOD and a Headstage Arrow 12HE. They sounded brilliant together and kept me relatively happy. Lately though the X1050 lost a bit of it's appeal because of battery life, lack of firmware updates/community and it's lack of FLAC support. So, after...

Since the DBA-02 seems rather hard to get right now, this Russian webstore has them, among other Fischer Audio products, in stock. According to a Russian friend, the store is pretty well-known and trustworthy. If I understand the translation well enough, they ship all the way to whereever if...

  I suffer from slight, but constant, tinnitus due to exposure to high volumes for years playing and touring in bands but for a couple of years now I make sure to wear earplugs and keep the volume low. I take hearing-tests on a regular basis and the last time my hearing was, according to the...

Wrong forum. Sorry.         I suffer from slight, but constant, tinnitus due to exposure to high volumes for years playing and touring in bands but for a couple of years now I make sure to wear earplugs and keep the volume low. I take hearing-tests on a regular basis and the last time...

In about half a year's time I bought a Sony X1050, Sony X LOD, Fischer Audio Evolution, Head Direct RE0, Headstage Arrow 12HE, Audio Technica AD700, AKG K518DJ, Nuforce uDAC, Grado SR225 and Sennheiser Hd25-1 II. I am thinking about buying a new DAC, a new desktop amp, an ATH-M50, DBA-02 and...

  Hey guys (&girls),   I picked up my new HD25-1 II yesterday. Bought it secondhand for 75 euro (can you believe that? It's still 199 euro new here) and it's MINT. Headphone-bargain of the year for me. Price-wise anyway...   BUT!       They are very uncomfortable! They clamp...

  So! I am going on a holiday to Los Angeles, stay there for two weeks and then take the plane to Vancouver and stay there again for two weeks. In LA I stay in a hotel in Hollywood and in Vancouver I will be couchsurfing. I was wondering if anyone here from those area's knows any MUST-SEE...

So, some time ago I bought a uDAC as a way to listen to some music on my laptop without sacrificing too much on the portability thing. I ended up using it as my main soundcard on the desktop rig. RCA out hooked to my Headstage Arrow 12HE amp. Sounds pretty decent with my AKG K518DJ/RE0.   ...

Can any of you ESW9-owners tell me if these Japanese cans are the real deal? I found a secondhand deal here in The Netherlands but the images he sent me seem rather weird. Take a look! Sorry about the large-ish warranty picture but it seemed to me the details were important. And when...

If these are fake, which they probably are for that price, I must say they look EXACTELY like the real ones. I'm actually thinking about buying a pair to see how they hold up against my real Porta's. Go check it out and see if you can spot the differences! Btw, anyone ever tried the Chinese...

Just wanted to let you guys know that thanks to a fellow Head-Fi'er I found a supposedly good LOD for the X1050. It's over at Taobao and if you don't have a direct Chinese contact you can order from there through a middleman like, for example, Popbuying. This is my first time ordering from...

I was looking at Taobao for some new toys and found this. This has to be fake right? For that price, I can only imagine receiving a cardboard model of the actual amp. Anyone got experience with Taobao?

I was wondering if there would be an improvement in SQ if I amp my RE0 coming straight of the Sony X1050's headphone-out? Since the X already has a pretty good S-amp, will there be a noticable improvement with amps under $200? Or would it require a more high-end amp to increase the already good...

I have bought them for $79 from Head Direct because of all the good reviews here on Head-Fi but, after burn-in & amping, I am still not really impressed. It's detailed alright, but it's sterile and needs a lot of tweaking/modding to sound it's best. It's an analytical little thing and never...

I made a new thread for this post since a lot of people seem to be interested in the Fischer Audio products. I hope this ongoing review will help you guys out a little. I will keep adding to this as time progresses and will maybe end up reviewing more Fischer IEM's in this thread. I am not a...