Already well into 2012, we look back on 2011 and it was a pretty good year for music. I'm curious to see head-fi's take on what the best albums of 2011 were.    I have a personal top 5, and while it's pretty tentative, I feel these were the albums I got the most plays and offered the best...

I've been out of the portable game for a long time (Been sticking to my ESW9s for a while, and before that I had no portable setup at all.)   So I'm looking for a pair of budget IEM setup with a very luscious and full sound that can handle a wide variety of genres with authority. I'm not...

I'm buying an ATH-AD2000 soon, but I no longer have an amp to pair with it. The Canamp has long since been gone. Are they any particular amps that have good synergy with these phones? I have heard the hifiman EF1 and EF5 doesn't sound to shabby with the AD2000s. My budget is within a 150-400...

I'm really interested in jumping aboard the elecrtostatic band wagon. I'll be able to audition some Stax lambda and the Omega2 this weekend, so I'll know for sure if I want to invest some money then. But for now, I'm curious whats a good intro setup when it comes to Stax. I'm using a Keces...

I posted an inquiry about this in the K701 appreciation thread, but my paranoia is driving me insane. As I said before the volume seems to be slightly unequal (at least to me). Most notably the vocals are louder on the right. So when I opened up the earcups to see what was up, low and behold...

(Oh look another one of these threads, guess he didn't use the search function.) Yes, yes I know. There are a multitude of threads on this VERY subject, but I'd still like to hear straight from the community, and being able to make my own inquiries freely. I'm going to replace my Aune since...

I just recently bought an Aune DAC/amp and i've had to recently replace it twice. Well technically once. My current Aune also needs some repairs but I don't plan on replacing it. At this point it's far too much hassle. Of course that's not the point of this thread. The first time I used my...

A few days ago my Aune DAC/Amp broke which resulted in the left ear having slightly less volume the right ear. The culprit was the headphone jack and I recently returned the product so I can get a replacement. It really enjoyed it, and was my first DAC, so of course I fell in love with it...

Does anyone own this or have any experience with this product? I'm thinking about taking the leap and giving it a shot. http://cgi.ebay.com/Maverick-Audio-H...QQcmdZViewItem

I know, I know, there are quite a few threads like this, but hear me out on this one. I'm just busting out onto the audiophile scene. I have a few entry level headphones. But I realize that headphones by themselves can only do so much. So I thought the logical next step was really give my...

I'm looking for any kind of minimalist techno,trance, or electronica. Anything like this would be much appreciated. YouTube - ã€PV】Angel Beats! (エンジェルビーツ) PV第3å¼¾

I was looking for a decent pair of cans under 100 dollars. In terms of music, I listen to mostly house, and trance. I'd prefer a closed pair, instead of open, because my roommate might be turned off by me listening to music late at night. I'm going to be using my laptop to drive them. I was...

I'm looking for a pair of phones that are somewhere in the 100-150 price range. My main purpose is for accurate sound reproduction, while maintaining portability. I've looked into things a bit and theUM1s and the RE0s really stood out. I owned a pair of Klipsch image X10, but, the highs and lows...