hi I have a darkvoice 332 and the headphone out seems to be going out on me so I want to open it up and take a look. But the stupid thing won't open! I took all the screws off the back and the bottom and can't figure out for the life of me how it is supposed to open.   Help?  ...

hey I'm a full sized headphone guy who wants to get some IEMs for his iPod. I have 2 in mind and the decision comes down to which would be the best value and the best for my listening habits. I will use them with my laptop and ipod on the go, I listen to all types of music and live in...

I've got a question for those with lots of head-fi experience: I am saving up to get myself a graduation/starting university present this august and would like to know if it would be a better idea to get a Woo Audio 6SE (about 1150 USD with tubes), the WA2 (1120 USD with tubes) or the new...

DIY Noob here I have basic soldering skills and wanted to switch out the cheap volume pot in my Darkvoice 332 for an Alps RK27 100ohm one (if there is a better choice, let me know). Can someone explain to me how I would go about replacing it? thanks

Hello Head-fiers, I didn't want to post this in the for sale forums because I am not asking to buy anything. I was wondering if anyone could be so kind as to send me a pair of plastic grado cups to me so that I may replace the ugly SR60i cups to the shallower, more attractive SR60 cups. Of...

I've heard of converters that can 'decipher' or convert an unbalanced signal from a DAC (or other output, for that matter) into a fully balanced signal on XLR cables. Does anyone know if this thing works or if it is just an expensive adaptor. Balanced / Unbalanced Line Level Converter | MCM...

Using wood glue, of all things, this guy managed to clean LPs extremely well. Use Wood Glue to Clean and Restore Old LPs - Music - Lifehacker has a video and everything Hope this helps all the vinyl-holics out there who need a way to clean their vinyls.

I have my father's stereo in the rec room down in the basement and I am quite satisfied. What I am wondering is, since I am going to want my own system one day, if it would be more beneficial to buy a new amp (hybrid or pure tube amp) or to go and buy speakers. This won't happen for a while...

Hey DIY thread, Noob here I want to go balanced one day, and I'd rather put the money towards tubes/amp/cable rather than a new DAC I was wondering if it is possible to exchange the DAC outputs on a Audio GD Compass with balanced outputs and work it like that.

I've seen a few people ask for Bose frequency response graphs, I also wanted to see what the Bose house sound looked like on a frequency graph. Discovered this on Headroom while bored and showing my sister what an over hyped bass response was (Beats, +20 dB at 100 Hz :S). Here you go...

Is there any plugins or any single piece of software that will allow me to take my library, compress it to 256 AAC or MP3 and put it on my iPod? I value quantity over quality with my iPod and this would really allow me to take my library on the go. thanks!

Finally got here! This thing is built like a tank and much bigger than I expected. This is not a review (obviously) or even first impressions. I'm just happy it came and wanted to thank Currawong for his patience. Thanks! I'm hoping to write up a review as a first time head-fier for...

I was about to sit down to listen to some music while editing an essay and I go to front row (using my Dad's speakers now, see sig) and I put on a song and I hear some distortion. I go to the song Accordion by Madvillain (which has a bass drum that seems to explode on everything but a good...

THIS HAS GONE TOO FAR Envy 15 Beats Limited Edition Laptop Features | HP Straight from Rolling Stone: Quote: According to Iovine, the Beats Audio technology is supposed to address the "degradation of sound" in digital audio. He has a point: If you're using your PC as your...

My father has a vintage octave equalizer and real time spectrum analyzer that he uses with his speaker set up (Paradigm 11se's with Luxman lv105 if anyone is interested) and I was wondering if anyone has tried using one of these to with a microphone to equalize headphones and then using a...

Why is the shipping from Darkvoice so expensive? The majority of amps from China (that I've seen) have shipping at around $35 to $45, while Darkvoice has shipping starting from $70. Is there a good reason for the shipping price? Is there any way to lower the shipping price by talking to...

I would like to eventually buy a MAD Ear+ kit, but I would really love to build it with balanced inputs/output to fully enjoy my HD650 in their entirety. Has anyone tried/done this? Is it hard or unimaginably expensive?

Has anyone heard these? I was surprised to see the positive review on Headroom and was wondering if they really were any good. I need some decent, low price headphones for my iPod and if these are good then I'll pick some up. I know other Skullcandy headphones are garbage (I've heard them)...

hi, I bought a pair of HD650's (used, I don't know how long) and they came with a Cardas Cable (single end). The cable worked perfectly before and they just recently stopped working in the right ear. If I push it in and move it a bit it will work, but this is obviously impractical. Is there...

Hello Head-fi, This is my first thread and this will be my first audiophile purchase. I'm planning on setting up a system with AKG k702's, some DIY accessories (natural crossfeed, acoustic simulator, etc) a DAC and a tube amp (Little dot mkIII) or a SS amp (heed). Since I don't have the...