Interesting this makes me feel very bad about spending $210 for a Headphone Amp and DAC setup I feel very much stupid now and I should have stuck to my motherboard Audio and my Samsung S8 built in stuff.

Anything Above $2 Buys More Features, Not Better Quality Really amazing article and shows just how we trick ourselves into buying nonsense marketing gimmick to pretend that we have better sounding DAC than others. What I have personally noticed myself is even $1000 equipment sounds just like...

I have a HD 58X Jubilee and I notice near 0 difference compared to my HD 555. I also once bought a SMSL SD793-II PCM1793 and it sounded no better than my Xonar DG The only item I tried that sounded noticeably better than my Xonar DG was a old Xonar DX sound card. It was just perfect and I wish...

Hey anybody here has gotten a chance to try the new Asus Xonar SE? it says 116DB SNR and the Xonar DG says 104 DB SNR What I can tell you is in the past I once had a Xonar DX 112DB SNR and the sound was far better than my Xonar DG that I "upgraded" to only because the Xonar DG had a headphone...

I think so, can't believe I am now only learning about this. This guy is overflowing with talent the way he spits out this song is quite something

So I have a HD 555 and I removed the rubber thingy inside which supposedly turns it into a HD 598 offcourse what I noticed was garbage bass now that it has been removed there is no bass. I wonder what kind of upgrade in quality am I going to experience with a HD 650? I use a Xonar DG sound...

Like seriously I have been searching all over all forums and nobody has been capable of answering just 1 question I have.   I have a Asus Xonar DG sound card, and a SMSL SD 793 II DAC.   I connect the DAC to the Sound card through optical cable.   I now have an issue I have to adjust the...

I don't know if my mind is playing tricks on me BUT when I connect direct to my Xonar DG sound card my headphones and I adjust the EQ there is less distortion but when I connect to my SMSL DAC via toslink and then adjust the EQ there is far more noticeable distortion when adjusting the EQ

Like 300 ohm sennheiser or 250 ohm beyer or 80ohm beyer or 30 ohm   What exactly are the benefits?   If a company can make the same headphones in 30ohm why would they bother making it in 250 ohm?   Kinda like how the 32 ohm beyer on Amazon is cheaper than the 250 ohm version why would...

As the title says what do you guys think?   The highs in the SHP 9500 seem to be too much for me and I am contemplating what the bass like might be with a closed beyer.   The phillips while it has decent bass for an open back it really lacks really really lacks bass   Anyone knows the...

As the title says its a shp 9500 should I get regular flat pads or angled I am looking for thick pads and the angled looks thick but dunno if its good or bad for a headphone with already angled drivers

Is discontinued or something?   Like only 3 sellers on Amazon is selling this.   Also why is it more expensive than the HD 600?

I asked this question for  years on head fi and on reddit and I never got a straight answer I was looking for, is it worth really upgrading a asus xonar dg sound card? how good could something else really be? what is the point if the human hearing won't notice it? guess what I got like a 20%...

   

As the title says I got my SMSL amp dac 793 II today   Fantastic product insane value for money, totally aluminum for $64 insane beauty.   However there is this slight rubbing when you turn the volume button as if the aluminum didn't cut perfectly with the laser.   This makes the volume...

Always wondered this, does not seem to affect anyone. Year after year they keep making these videos and can still hear   I don't even know how this is considered music but I guess to each his own   I had no idea speakers were capable of this        

I am trying to understand why we do this, an average pair of $300 costs probably around $30 to manufacture offcourse it does not include shipping from China or storage fees etc   A chinese worker works for around 50 cents an hour, China uses dirty coal for energy so electricity there is cheap...

I don't know why but anything analogue screams Russia  

Any true audiophile member here who even has the slightest respect for music and all what mankind has been able to accomplish with audio you will help me find this song, it must be available somewhere to purchase in Lossless Quality.   I would even be willing to settle for 320k MP3 no problem...

as the title says its for a SHP 9500 headphone.   So in terms of clarity and open airy laid back sound which would be better?   Looking to get a nice aluminum unit with a volume button to actually control instead of a stupid mouse clicking in windows.   Also I read the new Fiio E10K uses...

First off let me just say that in person, these things are absolutely gorgeous, they have this funky 90's design the material is like super soft car seat its truly something and I am a person with sensitive skin. It has a mesh look but feels nothing like it, it feels soft and plush. The design...

so I am placing my order for a $43 HiFime sabre Dac Tiny USB and I plan to connect it to this   http://personalaudioreview.blogspot.com/2016/02/nobsound-6j9-hybrid-tube-amp.html   what do you guys think is the amp enough quality to ensure the sound isn't degraded or should I just use the...

Top head fi members here have said the science behind SNR of 124db means it is essentially useless since you will become deaf if you actually listened to music at 124db and nobody does that. And that the only reason we don't have 200db snr chips is because we cant listen to 200db sounds, this...

As the title says worth investing money in for a SHP 9500? over an already owned Xonar DG?

I have both the Xonar DG AND the ASUS Crystal Audio 2 onboard sound to me both sounds identical. I cannot tell the difference in a blind test except maybe the xonar DG is slightly brighter very slightly like 5% maybe.   Here is the thing years ago I had a Xonar DX which was much more expensive...