After reading several posts regarding people having issues when installing Creative USB devices, I've decided to write a guide explaining how to install Creative USB hardware properly, as per Creative's driver installation guidelines specified years ago. First of all, these installation...

Like the title asks, I'm wondering whether driver tuning can be done at a user level, and beyond the regular damping, different materials for pads and alternate driver positioning relative to the original headphone assembly scheme.   The reason I ask this is because there are several...

Just like the title asks, I'm wondering what are the pros and cons of both FiiO E17 and iBasso D7.   For instance, E17 has more sound customization through balance, bass and treble, while D7 has async USB with support for up to 24/192 while E17 only supports 24/96 through USB.

So, I was looking around the web, when I found about some designer awarded lounge chairs that seem to have AUX and iDevices docks.   Has anyone heard of the Sonic Chair?: http://www.sonicchair.de/english/index_engl.htm

Just like the title says, during the past week there have been found reports of malware appearances on Mac OSX 10.4 environments and above. Seems like a "tool", that goes by the name of Mac Defender, is presented to the user, and that it found threats on the system, offering to fix said threats...

What seems to be something different (yet not that much) from Head-Fi meets, but always either far away or with just too little time on the spotlight.   Anyway, here's a trailer for the next Headphone Festival 2011:  

Just like the title of the thread asks, I wonder if there is a significant difference between circular, oval and square shaped pads, as well as if these shapes represent different changes in the sound signature of both open and closed headphones. Those changes might include soundstage, increase...

Not long ago, there was a (very) not so bright idea of making URLs shorter, like converting www.google.com to http://bit.ly/2V6CFi.     Now, the thing is that these URL shorteners are very bad for both the user and the Internet itself. Why? Let's see:   - First, because it's a slower...

I've been looking at many and several headphones, and since I have a knack for bass while not disregarding the rest of the spectrum, I'm seriously thinking on getting the Ultrasones Pro 900.   My doubt is that I can get them for $550 (shipping incl.), but I'm not sure if it's a good price to...

Is the creation of wiki articles non moderated?   I ask because just now I saw a wiki called "Good Bass Good Looks Under 60 Dollars" and I thought it was a listing of headphones, but instead it is just a request for advice. Now a wiki is not meant to have questions that belong to topics...

Through the browsing, reading, posting, replying, I found myself wondering if due to an increase in Head-Fi's members, it also increased the chance that some not-so-well intentioned people joined as well, and could be hijacking unsuspecting head-fiers acounts. This doubt of mine started after...

After some careful deliberation, I found that the vaccine for my wallet wasn't strong enough, and now I see it suffering. Perhaps the best thing was to give it a mild shock treatment, in the shape of a little upgrade Then later on it will recover in due time   Right now I'm listening to a...

I have just seen how different reviews now look due to a different layout. I honestly preferred the older layout, but I could live with the new one if at least it maintained the same elements as the older one, only with different formatting.   There are still pros and cons, but where is the...

It better not come to this point, or all hell will break loose   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v011doZAAqY&feature=player_embedded   To think that I was expecting some AKG K181 DJ, Technics RP-DJ1200A, Sennheiser HD25-II, Shure SRH750DJ, among others, I found myself looking at a pair...

With so many threads about how sluggish iTunes is, and with all the things foobar2000 can do, seems that some people still use iTunes mainly because of iPod/iPhone sync.   Well, that's no longer a reason as there is a foobar plugin that does the syncing among other things. The plugin...

I've looked around the forums and could find exactly what the E7 can output. I'm looking into getting the E7+E9 combo, as it's supposed to be a rather nice upgrade from just a PA2V2, having a desktop amp when stationary, and a supposedly better portable amp with just the E7.   Since I...

I recently acquired a pair of Allan & Heath Xone XD-53, rebadged Audio Technica ATH-PRO700, and they sound amazing, with a surprisingly large soundstage for a set of closed headphones. My issue is that the pads are very short and since the driver is much larger (53mm) compared to my previous...

Hi there. I'm a bit new here but from what I've seen, there's plenty of info about many different audio gear.   I've been using my old faithful Technics RP-F290 connected to an usb creative stereo x-fi, but somehow my ears just need more :) I'm thinking of getting a Native Instruments Audio...