How I spoiled hi-fi for myself. Hey guys, I'm a long time active poster with currently sporadic activity and with virtually no interest in hi-fi anymore. Over the past year I have lost almost completely all of my interest in hi-fi and headphones, and I'd like to explain how this happened. I'm...

The Dutch and Belgian meet Germans and other foreigners welcome too! The other thread on this meet got kinda cluttered, so I decided to create a new thread with a clear OP. This meet has a facebook page. When: Sunday, November the 18th. From 11:00 to 16:00 Where: Victor 4Art in Heerlen...

The longest β22 build ever. I started brainstorming and ordering parts on the 5th of October, 2011. I think I'll call that the 'official' starting date of this eternal project. As of today 10 months and 23 days have passed since I started this project, yet I honestly doubt I'll be able to...

The foobar2000 help thread. With reasonable frequency I get technical questions about foobar2000 from people all around the forum. While I love to help those people, usually it's simply off-topic. Furthermore, I don't regularly check the forums for new threads, and I assume it's the same thing...

Introduction Some time ago I got a message from Miu Audio asking me if I would like to build one of their headphone amplifiers for free. Thrilled to receive my first free review sample in my entire time on head-fi, I accepted the offer. Initially there were some problems with the device. They...

Introduction I know there a couple wiki's and tutorials around on how to configure foobar2000, but I haven't really seen a resource thread with a list of useful DSP's and plugins. So I thought, why not create one? If this thread has any success I will create a wiki page as well. I have created...

Introduction: In this review I will try to compare the Sennheiser HD650 and the Stax SR-202. These headphones are in similar price ranges, so it should make for an interesting comparison. Please note this is my first review I have ever written. I would have written one before, but I am...

Welcome to the My Little Pony Discussion thread In this thread you can feel free to discuss anything related to My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, or My Little Pony in general. I have no idea why the old thread got locked, but I don't see any harm in starting a new one. However there will...

Aren't these two one and the same, in reality? I know push-pull is mainly used when describing amplifiers, whereas balanced is mainly used for describe cables.

I always wondered what the high frequency part of an FR graph of a headphones is all about. Almost always it seems to be wavy after 2-5kHz. What is the purpose of this? Does it has something to do with the resonances of the ear? If so, is it the pinna, the canal or the middle ear that does...

I am considering buying a Galaxy Note, and I wish to use this as my DAP as well instead of my good ol' iPod. However I feel that I need more storage since 16GB + 32GB microSD simply isn't gonna cut it if I want to watch movies as well. Since it has USB-host capabilities I was thinking of...

Let's start this thread. I am personally a huge fan of late 60s and 70s progressive rock. Especially artists such as King Crimson, Emerson Lake & Palmer, Gentle Giant and Yes. :D Feel free to post any tracks/albums/live performances in this thread concerning this rather awesome era of...

I am currently building a Beta22, almost done in fact. I just need to solder 5 small parts Jeff from GlassJarAudio forgot to include. I also need to finish the chassis, which is why I'm posting here. I want to spray paint the front panel of my chassis black. However I want to have some text...

I can't find a way to change the front cover of a gear list, that is the image you see for gear lists in signatures and profile pages. I just find it annoying that when I make a list for e.g. headphones, the cover is some cheap IEM i never use anymore, just because that was the first I added.

Portable noob here, I have a serious problem where my iPod Classic 120GB kills every 3.5mm plug inserted over time. It has happened to 8 headphones already (4 iBuds, 2 CX-300's, 1 creative stock earbud, 1 Pioneer SE-CLX50) My current temporary solution I had come up with after the eighth...

I want to upgrade the source of my rig. Currently listening straight from my motherboard (not the worst sound for a motherboard, though) Current rig: GA-890GPA-UD3H > Little Dot MKIV SE > HD 650 What I wonder was whether it's better to buy a soundcard (Asus Xonar Essence ST) or a DAC. Taking...

Hi! Finally my first post after lurking for a long month :) I currently have a HD650 hooked up to a LD MKIV SE (I ordered a regular one but David gave me a SE because he ran out of the tubes for the regular one. THANK YOU DAVID!), and a Asus ST as source, which I find a great combination. But...