Not happy. Not happy at all. Got my LCD-2s in January 2016 (new ovangkol version) and the original cable lasted until July. They've never moved from my computer desk.   When i spend this much money i expect things to be a bit better quality than this, my £15 sennheiser HD201s have lasted at...

Looking for a pair of wireless headphones to connect up to my system largely just so that i can continue listening to youtube videos whilst enthroned so they don't need to be summit-fi quality, but do need to have a coaxial digital input as it's the only output I have spare   All i've been...

When I connect my Aune X1S to the USB of my 2nd pc, which has no other digital sound outputs, i get quite a lot of noise on the speaker amp connected to the Aune's line out   To attempt to fix this, I have made up a little usb pigtail M-F with only the middle pins (data + and -) wired. Have...

I've spent the last few weeks trying to cut through the mountains and mountains of "information" regarding analogue RCA interconnect cables. To the point i've been accused of overthinking cables. What i want is to get that sweet spot between cost and performance. As far as i can tell, impedance...

I've been looking for some time at reviews of many products, and i'm just getting more and more lost as every review even for very expensive stuff always has something negative said about it. Whatever i end up with will almost certainly sound orders of magnitude better than anything i've had...

Is it me?   Everything seems to sound.. better.. can't really define it other than everything sounds.. more like what i'm used to..   Seems to be a higher number than the oft-mentioned clip+ slow pitch thing   This is admittedly the best portable source i've ever had, my only dap since the...

Just bought some JVC flats - weeping for the years i spent on IEMs in the same price bracket :D Anyway, i've been using nokia 101 and Asha 201 most recently as portable sources and I'm feeling the need for something better again Does the sansa clip+ go well with the flats? I don't have any...

First off, I should explain My thoughts and part of my gadget philosophy..   I believe that spending loads of money to get the best is great if you can do it, but I can't. I don't have any money, never have had really.. But i'm an habitual modifier and tweaker, and from these conditions has...

As titled, with the amount of mobile/cell phones that have good mp3 players and 4 pole jack sockets as the output you'd think most manufacturers would make versions of all their earphones/iems/etc that have a microphone built in for mobile call use.. I've seen plenty of IEMs that have, but no...

I'm a dedicated modifier. I cannot leave it alone if i see a way to make it better. I have this problem almost to the point of mental illness.    I may have lost my mind, or i may have come up with a really good mod. And i can't decide. If anyone in the world feels the way i do, here they...

as titled, really. I use a mp3 playing mobile phone when out and about (a lot) and i'm sick of having to disconnect my earphones and hold the phone to take a call - I won't wear two pairs of earphones. I don't want to carry two devices, and i can't use noise cancelling canalphones as a...

watch me get shot to pieces for asking this lol   I keep looking at the stripboard CMOY, i've specced the parts up before and it isn't cheap,.. It isn't that much more to buy a cmoybb, and i don't really have much test gear - cheap multimeter, no oscilloscope, things people say about...

Just got a pair of MX880s for a good price. They're burning in still but i like them more and more. They'll be being used as earphones for a phone mp3 player.   Found the volume control to be useless - the volumes on it never match except at full volume. No mic.   Is it out of the...

I'm new to audiophile grade headphones/earphones and don't really know all the terminology so bear with me lol I've done the ophile thing with many things over the last 15 years, my car, my whole entertainment rig (few pcs, two hifi stacks, 7 consoles, 2 tvs, various other hardware at current...

I've got a pair of Sony MDR-EX35 and i quite like the sound of them but find them a bit lacking on my (not very good) source. I also don't like the noise cancelling function - it WORKS for me and i dont get on with it out in public, they're my first inside the ear buds. I'm all about sound...