My main cans are Focal Elears but I am looking for sealed headphones that don't leak. Naturally the Elegias and Stellias are on my radar. At the last (pre-Covid) CanJam London, almost all the stands featured either Stellias or Meze. I searched Head-Fi for Stellia reviews and came upon page upon...

A few months back I had an ant infestation in my basement office, and they decided my Audioengine A2s were an ideal place to build a nest... After taking care of the ant problem, I had to toss the speakers. I finally got around to buying a new set of computer speakers. I looked at the B&W MM-1...

About 3 1/2 years ago I purchased a SendStation PocketDock Line Out, one of the first compact line-out adapters for the iPod, with a standard USB B receptacle thrown in for good measure. Unfortunately, it is not compatible with the iPhone because of how Apple now requires accessory makers to...

I recently upgraded from a G5 PowerMac to a Nehalem Mac Pro. The G5 was limited to 24/48 and I was looking forward to a higher resolution digital out on the Mac Pro, as I have a 24/192 capable DAC1 and Linn studio master FLACs at that resolution. Unfortunately, it seems the Mac Pro is limited to...

Microsoft May Build a Copyright Cop Into Every Zune - Bits - Technology - New York Times Blog

Whenever I see classified ads for used headphones, specially IEMs, I wonder who buys them and whether they are worried about hygiene.

According to The Joy of Tech:

Not quite what you think this thread is about. Seen in San Francisco: http://watersavinghero.com/pdfs/CAMPAIGN-RAY.pdf

I got an email from them announcing an updated DAC1 with 24/96 USB input: http://www.benchmarkmedia.com/eupdate They claim no special drivers (e.g. ASIO) are required for it. You pay dearly for the privilege of USB, though, an extra $300... Quote: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE...

I was reading The Georgia Straight (Vancouver's free weekly newspaper) and there was an article on "earphones" mentioning Head-Fi: http://www.straight.com/content.cfm?id=20747 The author notes how friendly this community is, specially compared with other online forums.

I am considering buying a Musical Fidelity X-Can V3 tube amplifier. I have never owned tube amps before, so I have some apprehension about maintainance. Tubes need to be replaced on power amplifiers, but this is a much lower power amplifier than one designed for speakers. How often, if ever...

I just read about this new product , which is a 80GB hard-drive digital player component targeted towards classical music aficionados. It encodes CDs losslessly using FLAC onto a quiet 80GB hard drive, has a built-in metadata database and Mac OS X management software (not iTunes). The design...

I have an iPod 3G 15GB model (an upgrade from the original 1st-gen model, so I could play Apple lossless encoded music), but almost the only time I use it is when I am travelling by air, with a pair of ER-4P to block out engine noise and vapid public service announcements. For some reason, I...