I dabbled with Raspberry Pi music servers for a few years then made the move to Mac Mini's which I find far preferable almost all the way across the board.    I've opted to stick with the late 2012 models due to the 2014 line not being as upgradeable and quite frankly not much of an...

I sometimes while on travel use my Nexus 7 (2013) as a source component.  I use Spotify, Pandora, and TuneIn Radio and of course locally stored music.  Nexus 7 (depending on what custom ROM you use will also work with a USB DAC.     I can use my HiFiMeDIY DAC with Cyanogenmod 11 and just...

This is the best price I've seen for MDR-V6 brand new.    I have several different headphones including Sennheiser HD650 and 597 and I seem to always come back to my venerable Sony MDR-v6   http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00001WRSJ/ref=pe_58260_120308890_em_1p_0_ti

Been using Raspberry Pi with assorted DAC's as my music servers for a couple years now.  That kind of drove me to the Logitechmediaserver and Squeezelite world which is great but in my opinion dying a slow death.     Seems no matter how happy I was with the music delivery and source component...

Probably resurrecting something old and tired and I see lots of posts in the archives here about this but I wanted to take a tiny bit of a different approach.   CMOYBB isn't new but fairly new to me.  Got my first one a couple months ago.  Since then I've built probably 7 or 8 and sold a few...

Just received my Fiio E12DIY.  I've absolutely no need for another headphone amp however I got a E17 DAC and EO9K and love pretty much everything about them.  So when I saw this headphone amp I thought "what the heck".   Very excellent packaging and really love that I got the little Tin box...

I'm not sure why but I'm looking to add another set of cans to my harem. Right now I have Sennheiser HD650, Sony MDR-V6, and Bose QC-15 (strictly for airplanes and trains).   The HD650's only play nice with one system I have and I have many systems.  Think obsessive / compulsive.  They are...

This is a classic "I don't know where this post goes" post but I hope I hit the right spot. I'm only posting this in the hopes it might help somebody else somewhere along the way.   I have a Fiio E17 that I just got. Rolled it through a few systems of mine and it fits BEAUTIFULLY with my...

In the last week or so I have bought 3 different headphone setups.  Here's a brief synopsis.   First of all my existing headphone gear is Bottlehead Crack, Bottlehead SEX amp, and Fisher 500C which I sometimes use cans with.   In the last couple years i've taken a computer based approach to...

I have a Fiio E17 and I figured out to show the proper stream resolution display it had to be set on the computer.  I have a Mac and had to go into Utilities / Audio Midi Setup and change the output settings for the Fiio E17.  Then sure enough the display resolution will change to whatever it is...

Got an E17 a couple days ago and got the EO9K today.  Too soon to write a review of any kind other than to say it sounds great but I'm a tube guy and it seems to be missing that tube feel.  Or maybe not.  Need to break it in a bit and decide.  At any rate, like I said "It Sounds Great!"  Just...

Hadn't seen this in a while.  4th generation iPod that I sent to Red Wine Audio for the iPod iMod.  Surprised the battery still took a charge. Still a fantastic source component.   After charging hooked it to my newly built CMOYBB.  I have to say this does not suck. Sounds good and dead...

First off all I'm a believer that good / great audio is not necessarily expensive.  That being said I have a bunch of money tied up in the hobby.   I got into computer audio a couple years ago and primarily run Logitech Media Server off of various devices.  I'm aware that streaming my content...

I decided to push the limits of budget audio tonight to see what I could come up with.  Here's what I've got and I personally think it sounds great.  Better than some stuff I have around the house that costs a lot more.   Raspberry Pi -$35 Edimax Wi-Fi dongle - $8 Charger - $5 HiFiMeDIY USB...

I recently bought a CMOYBB kit from JDS Labs.  I really only bought it for one reason and that's that I'm the kind of guy who needs to stay busy and likes hobby projects.   I figured a CMOY would keep me occupied for a day or two and quite frankly I thought it was pretty cool.  A headphone amp...