I've maxed out my budget already for a rig, so $25 is my max for an LOD cable. There's several on ebay for that or less but it's just a matter flipping a coin on which one to pick, any ideas on how I should go about choosing one?

  My problem is I already dropped $400 on the JH5 Pro's and I don't want to drop another $250+ on a portable amp unless I know using an LOD cable is a SUBSTANTIAL sound quality improvement over a mini to mini cable.   I did a blind study with my wife to see if a portable amp (ibasso D2)...

I originally was is the $200 price range for IEM's but decided customs sounded like the right thing for me so I'm going with the JH 5 Pro's. This puts me up at $400.   Is the do-it-yourself impression a no brainer or is it well worth the $100 or so to have an Audiologist do it?

  As an audio enthusiast I require my master library that I will have for decades to be lossless format. May the makers of Itunes burn in hell.   Any NON-APPLE stores that sell lossless files at this point?

When comparing high-end universal IEM's to custom IEM's, do you find the comfort and fit of the universal to be:   1) significantly less comfortable than custom made 2) almost on par with 3) roughly on par 4) Universal's are actually more comfortable than custom made   (assume the...

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Sound quality is the most critical parameter but the portablity of the Pico would allow me to bring it back and forth from work (not to mention it's $200 less). Are they pretty close? Is one better than the other? (I'll only be listening to music via USB, no need for coaxial or optical inputs)

Received an Ibasso D2 yesterday (my first DAC). To my horror it sounds awful. Very thin with rolled-off highs and lows. Just all around un-musical and unenjoyable, after about 10 minutes I couldn't listen anymore. It can't it even touch my NAD 512 CDplayer. Will it get better with time? Can...

Received an Ibasso D2 today. Old Rig: NAD 515 single disc player Mghead MKIII OTL Senn HD600 or (DT880's 250ohm) New Rig: Desktop, WinXP, Winamp w/asio4all Ibasso D2 DAC Mghead MKIII OTL Senn HD600 or (DT880's 250ohm) Why do I need to have High gain, maxed volume (and maxed...

MvixUSA : Revolutionizing Portable Entertainment : Product Comparison Page I've been hunting for a (non-CD) audio player with a digital out. The cowon Q5 and Achos 605 (with dock) are kind of pricey. Has anyone used one of these as a digital audio source (plus DAC of course)? Any good?

My budget for an amp is $2000 or less (won't spend that unless i have to). I'm a tube kind of guy from my listening experiences. I prefer highs and mids over bassy. I'm wondering if I should just put my name on the list for a zana deux (at $1900) or buy a singlepower extreme with a few...

I somehow get the impression from a few threads that USB isn't as good? Maybe I'm interpreting this incorrectly. Digital is digital, is it not? Is USB a lower bit rate/sample rate? Attachment 2989

I've read a few rave reviews of the Pico (particularly concerning the DAC) and am wondering if it meets with the hype. One reviewer stated something along the lines of the Pico DAC "is comparable to DAC's in the thousands". Is this true? I'm looking for a DAC ($800 or less), should I just stop...

Is it me or is audio equipment generally regressing? <rant>By 2023 media players will be the size of a dime, 150 Terabytes and hold 640 Billion songs ripped at 8Kbs and you should be able to hear some audio so long as the gain is at 5:00 and your using 16 ohm or less phones <end rant>. But...

For Example: -Iriver PMP-H120 w/digital out -Ibasso D1 using DAC and AMP <<OR>> -Zune w/analog out -Ibasso D1 using only AMP My question only concerns sound quality. Is ANY MP3P digital out w/DAC better sounding than ALL MP3P (with analog outs) on the market? If so, how signicant is...

looking for portable DAC/amp that has more than USB input. People don't seem overly enthusiast about the ibasso D1 (i heard of problems).

Noob question. I have a combination of FLAC's, MP3's and OGG's. Will I be able play these types of files with say a Pico or a ibasso D1?Attachment 2843 thank you in advance

I've owned at least three closed design phones including a couple of semi-decent pairs (k271's and a denon pair long out of production). Typically I could use these for roughly 20 to 40 miuntes before my eardrums would start to throb (at even only moderate or low volume). To listen for long...

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.......is anything like K1000's? Some can afford K1000's but it seems as though few can also afford the amp to drive them properly. Is there anything that approaches these ear speakers?Attachment 2631

Pardon the noobishness. I only starting researching these phones tonight. If I have it straight: DT880 Version 2003; 600 Ohm DT880 Version 2005; 250 Ohm DT880 Pro; 250 Ohm correct? Has anyone heard two or more of the types? Is there one that's considered clearly better? (Would be...

I'm back! (I haven't posted in years), anyway, when I read comments on HD650's, people discuss them as being "brighter" than HD600's but no one seems to rate them as "better". I own some HD600's which I'm pretty happy with, are the HD650's an "upgrade" or are they just "different"? I listen...