I've just bought a pair of these iems, and would like to know if my Htc One M7 will power them fine and do them justice? As far as I know the m7 has an amp built in, but I'm not sure if it's any good tbh, I have used the m7 with ie8 iems for a while, but the sound quality wasn't anything special...

For a long time since using an external Usb Dac with my He-500 headphones I have left this option unticked, it was unticked by default so I just left it.  I have since read around the net that most recommend it being ticked with headphones, I'm not sure if placebo is playing a role here, but the...

Has anybody heard of the gigabyte GA h81 amp-up motherboard? Gigabyte claim it has a noiseless USB port on board, has anybody actually used one? I'm looking to upgrade my system and this looks appealing, although I would prefer a motherboard with gaming in mind as well as audio...

Suggestion : How to Improve Sound quality/transmission using a  self powered, non galvanic async Usb Dac connected to a computer.   This is for people like myself who have been looking at a Usb isolator as a possible fix to the noise coming from their computer or the deterioration of quality as...

Hi everybody,   Any experience with this product? My Dac doesn't offer a Galvanic Usb input, and so, noise is passed onto the Dac from the computer.   I'm looking at a Usb isolator to clean that noise up without affecting the sound. The Olimex looks ideal for £30.    I would appreciate any...

Mention why you chose that particular chain of audio gear and give it a score out of 10.  This may give others ideas of what to look out for.   Please don't turn this into a discussion thread - keep it simple.     

Hi Guys,   I just stripped the center of a Usb cable, and cut the black wire, isolated it using electrical tape so both ends don't touch, and there is no more interference when I move the Mouse or scroll, All great!   But.. I can hear a slight high pitch sound, very faint, that lasts approx...

If the Dac is picking up noise via the the computers Usb Port/Coax output, but the optical output is Clean of any interference, which would be best..   1) Usb to Spdif converter 2) External Usb adapter > Usb input on M1 3) Continue using Optical    I'm using a Musical Fidelity M1 Dac...

Hi,   I've just sealed a deal on a M1 for £225, but the guy is unsure if it's the async model, is there any way to tell?    Its 11 months old, from new.    Cheers.  

Hi Guys, yes again heres me asking questions, one day I will be answering them    My current chain =   Titanium Hd [rca] Emotiva a100 Mini [rca] Yamaha Hs80m / [speaker taps] Hifiman He-500 headphones   I'm looking to upgrade my internal sound card to an external, to eliminate ground loop...

Please fill in the poll.   Does it matter which sampling rate I set my soundcard to whilst listening to web content such as Youtube and Soundcloud?  I currently have set it to 44.1.  I've read that Youtube operates at 48kHz.  Will I be hearing downsampled audio?   Thanks.  

Heya, I need some advice please. I own a pair of He-500 headphones, they are connected in this chain. Pc > Titanium hd > Emotiva Mini-x > He-500 When I listen to music files I own, I listen through Jriver, which has a 64bit engine, so as far as I know using it's own volume control...

Hi everybody,   I use Jriver to play flac/320 kbps music files, but have wanted to give Spotify a go. I've read nothing but bad things about Spotify's own client and so downloaded Fidelify so i could make sure the Titanium Hd was using ASIO. It works fine, I select Asio in Fidify and the...

If you own a Titanium Hd would you please test something out for me, i'd appreciate it alot.   Turn all dts/dolby/digital features off.  Open up windows sound options and set the speaker mode to 2/2.1 speaker mode. Open up Creative's console launcher, first of all switch it...

Hello all audiophile experts and alike,   I'm looking to upgrade my senn595 as i keep on reading that these 650's are on another level and its started to bug me that i'm missing out. I recently bought a Fiio E9 amp, this will be driving them for now until I buy a tube amp in the future...

Hi Head Fi and members,   A scenario.  Lets say you owned a Titanium Hd sound card..   And had a budget of £500..   What would be the best 2 speaker set to buy for playing music?  Not too loud as they would be for a small property 3 bedroom semi detached.  All styles of Flac format...