I was wondering whether a parallel « headphones - speakers » has already been tried on head-fi. I am talking sound signatures. I mean, something along the line « this headphone sounds like/close to these speakers ». Not something stressing the difference between listening through headphones...

Can anybody explain me the following, please? The logic says that a poor quality audio signal, when amplified, will remain of poor quality. The signal coming from a jack output of a smartphone is of relatively poor quality. I mean, collecting the audio signal from the headphone output of a...

I just wonder why this exceptional headphone is not much loved here. To my ears it is the equivalent in the headphone world of the Bowers & Wilkins 800 Series in the speakers world. Still, I haven’t seen much appreciation for it on head-fi. Maybe because it’s not expensive enough? 😉

Anyone else using a high quality amp headphone output instead of a dedicated headphone amp? I am currently using my McIntosh’s output and I like what I hear :)

How do compare headphones like Sennheiser Orpheus or Stax Omega I or Grado PS1 with planar headphones like the top lines of Audeze, Meze, Hifiman etc.? Anyone having heard them all and able to make a comparison?

How do stand today’s über-expensive headphones (by this I mean everything that exceeds 1000€) against flagships of 20-25 years ago when 700-800€ was already considered expensive and only some headphones went over 1000€? A Sennheiser Orpheus was 4000€. A Sony R10 or a Stax Omega 1 like 1500€. An...

I have a pair of Grover UR6 RCA interconnects for sale. 75 EUR shipped. Open to offers as well.

Thanks for PM me if you have a pair for sale :-).

I decided to go for the best stereo system for my car and, for me, this would be a Grado RS-1 type of sound. Or PS-1. :-)   What brand comes close?   I don't know anything about car audio but I trust head-fi more than caraudio forums, so I think I would be happy to choose among your...

I opened a similar thread in the "sound science" forum but didn't get any reply there, so maybe here it will raise more interest.   So I just bought an Olympus Linear PCM Recorder LS-10 to record live concerts with it.   It has several settings to choose among:   - 44,1 kHz 16 bit /...

I just bought an Olympus Linear PCM Recorder LS-10 to record live concerts with it.   It has several settings to choose among:   - 44,1 kHz 16 bit / 24 bit; - 48 kHz 16 bit / 24 bit; - 88,2 kHz 16 bit / 24 bit; - 96 kHz 16 bit / 24 bit.   So 8 different choices.   I know...

How to protect a folder with a password? Thank you very much in advance.

Of course she wears them the wrong way...

I see that some very expensive aftermarket cables for Sennheiser HD800 are based on cables coming from Jena Labs - covered with a nice black nylon. What's the word about Jena Labs' work quality and general reliability nowadays? One year ago they messed badly both with a Sony R10 AND with...

I'm sensible to a marketing which is well done. You know, Bose-style "better products through research" or how was that exactly. Therefore, I would tend not to let those wonderful marketing essays about the super-duper technology used in building an extra-uber-super-duper product (which, by...

"I use 26 awg wire, because the cutoff frequency which skin effect starts to come into play with 26 awg wire, is 107Khz, which allows for it to be used to reproduce a perfect, unaltered signal transmission of 96Khz playback recordings." "[But...]a 96Khz sampling rate has no bearing on the...

Is it? I've read a bit about the technical problems with his amps and also about the owner as not being very responsive once he sells an amp. But the Singlepower site seemss to be alive and orders can still be placed: Singlepower Audio Is there now a consensus like "stay away" or this is...

"Los Angeles. Hip-hop producer Dr. Dre has teamed up with Monster Cable for the ultimate headphone" (information from "Air France magazine - August 2009).

I am on the market for an espresso machine and I don't know much about how to choose one and where to buy it from. Please share your experience and knowledge! :-) Thanks!

I don't like them. I mean, they are OK, but to my ears they do NOT tame all frequencies in a quasi-linear manner, as advertised. To my ears they almost block completely the highs and tame significantly the mids. The result is a big-bass sound during live performances. To my ears they are...

I am planning to spend my August holiday in Peru. If you live in Peru or if you have spent already some holidays in Peru, please give me any information, hints etc. you think might be useful. I am considering a 10 days or so organised trip (belonging to a group, with a bus and a guide)...

How come that there are no aftermarket cables for electrostats? Is there a sort of general consensus that cables don't make a difference in the world of electrostats?

From the technical point of view: how can some amps be more versatile than others? For example, my Gilmore Reference drives with fantastic results both the Grado RS1 (low impedance) and the Sennheiser HD600 (high impedance). I mean, when somebody is designing an amp, there must be some...

Are the current Headamp products GS-1 and GS-X based on designs coming from Kevin Gilmore?

"Belden 1800F Balanced Audio Cable (AES/EBU, low-capacitance, high-flex cable)" OR "Canare L-4E6S Star Quad Balanced Audio Cable (higher noise rejection, but with higher capacitance)" Both are made by Blue Jeans Cables and the pricing is similar. So which one is to choose?