Hello, is there anyone in the East Bay who can assist me with replacing a busted yoke for my Fostex FH-X00? I got replacement yoke from Fostex’ importer but need help with the installation. I’m more than willing to compensate for your time!

Question: is there a <$300 headphone amp that would match well to 50-65 ohm cans and that punches well above its weight?   Background: I'm currently using the headphone out of my Denon 3808ci receiver when listening in my living room. I'm aware that it is not a good impedance match for my...

My Senn HD570s are finally dying, after 12-13 years of use. They were my first pair of audiophile headphones, and since then I've bought a few other pairs for various purposes. I have some higher impedance headphones that I use at home when I can listen with an amp, and I have some portable low...

Hi all, I've been using my iphone 5 as a USB source in my car (head unit is Alpine CDA-117, contains 24bit Burr Brown DAC) for a few years, and I'd like to try to play hi-res tracks using the Apple Camera Connection Kit.   The trouble is that both the CCK and the Alpine head unit have USB Type...

I've read on several different threads on  head-fi containing opinions of the S4, and the consensus seems to be that the S4 is a pretty decent $20 in-ear headphone, but way out of its league at the $100 price point.   Over the last 5 days I compared the S4 to the Shure SE-215, which happens...

I'm curious what you all think is the proper allocation of a fixed budget between a set of cans, amp, DAC, and anything else you might need to listen to digital audio?   My philosophy toward systems with speakers has been 70% speakers, 20% electronics, 10% room. In general, I believe that...

Hi folks,   I'm a long time reader, first time poster.   I recently bought my father a set of Grado SR-80i headphones to use to watch TV (my mother had been complaining about too much noise!). They worked great on his old TV, but now he just went out and bought a new Samsung only to...