I posted seven short audio samples and a poll on Gearspace (a forum about audio recording): Six de-reverb apps compared Should you have time to lend your golden ears (and gear) to the experiment, please do! I did my own listening using the ER4SR and the 4.A, a CIEM made by the Wizard.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/265559541090?var=565354284247 Here's the review I left on eBay: I forgot to mention one potential negative: With one of my earphones, sometimes one of the channels can be silent until I turn the male end of the earphone's cable inside the female end of the cable...

I bought this cable for less than ten bucks. It looks quite nice (prettier than on my photos) and the jacks are textured to make them easier to grip. I usually post about stuff that disappointed me; I thought that, for once, I'd post about something that surprised me positively.

I'm far from a headphone expert, but the most comfortable headphones I tried where "ear-shaped" ones, like the Sony MDR7506 (or the Dan Clarke Audio ÆON, though I haven't, unfortunately, tried that one). Is it just me finding such earcup designs more comfortable? Why are there mostly round-cup...

I haven't seen it mentioned anywhere else, so I thought I'd start a thread. CEntrance is launching something they call the DAC mini:

I was curious to read what Head-Fiers thought of Westone's latest crop of IEMs, and ... didn't find any thread about it. 😮

Here's the product page. And here are a few impressions and reviews: On Head-Fi: By bizkid By Blackrao By Blinxat By DarktoreS By FullBright1 Not on Head-Fi: DYI Audio Heaven (with graphs) PCMag Sound On Sound TechRadar The Verge Twitter: By DMS (with graph) YouTube: Booth Junkie YouTube...

Today I went to Computex, the foremost computer expo after CES. And what impressed me most there was not Dell’s new XPS13 2-in-1 (though it’s a little jewel) or Asus’s dual-screen notebooks (though I now lust for one), but … a pair of headphones. That’s how I know that, despite years of absence...

Yet another interesting Kickstarter project, with all the risks that implies. The company is solid, though; Ultimate Ears uses their scanning technology. Also, the Aware is able to track more biometrics than the Dash, notably brain waves. Ah, and finally, for what it promises to be, it can be...

Now on Indiegogo! 

Nothing ground-breaking, the sound stays the same (as the regular ATH-M50), but the look is quite nice.

All-purpose studio headphones are closed (for monitoring) and must translate well to near-field monitors (for mixing/mastering). Ideally, they should also be comfortable and durable. I thought it could be interesting to make a list of the top contenders, regardless of price. I try to list only...

A new mobile DAC *and* recorder, with its own battery, and designed to work not only with Windows and OSX, but also with iOS and Android.   At the current price, it's worth it just as a DAC!

http://www.korg.co.jp/Product/Audio/DS-DAC-100/ http://www.korg.co.jp/Product/Audio/DS-DAC-100/da-dac-100.html http://www.korg.co.jp/Product/Audio/DS-DAC-100/da-dac-100m.html   http://www.engadget.com/2014/01/07/korg-usb-audio-interfaces/

I've got big ear canals. I bought the Bluebuds X and, unsurprisingly, I lose the seal rather easily, even with the largest of the provided tips. I tried the Comply foam tips (Tsx-500, Tx-500, S-500), with even worse results: Tsx-500 and Tx-500 barely provided a seal and were ruined in a couple...

A friend of mine needs a CIEM cable (standard two-pin connector) with iPhone mic/controls. Any suggestions?

Here's a deal I stumbled upon:   http://www.acscustom.com/us/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=134

http://tech.woot.com/offers/in-ear-noise-isolating-headphones

http://xwind-jaben.blogspot.com/2011/12/blog-post.html   So it seems I'll soon have the opportunity to listen to at least six different CIEM demo models. I'll bring my own recordings -- probably on my laptop, so I can use the DACport rather than the Clip Zip. I'll write down my impressions...

These tests of the Tracker Pre and 0204 caught my interest, but the horror stories I've read on E-MU's "support" for their products made me wary. The fact that the first page of their website still advertises beta drivers for ... Snow Leopard ... didn't help! I filled their contact form and...

I don't know those earphones, but I thought I'd still pass along the email I received from Koss:   Quote:  

I'll be working on an audiobook project. The clarity and accuracy of the frequency response range of the spoken voice is what matters most here. I need headphones for tracking (closed-back, or semi-closed, to avoid leakage) and, if possible, to help with mixing too.   Yesterday, I went to...

I'll be buying studio headphones to record audiobooks: a flat, revealing midrange is thus my priority. The headphones should be closed or at least semi-closed, to prevent leakage into the microphone during tracking. I already own a pair of Etymōtic HF5, but they're fidgety to put in and keep in...

Confessedly, before I started reading the content of this forum, I was mildly confused. But now that I've read through a good many threads, I'm completely flabbergasted. So I tried to rely on numbers and graphs, but they hardly helped at all. I used the HD 800 as reference:     Alright...

http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/06/sculpted-eers-fills-ears-with-silicon-molds-custom-molded-headp/   http://business.financialpost.com/2011/01/05/fp-ces-2011-montreals-sonomax-causes-a-stir-at-ces-unveiled/