I see that there are a couple of DACs that connect to the iPhone (Algorythm Solo and HRT iStreamer). This tells me that the digital information is available at the iPhone connector. I already have a portable DAC, so I was wondering whether anyone is manufacturing an iPhone > DAC connector...

This evening I wanted to watch a movie on my Windows XP laptop and I plugged my iBasso D1 into a USB port on the laptop and switched the D1 on, but when I played the movie (using VLC Media Player) the sound came out of the laptop speakers. In the past I've used the D1 with this laptop and it...

I'm interested in buying a good SS amp, and these two amps are in the same price bracket and they are both by builders who have a lot of respect on these forums. I read a lot here about the GS-1 but it's hard to find much about the HR-2, and I don't remember seeing a direct comparison of these...

One of my H140s stopped working, and I after a time of wondering what to do about it I finally sent it to iRiver Europe for repair. When I spoke to their Customer Service Dept they told me that they would quote for the repair and I would have the option of buying a reburbished one for €239...

I use CDex to rip to FLAC and to Ogg. I've read many posts here where posters say EAC is the 'best' ripper. I recently wanted to try EAC and didn't even get through the install procedure. I've since found a guide and would probably get through it if I tried again, but why would I want to? CDex...

I tried these because they're now available very cheaply, and I've heard it said that Bluetooth can now deliver decent quality stereo. They are in-ear headphones that are attached by wires to a control 'pod' with microphone and buttons which you can clip to your shirt, keeping your phone in...

Here:- http://www.rockhopperaudio.com/ Already offering the Mini³, with the M³ and β22 to come. This is good news indeed. This is already posted in the Mall-Fi forum, but I'm sure there are plenty of people like me who come here always to go to the same few forums and might miss it.

The SR-71 is a 'dual-mon' amplifier and it has two 9v batteries. Is there a battery per channel so that each channel has 9v available, or are the batteries in series so that each channel has available 18v of voltage swing?

at Amazon UK.

When I go cycling I have always used my Senn mx400s, I think they sound very good, but the problem with them for me is that they tend to fall out. When I push them in I get good sound and strong base. As they dislodge the sound diminishes and the base diminishes even more until they sound like a...

The October issue at www.affordableaudio.org. The reviewer isn't to impressed with it. There's a manufacturer's response to the review.

There's a nice long thread on the Steve Hoffman Audio Hardware forums discussing the case for headphone amplifiers:- http://www.stevehoffman.tv/forums/sh...ad.php?t=86226

OK, so you've got 40 gigs of music on your iPod, iRiver, iAudio or whatever. What arrangements have you made in anticipation of the day when the player's hard disk goes belly-up? 40 gigs would copy to about ten DVDs, and that leads into the worries about DVD-R durability. I'm thinking of...

I just bought a pair of AKG K701s from www.earphonesolutions.com in the US. I emailed them to get their 'special price', so that the total cost with US$39.95 shipping to the UK was US$329.94. and £179.78 has been debited from my credit card. I ordered them on Friday 14th and they arrived on...

I am wondering how the different MP3 players cope with the situation where one is interrupted in the middle of, say, a downloaded radio program. How easy is it to resume after the interruption? I download 90-minute radio programs into my MP3 player, but it offers no easy way to find one's place...

I have a pair of AKG K501's which I am very pleased with. I'm currently using them with a Rockhopper Pimeta, and I have a tube amp on the way. I'm still trying to decide whether the K501's are base light or just more accurate. Anyway, I keep wondering what changes or improvements I might hear if...

Seems quite a nice piece of kit for the price:- http://cgi.ebay.fr/YU-LONG-MINI-DAC_...QQcmdZViewItem

I read the review here of the PreSonus Central Station, and that is tempting me a bit. I noticed that the Rogue Audio Metis and Cronus claim to have headphone amplifiers, and the metis, a lovely-looking tube preamp, costs only about twice the price of a headphone amp and I am always trying to...

From my reading here and elsewhere I get the impression that the K501s are quite hard to drive well, and they require quite a powerful amplifier with bags of voltage swing. The only really enthusiast report I've seen is about using them with a PreSonus Central Station, and I'm considering...

I'm a newbie here, and just bought a pair of AKG K501s. I've seen very enthusiastic reports of the T-amp driving speakers, and was wondering how it compares with other headphone amps when driving headphones. I had a bit of a search in these forums but didin't find much of a discussion of...