hi,   i have an E17...well had as i've broken it (my second one).  i really like the sound and features (especially theEQ and DAC features) but it's become pretty obvious that my constant travelling and throwing it around isn't working.  the E17 is built nice and solid, just can't keep them...

I'm looking for some in ears. I usually hate in ears, but I travel so much and I'm tired of lugging my athm50 around Something mid centric (I love my grados) for metal....I don't want bass head at all but a slightly elevated bass would be nice. I like my athm50 but the recessed mids are not my...

This article got some fun traction on hydrogen...let's see what the headfi sound scientists think The title is not mine, it belongs to the article

i'm not going to put this in the now awful 24/16 bit thread   a couple months ago one of my favorite internet audio blogs (archimago) put some files out for testing, 24 bit vs. 16 bit.  i completed the test (rather exhaustively, and it was fun) and totally forgot about checking back for...

i want to make a power bar, mostly because the spacing on my nice home theatre bar is poor with all the clunky 12V transformers on it, but while i'm at it would like to add some timers for certain outputs, etc and split the bar so i can plug into another circuit to increase the usable outlets...

edit:  found the right thread, don't want to clutter up this issue any further.   apparently the e17 can be used with the lightning, thanks head-fi for always having the answer even if i can't always find it easily :)   mods, if you spot, please delete!

Hi, I'm looking at maybe getting a new sound card with no shortage of outputs. Currently using the outputs on my AMD video card (hdmi and optical) but I'm adding a few amps / dacs to the collection and would like to have them all hooked up and use Jriver to zone them. Don't need an amp or...

edit:  never mind, replaced the cables and it sounds freaking beautiful!

HI, I have a fiio e17 which i run my HE400's from, i like it but sometimes it's laying around somewhere in my house and i don't want to go get it i noticed the Xonar cards in the store the other day, they are really cheap, how is their amp section?  i'm currently building a proper desktop amp...

hi i'm looking for a good BATCH ALAC encoder and although i have iTunes i'd really like to not use it, as i hate the interface and i have ~100K flac files i would like to convert which will probably take weeks in crapTunes   the reason is i'm making an archive backup which i'd like to give...

hi,  i've searched but not been able to find anything of use on this amp from opera audio.  just wondering if anyone has any experience with it, it has a wireless DAC and dedicated headphone amp. i'm asking because someone is selling one in my city for less than 50% of MSRP   here's the...

many apologies if this is the wrong forum or simply a dumb question, but is there any good quality DAC that will take the input from an ipod (i.e. a non-usb DAC?) without going through the ipod DAC?   i've noticed there is a difference on some tracks between listening on my computer with a...

I'm interested in a high end desktop DIY AMP for my HE-400's (specifically) which are planar magnetic.  I would prefer solid state...but only because i've never worked with or used tubes before, so if a tube/hybrid will help with SQ then fine.   i've been researching a lot (but just...

I posted in the equipment forum and amongst the great advice was to post here I've been looking at ~1k phones, but it's looking like it won't be worth it without some other gear. I've been a serious collector for years and off and on into hifi but now with kids and a lot of travel I want some...