Hi Paul, A very happy new year to you. My iBasso DX80 has started playing up these past few days. It shuts off unexpectedly when the battery is approx 50-60%, and that now happens pretty much every time I play something (battery plummets when fully charged, then shuts off). I have tried a...

paul@ibasso.com Hi there, Paul, I've just bought a DX80 with the v1.6 firmware. So far, I love this piece of kit. However, there are still a few wee glitches. Please can iBasso iron these out: Firstly, it doesn't like semi-colons. If there is anything in a tag with a semi-colon, the DX80...

Hi there Wolfjeane,   I've tried sliding one cup forward slightly and this seems to help slightly but the effect re-asserts itself when the cans re-settle back to their balanced position. I think sealing was a major issue with the K550s but not so with the DT880s. Again this afternoon, I was...

Hi folks,   I have recently acquired a pair of beautiful Beyerdynamic DT880s for home PC listening. However, they appear to have the same (but not as much of a) problem as my older K550s: the left ear is louder than the right. The right side feels like there is a kind of audio hole, like a...

Hi there,   I'm very close to ordering a set of Momentum over-ears as my new on-the-go cans. At home I listen to Grado SR80is. I did have in-ear Shure SE530s for my travel phones but they bit the dust. Anyway, I fancy a change. Here's why...   I listen to a lot of classical, mainly big...

Thanks, folks. The DT250s and the DT880s have a huge impedence and seem to be more suitable for home listening. I already have a pair of Grado SR80is for home. The P7s look good and get a great write-up from What HiFi, but again they are recommended as a home use headphone. This is why I was...

Hi there,   My Shure SE530s are no more and so I'm thinking of a change of direction. I'm considering over the ear headphones for my next pair of travel out-and-about cans. I listen to a lot of symphonies so I prefer a neutral and organic, tending to warm, signature that has a wide and open...

Oops. Groves' recording is no longer £3. Amazon is now selling it for £9. Btw, I wrote a review of this recording on Amazon. Oh, I forgot to add that I also have Boult's 1970s recording on EMI, although I've never been too gripped by that recording, even though his early 70s Enigma - which is...

Have you heard Sir Charles Groves' recording with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra? I have versions by Judd, Dutoit, Lloyd-Jones, Bernstein (NYPO), Levine, Gardiner and Steinberg (can you tell that I like The Planets??) However, Groves does it for me. It's slipped under the radar, which is a...

Hi there,   I'm looking for a high-quality portable player. I'm currently re-ripping my entire 300+ CD collection onto FLAC using Exact Audio Copy. I am now getting to grips with Foobar as my new organiser of choice (fed up with iTunes and limited AAC).   I now have a Sansa Clip Zip...

Hello, I am looking for some advice... I have heard so many great reviews of the UE Super fi pros 5's, so I bought a pair. However, I found that they had a strong mid-range that seemed to cloud the overall sound, even after running in. They did bring out detail, but in much classical music...

Hi folks, I recently bought the UE Super.fi 5Pros. Boy, these babies rock. The problem is, they completely show up the limitations of my source, which is the Sony Ericsson W850i phone. Should I upgrade to a dedicated music player? And if so, which one? My main priorities are sound...

Thanks for the info. I'll stay clear of the 71s. He is a bass head, likes his dance music, but he's also a discerning listener who likes to take his music wherever he goes. So that means no to the fall-apart-in-a-minute Sonys. Thanks

Hi folks, I want to buy a really great (but budget) set of on-the-move headphones for my brother. I don't know whether to invest in a set of in-ear headphones, eg Sony MDR-EX71SLB, or a good pair of buds with the new Slic Sound enhancement, which are rubber seals that fit into the ear and...