currently my system is composed of LCD3, Burson Soloist, and Maverick D2. At this point i am interested in upgrading my DAC. I am willing to spend from 1500-2000. I was wondering if there is such a thing as synergy for specific pairing like amp does and how much of a difference can a good DAC...

so far i've been pretty active in trying to get a feel for various types of high end headphones. I've been mostly using battle of flagships to look into various high end phones but it seems like a lot of new headphones have been out since? (or i believe) I was wondering if there is any...

Hi i will soon have a system chain of LCD-3, Soloist, and a Maverick D2 dac.   Personally i think this system would be pretty good but personally i am not sure if the quality of the dac is up to par. I understand a DAC is a important part of a system but how much of a difference does it really...

hi, i'm looking for a loading dock that i can connect wit a dac. Preferablly looking for something thats cheap without speakers. But when i try searching for it it only has a regular usb or speakers on them which is not what i am looking for.... I was hoping someone can point me in the correct...

hi, i am looking for a good amp under 1 k that can be used for both LCD 2.2 and HE-500. Currently i am using the speaker amp emotiva 100x for the he-500 and asgard for LCD 2.2. Wondering if there is anything better out ther

Well this subject has been a personal struggle for me for a while now. Currently I am using D2000 with recabled mogami and i personally bought D7000 cups and modded my phones myself and franakly speaking i love it (but will be sold in the near future or given away to my parents). I have not...

I don't recall having a single audiophile friend, family, or acquintence. Never really listened to expensive headphones before either but one day just for the heck of it decided to buy a pair of grado 225i. A lot of my friends and my bro thought i was crazy since it was $200 and frankly i...

I tried looking for comments on this thread regarding to this question and i was quite unsuccessful. If someone can give me a impression or comment about this combo (fiio e7- portable amp/dac with schiit asgard) it would be greatly appreciated. A link to a pre-existing thread that i may have...

i know it doesn't matter too much (i think?) where the company is based (like country location wise) but i was wondering atleast for some of these high end companies what country are they based. Of course there are some obvious ones like how sennheiser/beyerdynamic is german, audio technica is...

Hi, i was looking through the forums to find my answer to this question but i just couldn't seem to find it. Would anyone be kind enough to post a link/thread that clearly shows the difference or can someone who owns or has used both headphones to some what explain the difference/Improvement?

hi, i currently have a ESW9 and i like the headphones quite a lot. However, after wearing them for a couple of hours (usually 2:30 hours to three hours) my ears start to ache some what. When i am at home i use the AD900x so its not a problem but there are times where i am walking around campus a...

Hi i was wondering if there is a IEM or headphone out that there is very secure in your ear to the point where i wouldn't have trouble running wit them. My budget is less than 100 dollars and as long as the music quality is pretty good and its secure i think ill be some what happy with it.

I'm looking to buy AD2000 or AD2000x and a amp to go with it. Considering the fact that the impedance for both headphones is pretty low (in the 40's) i was wondering if a small amp like Fiio 7 would be good enough? Also would the Fiio 7 amp match well with the headphone since some headphones are...