My £90 Sony earphones broke a couple of weeks ago and would like to move up a tier or so for my next pair so I figured doubling my budget should probably do that. My only requirement really is that they are somewhat neutral and don't lack bass (to clarify, I'm not looking for a pair that has a...

I'm looking to upgrade my current setup of a pair of HD 700s and a Schiit Bifrost Uber and Asgard 2 combo.   What sort of setup should I be considering with a budget of around £1,500/$2,300?   Ideally, I'm looking for something with similar characteristics in terms of sound-stage but with...

If I use a 4-pin XLR cable with HD 700 headphones with a Schiit Gungnir would it be a fully balanced setup?   Also...   What sort of difference should I expect if I upgrade my current setup, consisting of a a pair of HD 700 headphones and a Schiit Asgard II/Bifrost combo, to a Schiit...

...also, are they disabled when headphones are plugged into the front jack?   Thanks, Miles.

The Schiit Asgard II that I ordered arrived today. It's the first headphone amp I've owned along with my first pair of true audiophile headphones so I'm not exactly sure what's normal.   I've found that it is getting rather hot after a few minutes of use at about 12:30 on the volume knob on...

I really like the look of the HiFiMan HE-500 headphones but can't quite find an amp that fits my criteria.   I've already read a bunch of threads regarding HE-500 amp selection but they never seemed to talk about the things I wanted to know about.   I was very set on getting the Schiit Lyr...

I'll mainly be listening to multiple genres of Metal, but mainly the faster, more bass-inclined material.   I started out going for the HD 650, since they're highly praised, until I heard that they weren't good for what I wanted.    It basically went downhill from there. I think I was...

From reading some setup guides I thought I had to connect my source to a speaker amplifier , then that to the sub via a high level input then the high level output on the sub to the speakers, which will be passive, but the sub-woofer doesn't have a high level out put for speakers.     Is it...

I'd like to use a 2.1 setup with my PC using a Wharfedale SW 150 sub-woofer and a pair of Wharfedale Diamond 9.1 speakers with an Audioengine D1 amp/DAC but I'm not totally sure how to set it up.   The thing that is confusing me is that the Wharfedale Diamond 9.1 speakers have four inputs. Two...

I'm building a new PC soon and after considering different internal sound cards I've realized that my Creative Recon3D USB is fine for my gaming audio but not for music listening. Because of this, I can put the money that I was going to spend on a sound card towards a proper amp/DAC.   I'm...

Basically, would this sound card be enough to power a 2.1 speaker system via the RCA out?   I would be using the Wharfedale Diamond 9.1 bookshelf speakers in conjunction with the SW150 subwoofer.   Thanks, Miles.

Okay, so I'm building a PC next January and I'd like to have an audio setup that is adequate for my needs.   I care about audio but not to the same extent as the average Head-Fi user.   I already have headphones that I'm happy with. V-Moda Crossfade LPs.   I need positional audio. For that...

I currently own a pair of V-Moda Crossfade LP's and really like them because of the bass. I use them for listening to most genres of Heavy Metal but mainly the more extreme sub-genres (Death Metal, Thrash Metal and Black Metal)   I've had them for a little under two years now but I'm...