I'm currently in the process of finding a headphone suitable for portable use with my iPod, and so currently I have in my possession the Shure E3c. I know that these phones receive conflicted reviews here, so I decided it would be best just to try them for myself. Below are my impressions of a...

Associated equipment: AKG K1000, Etymotic ER-4S, M-Audio Transit, Hosa interconnects, DIY Hifi Chazz with KT88 power tubes. Music/sound preferences: I listen to almost everything, this "review" is a result of general observations and not direct comparison. I find this to give a better overall...

I was unsure which source forum to post this in, but hopefully someone can help me out. I just picked up an M-Audio Transit and Bel Canto DAC 1 in an attempt to upgrade my digital source while I can't use my analog setup. Unfortunately, I can't stand the sound from the Bel Canto. I honestly had...

in my searches for a small, ety-friendly, and not overtly expensive amp that also boasts a preamp output (for use with active monitors), i'm beginning to wonder whether or not it's feasible to purchase a headamp gilmore lite and change its normal line outs to preouts. it would appear to me from...

in my searches for a compact setup to avoid lugging the vinyl/tube rig with me to college, i decided that the griffin powerwave might be the ideal solution. after picking one up earlier this evening, i can see that this is not at all the case. the concept of the powerwave is a great one, and the...

i received my K340s from germany today and was greeted by a powerful tobacco scent even before i opened the box. i wasn't too worried, as this has happened before and it usually just takes a week or so of airing out and then it's fine. i listened to them for a few hours and appreciated the fluid...

i'm going to replace the cable on my K340s once they arrive with canare star quad and am just trying to figure out what the best way to terminate it would be. i'm assuming that each channel will get one signal and one ground, with the two grounds combining at the jack (or i could connect them in...

after a rocky start (which i'll detail if/when i write an actual review), the chazz is alive. theres still ~4mV of noise in the left channel, but this is inaudible with the K1000s (i'm still going to track it down as it's an issue with other headphones). other than that, it sounded great...

i'm looking to move away from my current sonica -> DI/O setup, mostly due to the extremely poor drivers that m-audio has put out for the sonica theater on OS X (other than that it sounds great). at the same time, i'd like to switch to a 1-box rig, both for convenience and to eliminate the...

my cd3000s came in today and i've just been listening to the past couple hours (no burn in, i know) and just switched back to the k1000s, which i was unsure of in the past, due to their missing lower octave. let me emphasize the fact that both these phones are connected to the same amp, which is...

background: for a good 16 days now i've been enjoying my k1000s on the crappy amplifier that i have for the time being (was planning on replacing it next month). their resolution and dynamics are just so astounding that i couldn't believe that such sound could spring forth from "headphones"...

in "paranoid android" (track 2), there's a computerized voice (the same one from fitter happier) in the background of the chorus (first happens about 1:08 into the song) and i'm trying to figure out what it's saying. it seems like the last word is "android," but there are at least five other...

i'm looking to integrate a USB to S/PDIF conversion circuit into my ART DI/O and came across one thing that i was unfamiliar with in the documentation for the chip i'm planning to use. it needs a 12MHz clock source, which won't be a problem to find, but it seems that it's not as simple as poping...