OK so my first intro to the world of decent headphones has been the HD 580, and omg what an intro.   Anywany I love everything about them, but there are certain things I listen to that require more bass. I just bought some Sony XB700 for things like trance and hiphop as I thought they would...

    Hi. I was looking into various simple DIY headphone amps specifically for current hungry low impedance cans such as Grados or in my case 24 ohm Sony XB700.    I came across the Apheared A47 amp and it looked interesting; nice and simple. However it got me thinking about building...

Not sure if this has been posted already. If it has, forgive me. http://www.theaudiocritic.com/downloads/article_1.pdf This is sure to open a can of worms here but I'm also sure it will make a great discussion Much of what he says I totally agree with with my limited knowledge of...

Looking to build a DAC...what are the pros/cons of each dac here? It won't be portable btw...will be a desktop....and I might build it with a starving student or mini3 in a single case. thanks in advance

I just bought a HLLY usb dac/headphone amp and it sounds pretty good for what I paid...but has trouble driving my HD 580s at higher volumes. It distorts quite a bit with bass heavy music. Is there anything I can do to improve it? It looks like it's based around a PCM2902 chip and uses...

Looking for a little compact system for the parents. Needs to be pleasant looking....have CD/Radio...etc. A USB input would be very good as well though not required. Budget is under 100 squids. Any suggestions?

Got a kit on ebay, it looked nice and wanted something new and solid state to play with...but I was a bit silly and really don't have much of an idea what I've purchased. Can anyone please tell me what sort of headphone amp this is or what it's based on? I did google but am not turning up...

So last night I accidentally crunched my HD 580s with my chair :/ Did this damage. I have some HD600 grills and a HD650 cable on the way....but now it seems weird doing those upgrades on damaged headphones How can I fix this? Body filler? Also I will repaint the band and maybe the grills...

....having problems with my cmoy. The + and - rails are split correctly into +6.4V and -6.4V but as soon as I plug in the opamp it changes to 7.6V and 5.2V. The sound is severely distorted and I get crazy loud noise even with no input plugged in. can anyone spot anything wrong with my setup...

So I have a DAC coming in the mail...the digital source will be from my onboard sound which is ADI AD2000B 8 channel HD audio with coax and optical outputs ...the latest onboard which is actually not so bad. My question is will it be ok getting the digital source from onboard sound or would...

So I have decided to build my own amplifier...however since I am a beginner and only have very basic electronics knowledge I'm going to start with a CMOY because it's so cheap and because it's very simple. However, I have no need for portability so would like to use a PSU rather than a 9v...

So I am somewhat new to the head-fi scene....I will be getting some used HD 580 cans and building the Alien DAC. I just need an amp....I was originally going to go with the LIttle Dot 2, but apparently it's more expensive than I thought (around 130-150 quid)....I would ideally like to spend...

So I am somewhat of a newb just getting into headphones and stuff...I will be building an Alien DAC kit and will be purchasing some used HD 580 cans. I've been considering getting the Little Dot 2 amp as it's affordable and seems like a very good beginners amp....but then I came across...

well...the 3.5mm plug has become all funky and you have to "wiggle" it to make sound come out of both cans, otherwise it only comes out of one side. I've just gotten by til now by just pulling the cord and wedging it under my computer to keep it sounding right...but obviously this is not a real...

So I have a pair of sennheiser hd205 earphones. They are great for what I paid a few years ago.....but the connector is messed up. You sort of have to jiggle it for sound to come out of both sides......and it's very sensitive. What exactly is needed to repair this?

Since black gate caps are no longer in production, what is the next best choice? I'm looking to replace the power cap on my X-FI platinum