Highly Recommended... folk music, but also for any music lover out there. It's her latest Triple LP (yup, I said triple). Amazing the emotions she can strike with the melody of her music, and her voice (a pure, untrained voice that matches her style perfectly). If you want to...

Hello all, I was wondering if anyone could help explain some of the benefits I would get from upgrading my current USB-DAC (AMB Gamma-1) to something like a Pico DAC. My dream set-up would include a Woo Audio 6 amplifier, so I was wondering if upgrading would give me a significant increase in...

Item Audio: KingRex UD-01 USB DAC Does anyone have more info about this USB DAC? I've searched the forums and haven't really found much about it... I was just wondering if there was anyone who had it that could post a review. Wow, I'm silly, the search function just wasn't working for...

Hey there, I'm trying to convert my growing collection of FLAC to ALAC, but I'm having trouble using dbpoweramp. I'm not sure if I'm using it right... because the bit rate I'm getting is around 1000kbps.. and its variable.. it also says that the files are around 30% compressed. That doesn't seem...

I've decided on getting the ATH-ESW9, but I'm trying to find the best place to do that. Has anyone used or heard of smartimports.net? It has a great price, just want to make sure it's a good place to order from. Also.. are there any North American retailers for this yet? I can't seem to...

I e-mailed Sennheiser to ask them if they were developing/releasing a new headphone. 3-5 days later I got this response. Thank you for your interest! Yes, their is a new model The HD800 coming next year... They planning early next year. I wil keep you inform since I have a few who...

Hey, I'd like to know which headphone would suit me best for around the 300$ mark. I can move up a little bit, but would prefer not to My source would be from my laptop, and ipod (50/50). Future amp (w/ DAC) is the Pico. My musical preferences are: 40% rock (alternative, pop, ... so...

Hey, obviously head-fi is a great place to buy/sell/trade, but can you guys help me out in finding some other good forums or websites to get some used (cheaper) gear? Thanks

I found a retailer selling the westone UM2 for 250 CAD.. should I be skeptical of this? It seems too good to be true given the prices online. Also, are the UM2s as comfortable as the SE530s? I was really looking to buy shure's top-line product until I found this really good price. Thanks

Hi, I'm relatively new to the headphones game.. but over the summer I've been using Denon-351s and they fulfilled my needs beautifully. (tried to get the D700s but ebay screwed me over So I came into the possession of 200$ cash in a giveaway at a bar (SWEET) and decided to buy the UE triple...

I'm a newbie to having good headpones, and I decided to go with the Denon C700's for 105$ (inc shipping) which I thought was a decent price. I'm new to all this stuff, but can anyone help me with what I should do to ensure optimum performance? I read about a burn-in time and that different...