Hi all. Hoping some forummers will be able to help - I’m visiting Hong Kong in two weeks and as I understand it, it’s a great city for electronics and, especially, good audio So I’m after some recommendations for places to visit for auditioning IEMs and headphones and also cables and...

I've searched the forums about this and either the search function isn't working properly, or I'm the only one who suffers from this I love the sound of many of the current IEMs with hybrid driver arrays - I think dynamic drivers sound great for bass reproduction and I think it's a fairly...

Hi all. Total DIY newbie here so apologies if I'm not being clear (or indeed if I'm asking something rather stupid) Anyway, some years ago the cable leading into the mmcx connection on my Linum Bax cable broke and I never returned it. Now it's out of warranty and I'm trying to repair it, but...

I have this cable lying around and wanted to sell it - but I have no idea what it actually is. I don't think it's very expensive, but I want to make sure I sell it at a fair price. Any help would be very much appreciated.

Not sure if I’m misunderstanding how USB soundcards work, but let me paint the picture of (a) my setup and (b) what I’m trying to do first. Setup: 2 x Technics 1210; Pioneer DJM-800 mixer; Dell Studio15 laptop; E-MU 0404 USB Now, the Pioneer DJM-800 has an onboard Analogue to Digital...

Pics first, lyrics to follow: Steve (StevieDvd). The modelling lessons are paying off. Foreground: MF X-Ray v3; 'The Raptor'; Headamp GS-1 Background: SP Supra, Resolution Audio Opus 21 iRiver hooked up to a Zhalou; Creek CDP underneath with Benchmark DAC1; Rudistor NX33 and...

I know the Tomahawk has only been out for a few weeks for even the luckiest recipients, but I was wondering if anyone has any opinions on the best batteries to get for the Tomahawk yet? I was looking at some Energizer lithium batteries, would they be okay, and would they provide a...

Time for another UK London meet, folks. For the moment, we'll set the date and venue as Crouch End on the 4th of Feb. If there are any changes, I will highlight them in this post in bold, as well as adding it to the thread. The meet will probably be held at Vic's place, as it usually is...

http://www.rte.ie/arts/2006/1005/beck.html Beck's latest album 'The Information' has been disqualified from the UK charts because his innovative album cover idea will, according to some numpty at the Official Chart Company, give the album an 'unfair advantage.' Now I may be being a bit...

Not for the first time, I've purchased some tubes that have arrived with paper stuck to the outside, it looks a lot like a postage stamp, actually, but it's got 'valve' something or other written on it. Now the fact that it's not the first time I've seen this makes me thinking it's probably...

I recently took delivery of an absolutely stunningly good CD player, so thought I should post a little about it. It's the final piece in a jigsaw puzzle that has taken on epic proportions this year. I started the year with a Headsave Classic amp and a pair of Beyer DT770s and Senn HD-590s...

...there's a used one going for £1,295 here: http://www.hifiwigwam.com/forum5/7982.html I don't have any actual affiliation with that bloke, although I have actually dealt with him once before and he was trustworthy. Hopefully a forum member can snap up a good bargain, they're around...

I've been listening to a lot of my old stuff lately. My observations on this point aren't new to me, but it's brought it back onto my radar in terms of things that I'm thinking about right now. So what do I mean? Well I'm listening to Tool's "10,000 Days" now and thinking about Keenan's...

What causes an amp/radio to pick up the interference that mobile phones/cellphones push out. I know that they seem to 'dial out' every so often to pick up the nearest signal, but only certain items pick up on the interference. For instance, a CRT TV gets lines through it, while an LCD remains...

My Shure E500s have arrived. I've had them on order since May, but it's definitely been worth the wait. A bit of audio history, I started out in this headphone hobby a few years back when another site pointed me towards the Sony EX71s. They were stolen, but I wasn't all that impressed with...

In the last year I've banned myself from going into any sections of forums (Head-Fi included) that are devoted to Digital Audio Players. The reason for this is not because I'm not interested, but because it's almost inevitable that any thread posted will disintegrate into a slanging match...

In the three months that I've owned my DAC1 (second hand, I don't think there's any warranty still on it) I've had to replace the fuse 4 times. Is this normal? I don't like leaving equipment on permanently, so I unplug it every time I'm done with it. It never blows while I'm using it, every...

I'm currently considering some solutions to a multi-source/multi-amp problem. At the moment I have my Benchmark DAC1 and my MF X-Rayv3 CDP feeding into the 'Input 1' and 'Input 2' jacks in my RSA Raptor. Flick a switch and change the source, easy. Well the problem with this is that I have to...

Any Hornet owners out there with a suggestion for a nice, snug fitting pouch for their Hornet? I'm currently using the one supplied, but of course that's made to store it in rather than for the everyday heavy use that I'm currently putting it through. I slip it into my pocket alongside the...

Well, after a couple of successful mini meets and a lot of interest from other people around the London area, Vic and I decided on Sunday to set a date and place for a London meet. All are welcome, it's not a London meet for Londoners only, obviously. Vic has kindly offered up his place in...

I bought one of the new iPod line-out cables from Qables.com, arrived on Monday and I've been using it since then. I have to say, it's a great improvement over the PocketDock/homebrew techflex/neutrik I was using before. I'm not really a massive cable believer. By that, I mean that I'm sure...

I've already searched for tube* damage and my question isn't answered, so I'm hoping this is a simple enough question to answer. My question is, when it comes to trying out different tubes on amps, can you try just about anything so long as the pins fit correctly, or can you actually damage...

I'm hugely pleased to have recently taken delivery of my Emmeline II "The Raptor" and I have to say, it's absolutely brilliant. I'll write some brief impressions. Well impressions on this amp are excellent. My past headphone amp expriences are the regular things like Cmoys, plus I've owned...

One of the fuses in my DAC1 has blown and I'm trying to locate somewhere to buy a new one. The problem is that it's an odd type that's not readily available here in the UK, it requires a 5x20mm 0.25 Amp 250V 'Slo-Blo' fuse, whatever that means. Does anyone have any idea where I can acquire...

I'd like to check these two makes out as usually one leads to recommendations of the other, so I was wondering if there were any London/Greater London area based Head-Fiers with a Raptor/HR-2/PPX/MPX that I might be able to audition, please?