Hey guys i'm looking for a replacement for my Hifiman 4XX ( it uses 2x 3.5mm ). Budget: As low as it can be since there's no way it will be any worse cable than the one which came w/ 4XX. Also i do not have Soldering kit, so DIY isn't an option ( soldering kit+extras itself will be more...

Hello guys, i just got the RCA cable and i've noticed terrible noise coming from FiiO E10K line out on the back, when i plugged into phone there's zero noise even on high gain max volume. I tried to plug it into PC Onboard and Monitor and both has the noise but alot less than E10K. I tested few...

Well i was searching for various reviews on amps/dacs and i've found out about the E10K that was quite popular ( first saw it on Zeos's reddit recommendations ), a friend of mine is reselling headphones so i recommended him to get it, he got it and said its really good and recommended it back to...

Oh, got it, but not always the amp is the case, for example on my E10K only 598 has noise/whooshing on high volume when nothing is playing, i guess it's overamping it in some way. While 4XX and iphone IEM is dead silent.

How can you tell when there's hiss/noise coming from the amp/dac and not the source file? I personally never heard anything like that or some big difference between onboard, retro/oldschool mp3 player, 3 low end laptops from ~2k10, 2low end phones ( ~2015-2016 w/ 90$ MSRP ) and E10K. All the...

Atom vs E10K ? Is there any difference in sound quality for avg listener? The E10K cant rly drive the 4XX but i don't listen on high volume most of the time, is it still worth picking Atom? Tbh i could even sell the E10K and go back to onboard audio, the volume is enough for 99% of use and...

Hello everyone, is there some IEM's that sounds very close to HD 650 ( can be slightly worse or better also with similar imaging/soundstage, btw i know that IEM's cant have that big soundstage ). Could you drop some examples? Budget: N/A ( mostly interested from the price/performance ratio...

Well, i took these. Anyway its more for looks, i don't expect any sound change ( even slightest ), but that would be an surprise if it gets better ( i can't even tell difference between amp/dac powered wired and bluetooth from smartphone on BackBeat Pro 2 or in general difference between FiiO...

Hello guys, i was looking on ebay for some cheap DIY cable alternatives, since HE-4XX uses x3 3.5mm jacks, its hard to find premade cables. So here's some parts i found for kinda OK prices: 1) These would connect to cans itself 2) And the main cable ( silver-coated copper wire+ PVC ) P.S. I...

I am looking for one too, max 20euros ( getting it for looks only, since cable doesn't improve quality, unless its really crappy one ). Need european site.

I can barely tell difference between HD 598 and 4XX ( considering i ignore the barely noticeable differences, im not an extreme "audiophile" that would invest 1000$ for 1% better sounding heaphone replacement ), so i bet the 400S is pretty much same sounding. Also i would choose between 4XX...

It's for PC, not smartphone, foobar to be exact, anyway i've installed VST plugin and found some plugins like reverb, i think it does what i wanted, not tube simulation, but atleast "Colors the sound" just need to find proper VST plugins :) Anyway if someone knows some way to emulate tube amp (...

Hello guys, i've heard that you can emulate the sound effects of tube amp using software/plugins since tube amp basically distorts the audio its clearly possible to mimic it with a software. Any suggestions where to find ones? Just wanna check how tube amp would sound like.

Obviously 4XX ( Not saying because i have it, but its also the reason i ordered 4XX instead of 400i considering both are the same price ). To my knowledge 4XX has 400i drivers, the sound difference will be only based on your grill/earpads. Reasons to go for 4XX: 1) Doesn't look like you have...

Talking about these "SaVe Up AnD DoNt WaStE YoUr MoNeY oN cRaP" i mostly agree, but even if rich people would follow this rule i think every second person would use Sennheiser HE-1 aka Orpheus since it simply destroys every 2000-4000$ hi-end headphones. In my case since i got 4XX already ( ex...