See, now I'm starting to think this is windows 8 related. I was messing around with the artrage 4 demo and some tools make tactile noises and whatnot. I noticed that there was no more hissing at one point. Disconnect and reconnect the headphone, there is the hiss again. I'm thinking of making a...

Yeah, you are right.   I wonder if moving to a slightly higher impedance and slightly less sensitive headphone would give me a hiss free experience...

I'm getting a mild white noise hiss on the MEElectronics A151 when using the Surface Pro notebook/tablet/whaterver. It does not show up when using it on my Galaxy S2.   Now, I'm not saying there is a hiss in music but rather that, from the moment I plug it in, I can hear it. If I leave the...

Quote:   Thank you for the reply Joker, this made me think and research more into what sound signature would fit me better and I decided to play it safe and get something warm/sweet, I managed to get a MEElec A151 for U$30 on Amazon. Should be a good enough intro iem for me :)   Once...

Hi Joker, great thread!!   I was looking at getting a budget iem and you seem to be the best person to ask this, I have pretty much only used my samsung galaxy S2 headphone, as far as iems go.   I tend to listen to rock, folk, acoustic, orchestral soundtracks and a bit of electronic and...

Hi there folks.   Does anyone have experience with the Sen MM500-X as compared to the Audio Technica M50? I got my M50 for about U$130 and I can probably get the MM500-X for about U$230, so if the sound quality is close enough, I'll probably go for it. I'm keen on finding a decent...

Well, I wouldn't go for a bluetooth receiver. I was thinking of a bluetooth headphone alternative as I already have bluetooth in the pc. And it would be usable with my phone as well so that is a nice plus.

Hi there folks. I added a TL;DR section at the bottom for those who don't want the entire story.   I'm new to Head-Fi and I did search but did not find anything that could clear this up.   I used to use a pair of Senheisers HD500 (not sure on the exact model) and they served me well...