Don't forget I said intro's - immediately distinguishable once the vocals kick in, but a lot of the rambling start of tracks have the same 'feel'. I'm not a Zep fan and never have been some great sons but the rest just left me cold. I downloaded the whole discog and decided to give them...

Thanks peeps - I've ended up getting the Fiio M7 purely for the battery life. The others don't appear to achieve the advertised life in the real world and would leave me re-charging pretty much every day to be on the safe side, whereas the Fiio would probably do 2 days except in exceptional...

Uriah Heap - never really heard them before except in their 80's guise - very Deep Purple though Deep Purple - one of my fave purple albums Janis - wonder what would have happened had she lived - we will never know. However Beth Hart is just as good IMHO Rory Gallagher - very underrated legend...

I much prefer their earlier stuff upto and including Farewell to Kings. When ripping CD's to FLAC recently I started noticing how massively similar Led Zep/Rush and Budgie were. I played multiple track intro's to my son and they were stylistically indistinguishable - quite amazing.

what are the actual max's in your experience from the Hiby. so is that using 'wifi'? I would be doing no wifi, no bluetooth, virtually no interactions due to playing ALL on shuffle. so would I get a lot more?

a full work day with commute is 10-11hrs on a good day, 12-13ish normal - so most of these devices just do not cut it. I have come across the Fiio M7 which roles in at 20 hrs, its basic which is what I want, I have no need for balanced output, WiFi, Tidal Apps etc. It would appear there is...

Checked the Hiby out and I like it on paper, but cant get a real life battery figure apart from 6-8hrs of a pre production version, which is probably higher with a full blown production. Are the battery life issues with all but the Sony purely down to running Android/Linux, or is there some...

I listen to mainly rock and blues. So the main instruments being bass, guitar and drums. I started off listening to black rebel motorcycle whole music is very complex grungy and layered, I just found the hd25s were swamped, there were 4 clear layers of guitars going on and I couldn't pick them...

I would prefer Bluetooth for the car and travel speaker, but I will look at your suggestion Edit : crikey, they are well out of my price range. I can't justify that given all portable devices are compromised by background noise - traffic, trains, cars, talking, tannoy announcements, phones...

Yeh nw45 it's on the list just not sure how big an improvement it would be over th nw15, the advantage of the sonys is the ability to audition, most of the others I would be buying blind (or is that buying deaf) Also looking at the nwzx100 more expensive but good deals available.

I'd describe the HD 25s as warmer, but in the sence that everything is tightly packed. The bass isn't hugely more prominent, it just sound more like a bass guitar rather than a bass noise. Like I said in the same way the hd25s didn't have more treble, just sounded more realistic. I have to...

A few years ago, I made a massive leap away from vinyl to complete sonos multiroom. I have 3 play 5s, play 3 and a play1, and the connect as a front end source to a traditional amp and speakers. Principle reason was I wasn't listening to my turntable. I went headlong I to convenience. So I...

Wishbone Ash - first 3, Wishbone Ash, Pilgrimage and of course the daddy of them all - Argus Pink Floyd - The Wall, or Wish You Were Here. AC/DC - all, but special mention to Powerage overlooked masterpiece. Not heard a mention for these guys. Also have a guilty pleasure of Bat Out of...

I've done a test over several hrs and by a long way the momentums are better than the HD25-1-ii's I was thinking of writing a full review but don't have the time at the moment. In summary HD25's - better trebles - real 'zing' on tambourines, rim hits on drums and cymbals compared with the...

Maybe its time to revisit, its been a while. from memory I found the HD25 to be a bit bass light, with the bose being ever so slightly better, but the Momentums better still...….never done a 3 way, so maybe a session for the next few days to re-assess. Wifeys been using the HD25's for a while...