So I have a nice pair of Westone UM2. And a pretty good Headphonia amp (my first one, sounds great, but there is some hiss with UM2). So I need a DAP with 8GB or more space. The main concern is sound quality. My choices so far: 1) Trekstor vibez 12Gb. 250$ (Is told to be among the best on...

I have a weak source (RIO nitrus) and I'd like to know if im716 will suit me. I want to replace er6i with them. I listen at 65% volume (16-19) to my UM2. at 80%(21-24) to my ER6i, when I had ER6 I had to turn it up to 90-100% (26-30). How would you compare the sensitivity and ability to...

So basically I got my UM2 three months ago. They are a suburb sounding IEM. I prefer them much more to the ER6i when listening to rock and pop music. At first I didn't get the highs with the UM2. I used the comply tips. Then I cut off the excessive foam from the top of the long tips, because...

One more boring advice thread. If anyone wish to help I would be glad. Basicly I need a durable superior-sounding IEM for on the go (noisy subways, etc) for my Rio Nitrus (ampless). Under 300$. I listen to all styles of music, mostly Indie. Pricing in my place: 1. Shure E4c - 230$ 2...

Hello everyone! Yesterday I was listening to some quiete classical exerpt on my favorite STAX 3030 combo. The volume was set on 6 (of 10). But suddenly my pc hang and extremely loud sound shocked me . Not only I was scared for my ears, but also for my poor Staxes. As I guess it was the maximum...

Hello! I've got my Stax Classic system a week ago and I absolutely love it I have never thought that my music collection can sound this way. It is an absolutely fresh and wonderful experience. But I noticed, that my amazement from Stax headphones differs from track to track. On some I am...

I bought ESI Juli@ for 140$ yesterday to use with my Stax Classic system. Previously I had an old Vortex2 soundcard. Though it is not night and day difference(like going from Grado SR60 to Stax) but I like how Juli@ sounds. More details, more highs. The only thing I didn't like is a little bit...

I'm planning to upgrade my ugly Vortex soundcard. So I decided to get either soundcard for 100-150$ or a Cambridge Audio DACMAGIC3 (one man offers it for 150$,but I think i'll haggle to 100$) One person on head-fi told me he liked soundcard in this price range much more then Cambridge's DAC...

I have the following choices here in Russia: 1) Buy a decent soundcard, like: a. EMU 0404 (130$) b. ESI Juli@ (155$) c. Audiophille 192(165$) d. Revo 5.1 (80$) .... etc 2) Buy an external soundcard like Auditrak Maya 44 USB(125$) MAudio Audiophile USB(185$) 3) Buy a used reciever like...

Hello Everyone! As the Stax SRM313 amp (given to me by one kind man) is lying on my table awaiting for Stax SR303 phones to be delivered from Japan (thanks to EIFL for good price), I started to wonder, wether it is safe to listen to Electrostats. Not only 500V on the head is confusing me, but...

Hi All! This is my first post at head-fi. Sorry to bother, but i've done some search here and still didn't get an answer to my question. I have a Turtle Beach Montego soundcard and it sounds really good with my Grado SR-60(32Ohm) connected to lineout. I think of imroving the sound by adding...