One time I was cleaning the jacks on my ibasso dx100 with the electronic cleaning spray, the player got pretty cold. I want to ask, is there any adverse effect on the player?

Can those of you who have heard or own (even better) Hifiman HE500 and Alpha Dog compare them in terms of sound? They are now priced exactly the same and I have always wanted to own a pair of HE500. Alpha Dog has no leakage and good isolation right? Is HE500 too heavy or is it still bareable? Do...

most of us have better gears than the average person whos not into audio at all. however, how good are our ears? how fast do you think you can tell the difference in sound quality between a 10 dollars earbud and a good 300-500 dollars headphone if you are being blind tested? and we usually tend...

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what e cig do you smoke? have you tried other brands? whats your favorite brand and flavor? im currently smoking the v2 cigs and using the ex blanks to do my own refills. my flavor is coffee. i picked the 1.2mg nicotine one but they shipped me the 0.6mg one, oh well... i would say its pretty...

i dont know which forum to put this, so you guys are welcome to move this thread if you deem necessary. i just want to ask, if you have dust inside your headphone jack, does it do anything to the audio quality or the durability of the equipments, does it have any negative effect at all?

is it me or do laptop internal speakers sound harsh? 

any suggestion, anyone? price is unset for now but probably wont be too high, the turntable does not have to provide crazy good sound though it must have the ability to rip vinyls to lossless digital files because i will be doing my listening from my dap mostly. im eyeing the audio technica...

i was looking up this band called bitter:sweet and i was thinking of purchasing a CD of the mating game album. the CD costs about ~50 bucks used and is selling on amazon new for ~500 bucks... What?  anyone knows why?

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what is your favorite mass effect female character? if shes in mass effect 3 and not in previous episodes, please leave your answer in the warning spoiler alert. i dont want to see it, it will ruin the game for me since im only on the second one. mine is ashley/miranda, then tali and then...

is apple lossless real lossless? i have been using apple lossless for quite some time, my music is usually in apple lossless. i always thought apple lossless is like flac but for apple devices. however, recently theres a guy in youtube claiming that apple lossless is not real lossless... his...

im using my friends dared mp5 tube amp, audio files are lossless, source is my ibasso dx100, line out cable is a 10 bucks 3.5 to rca cable from radioshack, headphone is beyerdynamic dt990 pro 250ohm. i keep on hearing this buzzing noise, is it supposed to be there because its a tube amp? i...

i know a lot of headfiers are also interested in photography and cameras. i personally am not a big fan of photography though my dad is. he saw a leica m3 in an antique shop and he said its in working condition, the shop priced it at 500 bucks and would be willing to throw in an extra lense...

I was interested in finding out the power of illusion. For the test, I had my Beyer dt990 and a pair of earbuds that came with the radio. Its old and sound quality is crap. So to make the dt990 sound as unclear as possible, I eq the dt990's treble all the way down and turn the volume to very...

hi, my friend recently lent me this dared mp5 tube amp and i want to try it with my ipod, how do i connect it with my ipod? i tried to connect it the usb way and it didnt work... my ipod is the current ipod classic, thank you.

So my friend is currently using a crappy 2 dollars iems and he wants an upgrade. His source is a crappy phone. He said his iem budget is about $50. I told him I'm willing to sell my 1 year old etymotic research hf5 for $50 and will let him listen before he makes a decision. Its in perfect...

I have read that the fostex hp-p1's amp cannot drive high end cans that well but is the amp still better than the much cheaper fiio e17?

will this work with my ipod classic 160gb? can i use my fiio L9 cable on this? will it bypass my ipod internal dac as well as internal amp?

Beyerdynamic dt990 has become my main home phone for a while and people have said its harsh on the treble but I didn't have problem with it. However, recently I get ear fatigue very often. Today while listening to music (iTunes calls it jazz, I just call it female vocals) for half an hour on low...

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so what exactly is "cymbal"?

Currently my portable rig is iPod Classic 160GB 7th Gen> (through FiiO L9 as LOD) FiiO E17 Alpen> Sony MDR-Z1000. I thought I would be using the Wolfson DAC in my E17 if I use a line out but no, the E17 is only a USB DAC so I am still using the Cirrus Logic built in soundcard. I bought the iPod...

i dont blast my music but i have this "ear popping" sound on my left ear (only) sometimes when i use my iem (etymotic research hf 5) and i never had it with headphones but now today i just have it when im using my beyerdynamic dt990, why is that? despite not having audiophile ears, im a young...

i plug my e17 to my comp via usb and i can only use it for listening to things on internet, when i play music through itunes, the sound comes out of the laptop built in speakers, anything i can do to make the e17 my default playback device for itunes?