Hi everyone!   I'd really like to try out a tube amp - just to get a feel for it. I dont want to spend loads of money. I cant seem to find new forums on "affordable" tube amps. I'm looking at the LD 1+... but it has been on the market for quite some time. Any other recommendations? I'll...

Hi Folks   I recently bought The National from ALO.   I have found it to be a great, powerful portable amp at a very good price ($300)... but the forum seems to be rather quite regarding this nifty amp.    Would any other owners (or anyone who heard it) care to share experiences?

Hi there!   I want to order some hifiman headphones but I'm stuck between the 400 and 500.   With the 400 i want to upgrade the cables ... but after that upgrade cost I'm pretty much at the price of the HE-500...   Should i go for the HE-500 with stock cables?   Is the He-500 far...

Hi everyone!   I live in South Africa and cant buy any Hifiman products locally - so i will have to buy online.   Can the community please recommended online stores with good service and track-records?   Maybe a better question would be: any stores i should AVOID?   Thank you!

With all the revisions and "recalls"/Changes recently of the Hifiman 400 - is it a good time to buy or should we wait for the dust to settle?   I'm in South Africa, and its really a big deal to send them back if I encounter any issues.   Is the current version (REV3 if memory serves)...

I buy quite a bit of music on itunes but its at 256kbps... is it really THAT bad? Does it make a large difference if i buy the HD tracks?   It sounds good to me!   Any comments would be great.

Hi everyone!   I'm looking for a portable dac and I cant decide which to go with. Can anyone comment on which is better: Ibasso D-zero or the Objective DAC (JDS Labs)?   I dont need any amp-functionality - merely a portable dac. The D-zero has a line-out, so i can bypass the amp.  ...

Just walking around RMAF in my head and wondering whats that one song I'd play if I got handed the stax headphones! Whats your go-to song for demos?

Hello everyone!    Hope someone can give me some sound advice...    I currently listen to AT M50s powered by an ALO "The National" AMP from a Macbook Air via the headphone jack using Fiio cables.   I have some money that i want to spend on upgrading the system... but I'm stuck in the...