Hello, I'm looking into buying earphones (in ear) to use with my smartphone. I've noticed there are different materials for the driver housings - some are plastic, some are metal etc. Is there a noticeable sound difference?   which type would suit me the best, if what I want is: -No heavy...

Hello, Got a weird problem with my brother's earphones.   The jack has some round scratches due to heavy use and sometimes the left earpiece just stops working with his smartphone, no matter how much you try to move it and correct it.   On some devices the left side won't work, including...

Hello,   I need help deciding between a Xonar DG sound card and the Sabre USB DAC, will be used only on my PC.   I should also say that I don't need any surround or multi-channel audio support, as I'm not playing any games nor watching any movies on my PC. 

Hello everyone,    I want to improve my sound quality from my PC, need help deciding between a Xonar DG sound card and the Sabre USB DAC.   The Xonar DG also has an amp, but how much would my ATH-M50 benefit from an amp, since they're easy to drive anyway?   The Sabre DAC is famous for...

Hey all, I got myself awesome new M50s not long ago, and I'm using them a lot with my laptop which has a slight hissing from the earphones plug. My question is - is it possible that constant hissing will damage my headphones, it's not too loud and doesn't really disturb me?

Hello everyone, I'm probably going to buy the M50s tomorrow morning, and need some urgent answers beforehand:   -Any reason I should wait for the M50x? I don't mind the detachable cable, going to get the coiled version.    -I'm listening to different genres (such as pop, rock, jazz...

Hello, I'm about to buy the ATH-M50, and decided to buy a USB DAC or a sound card as well since my on-board audio is probably not going to do my new headphones any justice. Could anyone recommend me a USB DAC for under 70$? Is such thing possible? If not, I might be getting for now a Xonar DG...

Hello,  I'm about to buy the ATH-M50, and I plan on using them with my Galaxy Note 2 when I'm on-the-go.  Do I need an amp, or will the smartphone be enough to power them sufficiently?

Hello everyone, it's my first post here. Recently I felt like moving a step towards... higher level of audio quality, if you will. At the moment I have the SteelSeries Siberia V2 (http://www.head-fi.org/products/steelseries-51100-siberia-v2-headset-white) for when I'm on my PC (Which are...