I always hear people describe how TOTL headphones can be ruthlessly revealing because they’re so detailed they’ll reveal all the flaws (like clips and pops) in a recording. But are there other factors that affect this as well? I ask because I recently owned a ZMF Verite Open, and WOW I heard...

With the news of Apple Lossless announcing today and Amazon Music HD’s price drop last week, there’s a lot of good competition going around! What confuses me is, both AMHD and Tidal advertise the same 16-bit/44.1 kHz, but Tidal advertises their quality as 1411 kbps and AMHD advertises their...

Edit: I was able to find the answer! See my post a couple comments down for some information if you're interested :) Hello, I'm a little confused trying to distinguish between all the different cables out there on the market. I know Fiio has their own cable that can actually transfer audio...

Hello, There's been a product that I've been wanting to write a review on for a long, long time now. I've had my thoughts and opinions formulated for many months. However as a newbie to the hobby, I don't know a thing when it comes to audio terminology, audio science, etc. If I were to write...

Hello, I bought my little brother an SMSL SP200 a while ago as a gift. I recently found out that whenever our mom cleans his room she unplugs his amp. He said that every time she unplugs it or re-plugs it back in, she wiggles the head of the power cord a lot instead of simply pulling/pressing...

Hello, I'm not going to list specific components here as I respect each company and am sure it was a fluke, but I'm kinda freaking out right now. My DAC just started emitting a very strong smoking/burning smell and was also making weird crinkling/sparkling noises. I had it connected to my...

Hello! I know there are certain aspects of headphones that are more subjective and preference based, as opposed to technical, that don’t necessarily scale up with price. Like tonality and sound signature. In certain circumstances, can instrument separation and detail retrieval be one of these...

I hope this is just a really obvious thing I don't know about. To be brief, I just received a new pair of Focal Clear, and began burning them in with the same pink noise file I use on all my headphones. At even moderately high volumes though, the pink noise sounds really messed up. It sounds...

I know the general guidelines for burning in a headphone are to play the file at slightly above normal listening volumes. However, if my current amp is on the weaker side, and can only achieve said volumes with accompanying distortion, could that be bad for the headphone? Or in other words...

Hello! I just got my Focal Elegia hooked up balanced to my iFi Zen DAC. At normal volumes, everything sounds fine! But when I turn the volume knob down to low volumes, sound only comes out from the right side. I know it’s not just my ears, because if I switch the headphones around, then...

Can you take any set of headphones, attach a balanced cable to them and plug into a balanced amp, and make the headphones balanced? Or is it more complicated than that (can only certain headphones be balanced)? For example, I just bought the Focal Elegia and the iFi Zen DAC as my first...

Hello, After wanting to venture into the world of better sound for gaming and doing a little bit of research, I decided to ditch my crappy Turtle Beaches and get myself an AKG K553 to use for my gaming. However, I honestly don't know too much regarding audio and hardware, so I'd love some...