Hi everyone, Lachlan here. As you hopefully know, I do product reviews. Many of the products I have reviewed on my channel have been provided by manufacturers as review units.     Right now I want to make the following argument based on my experience so far as an audio reviewer, and...

My friend was looking for a new pair of headphones when he tipped me off about this announcement:   http://presscentre.sony.eu//content/detail.aspx?ReleaseID=9602&NewsAreaID=2   Particularly interesting is the new MDR-ZX750       Product page:  ...

I was reading about AAC on Wikipedia and I found this intriguing line:     Now I've found a examples of people who have managed to pass ABX tests using 128k AAC files floating around online, but I made a fun video with my friends to do some ABX testing of 128k AAC files.     Obviously...

This is a thread on Head-Fi for this newfangled 3D printing thing. Inspired by the recent release of the Mr Speakers Alpha Dogs, I recently went out and bought a 3D printer! My home is that this thread will be a general thread for all the budding makers and tinkerers on Head Fi to post about...

This review is a comparison of three quad balanced armature in-ears: the Sony XBA-40, the Westone W4R and the Logitech UE 900. It is somewhat rambly and ranty and contains a lot of writing that is not even about these earphones at all. This is almost an essay that was provoked by writing this...

Westone Adventure Series ADV Alpha Review - A Thing That Goes Thump in the Night   This is a review of the new Westone ADV Alpha's. I was tremendously curious about the ADV's when I first read the press release, given Westone's pedigree and this being their first foray into dynamic drivers...

[REVIEW/COMPARISON] AUDIO TECHNICA ATH-AD900X vs ATH-AD1000X vs SONY MDR-MA900 - It's [still] over 900!!!!   AD1000X Impressions added 12 May 2013. Check the bottom of this post! AD700X Review Video - Click here to go to post   INTRODUCTION     I love open headphones, although I...

Closed Portable Circumaural Shooting Gallery – Audio Technica ATH-M50, Sony MDR-Z1000, AiAiAi TMA-1 Studio, Sennheiser Momentum, Logitech UE6000, Sony MDR-1R   Over the years I’ve been on a bit of a quest to find a good closed circumaural headphone for portable use. I’ve realised that I own...

  XBA-4 Review vs Sony MDR-EX1000: Two Flagships Pass in the Night   April 2013 EDIT: Updated with notes on the 7550 and XBA-40! See post #3   Introduction: It’s A Sony!   This review is a rather lengthy comparison of two Sony flagship in-ear monitors: the MDR-EX1000 vs the XBA-4...

Hi guys, I have a bit of a mystery that I am hoping someone with a bit more electronics know how can solve for me.   I have a HRT Music Streamer II+ with its RCA outs split, so that one pair of L/R RCA's goes to a pair of active desktop monitors and another pair of RCA's goes to my O2...

Out of curiosity, since these have been out for just about enough time, I'm wondering if anyone has seen, heard or bought the Altec Lansing MuzX Ultra. They're a relatively recent release.   http://www.alteclansing.com/ae/us/headphones/muzx+reg-ultra-mzx606/invt/mzx606/   There's a few...

  Etymotic MC3 – Going In Deep     Manufacturers Specifications:   Type                                                                              8-mm dynamic driver Frequency Response                                                       20Hz ~ 15,0000Hz Sensitivity      ...

Hi guys!   Long story short, out of curiosity I took a bit of a risk today and decided to see what was behind the rubber silicone in the HiFiMan RE252s. Specifically, I wanted to find out if the rubber enclosed another enclosure, whether the 252 was actually ported, etc   Now before you...

Hi guys! I've been looking for a new music DAP, after occupying all 16gb of my Sony S. I've been torn between players like the S9 and the upcoming Sony A (February 8 in Australia!) but found them all lacking in some regard or another... My main requirements are that the player can play...

For fun, I took apart an old Sony A806 I had, since it had actual screws. Behold: The DAC here appears to be a Cirrus Logic 42l51C, which the datasheet I read from Alldatasheet.com says is apparently both a 96kHz 24Bit oversampling DAC, and a headphone amp. (I thought it would actually be...

Hi guys! This is probably going to be an obscure topic and a very long opening post, but I was interested in what you guys would make of this. I recently bought the Akira Blu-Ray, which among other things comes with a huge booklet with articles explaining how the musical director of the...

Hi guys! I recently bought a Sony S739 player because I wasn't particularly happy with the bass reproduction on my iPhone 3G (and the S739 sounds decidedly cleaner and punchier). However, one thing I noticed on the unit was that the screen was aligned ever so slightly crookedly. When I...

Hi! I'm a new member, and I've really been interested in getting a new pair of headphones ever since one of my uncles let me try listening to his pair of very high end Shure canalphones (they may have been SE530's but I'm not too sure.) After reading reviews and doing some research, I'm...