I'm looking to get back into learning bass guitar, and since I work long hours in a computer ops center with lots of free time, thinking about practicing at work on weekends and noghts.  But, headphone amps for bass and guitar are almost universally cheap POS.     Is there a CMOY or other...

So, for those of us who won't / can't leave the Apple ecosystem, any recommendations on :   Lightning based headphones Lightning compatible DACs/Headphone amps (portable) Bluetooth headphones   Haven't seen yet if the iPhone 7 will support AptX, I dearly hope so if I can't plug in anymore...

Has anyone looked at The Billie Amp on Kickstarter?  Any thoughts?  Good looks, definitely.  Tube preamp, solid state amplifier, 125 watts.  Inputs include turntable, RCA, optical and AptX Bluetooth.   I asked what DAC they were using and got this response:   (apologize if there's already...

Ok, I searched and all of the threads I found were pretty old, so don't bite if I missed one.   I want to set up Apple TVs in all my rooms, both with and without TVs so I can share audio everywhere.  Apple TV only has HDMI and optical out, so I need to be able to convert to analog for some...

Ok, as some of you may know from other posts, I'm looking for lower-priced monitoring headphones for my son for music school. I say lower-priced because between the headphones and the Marshall stack, he'd rather have the stack, so most of his birthday/Christmas money is going toward that. As...

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I have a Vizio TV that I use for TV (Tivo), TV Computer and BluRay.  For ease of use for the SO, I run everything to the TV via HDMI, so she only has to use one remote to switch inputs, volume, etc.  There's an optical out from the TV to the receiver.  Just out of curiosity I put a new CD in the...

Ok, before I dive head long and wallet first into this hobby ...   I just got the new Clapton CD (havn't even listened to the whole thing yet.)  I ripped it twice - once at my usual 320kpbs CBR MP3, and again with Apple Lossless.  I then tried to A/B/A several songs.  I'm not sure I can hear...

So, what's your favorite test disc - the music you know every note of, and know exactly what it sounds like so you can judge a new speaker or pair of headphones instantly?     The first song has a rich, bassy opening that showcases Bobby's voice - great for testing background hum/noise...

I'm curious about tube amps, and I want to get a small headphone tube amp like a Bravo or a Yaqin or Little Dot (or something.)  However, I work in a closed environment - I can't bring in an MP3 player, but I can bring in a CD player as long as it doesn't record anything.    Does anyone have...

I have a problem. When I go to the gym, I use an Atchos 504 to watch movies or listen to music. Unfortunately, it has the lowest volume of any PMP I've ever used in my life. The only in-ear phones I've used with them that didn't require full volume all the time was a crappy stereo cell-phone...