I have been building my headphone system. I had to start with closed-back phones b/c my wife and I both work from home out of the same office. I have ZMF Vibros. They are fantastic! They have hooked me on a midrange that almost brings you to tears when Norah sings! (not to mention, Keb Mo, Joe...

I am getting a multibit Bifrost. I have a Wyred4Sound Recovery (one of the upgraded models that works with the Bifrost). I was going to go USB out of my Macbook Pro into the Recovery, into the Bifrost. But then I read that the USB input on the Bifrost isn't as good as the optical or coax. I can...

I have Vibro-tuned Blackwoods from Zach at ZMF and a Taboo MKIII from Steve at Decware. (Both fantastic pieces of gear and even better guys to work with) Now I'm ready for comparable DAC. I'm going to go with used to keep the cost down. I'm trying to keep the price below $600. I'm setting it...

I am on the hunt for a new tube amp since I got ZMF phones. They are 32ohm. I have a Little Dot MKIII. It does not have enough power to drive them as loud as I want. (100mW into 32ohm).  My Schiit Magni 2 does a great job. It is 1.2mW into 32ohm. In my search for a new tube amp that can drive my...

I bought a pair of ZMF Vibro-tuned Blackwoods. LOVE THEM!!! Zach is fantastic to work with the sound of these is amazing!   I already had a Little Dot MKIII. I like the sound, but it doesn't have enough power to drive the ZMF's. It is rated at 100mW at 32ohm. I have a Schitt Magni 2 Uber. It...

I downloaded Onkyo HF free version to try out. I like a lot of things about it, but one thing I miss (from players such as Winamp) is the ability to play (on shuffle) all songs from a genre. That's what I like to do. Basically, gives me a 'radio station' of my music. Is there a high-quality...

Just got my Massdrop AKG K7XX's today, and it looks like they may not pass the 'working in the same room as my wife' test. (I've never had open back headphones, or any decent pair for that matter, so I didn't know how much 'sound leakage' to expect.) So, I'm already researching closed...

I read some good stuff about the Fournier HTA-1 hybrid tube amp (and follow-up HTA-2). But, I looked on Ebay, and can't find any. Does anyone know if the company is still in business?   Thanks

I was looking to add an amp/dac, and pretty much settled on the Oppo. I have an Oppo Bluray player. Love it. I was going to use my Macbook Pro (with Audirvana Plus) and Android phone (with either jetAudio or Onkyo HF Player) as the source. Then, I wondered about a DAP instead. A little more...

I'm just starting to shop around for my first USB DAC/Amp. As you can imagine, tons of questions, but one that seems primary - How important is the difference between 24bit/96kHz capability vs. 24bit/192kHz capability? I'm assuming that a unit with the higher rate is not going to be...