Hi, I want to renew the old mini stereo from a house I rent by days for tourists and I thought thst just providing usb speakers for the guests' cellphones would be a better idea. My problem is that most things I find feel a little gimmicky or designed for a different purpose (portability), so I...

Hi, I'm looking for headphones under 100€ for portable use, I've found a few offers and can't really decide what to choose:   Superlux HD-668 B for 29€                     (46,30 % discount) Audio-Technica ATH-M40X for 92€           (28,68 % discount) Sony MDR-7506 for 98€                    ...

Reading about the different sound signatures headphones have, with all the personal preference involved in that, just remembered that when I listen to music (or anything for that matter) on my desktop, which uses the Realtek HD Audio Manager, I find that there is one equalization preset...

Lately i have retaken my old intention of buying a pair of Beyerdynamic DT150, and since most people seem to agree that they need a dac/amp, a doubt popped in my mind:       What are the advantages/tradeoffs/point of buying a cheaper pair of 600ohm headphones for 150 bucks and having to...

I was wondering if there is any model of headphones or some other hardware setup that are perfect all-rounders. What I mean with this is that they have an amazing performance in movies, games and all kinds of music, from accoustic types (classical, jazz, cuban, etc) to more bass-heavy genres...

Hi guys, I've been looking for some time and I just can't find any concluding info about this.   The Creative customer service sells spares, but they charge 20€, and I don't want to pay a third of the whole headphones' price (60€) just for the earpads.       Does anyone know of any other...

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Hi, i'm having a weird problem with my old Creative Aurvana Live.   I have them plugged to my motherboard's back pannel (its an Asus P8Z68-V PRO) and i noticed that the headphones would not only output the normal sounds (music etc) but also noises made when some action was made in the...

* I have read the other old thread on this topic and does not have the answers i need and i have also read the Denon 1001 recabling thread.       Well, just 10 days after my 1year Creative guarantee expired the right speaker on my CALs has suddenly stopped sounding (no punishment, just...

Hi there, i got my CAL!s a few months ago and i have to say im happy with them (good sound quality) but a bit underwhelmed, i guess mainly because i have them plugged into my onboard motherboard's integrated soundcard (100€ asus p5q-se deluxe).   I was thinking about making the next...

Hi there.   I'm testint DH with the foobar plugin and i like what it does to instrumental music, but i just find that it comes at the cost of isolating the voices and decreasing their volume a lot in comparison with the instruments, to the point that sometimes its actually hard to undestand...

I'm actually surprised there was no dedicated thread on this yet.   I'm quite interested in how will these 2 compare since the Xense seems to bring an audio quality close to the Essence but in a more gaming-oriented fashion.   So... has anybody tested both?

Hi there   Last month i bought my first decent headphones and I settled to go for the soundcard next. I was thinking about getting the Asus Essence STX. I have a few questions about that:   1) Would that be overkill for a pair of Creative Aurvana Live or is it just fine? (i mean, would...

Hi again head-fi.   I got a pair of Creative Aurvana Live some weeks ago. i wanted them to be my all-purpose headphones with a good performance in music and movies but with a main goal in gaming with immersion while still having a good audio positioning.     The sound clarity and the...

Hi all, i have just got a pair of Creative Aurvana Live wich i will be plugging on my onboard audio for now.   Is there anything i should do before giving them their normal use?

This may sound heretic in an audiophile forum, but i think it can be helpful for the new people here, and the other threads on this subject are extremely short.     So what are the best headphones (for the price) to use directly plugged in the motherboard's onboard audio system? (In my...

Hi, after months of reading the headphone forums, i have been convinced to get the Beyerdynamic DT150 headphones as they fit my immersive+online play gaming tastes.     I have found them for around 120€+shipping, but i know that they have an impedance of 250ohms and that i'll need...

I just can't decide. You guys brought me into this pain, now you have to help me out   First thing to say, my main interest here (i didn't want to put it in the thread tittle fearing nobody would come in) is PC gaming.   I have read loads of opinions about the Beyerdynamic DT770 in the...

I was just wondering how do the different parts of an "audiophile" sound set (soundcard, amplifier and headphones) interact with the PC power supply. In other words, how much "power-hungry" are them.   Having a mid-end pc (ati hd4870 videocard and a intel E7300 cpu) already eating up most of...

Hi, i see there is a tendence in the newcomers of these forums of pointing out what their budget is (ie 500 usd) so they get a recomendation about the whole set of components they need to fith that price, for instance an average headphones, an average amplifier and an average sound card.  ...

Hi, i found these forums some months ago looking for some good headphones for gaming, music, movies, etc.   It seems that there is some general consensus about the Betterdynamic DT770 pro and DT880 being the all-round best headphones (i leave the AD700 out of the list because i like bass)...