The Talos are an awesome planar magnetic at an affordable price. The first reviews are saying that the Talos are better than all of its competitors in the closed headphone space: Better than the Oppo PM-3, MrSpeakers Alpha Dogs, the NAD Viso HP50. Personally speaking, I preferred them...

Hello, Head-Fi Sound Science! I'm looking for critique on my current view on distortion.   Introduction I've been looking recently into the audibility of nonlinearities. As established by studies by both ALMA International [0] and Geddes [1], we know that traditional forms of measuring...

I've been recently thinking about the nature of headphone modding and how to properly attack it from a sound science perspective, rather than trial and error. I'm not an extremely experienced headphone modder, nor am I an audio engineer, but I'm looking for criticism of my headphone modding...

  Overview: Monoprice 8323 (~$28): The 8323 is a rebrand of the Kicker HP541 headphone, which typically retailed at $50. It latched on as a force in the budget market. They have unusual traits which are not typically seen in low-end headphones, such as a removable cable. They are bass heavy...

Hey Head-Fi!   I've been seeing this myth floating around a lot and I feel like I'm constantly correcting posts about how hard it is to drive a headphone on this. The worst part is that new users read this generalization and then start telling other people that impedance is how hard it is to...

Hello, Head-Fi Sound Science forum. I've been doing a lot of research on amplifiers and damping factor and this question has very much bugged me. I'm wondering if you guys think my logic is solid.    Allow me to say first off that there is no room to doubt that low impedance...

I've been thinking about the possibility of using the Fiio D5, HM101, or Behringer UCA202's line out to a Fiio E6 as part of a desktop set up to get a budget USB DAC and amp set up. My logic is that I would be getting the benefits of a budget DAC while also having the same op amp and portability...