After drifting away from the hobby for about 5 years, I want to set up a modest but good headphone setup with amp, DAC, and headphones. I bought the new Grado Hemp headphone and want to try it out with an HRT microstreamer that I bought all the way back in 2014. I used the microstreamer as a...

Hi, I'm looking for a simple amp/dac solution for use with an iMac. I'd rather not add a desktop amp and dac to my desk. Outside of the obvious flexibility of inputs on desktop units, is there a reason not to use a portable like the cobalt if the amp and dac sound qualities are within the same...

I've been following the prices of HD650 on Amazon and it hasn't really moved from $499 for a while. This morning I look and the price is now $429. Seems like the time to buy, but I wonder if it might signal something else - a new model perhaps?

I've loved my HD598's so I suppose it's merely boredom and or the attractiveness of the AKG K550's that has me thinking I might like to buy the K550's. I have also in the last year or so found myself listening almost exclusively to Classical music. My tastes are pretty broad in Classical, I...

There's tons of talk re the Fostex T50RP around, but most of it seems to center around the various ways to mod them. I'm really not interested in modding, but reviews like the one at Headphonia makes me want to try it.   Is modding essential with these, or are there people out there who...

Pretty self explanatory, but just to be clear: I love my HD598, but I'm not done buying headphones if you know what I mean. I've come close to pulling the trigger on the HE-300, but I'm sort of bugged by the cable and the whole ear pad thing. I know that I could just move on up the Sennheiser...

I'm just getting started building a modest little setup and so far I've got a Schiit Asgard and Sennheiser H598 and want a good/very good inexpensive DAC. I've read lots of good things about the Music Streamer II but I'm wondering - since my iMac and Macbook Pro offer optical outs, am I making a...

I'm just beginning to get into quality headphones and have started out with Sennheiser HD598's and am really happy with them and my new Schiit Asgard. I can already feel however a sort of pull to buy another pair. I'd like to know how all of you who have multiple headphones approach this - does...

Got some new headphones I love, but have caught myself a couple times rolling over the cable with my chair. I've got a cable turtle, but I wonder if it's OK to wrap the cord up this way? Is there a best practice for gathering or managing excess cable?

I bought sr80i's 2 weeks ago and, without any experience or personal preferences, really like them. After reading quite a bit here and at Headfonia I learned a bit about soundstage, and what appears to be differences in character between Grado and Sennheiser so I just bought HD598s to check them...

After years without decent headphones, I bought a pair of Grado SR80i's 2 weeks ago and love them so much I am, insanely, after a "better" set of headphones. I've just ordered an Asgard and had intended to step up the Grado line and buy the sr325is. I've read in a number of places that the 325is...

Full disclosure: I'm a complete noob gone dizzy from all the reading I've done around here recently and I need some advice. I've recently bought Grado SR80is and love them and listening to music this way, but, instead of leaving well enough alone - I want to buy an amp, dac, and step up the...