Hi everyone,   So yeah, it's been about three years since I have owned a "proper" IEM and I've not really paid attention to the options in this market for about as long. However I'm about to start a job where I will have to say goodbye to my desktop gear for a few years and could definitely...

On Twitter earlier today Unique Melody announced their entry into the universal headphone game with two new products, the dual driver 2X and triple driver 3X. They're both hybrid designs, so a single BA/dynamic configuration in the 2X and a dual BA with dynamic driver for the low end in the 3X...

Hi everyone,   So yeah, I've decided to finally get around to selling the headphones I've accumulated over the last couple of years and streamline my portable rigs down to just a couple of pairs. With any luck I'll get around £400 from the pairs I'm letting go. I'd like to either spend that on...

Hi guys,   I'm going to make the jump on a desktop rig of some description this weekend. I've narrowed it down to two setups which I can get for about the same price, a FiiO E09K with Sennheiser HD600 headphones (plus the FiiO E17 I already own for the DAC), against a recently discovered...

Hi guys,   So yeah, I've recently started a new job, and whilst my plans were originally to purchase a glorious setup built around a pair of LCD2s, I have unfortunately discovered that living on the south coast of England is bloody expensive! So that plan's on the back burner for the time...

Hi guys,   So yeah, it's almost the new year. And with the new year comes a new job, and with a new job comes money to be spent on headphones!   Essentially what I'm looking for are a pair of full sized headphones for home use, so open or closed back is fine. In terms of sound signature...

Hi guys,   So yeah, I'm sure you can guess from the title what this is regards to. I'm looking to spend, at most, £120 on a digital camera. I admit, digital photography is something I don't have the first idea on. I'm not after anything particularly feature-packed, just the best picture...

Hi guys, I'm planning to buy a pair of RS 180 wireless headphones to use in my computer's audio setup and was wondering what you be the best way of doing this would be. At the moment on my desk I have a FiiO E17 acting as a DAC for my Mac Mini, which outputs via the L7 LOD bypass into a...

Hi all,   So yeah, I've recently come into possession of a great Arcam integrated amp for use with a set of bookshelf speakers. However as you'd expect, it also has a quarter inch headphone jack. Since my next planned purchase are either a set of 650s or HE-300s, I was just wondering if...

Hi all,   So yeah, after the amp/DAC combo I was planning to buy got thrown out the window when the seller decided to stop stocking the player I was after, I'm back to square one in terms of getting a portable rig for use with my Minerva Mi-3 customs. I've got about £300 to go between the...

Hi all,   So yeah, I'm looking for a decent portable amp for use with the Hisoundaudio Studio V and Minerva Mi-3 custom IEMs. I'm aware that the Studio-V has a perfectly good internal amp, but from what I can tell it sounds very analytical and flat, as are the Mi-3s. While this is perfectly...

Hi all,   So yeah, I currently have a FiiO E17 DAC/amp on it's way to me which I'm very excited about. However this morning I came across the Studio V, a player I was lusting over a couple of months ago, being sold in the UK at what looks like a reasonable price. I was just wondering if...

Hi all, So yeah, I've seen numerous people talking about the merits of the Nokia N8 for it's ability to send digital-out to an external USB DAC. However I never see other phones running the same version of the OS mentioned. Is this functionality exclusive to the N8, or is it simply the most...

  Hi people. I know there's the dedicated thread for this kind of thing so I asked there initially, but answers seem a lot sparser than questions, so I figured I'd try my luck with a dedicated thread. So yeah, after *****footing around and buying all manner of sub-£100 headphones, I'm finally...

Hi all,   I'm in the market for an inexpensive headphone amp, and FiiO's name obviously springs up in such discussions. Since my retailer of choice also sells the FiiO E9 bundled with the E7 DAC, I enquired on their Facebook page about whether or not there are any plans to to do the same...

Hi all,   So yeah, I've found a website selling the FiiO E7 DAC/amp for a discounted price of £50, which just fits into my price range. I've been looking at getting one of FiiO's many offerings, in particular the E17, but anything more expensive than £50 lies outside of my budget until April...

Hi all.   So yeah, in April I will be getting a pretty substantial windfall from my student loan, followed closely by my 21st birthday, so I will be "In the money" as my flatmates so eloquently put it. Having recently caught the audiophile bug from my ex-musician father, I'm intending to...