As someone who knows absolutely nothing about electronic designs other than how to solder a component where I'm told to, what all goes into designing the gear we use? With all the makers out there it seems that the designs are near endless, which is intriguing to me. That someone can create...

I recently picked up a pair of HE400's and was really blown away. I had HD650's at the time and before purchasing the hifiman's I saw the comparison between the two as "boring vs impressive". The HE400's definitely have a more impressive sound, not to say the 650's are boring but they don't...

Just a quick question here- what sort of cable is used for making your own RCA interconnects? I cracked open some Schiit PYST cables and I see there a single wire and then you ground with the shield. I looked through markertek but am not sure what this is called, even better if you know the...

The main reason I love headphones, as well as why most of you probably do, is that the price to sound quality ratio is much better than building a stereo system. I basically stumbled into my stereo, buying a cheaper turntable on a whim and picking up a $20 Technics amp along with it. I then...

While I can hear a difference between cans like grados, senns, beyers ect that's because the sound sigs are quite different. However, don't notice much of a difference at all when amping my dt880's (250ohm). I use an e11 and e9 for amps. So, do you think I, with my un-keen ears will be able to...